Preview competitor exclusions

preview_competitor_exclusions Dry-run exact source exclusion rules against selected frozen inventories. Returns before/after counts and bounded matched/collateral examples. Does not save rules, buy discovery, check links or alter evidence.

Available in the deployed MCP and HTTP bundle. Confirm access and inputs with your connected catalog. Workspace scopes and enabled providers still apply.

Access	Behavior
`discovery:read`	Reads saved data

This read does not start a verification job.

Example request

Connect through MCP, CLI, or HTTP. Replace example identifiers with records from your workspace.

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "preview_competitor_exclusions",
    "arguments": {
      "setId": "set_example",
      "revision": 1,
      "inventoryIds": [
        "inventory_example",
        "inventory_example_1"
      ],
      "grouping": "page"
    }
  }
}

agentlinkops call preview_competitor_exclusions --args '{"setId":"set_example","revision":1,"inventoryIds":["inventory_example","inventory_example_1"],"grouping":"page"}'

curl "$AGENTLINKOPS_API_URL/v1/commands/preview_competitor_exclusions" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $AGENTLINKOPS_API_KEY" \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{"setId":"set_example","revision":1,"inventoryIds":["inventory_example","inventory_example_1"],"grouping":"page"}'

Returned result

Illustrative data validated against the documented response schema. IDs and dates are examples, not a live account capture. MCP returns this data in structuredContent and in a text content block; generic HTTP and CLI return the JSON result directly.

