Citation behaviour and source selection

Cohere targets enterprise RAG (retrieval-augmented generation) workflows, where retrieval quality depends on structured, repeatable, authoritative knowledge sources that enterprise systems can index reliably.

The signals that decide citation

Enterprise RAG readiness
Structured knowledge page quality
Category authority and definitions
Repeatable, stable source data
Schema consistency for programmatic retrieval

What to fix for Cohere visibility

  • Publish stable, structured knowledge pages for your categories
  • Provide clear definitions of your products and services
  • Ensure source data is consistent and repeatably retrievable
  • Implement schema that supports programmatic indexing
  • Maintain stable URLs and content for enterprise retrieval

Cohere is built for enterprise retrieval: RAG workflows, knowledge bases, and programmatic source selection. Optimisation for Cohere is about being the kind of source enterprise systems can index and rely on.

How Cohere selects sources

Enterprise RAG retrieves from curated knowledge sources with predictable structure. Pages that are stable, structured, and schema-consistent are the ones enterprise systems can rely on across retrieval runs. Churn, ambiguity, and unstructured content are disqualifying.

What Cohere values

  • Structured knowledge pages — categories, definitions, and facts in stable form.
  • Repeatable data — the same facts retrievable consistently over time.
  • Category authority — clear ownership of the topics your business defines.
  • Programmatic readiness — schema and structure that machines parse reliably.

The optimisation approach

We structure your priority knowledge as enterprise-retrieval-ready sources: stable pages, clear definitions, consistent schema, and repeatable data. Then we verify that the sources retrieve consistently as structured answers.

Compare Cohere

Cohere targets enterprise RAG; Mistral serves the broader open-model ecosystem. See our Mistral vs Cohere comparison.

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