---
name: "visibility_answers"
area: "visibility"
title: "Read the assistants' answers"
price: "free"
method: "POST"
url: "https://api.conecto.chat/v1/tools/visibility_answers"
mcp_server: "https://api.conecto.chat/mcp/visibility"
auth: "Authorization: Bearer <conecto_sk_ key>"
docs_url: "https://conecto.chat/tools/visibility/visibility_answers"
---

# Read the assistants' answers (`visibility_answers`)

The answers behind the latest check, page by page, optionally only the ones that named the business or only the ones that did not.

The answers behind the latest check, page by page. named=true keeps answers that named the business, named=false the ones that did not (the gaps to work on). Free.

Price: Free up to 1,000,000 reads a month for the whole account, then $0.50 per 10,000 reads. A call that fails costs nothing.

## Use it when

To see exactly what an assistant said, or where the business was left out.

## Say this to your agent

> Show me the AI answers that didn't mention us.

## Inputs

| Name | Type | Required | Description | Allowed values | Default |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| `website` | string | yes | The business website, e.g. https://acme.com (4 to 500 characters) |  |  |
| `named` | boolean | no |  |  |  |
| `cursor` | integer | no | At least 0. |  |  |
| `limit` | integer | no | 1 to 50. |  | `20` |

## Example

Written for Halverson Cycle & Repair, a bike shop with a repair workshop in Portland, Oregon.

MCP: call `visibility_answers` on the MCP server `https://api.conecto.chat/mcp/visibility` with these arguments:

```json
{
  "website": "https://halversoncycle.example",
  "named": false
}
```

REST:

```bash
curl https://api.conecto.chat/v1/tools/visibility_answers \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $CONECTO_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"website": "https://halversoncycle.example", "named": false}'
```

## Response

```json
{
  "call_id": "5f0c8a2e-3b7d-4c1e-9a64-2d8e1f7b0c93",
  "tool": "visibility_answers",
  "status": "succeeded",
  "replayed": false,
  "cost_usd": "$0.00",
  "balance_usd": "$19.75",
  "result": {
    "checked_at": "2026-10-14T08:12:40+00:00",
    "answers": [
      {
        "question": "Where can I get my bike repaired in Portland?",
        "assistant": "~openai/gpt-sol-latest",
        "names_you": false,
        "position": null,
        "brands_named": [
          "REI",
          "Trek"
        ],
        "sites_cited": [
          "bikeportland.org",
          "rei.com"
        ],
        "searches": [
          "bike repair shop Portland"
        ],
        "answer": "In Portland, REI and the Trek store both run service departments, and several independent shops do a tune-up within the week..."
      }
    ],
    "next_cursor": 20
  }
}
```

`result`: When the check ran, the answers (question, assistant, whether it names the business and where, the brands named, the sites cited, the searches it ran, and the answer text), and next_cursor.

## Errors

| Code | Status | When | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| `not_found` | 404 | The website is not set up for tracking yet. | Call visibility_setup first. |
| `invalid_input` | 400 | No business website was given. | Send it like https://halversoncycle.example. |
| `not_found` | 404 | No check has run for the website yet. | Start one with visibility_check. |

The refusals every tool can give (401 key, 402 balance, 429 limits) are on the errors page: https://conecto.chat/docs/errors.md

## Related

- [visibility_setup](https://conecto.chat/tools/visibility/visibility_setup.md): Chooses what to track for a website: the buyer questions, the competitors and the assistants to ask. $0.001 a call.
- [visibility_check](https://conecto.chat/tools/visibility/visibility_check.md): Asks every tracked question on each chosen assistant, with web search on, and measures how often and how well the business is named. $0.04 per answer (one question on one assistant).
- [visibility_report](https://conecto.chat/tools/visibility/visibility_report.md): The latest check: how often the business is named, its trend, each assistant, its rank against the competitors, the sites cited, and the next actions. Free up to 1,000,000 reads a month.
- [visibility_improve](https://conecto.chat/tools/visibility/visibility_improve.md): What to do to be named more often: the actions from the latest check, highest impact first, with concrete steps. Free up to 1,000,000 reads a month.