> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.get-spotlight.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Introduction

> Pull Spotlight data into your own dashboards, scripts, and automations.

## 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.

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  <Card title="Quickstart" icon="rocket" href="/quickstart">
    Make your first API call in under 2 minutes.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Authentication" icon="key" href="/authentication">
    Learn how to authenticate with API keys.
  </Card>

  <Card title="API Reference" icon="code" href="/api-reference/discovery">
    Full reference for all endpoints.
  </Card>

  <Card title="MCP" icon="plug" href="/spotlight-mcp">
    Connect AI assistants via the Model Context Protocol.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Pagination" icon="list" href="/pagination">
    Understand paging and limits.
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## Base URL

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

```text theme={null}
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            |