Can Claude Codediscover and use your API?

Lightsage is the Agent Experience Infrastructure that helps developer-focused companies get discovered, recommended, and successfully used by AI coding agents like Claude Code, Codex, and Cursor. It combines visibility tracking (are you being recommended?) with usability testing (can agents actually use your API?). This goes beyond traditional GEO tools that only track mentions.

Common reasons: blocked AI crawlers in robots.txt, missing llms.txt file, no comparison content, or unclear error messages. We cover the 4 fixable reasons and step-by-step solutions: Why Claude Code Isn't Recommending Your Library (And How to Fix It)

There's a 4-layer decision stack: training data, web search, structured context (llms.txt, MCP), and execution feedback. Understanding this helps you optimize at each layer. Deep dive: How Coding Agents Actually Decide Which SDK to Use

Profound and Otterly are strong choices for consumer brands tracking mentions, share of voice, sentiment, and citations in ChatGPT and Perplexity; Peec and AthenaHQ also cover answer-engine visibility. For developer tools and APIs, Lightsage adds coding-agent tracking and API usability measurement, because share of voice in chat does not show whether an agent can successfully use your product. Read the full comparison: How to Track AI Recommendations for Your API (2026 Guide)

Consumer GEO tools like Profound and Otterly track answer engines — whether ChatGPT mentions your brand. But for APIs and developer tools, mentions don't matter if the code doesn't work. Dev tools need to track action engines — whether Claude Code can actually use your API. That requires measuring tool call success rates, error recovery, and execution, not just brand mentions. Learn more: AEO/GEO for Dev Tools: Why Profound & Otterly Don't Work for APIs

19 platforms total: 7 answer engines (ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews, Google AI Mode, Gemini Search, Microsoft Copilot) and 12 coding agents (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Antigravity, Gemini CLI, OpenClaw, OpenCode, Hermes, Pi, Kilo, Grok). See comparison: Best GEO Tools for Dev Tools 2026: Lightsage vs Profound vs Otterly

Devtool Arena is our free, public leaderboard ranking APIs and developer tools by how well AI coding agents can use them. It's based on real benchmarks across discoverability, tool calls, and error rates. See results: We Tested 70+ APIs in Claude Code & Codex: What Actually Works

Visibility Analytics tracks how often AI mentions your brand in conversations. API Performance measures how well AI coding agents can actually discover, call, and use your API endpoints—including tool calls, errors, and compatibility scores.

Start with the free Devtool Arena leaderboard to see where you rank. For continuous tracking, Lightsage monitors 18 AI platforms daily and measures both visibility AND usability. Setup guide: How to Track AI Recommendations for Your API (2026 Guide)

Our lightweight middleware detects AI agents (Claude Code, OpenCode, ChatGPT, etc.) visiting your site. It takes one line of code to install and has zero impact on performance.

Yes. Lightsage automatically identifies your competitors and tracks their visibility alongside yours. You'll see share of voice comparisons and opportunities where you can outrank them.

Plans start at $750/month for Starter (validates AI as a channel), $2,500/month for Growth (full platform coverage), and $12,000+/month for Enterprise. We offer 14-day trials for qualified companies. DevTool Arena is free and public. Check our pricing page or book a demo for details.