Full response example

{
  "v": 1,
  "set_id": "set_example",
  "set_revision": 1,
  "grouping": "page",
  "comparison": {
    "mode": "observed_overlap_only",
    "reasons": [
      "incomplete_query_coverage"
    ],
    "absence_claim": "not_supported"
  },
  "absence_claim": "not_supported",
  "whole_web_coverage": false,
  "coverage_scope": "selected_inventory_datasets",
  "verification_view": "captured_at_snapshot",
  "max_retrieval_skew_ms": 86400000,
  "selected_inventory_ids": [
    "inventory_example",
    "inventory_example_1"
  ],
  "unselected_member_ids": [],
  "exclusions": {
    "scope": "request_only",
    "policy": "any_source_row_hides_group",
    "rules": []
  },
  "inventories": [
    {
      "v": 1,
      "id": "inventory_example",
      "workspace_id": "ws_example",
      "project_id": "pr_example",
      "set_id": "set_example",
      "set_revision": 1,
      "set_hash": "cccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccc",
      "member_id": "cm_customer",
      "member_role": "customer",
      "target_scope_id": "ts_example",
      "captured_at": "2026-09-13T12:00:00.000Z",
      "provider_retrieved_from": "2026-09-13T12:00:00.000Z",
      "provider_retrieved_to": "2026-09-13T12:00:00.000Z",
      "run": {
        "v": 1,
        "id": "dr_example",
        "workspace_id": "ws_example",
        "project_id": "pr_example",
        "provider": "linktrail_corpus",
        "data_mode": "owned_corpus",
        "query": {
          "target_kind": "domain",
          "target": "example.com",
          "include_subdomains": true,
          "backlinks_status_type": "live",
          "exclude_internal_backlinks": true,
          "mode": "as_is",
          "filters": null,
          "order_by": [
            "first_seen,desc"
          ],
          "rank_scale": null,
          "page_limit": 100,
          "row_limit": 100
        },
        "status": "succeeded",
        "created_at": "2026-09-13T12:00:00.000Z",
        "started_at": "2026-09-13T12:00:00.000Z",
        "finished_at": "2026-09-13T12:00:00.000Z",
        "coverage": "complete_for_query",
        "coverage_reason": null,
        "provider_total_count": 1,
        "usage": {
          "unit": "discovery",
          "currency": "USD",
          "quote_id": "owned_example",
          "max_cost_microusd": 0,
          "reserved_cost_microusd": 0,
          "provider_reported_cost_microusd": 0,
          "request_count": 1,
          "returned_rows": 1,
          "accepted_candidates": 1,
          "rejected_rows": 0,
          "duplicate_rows": 0
        },
        "operation": "backlinks",
        "coverage_scope": "corpus_subset",
        "whole_web_coverage": false
      },
      "content_hash": "dddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddd",
      "absence_claim": "not_supported",
      "verification_view": "captured_at_snapshot"
    },
    {
      "v": 1,
      "id": "inventory_example_1",
      "workspace_id": "ws_example",
      "project_id": "pr_example",
      "set_id": "set_example",
      "set_revision": 1,
      "set_hash": "cccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccc",
      "member_id": "cm_competitor",
      "member_role": "competitor",
      "target_scope_id": "ts_example",
      "captured_at": "2026-09-13T12:00:00.000Z",
      "provider_retrieved_from": "2026-09-13T12:00:00.000Z",
      "provider_retrieved_to": "2026-09-13T12:00:00.000Z",
      "run": {
        "v": 1,
        "id": "dr_example",
        "workspace_id": "ws_example",
        "project_id": "pr_example",
        "provider": "linktrail_corpus",
        "data_mode": "owned_corpus",
        "query": {
          "target_kind": "domain",
          "target": "competitor.example.org",
          "include_subdomains": true,
          "backlinks_status_type": "live",
          "exclude_internal_backlinks": true,
          "mode": "as_is",
          "filters": null,
          "order_by": [
            "first_seen,desc"
          ],
          "rank_scale": null,
          "page_limit": 100,
          "row_limit": 100
        },
        "status": "succeeded",
        "created_at": "2026-09-13T12:00:00.000Z",
        "started_at": "2026-09-13T12:00:00.000Z",
        "finished_at": "2026-09-13T12:00:00.000Z",
        "coverage": "partial",
        "coverage_reason": "row_limit",
        "provider_total_count": 1,
        "usage": {
          "unit": "discovery",
          "currency": "USD",
          "quote_id": "owned_example",
          "max_cost_microusd": 0,
          "reserved_cost_microusd": 0,
          "provider_reported_cost_microusd": 0,
          "request_count": 1,
          "returned_rows": 1,
          "accepted_candidates": 1,
          "rejected_rows": 0,
          "duplicate_rows": 0
        },
        "operation": "backlinks",
        "coverage_scope": "corpus_subset",
        "whole_web_coverage": false
      },
      "content_hash": "dddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddd",
      "absence_claim": "not_supported",
      "verification_view": "captured_at_snapshot"
    }
  ],
  "baseline_report_hash": "eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee",
  "preview_hash": "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
  "dry_run": true,
  "before_counts": {
    "groups": 1,
    "rows": 2,
    "observed_overlap_groups": 1,
    "dataset_gap_groups": null,
    "comparison_unknown_groups": 0,
    "excluded_groups": 0,
    "excluded_rows": 0
  },
  "after_counts": {
    "groups": 1,
    "rows": 2,
    "observed_overlap_groups": 1,
    "dataset_gap_groups": null,
    "comparison_unknown_groups": 0,
    "excluded_groups": 0,
    "excluded_rows": 0
  },
  "per_rule": [],
  "per_rule_counts_overlap": true,
  "examples": [],
  "examples_truncated": false,
  "example_limits": {
    "groups": 10,
    "matches_per_group": 3
  }
}

Input fields

Omit optional fields when you do not want to supply them. Null is accepted only where listed. Unknown input properties are rejected.

