Features
AI search visibility
A visibility percentage can describe the problem. It cannot tell a small team which explanation to publish, which source relationship matters, or whether a shipped intervention changed the answer.
What AI search visibility should do
The system should monitor a stable set of buyer prompts across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, and Gemini, capture brand and competitor presence, retain cited sources when available, and turn material gaps into a page, update, or outreach opportunity.
A practical workflow
- Choose prompts that represent real category and product decisions.
- Run the same prompt set across supported engines on a repeatable schedule.
- Record mentions, relative position, competitors, sources, and answer context.
- Diagnose whether first-party coverage or third-party evidence is missing.
- Ship a relevant intervention and compare later scans.
Where the automation needs a boundary
AI answers vary by time, model, location, and conversation context. Treat an individual answer as evidence, not a universal ranking. Avoid declaring causation from one later citation and keep the prompt set commercially focused.
How to evaluate the software
| Check | A useful standard |
|---|---|
| Prompt quality | Questions mirror how qualified buyers evaluate the category. |
| Source detail | The answer retains the pages influencing it. |
| Actionability | A gap can become a concrete content or outreach job. |
| History | Later scans can be compared with what shipped. |
What to measure
Track prompt-level presence, competitor wins, recurring source domains, new citations, and the change after a relevant page or placement. Pair visibility with qualified site and pipeline signals rather than treating mention count as revenue.
Frequently asked questions
- Which AI search engines can Haystack monitor?
- Haystack has adapters for ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, and Gemini. Active coverage depends on the providers configured for the workspace.
- Can the work require approval?
- Yes. Haystack keeps consequential publishing and sending actions behind the approval or autonomy rule chosen for that job.
- Which channels can Haystack act through?
- Haystack can publish approved pages to Webflow, send approved outreach and nurture through Gmail, and publish approved LinkedIn posts.