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Source intelligence finds the third-party sources that AI assistants read when they answer, then shows you where your brand is present and where it is missing. It answers a single practical question. Where do I need to be listed or mentioned to earn AI citations? The sources it tracks include review platforms, media, blogs, directories, forums, and social. When an AI assistant leans on one of these to build an answer, Source intelligence records it and tells you whether you were part of that source or not.
Source intelligence is available on some plans, and the number of sources you can see depends on your plan.

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Two ways to look at sources

You can switch between two views:
  • By domain groups everything by the site it lives on.
  • By article breaks it down to the individual page or post.
At the top, hero KPIs give you the headline picture: your visibility share, your engine coverage, and your top publishers. A set of cards adds context: total sources, gaps detected, average GEO score, and whether you are present.

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Families and relation

Every source is sorted into a family and a relation, so you can scan the landscape quickly. Buckets (source families): Relation to you:

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Filtering

Narrow the list until it shows only what matters right now:
  • Search by keyword.
  • Engine or platform to focus on one AI assistant.
  • Family and bucket to focus on a source type.
  • Presence to show sources where you are present or absent.
  • Relation to focus on contested, owned, open, and more.
A gaps-only toggle hides everything except the sources where you are missing. You can also filter to the sources fueling a specific competitor, so you can see exactly what is feeding their citations.

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Opportunities, matrix, and the full list

Three sections help you move from insight to action:
  • Top opportunities surfaces the highest-value sources to pursue.
  • A competitor matrix compares who appears where.
  • An All sources table lists everything in one place.
The All sources table carries these columns:

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Source dossier

Open any source to see its dossier, a full brief on why it matters and what to do.
  • A GEO score out of 100.
  • A projected lift if you get listed.
  • Who to reach out to to earn a mention.
  • Why you are absent today.
  • Citations by platform for this source.
  • The discovery origins, the queries that surfaced the source in the first place.
  • Citation history over time.
  • Get listed and Visit site actions.
  • An I’m on it tracker so you can mark a source as in progress.
You can also dismiss a source you do not want to pursue, and restore it later if you change your mind.

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Presence detection

Presence detection tells you whether you are already mentioned on a source. When Hikoo thinks you may already be there, you can verify the mention, then confirm it or dismiss it. This keeps your gap list honest, so you only chase sources where you are truly absent.
Non-actionable domains are skipped. Sources such as Wikipedia, schema.org, and large marketplaces are excluded because you cannot simply get yourself listed on them.

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Running a fresh scan

Sources refresh automatically over time. When you want an update sooner, run one yourself.

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Where to go next

Competitors

See how source presence maps to your competitive standing.

Elevate

Pair source gaps with the content gaps you can fill.

Citations

Trace a source back to the answers it appears in.