AI Visibility Scorecard
indie FDE
indiefde.com · Technology
Somewhat visible. AI bots can read indie FDE, but it is missing the structured signals that push citation rate above competitors.
AI engines read this profile 1 times
Claude
#464,249 of 2,705,019 in Technology for AI visibility
5
AEO Visibility
iBorderline · 5.4/10
10
Muse Index Score
iAI agent readiness
Basic · 10/100
8
AI Adoption
iBasic · 8/100
About indie FDE
from our crawl and measurement
indie FDE is a business whose own site puts it this way: "indie FDE is the platform for solo Forward Deployed Engineers. Hosted agents, cloud computers, chat UIs, and Stripe payouts. Build vertical AI agents solo and own the revenue." To AI engines like ChatGPT and Perplexity it is partially visible, scoring 5.4 out of 10, readable in places and missing in others.
Our crawl found an llms.txt file for AI models, a sitemap and a readable heading structure. It is missing structured data describing the business.
AI crawlers have visited once in our tracking, including ClaudeBot (Anthropic).
The 6 signals AI reads
Strong · Good · Fair · Weak
Structured Data
Weak
Organization / LocalBusiness JSON-LD that AI can read.
Content Structure
Strong
Clear headings and answer-style content.
Entity Clarity
Fair
How clearly your brand identity reads to AI.
E-E-A-T Signals
Experience, Expertise, Authority, Trust
Weak
Experience, Expertise, Authority, Trust markers.
Technical AEO
Strong
robots.txt, llms.txt, and AI-bot crawl access.
AI Discoverability
Strong
Sitemaps and entity links AI can follow.
Off-page authority
How the web signals your brand to AI
Backlinks
Weak
No inbound links found yet.
Domain Authority
Weak
Little domain authority yet.
Reference Presence
Weak
Not in AI knowledge graphs yet.
News & Press
Weak
No press coverage found yet.
Community
Weak
No community discussion yet.
Social Mentions
Weak
No social discussion found yet.
What this score means
Your AEO score measures whether AI search engines - ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini - can actually read your site and cite it in answers. Roughly two-thirds of sites are invisible to them. At 5.4/10, indie FDE has a working base to build on - fixable, and the signals above are where to start.
Frequently Asked Questions
What’s an indie FDE?
A Forward Deployed Engineer is the operator who designs, sells, and ships a working AI tool for one industry. They sit close to the customer and own the outcome end to end.indie FDE means you do that solo. One person, one industry, one revenue line.Indie hackers made small SaaS in 2015 to 2024. Indie FDEs sell AI in 2026 onward. Same indie spirit. Different
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Source & Attribution
Scored by Engagemii on August 11, 2026. Methodology: engagemii.com/aeo/methodology
Source URL: https://engagemii.com/aeo/brands/indiefde
Cite this score: Engagemii (2026). "AEO Score for indie FDE." Retrieved from https://engagemii.com/aeo/brands/indiefde
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