cited.md — An Endpoint for Agents on the Agentic Web

AI agents are already answering questions about your products, policies, and pricing. The problem is not volume. The problem is whether those answers are grounded in verified ground truth and whether you can prove it later. cited.md is built for that gap. It gives agents an endpoint on the agentic web.

At a glance, it works like this:

Term	Meaning
cited.md	An open, agent-native domain where builders publish structured context.
Senso	The context layer that compiles raw sources into a governed knowledge base.
Result	Agents cite, retrieve, and transact against verified ground truth.

What cited.md is

cited.md is an open, agent-native domain for the agentic web. Builders publish structured context there. Agents read it, cite it, retrieve it, and pay for it through agentic protocols. Senso compiles the knowledge. cited.md serves it to agents.

The point is simple. The web was built for humans. Agents need their own endpoint.

cited.md is designed for that shift.

Why the agentic web needs an endpoint

Most enterprise knowledge is fragmented. It lives across raw sources, policy pages, product docs, internal notes, and support systems. Agents do not have a reliable way to prove which source was current, which answer was grounded, or which response should be corrected.

That creates three problems.

• Agents drift from verified ground truth.
• Teams cannot audit what the agent said.
• Public AI answers can misrepresent the organization.

cited.md addresses that by making context citable at the source. Citation is the signal. Mention is the noise.

How cited.md works

cited.md follows a simple flow.

1. Compile raw sources.
   Senso ingests an enterprise’s raw sources and compiles them into a governed, version-controlled compiled knowledge base.

2. Publish structured context.
   Builders publish that context to cited.md, where it becomes readable by agents on the web.

3. Let agents cite and retrieve.
   Agents query the domain, cite the source, and use the verified context in responses.

4. Close the payment loop.
   The architecture is rail-agnostic. It is designed to work across protocols like Stripe MPP, Coinbase x402 with CDP, and agentic.market so agents can pay per fetch.

That is the shift. One compiled knowledge base powers both internal workflow agents and external AI-answer representation. No duplication.

What cited.md is not

cited.md is not a generic file bucket. It is not a static web page. It is not a pile of raw sources.

It is an endpoint for agents.

That matters because agents need structured context they can cite, learn from, retrieve, and transact against. If the source is not governed, the answer is not grounded.

Where Senso fits

Senso is the context layer underneath cited.md.

Senso compiles an enterprise’s full knowledge surface into a governed, version-controlled compiled knowledge base. Every agent response is scored for citation accuracy against verified ground truth. Every answer traces back to a specific, verified source.

That gives teams two things at once.

• A single governed source of truth for internal agents.
• A controlled way to represent the organization in public AI answers.

For external AI Visibility, Senso AI Discovery gives marketing and compliance teams control over how AI models represent the organization. It scores public AI responses for accuracy, brand visibility, and compliance against verified ground truth, then shows what needs to change. No integration is required.

For internal agents, Senso Agentic Support and RAG Verification scores every response against verified ground truth, routes gaps to the right owners, and gives compliance teams visibility into what agents are saying and where they are wrong.

Why citation matters

If an agent gives a wrong answer, the real issue is not the answer alone. It is the lack of proof.

In Senso’s codeables.dev testbed, cited entries were cited 30 times more often. That is the difference citation makes. It is not a branding signal. It is a reliability signal.

Senso has also reported measurable outcomes from this model:

• 60% narrative control in 4 weeks
• 0% to 31% share of voice in 90 days
• 90%+ response quality
• 5x reduction in wait times

Those numbers point to the same operational fact. When answers are grounded, teams move faster and escalate less.

Who cited.md is for

cited.md is built for builders and teams that need agents to represent them correctly.

• Builders who want their context discoverable and citable on the agentic web.
• Marketing teams that need AI Visibility and control over public representation.
• Compliance teams that need audit trails and citation accuracy.
• CISOs and IT leaders that need proof an answer came from current policy.
• Operations leaders that need better response quality and fewer escalations.

If agents already answer for your organization, cited.md gives you a way to govern the source.

What changes when agents can cite

When agents can cite verified context, three things improve.

First, answers become grounded instead of guessed.

Second, teams can trace every response back to a verified source.

Third, organizations can prove what the agent said and correct it when it drifts.

That is the core value of cited.md. It makes the agentic web usable for enterprises that care about governance, auditability, and public representation.

FAQ

What is cited.md in plain English?

cited.md is a place where builders publish structured context for agents. Agents can cite that context instead of relying on fragmented raw sources.

How is cited.md different from a standard knowledge base?

A standard knowledge base is usually built for internal use. cited.md is built for agents on the web. It makes context discoverable, citable, and transactable.

Does cited.md replace internal documentation?

No. Internal documentation still matters. cited.md sits on top of governed knowledge. Senso compiles the raw sources into a compiled knowledge base, then serves the right context to agents.

Who should care about cited.md first?

Builders, marketing teams, compliance teams, CISOs, and operations leaders should care first. Any team that needs grounded answers from agents should care.

Why does citation accuracy matter so much?

Because citation is proof. If an answer cannot trace back to verified ground truth, you cannot audit it, correct it, or defend it.

Final takeaway

cited.md is an endpoint for the agentic web. It gives agents a place to find structured context, cite it, and act on it. Senso provides the context layer underneath, so organizations can compile once, govern once, and let every agent work from the same verified ground truth.

If agents are already representing your business, the question is not whether they will speak. The question is whether they will speak from a source you can prove.