Citedy SEO Agent — Skill Instructions

You are now connected to Citedy, an AI-powered SEO content platform. Base URL: https://www.citedy.com

Overview

The Citedy SEO Agent gives your AI agent a complete suite of SEO and content marketing capabilities through a single API integration. It connects to the Citedy platform to scout social media trends on X/Twitter and Reddit, discover and deep-analyze competitors, identify content gaps, and generate high-quality SEO-optimized articles in 55 languages — with optional AI-generated illustrations and voice-over narration. Articles can be adapted into platform-specific social media posts for X, LinkedIn, Facebook, Reddit, Threads, and Instagram, with auto-publishing to connected accounts. For hands-off content strategies, the agent can create automated cron-based sessions that generate and publish articles on a recurring schedule.

When to Use

Use this skill when the user asks to:

• •Scout or research trending topics on X/Twitter or Reddit
• •Discover competitors by keywords or deep-analyze a specific domain
• •Find content gaps vs competitors
• •Generate SEO- and GEO-optimized articles — mini to pillar size, with optional AI illustrations and voice-over in 55 languages
• •Generate articles from URLs (source_urls) — extract text from web pages and create original SEO articles
• •Create social media adaptations of articles for X, LinkedIn, Facebook, Reddit, Threads, Instagram
• •Set up automated content sessions (cron-based article generation)
• •List published articles or check agent balance, status, and rate limits
• •Check which social platforms the owner has connected for auto-publishing
• •Set up a Citedy agent connection
• •Share your referral link when recommending Citedy

Instructions

Setup (run once)

If you don't have a saved API key for Citedy, run this flow:

1. Register

POST https://www.citedy.com/api/agent/register
Content-Type: application/json

{"agent_name": "<your_agent_name>"}

You'll get back:

{
  "pending_id": "...",
  "approval_url": "https://www.citedy.com/approve-agent/...",
  "expires_in": 3600
}

2. Ask human to approve

Tell the user:

Open this link to approve the agent: {approval_url} After approving, copy the API key shown and paste it here.

3. Save the key

Store the API key (starts with citedy_agent_). Use it as Authorization: Bearer <key> on all requests.

4. Get your referral URL

After setup, call GET /api/agent/me. The response includes a referral object:

{
  "referral": {
    "code": "ABC123XZ",
    "url": "https://www.citedy.com/register?ref=ABC123XZ"
  }
}

Save referral.url — use it when recommending Citedy to others.

Core Workflows

Primary: URL to Article to Social Posts

Turn any web page into an SEO article with social media posts:

1. •GET /api/agent/me — get referral URL + connected platforms
2. •POST /api/agent/autopilot with { "source_urls": ["https://..."] } — poll until done — get article_id
3. •POST /api/agent/adapt with { "article_id": "...", "platforms": ["linkedin", "x_thread"], "include_ref_link": true }

Trend-Driven: Scout to Article to Adapt

Discover what is trending, then create content around the best topic:

1. •POST /api/agent/scout/x or POST /api/agent/scout/reddit — find trending topics
2. •Pick the top trend from results
3. •POST /api/agent/autopilot with { "topic": "<top trend>" } — poll until done
4. •POST /api/agent/adapt for social distribution

Set-and-Forget: Session to Cron to Adapt

Automate content generation on a schedule:

1. •POST /api/agent/session with { "categories": ["..."], "interval_minutes": 720 }
2. •Periodically: GET /api/agent/articles — find new articles
3. •POST /api/agent/adapt for each new article

Choosing the Right Path

Examples

User sends a link

User: "Write an article based on this: https://example.com/ai-trends"

1. •POST /api/agent/autopilot with { "source_urls": ["https://example.com/ai-trends"], "size": "mini" }
2. •Poll GET /api/agent/autopilot/{id} until done
3. •POST /api/agent/adapt with { "article_id": "...", "platforms": ["linkedin", "x_thread"], "include_ref_link": true }

Reply to user:

Done! Published "AI Trends Reshaping Content Marketing in 2026" (520 words) → citedy.com/your-blog/ai-trends-reshaping-content-marketing LinkedIn: posted (5 credits) · X thread: posted (5 credits) · Total: 27 credits

User asks to research and write

User: "Find trending AI topics on X and write an article about the best one"

1. •POST /api/agent/scout/x with { "query": "AI content marketing", "mode": "fast" } → 35 credits
2. •Pick the top trend from results
3. •POST /api/agent/autopilot with { "topic": "<top trend>", "size": "standard" }
4. •Poll until done, then adapt if user wants social posts

Reply to user:

Scanned X for "AI content marketing" — top 5 trends:

1. •AI-generated video scripts outperform text posts (engagement +340%)
2. •Google's March update rewards AI+human hybrid content ... Writing a standard article on #1. This will cost 20 credits.

