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Per-product CRS Score
A 0-100 readiness score with status verdict: STRONG, ELIGIBLE, CAUTION, NEEDS_WORK, or BLOCKED. Deterministic and consistent - same input always gives the same score.
0-100 · BLOCKED to STRONGCRS - Available Now · Shopify Only
Find the product data gaps that stop AI systems from understanding your Shopify catalog.
CRS scans your live Shopify products for crawlability, schema, attributes, price, stock, clarity, consistency, retrieval readiness, and citation readiness, then shows the highest-impact fixes per product. No copy generation. No store writes.
25 products - 50 scans - 1 store - no card required. View pricing ->
What CRS is - and what it isn't
CITAQ measures what AI systems
can actually read.
CRS does this
✓Connects to your live Shopify store (read-only)
✓Checks crawlability - flags AI bot blocks (GPTBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot)
✓Scores each product on retrieval and citation readiness (Retrieval Readiness / Citation Readiness)
✓Ranks recommendations by score impact - highest-value fix first
✓Reads live price and inventory from Shopify variants
✓Reverifies after you make changes in Shopify
CRS does not do this
-Does not rewrite or generate product copy
-Does not verify claims against evidence (that is the full CITAQ platform)
-Does not manipulate AI rankings or inject signals
-Does not scrape external reviews or third-party data
-Does not expose proprietary scoring internals
-Does not replace certification bodies or compliance auditors
CITAQ scores how well each product page is structured for AI citation — measuring Retrieval Readiness (can AI systems find and parse the product) and Citation Readiness (can they confidently reference it) across crawlability, schema, attributes, and clarity. Merchants who close those gaps make their catalog easier for AI assistants to surface, evaluate, and recommend. As more shopping decisions start inside AI answers, the product pages those systems can actually read are the ones that get cited. See what CITAQ is building next →
Process
Connect, scan, fix, reverify.
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Connect your Shopify store
Enter your Shopify store URL or custom Shopify domain and authorize read-only access. CITAQ reads product titles, descriptions, variants, price, stock, category, and URLs. No write access. No editor.
Authorization happens after account creation. Free Trial includes 25 products, 50 scans, and 1 store. No card required.
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CRS scans each product
The system runs a product-level audit: crawlability gate (checks AI bot blocks first), then Schema.org structure, attribute completeness, description clarity, variant consistency, and retrieval readiness.
A crawlability block flags immediately - no point scoring a product crawler-based systems cannot evaluate.
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Get your score and fixes
Each product gets a CRS score (0-100), dual Retrieval Readiness / Citation Readiness breakdown, status verdict (STRONG / ELIGIBLE / CAUTION / NEEDS_WORK / BLOCKED), and up to five recommendations ranked by score impact with plain-language explanations.
The dashboard shows the highest-impact fixes first so teams can improve the catalog without reading a long report.
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Fix in Shopify, reverify in CITAQ
Apply the recommended changes directly in your Shopify admin. Return to the CITAQ dashboard and trigger a rescan on any product. Scores update in real time from live Shopify data.
No copy editor, no generated claims, no write access to the store.
Dashboard outputs
Six things in the dashboard.
No report bloat.
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Retrieval Readiness / Citation Readiness Split
Two distinct scores: Retrieval Readiness measures retrieval readiness (can AI systems parse and retrieve the product?), Citation Readiness measures citation readiness (once found, is there enough structured support to evaluate and reference it?).
Retrieval vs Citation⊘
Crawlability Gate
Checks robots.txt for blocks affecting GPTBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot, Googlebot-Extended, CCBot, and anthropic-ai before scoring. A blocked product cannot be evaluated by crawler-based systems.
6 bot agents checked⊏
Live Price and Stock
Reads Shopify variant price and inventory in real time. Stale availability and out-of-stock products are flagged because they can weaken readiness signals.
Live from Shopify↑
Ranked Recommendations
Up to five recommendations per product, ranked by score impact - highest value first. Plain language: what is wrong, why it matters, and the next practical fix.
Impact-ranked · Actionable↻
Reverification
Fix your Shopify product, return to the dashboard, and trigger a rescan. Scores reflect live data - the dashboard shows you real progress, not cached results.
On-demand rescanStatus verdicts
Five readiness levels.
One clear verdict per product.
| Status | Score Range | What It Means | AI Behavior |
|---|---|---|---|
| STRONG | 85-100 | All key attributes present. Schema complete. Clarity high. No crawl blocks. | Strong citation readiness signal |
| ELIGIBLE | 65-84 | Core attributes present. Minor gaps. Schema partially complete. | Usable with caveats |
| CAUTION | 45-64 | Key gaps identified. Missing schema or low clarity. Fixes available. | May be hard to evaluate |
| NEEDS WORK | 20-44 | Significant structural or content gaps. May reach AI systems but has weak readiness signals. | Poor readiness signal |
| BLOCKED | 0-19 | Crawl block detected. AI bot access prevented at robots.txt level. | Crawler access blocked |
Get started
Start a 14-day Free Trial.
No card required.
Connect your Shopify store, scan up to 25 products, and use 50 trial scans. The scan runs on live data - no CSV uploads, no manual entry.