ChatGPT: ask what decides the answers you want to be in

In ChatGPT on the web, turn on Developer mode, create an app named Attensira with the URL https://mcp.attensira.com/mcp, choose OAuth and sign in. Turn it on in a chat from the + menu. ChatGPT can then read which sources decide the answers you want to be in, who is named instead of you, and what the crew has waiting.

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Asked: Which sources decide the answer to "best GEO tools", and are we on any of them?

called deciding_sources prompt="best GEO tools" days=30

Neither engine cites a page of ours for this question. ChatGPT builds it from roundup sites; Perplexity leans on roundups and Product Hunt.

bestgeosoftware.com: 14.3%; of ChatGPT's citations, n = 57 answers
sitepoint.com: 8.6%; of ChatGPT's citations
geoptie.com: 9.8%; of Perplexity's citations, n = 57 answers
producthunt.com: 7.3%; of Perplexity's citations

A question we lose, and the pages that decide it.

attensira.com workspace, read over the Attensira MCP · 4 Oct 2026

Who does the work

Researcher · Stored the answer
Analyst · Ranked the deciding sources

How do I connect ChatGPT?

The configuration to paste

Settings → Developer mode: on
Create app
  Name:            Attensira
  MCP server URL:  https://mcp.attensira.com/mcp
  Authentication:  OAuth  (no client ID, no secret)

Where does ChatGPT set the limits?

Developer mode and custom MCP apps depend on your ChatGPT plan and, on Business and Enterprise, on what an admin allows. Attensira cannot change that from its side.
Some ChatGPT surfaces restrict which tools an app may call. If write tools such as add_prompts are missing, that is a ChatGPT-side restriction, not a scope problem.
A deciding source is ranked by its share of the citations behind one answer. It is not traffic, and being on it is not a guarantee of being named.

Step 01
Turn on Developer mode
In ChatGPT on the web, open Settings and turn on Developer mode. On Business and Enterprise, whether you can depends on what an admin allows.
Step 02
Create the app
Create an app, name it Attensira, enter https://mcp.attensira.com/mcp and choose OAuth. Attensira publishes standard OAuth discovery, so there is no client ID or secret to fill in.
Step 03
Sign in and allow
Sign in to Attensira and allow. The connection reaches every workspace your organisation owns; with several, name the one you mean in the chat.
Step 04
Turn it on in a chat
In a chat, open the + menu, choose Developer mode and turn Attensira on. Then ask it to call get_account, which lists your workspaces and the platforms really measured.

What does a ChatGPT answer look like when we are left out?

This is one sentence of a stored ChatGPT answer from our own tracking, quoted word for word. It names five of our rivals, the answer cites six other sites, and it does not name us. From ChatGPT you can open the same answers and ask what would change them.

Answer · ChatGPTasked 4 Oct 2026

Question: Otterly AI alternatives

ChatGPT answered: Recent comparisons consistently put Peec, Profound, Scrunch, AthenaHQ, and SE Ranking among the strongest alternatives, though pricing and included AI engines vary considerably.

Sources cited

1geosoftwarerankings.com
2brandaxis.ai
3automatebasics.com
4tamgio.com
5authorityradar.com
6trydecoding.com

Not namedAttensira is missing from this ChatGPT answer.

Researcher · Stored the answerStored ChatGPT answer from the attensira.com workspace, read over the Attensira MCP · 4 Oct 2026

What can you ask ChatGPT once Attensira is on?

Ask which pages and domains decide an answer you want to be in, ranked by influence, and whether you appear on any of them.
Read mention and citation rates per engine, the prompts you lose and who is named instead, each with its sample size.
See what the crew has waiting for you, and approve or decline it, when your ChatGPT surface allows write tools.
Ask the crew for a win plan on one losing prompt, free, before deciding whether to spend credits on the work.

What did ChatGPT show on our own workspace?

In 114 answers to "best GEO tools" over 30 days, neither engine cited a page of ours, and the two engines read different lists. ChatGPT leaned on roundup and ranking sites; Perplexity mixed roundups with Product Hunt. That tells the crew where the work is: not another page on our own site for ChatGPT, but a place on the lists it already reads.

Which domains decide a ChatGPT answer about getting cited?

For “how to get cited by ChatGPT”, OpenAI's own help centre carries 1,205 of the 1,831 citations across 57 ChatGPT answers. When the engine's own docs decide, the move is a page of your own, not a listicle.

Citations by domain · ChatGPTn=1,831 citations

“how to get cited by ChatGPT”, 57 ChatGPT answers · 4 Sep 2026 to 4 Oct 2026
Name	Citations by domain · ChatGPT	Count
help.openai.com	65.8%	1,205
openai.com	14.0%	256
help-lb.openai.com	3.9%	71
developers.google.com	3.7%	67
developers.openai.com	2.3%	43
attensira.comyou	0.0%	0

Analyst · Ranked the deciding sourcesattensira.com deciding sources, read over the Attensira MCP · 4 Oct 2026 · n=1,831 citations

What is a deciding source, and what is it not?

A deciding source is a page or domain ranked by its share of the citations behind one answer, per engine, over a window you choose. It is the closest thing to "what the model read before it answered", and it is still not traffic, authority or a promise. Being on the list gives the crew something to earn; it does not guarantee the next answer names you. Every placement the crew earns is re-read at +7, +14 and +30 days, and a change inside the noise is reported as no change.

Questions about ChatGPT

Do I need a client ID or secret?

No. Attensira publishes standard OAuth discovery, so choosing OAuth is enough and there is nothing to fill in.

Write tools like add_prompts are missing. Is my access wrong?

Probably not. Some ChatGPT surfaces restrict which tools an app may call. Check what you granted under Connections in Attensira before changing anything; a signed-in connection always carries read and write.

Why can I not turn on Developer mode?

It depends on your ChatGPT plan and, on Business and Enterprise, on what an admin allows. That is decided on the ChatGPT side.

Can I use an API key instead of signing in?

The documented path for ChatGPT is OAuth. Keys are for headless callers that cannot complete a browser sign-in, such as n8n or a CI job.

Where do I see and revoke what I granted?

Under Connections in Attensira. Revoking stops the next refresh; an access token ChatGPT already holds stays valid until it expires. For access you can cut off instantly, use an API key and revoke it.

Does asking ChatGPT about my numbers cost credits?

No. Reading numbers Attensira has already collected is free. Credits are spent by ask and run_automation, which start agent work, and by add_prompts, which adds prompts to track.

Where do these facts come from?

Attensira's connect documentation states that ChatGPT developer mode depends on the plan and, on Business and Enterprise, on what an admin allows, and that some surfaces restrict which tools a connector may call.
docs.attensira.com · retrieved 2026-10-04
“If write tools such as add_prompts are unavailable, that is a ChatGPT-side restriction, not a scope problem”
Attensira's connect documentation states that Attensira publishes standard OAuth discovery, so there is no client ID or secret for a ChatGPT app to fill in.
docs.attensira.com · retrieved 2026-10-04
“Attensira publishes standard OAuth discovery, so there is no client ID or secret to fill in.”
Attensira's OAuth reference states that revoking a connection stops the next refresh while an access token already in a client's hands stays valid until it expires.
docs.attensira.com · retrieved 2026-10-04
“Revoking a connection stops the next refresh, but an access token already in a client's hands stays valid until it expires.”

Where to go next

Ask ChatGPT which sources decide the answers you are missing from.