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thoughtbot
robots.thoughtbot.com · Technology
Somewhat visible. AI bots can read thoughtbot, but it is missing the structured signals that push citation rate above competitors.
AI engines read this profile 3 times
ChatGPT · Claude
#33,588 of 2,624,033 in Technology for AI visibility
6.9
/10
AEO Score
About thoughtbot
from our crawl and measurement
"Articles from thoughtbot about product design, web development, mobile development, and growth." That is how thoughtbot introduces itself. To AI engines like ChatGPT and Perplexity it is partially visible, scoring 6.9 out of 10, readable in places and missing in others.
Our crawl found a sitemap and a readable heading structure. It is missing structured data describing the business and an llms.txt file.
AI crawlers have visited 3 times in our tracking, including ClaudeBot (Anthropic) and GPTBot (ChatGPT).
The 6 signals AI reads
Higher is better · 0-10
Structured Data
1
Organization / LocalBusiness JSON-LD that AI can read.
Content Structure
10
Clear headings and answer-style content.
Entity Clarity
4
How clearly your brand identity reads to AI.
E-E-A-T Signals
Experience, Expertise, Authority, Trust
3
Experience, Expertise, Authority, Trust markers.
Technical AEO
7
robots.txt, llms.txt, and AI-bot crawl access.
AI Discoverability
7
Sitemaps and entity links AI can follow.
Off-page authority
How the web signals your brand to AI
Backlinks
10
Inbound links from other sites.
Domain Trust
6
Established authority for your domain.
Entity Presence
0
Not in AI knowledge graphs yet.
News Mentions
0
No press coverage found yet.
Community
9
Forum and community discussion.
7
Reddit mentions and discussion.
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 6.9/10, thoughtbot has a working base to build on - fixable, and the signals above are where to start.
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The exact fixes for thoughtbot
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Weekly ChatGPT & Claude citation tracking
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Source & Attribution
Scored by Engagemii on August 1, 2026. Methodology: engagemii.com/aeo/methodology
Source URL: https://engagemii.com/aeo/brands/robots-thoughtbot
Cite this score: Engagemii (2026). "AEO Score for thoughtbot." Retrieved from https://engagemii.com/aeo/brands/robots-thoughtbot
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