CITAQ Platform
Verification infrastructure for product claims AI systems can inspect.
CITAQ is the broader infrastructure layer for claims, evidence, credentials, public trust surfaces, and machine-readable verification records. CRS is the first standalone MVP module available today.
The platform is not copy generation, ranking manipulation, or a certification body. It is designed to make product claims traceable to evidence and understandable to humans, operators, and AI agents.
CRS gives Shopify merchants a practical readiness starting point. CITAQ platform infrastructure is the larger system that connects claims, evidence, credentials, verification status, public disclosures, and machine access.
Architecture
The platform is organized around four infrastructure roles
Product statements are treated as structured claims with status, scope, evidence requirements, and explicit boundaries.
Supporting materials are attached to claims with dates, expiry context, source references, and integrity checks.
Public routes explain status meaning, disclaimer limits, methodology, and the path from claim to evidence.
The system is built so AI agents can consume structured verification records instead of interpreting product-page prose.
Current Availability
CRS is live; the full CITAQ platform remains the larger build
Citation Readiness Score is the standalone Shopify MVP. It scans product data, flags catalog-readiness gaps, and helps merchants understand how AI systems parse their live listings.
The broader CITAQ platform extends beyond CRS into claim records, evidence attachment, credentialing, public trust pages, policy boundaries, and machine-readable verification output.
CRS plans are subscription priced for scans and monitoring. CITAQ platform credits are a separate future model for infrastructure operations, not a way to pay for CRS usage.
Acquisition Layer
CRS is the acquisition layer for CITAQ
CRS is intentionally smaller than the full CITAQ platform. It does not verify claims, store evidence, or issue credentials.
Its job is to create the first measurable interaction between merchants and the CITAQ trust system. A merchant connects Shopify, receives product-level CRS-R and CRS-C scores, sees which products are difficult for AI systems to parse or cite, and then understands why deeper verification infrastructure is needed.
The platform expands from that starting point: claim records, evidence vaulting, verification status, public trust routes, and machine-readable access for AI agents.
What The Platform Avoids
Verification infrastructure needs clean boundaries
Verification status is point-in-time and tied to available evidence. It is not a timeless approval or certification claim.
CITAQ does not invent claims for merchants. It organizes and evaluates claims against evidence and status boundaries.
Public trust output must be inspectable through routes, documentation, disclaimers, and evidence context.
Connected Routes
Move from platform context into the live product surface
Open the standalone CRS product page and understand the Shopify readiness module.
Compare standalone CRS plans and scan capacity without mixing them with platform credits.
See how CRS leads into the larger CITAQ verification infrastructure model.
Understand status interpretation, disclaimers, public surfaces, and verification boundaries.
Next Step
Start with CRS, or request the platform path.
CRS is the practical entry point for Shopify merchants. Platform early access is for teams already evaluating claim verification, evidence vaulting, public trust pages, or machine-readable access.