{
  "@type": "help_guide",
  "id": "external-links",
  "title": "External sources",
  "kind": "feature",
  "summary": "Nexus keeps a list of credible outside sources each client can cite (research, industry associations, trade press, government data), rated by authority and freshness. Articles cite from that list; competitors are never cited.",
  "aliases": [
    "external links",
    "citations",
    "sources",
    "external sources",
    "cite a source",
    "research sources",
    "external link database",
    "stop citing a site",
    "block a source"
  ],
  "engine": "content",
  "agents": [],
  "related": [
    {
      "id": "internal-links",
      "page": "https://nexus.effiqs.com/help/internal-links"
    },
    {
      "id": "competitors",
      "page": "https://nexus.effiqs.com/help/competitors"
    }
  ],
  "reviewed": "2026-10-15",
  "sections": [
    {
      "heading": "What it does",
      "key": "what-it-does",
      "markdown": "Nexus keeps a list of credible outside sources each client can cite (research, industry associations, trade press, government data), rated by authority and freshness. Articles cite from that list; competitors are never cited."
    },
    {
      "heading": "Set it up",
      "key": "set-it-up",
      "markdown": "- **\"Research external sources for them.\"** Runs in the background and posts the result to the thread.\n- Add one you trust: **\"Add this source: https://www.example.org/report.\"**"
    },
    {
      "heading": "Check and curate",
      "key": "check-and-curate",
      "markdown": "- **\"How healthy is the external link inventory?\"**\n- Block or prefer one: **\"Blacklist example.net as a source.\"** or **\"Mark example.org as trusted.\"**\n- Open the link inventory to see which pieces cite each source."
    },
    {
      "heading": "Troubleshooting",
      "key": "troubleshooting",
      "markdown": "- **Research found sources but kept few.** Most results were company sites, which are never cited. The result says why each was dropped.\n- **Citations look made up.** Live search may be down: **\"Check the content link search.\"**"
    },
    {
      "heading": "Prompts",
      "key": "prompts",
      "markdown": "- \"Research external sources for them.\"\n- \"Add this source: https://www.example.org/report.\"\n- \"How healthy is the external link inventory?\"\n- \"Blacklist example.net as a source.\"\n- \"Mark example.org as trusted.\"\n- \"Check the content link search.\""
    }
  ],
  "prompts": [
    {
      "text": "Research external sources for them.",
      "tool": "research_external_links"
    },
    {
      "text": "Add this source: https://www.example.org/report.",
      "tool": "add_external_link"
    },
    {
      "text": "How healthy is the external link inventory?",
      "tool": "check_external_link_inventory"
    },
    {
      "text": "Blacklist example.net as a source.",
      "tool": "curate_external_link"
    },
    {
      "text": "Mark example.org as trusted.",
      "tool": "curate_external_link"
    },
    {
      "text": "Check the content link search.",
      "tool": "check_content_link_search"
    }
  ],
  "page": "https://nexus.effiqs.com/help/external-links",
  "markdown": "https://nexus.effiqs.com/help/external-links.md"
}