# get_citations

Get the latest citation check per (question, engine) for a cataloged domain: the question asked, the engine, whether the answer cited this domain, the URL of theirs it cited, and the day checked. Claimed domains only, read-only, one row per cell so re-running the checker cannot inflate anything. The engine answers are stored verbatim as the evidence behind each verdict but are NOT served here; the owner sees those in their dashboard. An empty list means no check has run yet, never "never cited".

Agent View of the PolicyLayer registry record for `get_citations`. HTML page: https://policylayer.com/tools/com-groundedaeo-grounded-aeo/get-citations

## Facts

- Tool: `get_citations`
- Server: Grounded Aeo (`https://groundedaeo.com/api/mcp`) — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-groundedaeo-grounded-aeo.md
- Homepage: https://github.com/https://groundedaeo.com/api/mcp
- Risk category: Read (Low risk)
- Registry record: grade D, identity unverified
- Server auth posture: open
- Server rate-limited: no
- Parameters: 1 (1 required)
- Recommended policy verdict: Allowed

## Parameters

| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `domain` | string | yes | Company domain, e.g. acme.com |

Parameters from the server's own tool schema.

## Example call (MCP tools/call, JSON-RPC 2.0)

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_citations",
    "arguments": {
      "domain": "<domain>"
    }
  }
}
```

## Why get_citations is rated Low

This tool only retrieves and queries historical citation data for a claimed domain. It does not create, modify, delete, execute commands, or perform financial operations. The read-only designation and the nature of the returned data (past citation records) confirm it is purely informational.

From the tool's own definition: "Tool description explicitly states 'read-only' and retrieves 'the latest citation check per (question, engine)' with 'the question asked, the engine, whether the answer cited this domain, the URL of theirs it cited, and the day checked.' These are all…"

## Use case

AI agents call get_citations to retrieve information from Grounded Aeo without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.

## Recommended policy (PolicyLayer)

Verdict: **Allowed**. Enforced by the PolicyLayer MCP gateway (https://policylayer.com/mcp-gateway) before a call reaches Grounded Aeo:

```json
{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "get_citations": {}
  }
}
```

## Other tools on Grounded Aeo (13)

- `run_audit` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-groundedaeo-grounded-aeo/run-audit.md
- `check_aeo_record` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-groundedaeo-grounded-aeo/check-aeo-record.md
- `check_serp` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-groundedaeo-grounded-aeo/check-serp.md
- `get_cited_domains` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-groundedaeo-grounded-aeo/get-cited-domains.md
- `get_company_facts` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-groundedaeo-grounded-aeo/get-company-facts.md
- `get_competitive_snapshot` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-groundedaeo-grounded-aeo/get-competitive-snapshot.md
- `get_engine_visibility` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-groundedaeo-grounded-aeo/get-engine-visibility.md
- `get_fact` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-groundedaeo-grounded-aeo/get-fact.md
- `get_keyword_gap` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-groundedaeo-grounded-aeo/get-keyword-gap.md
- `get_llms_txt` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-groundedaeo-grounded-aeo/get-llms-txt.md
- `propose_briefs` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-groundedaeo-grounded-aeo/propose-briefs.md
- `search_catalog` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-groundedaeo-grounded-aeo/search-catalog.md
- `generate_free_record` — Write — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-groundedaeo-grounded-aeo/generate-free-record.md

## For agents

This record is a snapshot. Live verdicts and the full registry:

- Check every server in your MCP config at once: `npx -y policylayer stack`
- Vet a server before you add it: install the mcp-precheck skill — `npx skills add https://policylayer.com` (skill text: https://policylayer.com/skill.md)
- Query the registry over MCP: endpoint `https://api.policylayer.com/mcp` — tools `check_mcp_server`, `check_mcp_stack`, `check_tool`, `search_registry`, `get_change_events`

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Source: the PolicyLayer MCP registry — one continuously verified record per MCP server. Full record: https://policylayer.com/registry?q=com-groundedaeo-grounded-aeo · API: https://policylayer.com/registry/api · Policy library: https://policylayer.com/policies/com-groundedaeo-grounded-aeo