aeo-optimizer

# AEO Optimizer Skill AEO — Answer Engine Optimization — is the discipline of structuring content so that AI engines (ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, Gemini) can extract clean, quotable answers and confidently cite your content as a source. Most articles are written for humans who scroll, skim, and click. AI engines don't scroll — they scan for extractable answer units. They look for short, self-contained answer blocks sitting directly beneath a clear question heading. If they can't find those, they either skip the content or paraphrase it poorly. This skill fixes that. --- ## The AEO Problem Here is what AI engines are scanning for, and what most articles fail to provide: | What AI engines want | What most articles deliver | |---|---| | H2 = a direct question ("What is X?") | H2 = a vague topic label ("About X" or "Understanding X") | | 50-80 word answer capsule immediately under the heading | Long intro paragraphs before the actual answer | | No links inside the answer block | Inline links that break extractability | | ≤3 sentences per paragraph | Dense 6-8 sentence paragraphs | | Named frameworks, original data, first-person experience | Generic statements with no attribution or specificity | | Consistent question-answer-expand structure throughout | Inconsistent structure that varies section by section | When an AI engine cannot cleanly extract a 50-80 word answer, it either skips the article or provides a vague paraphrase without a citation link. AEO optimization rem...