Answer Engine Optimization (AEO)

A source-disciplined implementation methodology for making useful, attributable answers discoverable and reusable by AI search and answer systems without treating vendor folklore as a ranking guarantee.

When to use

Load this skill when the work involves:

• planning or implementing AEO, GEO, LLMO, AI-search visibility, or citation visibility;
• turning a topic into question clusters, answer-first pages, evidence blocks, or reusable knowledge assets;
• implementing or validating answer-oriented HTML, JSON-LD, llms.txt, crawler controls, sitemaps, freshness signals, or Markdown delivery;
• designing prompt sets, citation observation logs, share-of-voice experiments, or AI-answer measurement;
• translating an AEO audit into a bounded implementation plan.

Do not load this skill alone for broad technical SEO, keyword research, page-speed work, CMS administration, or ordinary copy-editing. Route those concerns to seo-audit, a platform skill, or the appropriate writing skill. AEO cannot guarantee inclusion, ranking, citation, or traffic.

When not to use

Do not use this skill alone for broad technical SEO, keyword research, page-speed work, CMS administration, or ordinary copy-editing. Route those concerns to seo-audit, a platform skill, or the appropriate writing skill.