Introduction - Spotlight Docs

What is the Spotlight API?

The Spotlight API gives you programmatic access to the same brand intelligence data that powers the Spotlight app. Use it to integrate AI-visibility metrics, analysis runs, content suggestions, and perception scores into your own tooling.

Quickstart

Make your first API call in under 2 minutes.

Authentication

Learn how to authenticate with API keys.

API Reference

Full reference for all endpoints.

MCP

Connect AI assistants via the Model Context Protocol.

Pagination

Understand paging and limits.

Base URL

Every request starts with your organization’s API base URL, found in Settings → API inside the app:

https://app.get-spotlight.com/api

What you can do

Category	What you get
Brands	List all brands tracked in your organization
Runs	Browse the history of analysis runs with aggregate metrics
Results	Per-prompt presence, sentiment, rank, and (optionally) raw LLM responses
Content suggestions	AI-generated content ideas derived from each run
Sources	Domains and URLs that LLMs cited when analyzing your brand
Perception	Scored perception properties (trust, clarity, etc.) with LLM explanations
Topics & prompts	Add, organize, and delete the prompts that drive your analysis

QuickstartMake your first Spotlight API call in under 2 minutes.

​What is the Spotlight API?