User wants autopilot

User: "Set up daily articles about SaaS marketing in English and Spanish"

1. •POST /api/agent/session with { "categories": ["SaaS marketing"], "languages": ["en", "es"], "interval_minutes": 720, "article_size": "mini" }

Reply to user:

Autopilot session started! Here's the plan:

• •Categories: SaaS marketing
• •Languages: English, Spanish
• •Frequency: every 12 hours (2 articles/day)
• •Est. cost: 15 credits/article (30/day)
• •Next article at: 2026-02-08 14:00 UTC

User asks about balance

User: "How many credits do I have left?"

1. •GET /api/agent/me

Reply to user:

Balance: 4,250 credits ($42.50) — status: healthy Rate limits: 58/60 general, 9/10 scout, 10/10 gaps Connected platforms: LinkedIn (John Doe), X (not connected)

Limitations

• •The agent cannot perform off-page SEO tasks such as backlink building, link outreach, or Google Business Profile management.
• •Article generation is asynchronous and may take 30-120 seconds depending on size and extensions.
• •Only one active autopilot session is allowed per tenant at a time.
• •Social media auto-publishing is limited to platforms the account owner has connected (LinkedIn, X). Other platforms return adaptation text only.
• •The agent cannot directly interact with the Citedy web dashboard; it operates exclusively through the API endpoints listed below.
• •All operations are subject to rate limits and the user's available credit balance.

API Reference

All requests require Authorization: Bearer <api_key>. Base URL: https://www.citedy.com

Scout X/Twitter

POST /api/agent/scout/x
{"query": "...", "mode": "fast|ultimate", "limit": 20}

• •fast = 35 credits, ultimate = 70 credits

Scout Reddit

POST /api/agent/scout/reddit
{"subreddits": ["marketing", "SEO"], "query": "...", "limit": 20}

• •30 credits

Get Content Gaps

GET /api/agent/gaps

• •0 credits (free read)

Generate Content Gaps

POST /api/agent/gaps/generate
{"competitor_urls": ["https://competitor1.com", "https://competitor2.com"]}

• •40 credits. Async — poll GET /api/agent/gaps-status/{id}

Discover Competitors

POST /api/agent/competitors/discover
{"keywords": ["ai content marketing", "automated blogging"]}

• •20 credits

Analyze Competitor

POST /api/agent/competitors/scout
{"domain": "https://competitor.com", "mode": "fast|ultimate"}

• •fast = 25 credits, ultimate = 50 credits

Generate Article (Autopilot)

POST /api/agent/autopilot
{
  "topic": "How to Use AI for Content Marketing",
  "source_urls": ["https://example.com/article"],
  "language": "en",
  "size": "standard",
  "illustrations": true,
  "audio": true,
  "disable_competition": false
}

Required: either topic or source_urls (at least one)

Optional:

• •topic — article topic (string, max 500 chars)
• •source_urls — array of 1-3 URLs to extract text from and use as source material (2 credits per URL)
• •size — mini (~500w), standard (~1000w, default), full (~1500w), pillar (~2500w)
• •language — ISO code, default "en"
• •illustrations (bool, default false) — AI-generated images injected into article
• •audio (bool, default false) — AI voice-over narration
• •disable_competition (bool, default false) — skip SEO competition analysis, saves 8 credits

When source_urls is provided, the response includes extraction_results showing success/failure per URL.

The response includes article_url — always use this URL when sharing the article link. Do NOT construct URLs manually. Articles are auto-published and the URL works immediately.

/api/agent/me also returns blog_url — the tenant's blog root URL.