Field	Type	Presence	Meaning and constraints
`setId`	string	Required	Identifier of the set returned by its create or list operation. minLength: 1; maxLength: 200
`revision`	integer	Required	Immutable set revision to read or compare. minimum: 1; maximum: 9007199254740990
`inventoryIds`	array	Required	Frozen inventory IDs to compare; records must belong to the approved set. minItems: 2; maxItems: 11
`grouping`	string	Required	Grouping dimension used to aggregate the selected inventories. values: “page”, “source_host”
`exclusions`	array	Optional	Customer-approved exclusions to apply to this report. maxItems: 100; default: []
`exclusions[].grouping`	string	Required	values: “page”, “source_host”
`exclusions[].value`	string	Required	minLength: 1; maxLength: 4096
`maxRetrievalSkewMs`	integer	Optional	Maximum permitted difference between inventory retrieval times, in milliseconds. minimum: 0; maximum: 86400000; default: 86400000
`exclusionRevision`	integer	Optional	Saved exclusion revision to apply; historical revisions remain immutable. minimum: 1; maximum: 9007199254740990

Validation and omitted values

grouping is required: there is no implicit page/host grouping. Select exclusionRevision explicitly to apply saved rules; omitted exclusionRevision uses only request exclusions. Selected inventories must be distinct, compatible with the approved revision and include the required customer inventory. Missing dataset edges cannot establish web-wide absence.

Defaults when omitted

Field	Default
`exclusions`	`[]`
`maxRetrievalSkewMs`	`86400000`

Output fields

Fields inside optional or nullable parents apply only when that parent exists. Common schema conventions explain evidence states, empty lists and extensions.

v (number, required).
set_id (string, required): Identifier returned by the related operation.
set_revision (number, required).
grouping (string, required).
comparison (object, required).
absence_claim (string, required): not_supported: missing dataset rows cannot prove link absence. must equal “not_supported”
whole_web_coverage (boolean, required): False: these results do not measure the whole web. must equal false
coverage_scope (string, required).
verification_view (string, required).
max_retrieval_skew_ms (number, required).
selected_inventory_ids (array, required).
unselected_member_ids (array, required).
exclusions (object, required).
inventories (array, required).
baseline_report_hash (string, required).
preview_hash (string, required).
dry_run (boolean, required): must equal true
before_counts (object / null, required).
after_counts (object / null, required).
per_rule (array, required).
per_rule_counts_overlap (boolean, required).
examples (array, required).
examples_truncated (boolean, required).
example_limits (object, required).

