mode:quick

When to use it

• You want the cheapest, fastest LLM-coverage check across 4 platforms in one call.
• You don't need fan-out queries or visual UI artifacts — the API answer is enough.
• You're polling on a schedule (use /v1/watch).

Pricing

$0.02 per call regardless of how many of the 4 providers you fan out to. Partial-failure refund applies — if 3 of 4 providers succeed, you pay (3/4) × 2¢ = 1¢ (rounded down to the nearest cent).

SLA

Target 99% success rate, <5s p95 latency over the trailing 7 days. Live numbers at /v1/health.

Request

curl https://api.mentionsapi.com/v1/check \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer lvk_live_..." \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "mode": "quick",
    "query": "best CRM for small business",
    "brand": "HubSpot",
    "providers": ["chatgpt","claude","gemini","perplexity"]
  }'

Response

{
  "id": "chk_a8d2c...",
  "mode": "quick",
  "query": "best CRM for small business",
  "brand": "HubSpot",
  "providers": {
    "chatgpt":    { "mentioned": true, "rank": 6, "context": "...", "citations": [], "fan_out": [] },
    "claude":     { "mentioned": true, "rank": 4, "context": "...", "citations": [...], "fan_out": [] },
    "gemini":     { "mentioned": true, "rank": 7, "context": "...", "citations": [], "fan_out": [] },
    "perplexity": { "mentioned": true, "rank": 6, "context": "...", "citations": [...], "fan_out": [] }
  },
  "duration_ms": 4218,
  "cost_cents": 2,
  "balance_after_cents": 9998,
  "cache_hit": false
}

Notes

• Citations: populated only when the LLM API returns them. Claude and Perplexity Sonar return citations more often than ChatGPT/Gemini.
• Fan-out: always empty in mode:quick — the official APIs don't expose the platform's fan-out queries. Use mode:chatgpt_live or mode:gemini_live for those.
• Web search: we enable web search on every provider that supports it (OpenAI's tool-call, Perplexity Sonar, etc.) so the answers reflect current data.