Operating Model
CITAQ starts with CRS, then expands into verification infrastructure.
CRS is the live standalone MVP for Shopify catalog readiness. CITAQ is the larger infrastructure layer being built around evidence-backed product claims, public trust surfaces, and machine-readable verification records.
The workflow below explains the current product path without mixing the MVP with the future platform: run CRS now, understand the evidence gap, then follow the CITAQ architecture as verified claims become public, inspectable records.
CRS helps merchants see how their Shopify product data reads to AI systems today. The full CITAQ platform is the verification infrastructure that turns claims, evidence, status, and public disclosures into an inspectable trust layer.
Workflow
From CRS scan to verification infrastructure
A Shopify merchant connects read-only catalog access.
CRS scans product data, crawlability, structured data, and seven scoring modules to produce CRS-R, CRS-C, and an overall Citation Readiness Score.
The merchant sees the highest-impact gaps: missing attributes, vague product language, weak schema, availability conflicts, poor structure, missing intent signals, and category-field gaps.
Paid CRS plans track the same products over time through recurring scans, score history, alerts, and exports.
Products with claim, evidence, compliance, or trust gaps become candidates for the full CITAQ platform.
The CITAQ platform links claims to evidence, verification records, public trust pages, and machine-readable outputs for AI agents.
What Each Layer Does
The MVP and the platform solve different parts of the same shift
Available now as the Shopify-focused MVP. It scans catalog data, identifies product-level readiness problems, and gives operators a practical starting point.
The broader platform links product claims to source evidence, expiry boundaries, hashable records, and verification status that can be inspected.
Trust Center, disclaimers, verification guides, and directory routes explain what public status means and where its limits begin.
CITAQ is designed so AI agents can read structured verification records instead of guessing from product-page prose.
Boundaries
What CITAQ does not claim
CITAQ verification output is point-in-time status based on available evidence. It does not replace accredited certifiers or regulators.
CRS scans readiness. CITAQ infrastructure handles claims and evidence. Neither product is presented as product-description generation.
Public status must be understandable from the route itself: claim, evidence, limitation, date, and disclaimer context.
Connected Routes
Continue through the current product map
See the standalone Shopify readiness module that is available now.
Review standalone CRS subscriptions separately from future CITAQ platform credits.
Move from the CRS entry module into the larger verification infrastructure model.
Understand how public status, disclaimers, and trust surfaces should be interpreted.
Next Step
Run CRS now, then request the deeper platform path.
CRS scores readiness. CITAQ verifies claims. The early-access path is for teams ready to discuss evidence records, trust pages, and machine-readable verification access.