All fields and nested objects

Field	Type	Presence	Meaning and constraints
`v`	number	Required
`set_id`	string	Required	Identifier returned by the related operation.
`set_revision`	number	Required
`grouping`	string	Required
`comparison`	object	Required
`comparison.mode`	string	Required
`comparison.reasons`	array	Required
`comparison.absence_claim`	string	Required	not_supported: missing dataset rows cannot prove link absence. must equal “not_supported”
`absence_claim`	string	Required	not_supported: missing dataset rows cannot prove link absence. must equal “not_supported”
`whole_web_coverage`	boolean	Required	False: these results do not measure the whole web. must equal false
`coverage_scope`	string	Required
`verification_view`	string	Required
`max_retrieval_skew_ms`	number	Required
`selected_inventory_ids`	array	Required
`unselected_member_ids`	array	Required
`exclusions`	object	Required
`exclusions.scope`	string	Required
`exclusions.policy`	string	Required
`exclusions.rules`	array	Required
`exclusions.rules[].grouping`	string	Required	values: “page”, “source_host”
`exclusions.rules[].value`	string	Required
`exclusions.saved_revision`	number	Optional
`exclusions.set_revision_at_save`	number	Optional
`inventories`	array	Required
`inventories[].v`	number	Required
`inventories[].id`	string	Required	Resource identifier returned by the operation.
`inventories[].workspace_id`	string	Required	Workspace that owns this record.
`inventories[].project_id`	string	Required	Project that owns this record.
`inventories[].set_id`	string	Required	Identifier returned by the related operation.
`inventories[].set_revision`	number	Required
`inventories[].set_hash`	string	Required
`inventories[].member_id`	string	Required	Identifier returned by the related operation.
`inventories[].member_role`	string	Required
`inventories[].target_scope_id`	string	Required	Identifier returned by the related operation.
`inventories[].captured_at`	string	Required
`inventories[].provider_retrieved_from`	string / null	Required
`inventories[].provider_retrieved_to`	string / null	Required
`inventories[].run`	object	Required
`inventories[].run.v`	number	Required	must equal 1
`inventories[].run.id`	string	Required	Resource identifier returned by the operation. minLength: 1; maxLength: 128; pattern: ”^[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+$“
`inventories[].run.workspace_id`	string	Required	Workspace that owns this record. minLength: 1; maxLength: 128; pattern: ”^[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+$“
`inventories[].run.project_id`	string	Required	Project that owns this record. minLength: 1; maxLength: 128; pattern: ”^[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+$“
`inventories[].run.provider`	string	Required	values: “linktrail_corpus”, “dataforseo”, “imported”
`inventories[].run.data_mode`	string	Required	values: “synthetic”, “owned_corpus”, “provider_index”, “imported”
`inventories[].run.query`	object	Required	additional fields rejected
`inventories[].run.query.target_kind`	string	Required	values: “domain”, “exact_url”
`inventories[].run.query.target`	string	Required	minLength: 1; maxLength: 4096
`inventories[].run.query.include_subdomains`	boolean	Required
`inventories[].run.query.backlinks_status_type`	string	Required	values: “live”, “lost”, “all”
`inventories[].run.query.exclude_internal_backlinks`	boolean	Required
`inventories[].run.query.mode`	string	Required	must equal “as_is”
`inventories[].run.query.filters`	null	Required
`inventories[].run.query.order_by`	array	Required	minItems: 1; maxItems: 1
`inventories[].run.query.rank_scale`	string / null	Required
`inventories[].run.query.page_limit`	integer	Required	minimum: 1; maximum: 1000
`inventories[].run.query.row_limit`	integer	Required	minimum: 1; maximum: 1000
`inventories[].run.status`	string	Required	Resource lifecycle status. values: “queued”, “running”, “succeeded”, “partial”, “failed”, “reconciliation_required”
`inventories[].run.created_at`	string	Required	UTC timestamp when the record was created. format: “date-time”; pattern: ”^(?:(?:\d\d[2468][048]\|\d\d[13579][26]\|\d\d0[48]\|[02468][048]00\|[13579][26]00)-02-29\|\d{4}-(?:(?:0[13578]\|1[02])-(?:0[1-9]\|[12]\d\|3[01])\|(?:0[469]\|11)-(?:0[1-9]\|[12]\d\|30)\|(?:02)-(?:0[1-9]\|1\d\|2[0-8])))T(?:(?:[01]\d\|2[0-3]):[0-5]\d:[0-5]\d\.\d{3}(?:Z))$“
`inventories[].run.started_at`	string / null	Required
`inventories[].run.finished_at`	string / null	Required
`inventories[].run.coverage`	string	Required	Dataset scope and completeness, including limits on what these results establish. values: “pending”, “complete_for_query”, “capped”, “partial”, “unknown”
`inventories[].run.coverage_reason`	string / null	Required
`inventories[].run.provider_total_count`	integer / null	Required
`inventories[].run.usage`	object	Required	additional fields rejected
`inventories[].run.usage.unit`	string	Required	must equal “discovery”
`inventories[].run.usage.currency`	string	Required	must equal “USD”
