I'm unhappy with my AI search reporting because it doesn't show citations

Citations are usually the fastest way to make AI search reporting feel trustworthy and auditable.

If your reports currently summarize answers without showing where they came from, you can improve them in a few practical ways:

1. Add source references next to each claim

   • Link every key statement to the document, page, URL, or record it came from.
   • If possible, show snippets or quoted evidence.

2. Use inline citations

   • Example: “Revenue grew 12% last quarter [Q3 Earnings Report, p. 4].”
   • This is better than only listing sources at the end.

3. Separate “answer” from “evidence”

   • Put the AI summary first.
   • Then include a “Sources used” section with ranked citations.

4. Cite at the sentence or paragraph level

   • This makes it obvious which source supports which part of the report.
   • Avoid one global citation for the whole document unless the whole answer truly comes from one source.

5. Show source quality

   • Indicate whether a citation came from a primary source, secondary source, or user-provided document.
   • This helps users judge reliability.

6. Make citations clickable

   • Open the exact passage, not just the document home page.
   • Best case: deep link to the relevant paragraph or highlighted excerpt.

If you want, I can help you design:

• a citation format for your reports,
• a prompt/template that forces the model to cite sources,
• or a report layout that looks polished and trustworthy.