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AI Search Readiness Checklist

Use this checklist before publishing an Article: confirm the draft has one clear H1, answer-first H2 sections, entity-rich wording, source notes, contextual Internal Link Suggestions, and visible structured-data support. Those checks protect the Content Score, improve the GEO Score, and lower Review Gate risk.

What to check before publication

Treat each row as an editorial gate. If a row fails, the Article should stay in draft until the ExplainScore action is resolved.

Signal	Manual check	SEO AI Regent signal	Risk if missing
Answer-first section structure	Each H2 opens with the direct answer, then support and context.	GEO Score: answerFormat	AI search engines skip passages that require scroll-back context.
Entity-specific wording	Name products, concepts, sources, and constraints precisely.	GEO Score: entityAuthority	Vague nouns cannot map cleanly to a knowledge graph.
Factual density and sources	Include verifiable facts, dates, definitions, and source notes where claims need support.	GEO Score: factualDensity	Unsupported claims are harder for LLM crawlers to cite confidently.
Heading hierarchy	Use one H1, question-like H2s, and H3s only for subpoints.	Content Score: headingStructure	Flat or duplicated headings reduce extraction and crawler clarity.
Contextual internal links	Add in-body links to the next useful guide, tool, or demo.	Content Score: internalLinks	Dead-end pages waste crawl equity and violate the Review Gate workflow.
Schema matches visible content	Use Article, BreadcrumbList, WebApplication, or WebSite only when the page visibly supports it.	Schema Recommendation	Invisible or excessive JSON-LD weakens trust and rich-result eligibility.

How to interpret the result

Map checklist failures to score movement

Content Score readiness

An Article is not publication-ready until its structure, entity coverage, readability, and contextual links are strong enough to clear the 70/100 Review Gate threshold.

GEO Score citability

A high GEO Score means the Article has self-contained answer blocks, clear entity authority, credible source signals, factual density, and current information for AI search extraction.

ExplainScore clarity

ExplainScore turns each weak signal into a visible editorial action, so writers know whether to revise headings, add sources, strengthen entities, or improve internal links.

Sources, citations, and next steps

This checklist is based on SEO AI Regent's canonical scoring model: Content Score measures traditional Article quality signals, GEO Score measures AI-search citability signals, and ExplainScore translates both into editorial actions. Use the GEO optimization guide for deeper signal definitions, then compare the draft against the AI Search Optimization page and the resource directory.

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AI Search Readiness Checklist

Signal

Manual check

SEO AI Regent signal

Risk if missing

Answer-first section structure

Each H2 opens with the direct answer, then support and context.

GEO Score: answerFormat

AI search engines skip passages that require scroll-back context.

Entity-specific wording

Name products, concepts, sources, and constraints precisely.

GEO Score: entityAuthority

Vague nouns cannot map cleanly to a knowledge graph.

Factual density and sources

Include verifiable facts, dates, definitions, and source notes where claims need support.

GEO Score: factualDensity

Unsupported claims are harder for LLM crawlers to cite confidently.

Heading hierarchy

Use one H1, question-like H2s, and H3s only for subpoints.

Content Score: headingStructure

Flat or duplicated headings reduce extraction and crawler clarity.

Contextual internal links

Add in-body links to the next useful guide, tool, or demo.

Content Score: internalLinks

Dead-end pages waste crawl equity and violate the Review Gate workflow.

Schema matches visible content

Use Article, BreadcrumbList, WebApplication, or WebSite only when the page visibly supports it.

Schema Recommendation

Invisible or excessive JSON-LD weakens trust and rich-result eligibility.

Sources, citations, and next steps