# Xcite

> Xcite is a free AEO checker and GEO audit tool that grades how ready a website is to be read and cited by AI answer engines such as ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude and Gemini. It tracks whether they recommend the brand for real buyer questions and turns gaps into a prioritised feed of ready-to-ship fixes.

Key capabilities:
- Free AI search audit: AI crawler access in robots.txt (GPTBot, OAI-SearchBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot, Google-Extended), llms.txt presence and validity, Schema.org structured data, and brand/entity clarity.
- Readiness grade: Prime Visibility (85+), Competitive (70–84), Partially Indexed (50–69), Ghost (<50).
- Prompt rankings: runs buyer-style prompts through OpenAI and tracks brand mentions, position and competitor citations between checks.
- Action feed: impact-ranked fixes with exact snippets (robots.txt rules, JSON-LD, llms.txt).

## Tools
- [Free AEO checker](https://x-cite.app/): Enter a website, category and competitors to get an AI readiness grade.
- [AI search audit & GEO audit](https://x-cite.app/ai-search-audit): What the audit checks and how the grade works.
- [llms.txt generator](https://x-cite.app/llms-txt-generator): Build a valid llms.txt file in the browser.

## Guides
- [ChatGPT SEO](https://x-cite.app/chatgpt-seo): How to get cited by ChatGPT.
- [Perplexity SEO](https://x-cite.app/perplexity-seo): How to get cited by Perplexity.
- [Answer engine optimization guide](https://x-cite.app/answer-engine-optimization-guide): How AEO works.
- [What is llms.txt?](https://x-cite.app/what-is-llms-txt): The llms.txt format and examples.

## Optional
- [Sitemap](https://x-cite.app/sitemap.xml)