Indie dev turns AEO playbook into a product: find where AI skips your brand, auto-draft outreach
hermanschutte · x · 2026-10-22
After getting strong results with an AEO (Answer Engine Optimization) playbook, the author productized it into MentionScout:
- Problem: AI answers lean on a short list of reviews and best-of pages; if those pages name competitors but not you, every answer citing them ignores you too.
- Feature: It finds prompts in your niche where AI mentions competitors but not you, researches a valid reason for the source author to add you (corrections, added benefits), and drafts a ready-to-send email.
- Takeaway: Getting included is surprisingly easy as long as you give the author a legitimate reason.
MentionScout also tracks brand visibility across ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity and Grok — visibility/sentiment scores, competitor heatmaps, and breakdowns by prompt type (brand/competitor/organic).