The Problem
Google AI Overviews now appear on over 30% of informational queries in 2026, but there is no native API to check whether your domain is cited, paraphrased, or completely absent. SEO teams discover citation gaps weeks later when organic traffic has already dropped. Manual spot-checking ten keywords takes an hour and misses the other five hundred.
The Scavio Solution
Schedule daily queries through Scavio's Google search endpoint with the ai_overview flag enabled. The structured response includes the AI Overview text and its source citations as typed fields. Compare cited domains against your own, flag keywords where a competitor is cited but you are not, and surface the list for content updates. One credit per keyword, fully automatable.
Before
Before automated detection, a content team manually searched 15 keywords per week and eyeballed the AI Overview panel. They missed that Google had started citing a competitor's guide for their highest-traffic keyword. By the time they noticed, organic clicks had dropped 22% over three weeks.
After
After deploying the detection pipeline, the team monitors 200 keywords daily for $1/day (200 credits). The system flagged the competitor citation within 24 hours. The team updated their article the same week and regained the AI Overview citation within 10 days.
Who It Is For
SEO teams, content marketers, and growth engineers who need to track whether Google AI Overviews cite their content or hand visibility to competitors.
Key Benefits
- Detect AI Overview citations for any keyword programmatically
- Flag keywords where competitors are cited and you are not
- Daily monitoring at $0.005 per keyword
- Structured JSON includes AI Overview text and source URLs
- Automate content gap discovery for AI-generated answers
Python Example
import requests, os, json
H = {'x-api-key': os.environ['SCAVIO_API_KEY']}
MY_DOMAIN = 'yourdomain.com'
KEYWORDS = ['best search api 2026', 'serp api for agents', 'web search tool for llm']
def check_ai_overview(keyword: str) -> dict:
r = requests.post('https://api.scavio.dev/api/v1/search', headers=H,
json={'platform': 'google', 'query': keyword, 'ai_overview': True}, timeout=10).json()
aio = r.get('ai_overview')
if not aio:
return {'keyword': keyword, 'has_aio': False}
cited_urls = [s.get('link', '') for s in aio.get('sources', [])]
return {
'keyword': keyword, 'has_aio': True,
'my_domain_cited': any(MY_DOMAIN in u for u in cited_urls),
'cited_domains': cited_urls,
'aio_text_preview': aio.get('text', '')[:200]
}
for kw in KEYWORDS:
print(json.dumps(check_ai_overview(kw), indent=2))JavaScript Example
const H = { 'x-api-key': process.env.SCAVIO_API_KEY, 'Content-Type': 'application/json' };
const MY_DOMAIN = 'yourdomain.com';
async function checkAiOverview(keyword) {
const r = await fetch('https://api.scavio.dev/api/v1/search', {
method: 'POST', headers: H,
body: JSON.stringify({ platform: 'google', query: keyword, ai_overview: true })
}).then(r => r.json());
const aio = r.ai_overview;
if (!aio) return { keyword, hasAio: false };
const citedUrls = (aio.sources || []).map(s => s.link || '');
return {
keyword, hasAio: true,
myDomainCited: citedUrls.some(u => u.includes(MY_DOMAIN)),
citedDomains: citedUrls,
aioTextPreview: (aio.text || '').slice(0, 200)
};
}Platforms Used
Web search with knowledge graph, PAA, and AI overviews