Brave Leo: Become a Cited Source for AI Responses
AI Doesn't Cite Your Content as Source on Brave Leo? Here's the step-by-step fix — the causes, the exact solution, and how to prevent it long-term.
Brave Leo Context
Optimize your content for Brave's AI assistant that provides private, on-device AI responses.
Submit your site to Brave Search for indexing
Focus on privacy-respecting content practices
Create content targeting security-conscious professionals
Why This Problem Matters
AI uses information from your content but doesn't cite you as the source. Get proper attribution for your expertise.
AI shares your insights without mentioning your brand
Perplexity doesn't include you in source citations
Your original research appears uncited in AI responses
Why This Happens in Brave Leo
Brave Leo uses BraveBot to discover and index content. Content not structured for citation. To fix this, you need to ensure Brave Leo's crawler can access your content and that your pages are structured in a way Brave Leo can understand.
Signs You Have This Problem in Brave Leo
Brave Leo shares your insights without mentioning your brand
Perplexity doesn't include you in source citations
Your original research appears uncited in Brave Leo responses
Competitors get attribution for similar content
How to Fix This in Brave Leo
Follow these Brave Leo-specific solutions:
Create original research with citable statistics
Add clear author attribution and credentials
Structure content with quotable key findings
Build domain authority through backlinks
Include unique data points AI needs to cite
Format content for easy source attribution
Brave Leo Technical Details
Crawler Name
BraveBot
User Agent
BraveBot
Required robots.txt configuration:
User-agent: BraveBot
Allow: /Prevent This Problem in Brave Leo
Focus on original research and insights
Build citation-worthy content assets
Monitor citation rates in Brave Leo responses
Invest in authoritative backlink building
Helpful Resources
Frequently Asked Questions
Why does ai doesn't cite your content as source happen in Brave Leo?
Brave Leo uses BraveBot to discover and index content. Content not structured for citation. To fix this, you need to ensure Brave Leo's crawler can access your content and that your pages are structured in a way Brave Leo can understand.
What is the first fix to prioritize in Brave Leo?
Create original research with citable statistics