Microsoft Copilot answer text tracking
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Copilot answers are stored verbatim like every other engine, and because extraction success here is high, the evidence set is close to complete.
How it renders
The answer body captured before parsing.
Sampling
Every sample is stored, not just the modal one. Divergence between samples is the raw material for the volatility metrics.
Gotcha
High extraction success can mask low sample relevance. A complete evidence set on a small-audience surface is still a small-audience surface.
What the API returns
A single collection call against Microsoft Copilot for the answer text field, sampled n times and returned as one object per prompt.
{
"engine": "copilot",
"field": "answer_text",
"prompt": "best ai visibility tracking tool",
"country": "GB",
"language": "en",
"n": 30,
"samples": [
{
"sample_index": 1,
"tokens": 214,
"text": "Several APIs return AI answer data…",
"captured_at": "2026-08-03T09:14:22Z"
}
]
}Response fields
| Key | Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| text | string | Verbatim answer, markup stripped. |
| html | string | Original markup, for citation position reconstruction. |
| tokens | integer | Approximate length, useful for drift detection. |
| captured_at | timestamp | UTC collection time for this sample. |
| sample_index | integer | Which of the n samples this is. |
What it costs
Included. Evidence retention defaults to 90 days and is configurable.
See credit pricing →Microsoft Copilot answer text FAQ
- How reliable is Copilot collection?
- Very. Bot detection is softer than on Google, so extraction success is among the highest we see.
- Does that make it better data?
- Cleaner, not more important. Weight by audience, not by extraction rate.
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