Agency Client Approval Workflow for SEO That Scales
Manual approval processes delay campaigns and frustrate clients. CitationBench automates end-to-end SEO workflows with built-in human approval gates that pause, log, and resume at any step.
Manual Approvals Are Costing You Clients
Disconnected tools and ad-hoc approval chains erode client trust and stall campaign execution across your portfolio.
Clients Reject Work After Launch
Without structured approval gates, unapproved content goes live and damages client relationships you spent months building.
Feedback Loops Stall Every Campaign
Email threads and Slack messages replace a real system, burying critical client feedback and pushing delivery dates back.
No Audit Trail When Disputes Arise
Generic project tools lack logged approval decisions, leaving you with no record when a client questions what was authorized.
The fix
Approval Gates Built Into Every SEO Workflow
CitationBench agents pause at configurable checkpoints, emit an awaiting_approval status, and wait for human sign-off via the dashboard or API before proceeding. Every pause, review, and decision is logged and auditable across all client workspaces.
Every Tool Your Approval Workflow Actually Needs
CitationBench combines durable agent jobs, structured approval gates, and multi-workspace isolation so agencies can run SEO ops across every client brand without losing control.
Approval Gates
Client Approval Gates at Every Workflow Step
Any agent pauses and emits awaiting_approval at any configured step. Clients or internal reviewers approve or reject via dashboard or POST /v1/agent/invocations/{id}/approve. The agent resumes exactly where it stopped.
- Pause at any workflow step
- Dashboard and API approval
- Full decision audit log
Workflow Agent
End to End SEO Agents With Human Checkpoints
POST /v1/agent/invoke runs named agents across research, production, and distribution with real-time SSE streaming. Approval-gated pauses prevent any action from executing without explicit sign-off.
- Named agents per workflow type
- Real-time SSE event streaming
- Multi-turn agent continuation
Agency Architecture
Isolated Workspaces for Every Client Brand
A single master API key scopes all SEO ops, approval chains, and content per client via the X-Workspace-Id header. Approvals in one workspace never bleed into another.
- Per-client workspace isolation
- Single API key management
- Bulk actions across clients
Job Reliability
Approval Pauses That Survive Restarts
Jobs are backed by durable Cyclonic workers — not fire-and-forget LLM calls. A workflow paused for client approval stays paused and resumes cleanly via agent.invocations.continue, even after a server restart.
- Durable across server restarts
- Cancellable and resumable jobs
- Approval state preserved safely
Notifications
Notify Clients When Approval Is Needed
Register per-workspace webhooks that fire on agent.invocation.awaiting_approval and produce.publish.completed events. Wire approval requests directly into Slack, email, or your client portal without polling.
- Awaiting approval event trigger
- Per-workspace webhook config
- Publish completion notifications
How it works
From sign-up to first call in five minutes.
Sign up and get your key
An `sk_test_*` key lands in your dashboard instantly. No demo gate — start calling real endpoints with shape-complete responses.
Add the MCP server or hit REST
`claude mcp add citationbench https://mcp.citationbench.com/mcp` from Claude Code, Cursor, or any MCP client. Or `curl` against `api.citationbench.com/v1/*` directly.
Run a tool or invoke an agent
Every tool returns shape-complete demo data without auth, so your agent works before the user signs up. Tools across research, production, indexing, link-building, and agents.
Scope to a workspace and ship
Add `X-Workspace-Id: ws_***` to scope per client. Switch to a live `sk_live_*` key when you're ready. Same API surface, same SDK.
Why CitationBench
Built for production, agency-scale, and AI-agent-first.
~35 tools, one MCP server
Hosted at mcp.citationbench.com/mcp. Works with Claude Code, Cursor, Claude Desktop, Windsurf, and ChatGPT Apps. No self-hosting required.
Durable jobs, not fire-and-forget
Every long-running call runs on Cyclonic workers — survives restarts, cancellable, resumable, streams via SSE. Production-safe by default.
Multi-workspace from day one
One master API key, N client workspaces. Switch with a single `X-Workspace-Id` header. Per-client data isolation, bulk ops across all of them.
Demo mode out of the box
Every endpoint responds in shape-complete demo mode without auth, so you can build the agent before the user signs up.
FAQ
Common questions
Build Your Client Approval Workflow Today
CitationBench gives SEO agencies structured, auditable approval gates built into every workflow so client sign-off never blocks your team again.
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