AEO Content Planner
Plan content that AI search engines actually cite.
Builds a day-by-day content calendar of question-shaped briefs designed to get cited by ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, and Google AI Overviews.
Who it's for: Growth and content leaders who want their site cited in AI search results — not just indexed by Google.
How it works
01 · RESEARCH
Map the question space
WebSearches the niche to find what questions AI engines are being asked. Checks Reddit, forums, People Also Ask. Uses DataForSEO for keyword volumes and SERP analysis. Identifies where existing content is thin, outdated, or poorly structured for AI extraction.
02 · CLUSTER
Identify content pillars
Groups questions and keywords into 3-5 thematic pillars. Each pillar has enough depth for 5-15 articles. Validates that each pillar maps to real queries people ask AI engines — not just traditional search keywords.
03 · PLAN
Build the calendar
Assigns one article per day with a deliberate mix of content types: listicles (74% of AI citations), how-tos, comparisons, FAQ-heavy pieces, data-driven reports. Front-loads high-impact pieces in week 1. Plans internal linking from the start.
04 · OPTIMISE
AEO-specific tactics per entry
Every calendar entry gets specific AEO notes: which schema markup to use (FAQPage, HowTo, ItemList), what structured data to include, what makes the piece citation-worthy, which distribution channel to prioritise. The output is immediately actionable by the writer agent.
Signals it can watch
Niche / topic area
Seed keywords
Live SERP + AI engine queries
DataForSEO keyword volumes + related keywords
Reddit and community discussions
What you give it
A niche and audience
The topic area to build a content calendar for, plus who the content is aimed at. Can be broad ('B2B SaaS growth') or specific ('AEO optimization for e-commerce').
Seed keywords (optional)
Starting keywords to anchor the research. The agent expands these into a full topic map using DataForSEO and web research.
What it produces
3-5 content pillars with target queries
Thematic clusters with 5-10 real questions each. These become the architecture of your content strategy.
Day-by-day content calendar
One article per day with: title, slug, primary keyword, content type, specific brief, questions to answer, AEO-specific schema + distribution notes, difficulty estimate, and internal linking plan.
Publishing + distribution strategy
Recommended cadence, distribution channels (Reddit gets 2.5x more AI citations), internal linking plan, schema markup strategy, and 13-week refresh cycle.
How we use it
Plans the content calendar for growthengineer.ai
The first run produced a 30-day AEO-focused calendar for the 'AI search optimisation' niche — covering content pillars from 'how to rank in ChatGPT' to 'AEO tools and analytics'. Each entry includes a specific brief the writer agent can execute against, plus schema markup and distribution notes.
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Tools used
Web researchKeyword research (DataForSEO)
Skills it uses
Want this running for your team?
We deploy this agent against your stack, wire up the routing, and turn it on. You keep the keys, the data, and the rep relationships.
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