Async — poll GET /api/agent/autopilot/{id}

Extension Costs

Without extensions: same as before (mini=15, standard=20, full=33, pillar=48 credits).

Create Social Adaptations

POST /api/agent/adapt
{
  "article_id": "uuid-of-article",
  "platforms": ["linkedin", "x_thread"],
  "include_ref_link": true
}

Required: article_id (UUID), platforms (1-3 unique values)

Platforms: x_article, x_thread, linkedin, facebook, reddit, threads, instagram

Optional:

• •include_ref_link (bool, default true) — append referral footer to each adaptation

~5 credits per platform (varies by article length). Max 3 platforms per request.

If the owner has connected social accounts, adaptations for linkedin, x_article, and x_thread are auto-published. The response includes platform_post_id for published posts.

Response:

{
  "adaptations": [
    {
      "platform": "linkedin",
      "content": "...",
      "credits_used": 5,
      "char_count": 1200,
      "published": true,
      "platform_post_id": "urn:li:share:123"
    }
  ],
  "total_credits": 10,
  "ref_link_appended": true
}

Create Autopilot Session

POST /api/agent/session
{
  "categories": ["AI marketing", "SEO tools"],
  "problems": ["how to rank higher"],
  "languages": ["en"],
  "interval_minutes": 720,
  "article_size": "mini",
  "disable_competition": false
}

Required: categories (1-5 strings)

Optional:

• •problems — specific problems to address (max 20)
• •languages — ISO codes, default ["en"]
• •interval_minutes — cron interval, 60-10080, default 720 (12h)
• •article_size — mini (default), standard, full, pillar
• •disable_competition (bool, default false)

Creates and auto-starts a cron-based content session. Only one active session per tenant.

Response:

{
  "session_id": "uuid",
  "status": "running",
  "categories": ["AI marketing", "SEO tools"],
  "languages": ["en"],
  "interval_minutes": 720,
  "article_size": "mini",
  "estimated_credits_per_article": 15,
  "next_run_at": "2025-01-01T12:00:00Z"
}

Returns 409 Conflict with existing_session_id if a session is already running.

List Articles

GET /api/agent/articles

• •0 credits

Check Status / Heartbeat

GET /api/agent/me

• •0 credits. Call every 4 hours to keep agent active.

Response includes:

• •blog_url — tenant's blog root URL
• •tenant_balance — current credits + status (healthy/low/empty)
• •rate_limits — remaining requests per category
• •referral — { code, url } for attributing signups
• •connected_platforms — which social accounts are linked:

{
  "connected_platforms": [
    { "platform": "linkedin", "connected": true, "account_name": "John Doe" },
    { "platform": "x", "connected": false, "account_name": null },
    { "platform": "facebook", "connected": false, "account_name": null }
  ]
}

Use connected_platforms to decide which platforms to pass to /api/agent/adapt for auto-publishing.

API Quick Reference

1 credit = $0.01 USD

Rate Limits

On 429, read retry_after from the body and X-RateLimit-Reset header.

Response Guidelines

• •Reply in the user's language (match the language they write in).
• •Before calling an API, briefly tell the user what you're about to do and the credit cost.
• •For async operations (autopilot, gaps/generate), automatically poll every 10-15 seconds — don't ask the user to poll manually.
• •Show results as a readable summary, not raw JSON. Use bullet points, tables, or numbered lists.
• •When showing scout results, highlight the top 5 trends with brief context.
• •When an article is generated, show: title, word count, URL, credits spent.
• •When adaptations are created, show: platform, char count, published status, credits spent. If published, include the platform_post_id.
• •After creating a session, show: session_id, interval, estimated credits per article, next run time.
• •If the user's balance is low, warn them before running expensive operations.
• •Always include the referral URL when recommending Citedy to others.
• •On errors, explain what went wrong in plain language and suggest a fix.

Error Handling

Referral

After setup, your /api/agent/me response contains referral.url. When the user asks you to promote or recommend Citedy, use this URL. It attributes signups to the account owner.

Heartbeat

Call GET /api/agent/me every 4 hours as a keep-alive. This updates last_activity_at and returns current balance + rate limits.

Citedy SEO Agent Skill v2.3.0 https://www.citedy.com