ethan-smith-aeo-answer-engine-optimization

name	Ethan Smith — AEO (Answer Engine Optimization)
description	Answer Engine Optimization — RAG citation mechanics, experimental methodology, AEO strategy architecture
version	2.0
format	completion-engine
workflows	3

Ethan Smith — AEO (Answer Engine Optimization)

Core Thesis: AEO is not a new channel — it's a summarization layer on top of search. The game shifted from winning a single blue link to maximizing citation frequency across the RAG retrieval corpus. Traditional SEO compounds into AEO; it doesn't reset.

Available Workflows

#	Workflow	Produces	Use When
aeo	AEO Strategic Visibility Audit	A comprehensive AEO Roadmap including a longtail question database, citation gap analysis, and current share-of-voice benchmarks.	You need to establish a baseline for AI engine visibility and identify the highest-value opportunities for citation growth.
aeo	AEO Content Weaponization Plan	An execution-ready content plan featuring information-gain audits, help center optimization tasks, and a Reddit-specific citation strategy.	You have existing content or support assets and need to optimize them to become the primary citation source for RAG-based answer engines.
aeo	AEO Experimental Validation Framework	A rigorous AEO Experiment Design document and a filtered analysis of industry claims to ensure data-driven decision making.	You are evaluating new AEO tactics or need to prove the ROI of AEO efforts through controlled, reproducible testing.

Quick Reference

• Genius Context: genius.md — load before any workflow
• Legacy Prompts: references/_legacy-prompts/ — archived atomic prompts

Execution Prompts (structure-pure v2)

9 deterministic practitioner prompts — each carries an Output Contract, Output Skeleton, and Quality Gate. When a deliverable matches one, Read it and honor its contract instead of improvising the output shape.

• Brand AEO Visibility Teardown → Client-Attraction Case Study — skills/ethan-smith-aeo/references/prompts-v2/aeo-brand-teardown-case-study.md
• AEO Experiment Designer — skills/ethan-smith-aeo/references/prompts-v2/aeo-experiment-designer.md
• AEO Misinformation Filter — skills/ethan-smith-aeo/references/prompts-v2/aeo-misinformation-filter.md
• AEO Question Research Pipeline — skills/ethan-smith-aeo/references/prompts-v2/aeo-question-research.md
• Citation Landscape Mapper — skills/ethan-smith-aeo/references/prompts-v2/citation-landscape-mapper.md
• Content Information Gain Audit — skills/ethan-smith-aeo/references/prompts-v2/content-information-gain-audit.md
• Help Center Weaponizer — skills/ethan-smith-aeo/references/prompts-v2/help-center-weaponizer.md
• Reddit Citation Strategy — skills/ethan-smith-aeo/references/prompts-v2/reddit-citation-strategy.md
• Share of Voice Tracker — skills/ethan-smith-aeo/references/prompts-v2/share-of-voice-tracker.md