`inventories[].run.usage.quote_id`	string	Required	Identifier returned by the related operation. minLength: 1; maxLength: 128; pattern: ”^[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+$“
`inventories[].run.usage.max_cost_microusd`	integer	Required	minimum: 0; maximum: 9007199254740991
`inventories[].run.usage.reserved_cost_microusd`	integer	Required	minimum: 0; maximum: 9007199254740991
`inventories[].run.usage.provider_reported_cost_microusd`	integer / null	Required
`inventories[].run.usage.request_count`	integer	Required	minimum: 0; maximum: 9007199254740991
`inventories[].run.usage.returned_rows`	integer	Required	minimum: 0; maximum: 9007199254740991
`inventories[].run.usage.accepted_candidates`	integer	Required	minimum: 0; maximum: 9007199254740991
`inventories[].run.usage.rejected_rows`	integer	Required	minimum: 0; maximum: 9007199254740991
`inventories[].run.usage.duplicate_rows`	integer	Required	minimum: 0; maximum: 9007199254740991
`inventories[].run.operation`	string	Required	must equal “backlinks”
`inventories[].run.coverage_scope`	string	Required	values: “customer_import”, “corpus_subset”, “provider_query”
`inventories[].run.whole_web_coverage`	boolean	Required	False: these results do not measure the whole web. must equal false
`inventories[].run.replayed`	boolean	Optional	True when the response reuses an earlier request with the same idempotency value.
`inventories[].content_hash`	string	Required
`inventories[].absence_claim`	string	Required	not_supported: missing dataset rows cannot prove link absence. must equal “not_supported”
`inventories[].verification_view`	string	Required	must equal “captured_at_snapshot”
`inventories[].replayed`	boolean	Optional	True when the response reuses an earlier request with the same idempotency value.
`baseline_report_hash`	string	Required
`preview_hash`	string	Required
`dry_run`	boolean	Required	must equal true
`before_counts`	object / null	Required
`before_counts.groups`	number	Required
`before_counts.rows`	number	Required
`before_counts.observed_overlap_groups`	number	Required
`before_counts.dataset_gap_groups`	number / null	Required
`before_counts.comparison_unknown_groups`	number	Required
`before_counts.excluded_groups`	number	Required
`before_counts.excluded_rows`	number	Required
`after_counts`	object / null	Required
`after_counts.groups`	number	Required
`after_counts.rows`	number	Required
`after_counts.observed_overlap_groups`	number	Required
`after_counts.dataset_gap_groups`	number / null	Required
`after_counts.comparison_unknown_groups`	number	Required
`after_counts.excluded_groups`	number	Required
`after_counts.excluded_rows`	number	Required
`per_rule`	array	Required
`per_rule[].rule`	object	Required
`per_rule[].rule.grouping`	string	Required	values: “page”, “source_host”
`per_rule[].rule.value`	string	Required
`per_rule[].matched_rows`	number / null	Required
`per_rule[].hidden_groups`	number / null	Required
`per_rule[].hidden_rows`	number / null	Required
`per_rule_counts_overlap`	boolean	Required
`examples`	array	Required
`examples[].group_key`	string	Required	Exact group identifier used to retrieve contributor rows.
`examples[].relation`	string	Required
`examples[].hidden_rows`	number	Required
`examples[].matched_rows`	number	Required
`examples[].collateral_rows`	number	Required
`examples[].matches`	array	Required
`examples[].matches[].candidate_id`	string	Required	Identifier returned by the related operation.
`examples[].matches[].source_url`	string	Required	Publisher page URL recorded in this evidence.
`examples[].matches[].target_url`	string	Required	Destination URL recorded in this evidence.
`examples[].matches[].inventory_id`	string	Required	Identifier returned by the related operation.
`examples[].matches[].member_id`	string	Required	Identifier returned by the related operation.
`examples[].matches[].member_role`	string	Required
`examples[].matches[].rule_indexes`	array	Required
`examples[].matches_truncated`	boolean	Required
`examples_truncated`	boolean	Required
`example_limits`	object	Required
`example_limits.groups`	number	Required
`example_limits.matches_per_group`	number	Required

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Errors and retries

The command is annotated idempotent. Reuse an accepted idempotency key when the input provides one; changing the payload under a reused key can conflict. See error recovery for status, scope, cooldown, cursor and retry handling. Unknown observations are result data and do not establish loss.

HTTP resource routes

These existing resource routes share the operation’s domain behavior. Their parameter placement, status and response envelope can differ from generic invocation. See HTTP route details.

Method and route	Success	Details
`POST /v1/competitor-sets/{setId}/exclusions/preview`	200	Remaining arguments go in a JSON object body.

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Preview competitor exclusions

Example request

Returned result

Input fields

Validation and omitted values

Defaults when omitted

Output fields

Errors and retries

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