Accountability
Publishing our own score means you can run hatchloop.dev through our tool at any time and verify the number yourself. If it drops, we’ll post why and what we’re doing to fix it. No hiding behind marketing copy.
Eating our own dog food
We use our own product. Here’s the live proof.
We built Hatchloop to make online businesses visible to AI search engines. Before we can ask any customer to trust that, we need to prove it works on us. This page is updated weekly with our own AI-visibility score, the specific queries we track, and what AI tools actually say about us.
91
/A
Our AEO score — August 2026
Measured with our own tool on hatchloop.dev
+35 pts
Score improvement since Aug 4, 2026 (was 56/C)
17,512
bytes in our live llms.txt — AI crawlers read us
5
high-intent queries tracked weekly across ChatGPT, Perplexity & Gemini
Free instant scan · no signup · then $12/mo to keep it optimised.
Why we publish this
You should never sell something you haven’t done yourself
Every Hatchloop email, every outreach message, every checkout page promises that AI-visibility optimisation works. That promise is hollow unless we’ve optimised our own site first and can show you the numbers.
Proof of method
We improved from 56/C to 91/A in 14 days by doing exactly what we tell customers to do: comprehensive llms.txt, answer-ready copy, complete structured data on every page. The playbook works — we have the receipts.
Citation tracking
A readiness score tells you how well your site is prepared. Weekly citation checks tell you whether AI actually recommends you. We track both, and we publish both. The goal is real citations, not just a high score.
What we actually did
The exact AEO work we ran on hatchloop.dev
Same steps we walk every customer through — applied to our own site starting August 4, 2026.
Published a comprehensive llms.txt
A 17,512-byte document at /llms.txt that describes every product, tool, and service we offer in plain language — the format AI crawlers read to understand a site’s purpose and content.
Live
Added structured data to every page
Organization, WebSite, WebPage, and FAQPage JSON-LD on all key pages. Product pages include full SoftwareApplication schema. Every structured data block is factual — no fabricated review counts or star ratings.
Live
Rewrote content to answer questions, not just describe features
Every landing page now opens with the buyer question it answers (“How do I get my Shopify store recommended by ChatGPT?”) rather than a feature list. AI answer engines quote copy that answers questions. We write for that format.
Live
Indexed with AI-specific directories
Submitted to launchingnext.com (confirmed). SaaSHub submission in progress (107-directory auto-syndication). AlternativeTo submission scheduled for August 25. llmstxt.site pending. IndexNow pinged Bing for every page.
In progress
Weekly citation tracking
The 5 queries we test every week
Every Monday we manually query ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Gemini with these five phrases and record whether Hatchloop is cited. The log below shows every result since we started.
| Query | Why we track it | Intent |
|---|---|---|
| “best AI visibility tool for Shopify” | Our primary category. If we’re not cited here, we have work to do. | Buyer |
| “how to get my Shopify store recommended by ChatGPT” | The exact problem we solve. This is our highest-intent phrase. | Buyer |
| “AI product description app for Shopify” | Targets our Shopify app directly. Category is competitive. | Buyer |
| “what is AEO SEO” | Educational query. Checks if we’re being cited as an authority on AEO. | Research |
| “Shopify store not showing in ChatGPT” | Problem-aware search. Checks if AI tools point to our troubleshooting guides. | Research |
Tracking log
Week of August 18, 2026 — Tracking started
Baseline week: AEO score 91/A, citation tracking begins
AEO readiness score
91/A — measured with our own tool on hatchloop.dev
llms.txt
Live — 17,512 bytes, v3.1, validated
Structured data
Live — JSON-LD on all key pages
AI citation check
Running this week — first results posted next Monday
Directories indexed
launchingnext.com Done SaaSHub Pending AlternativeTo Aug 25
Results for week of Aug 25 will appear here after Monday’s check.
How we measure
Our exact testing protocol
So you can replicate it on your own site, or verify our numbers yourself.
AEO score
We run hatchloop.dev through the free AI-visibility checker on the first Monday of every month. The score measures llms.txt presence, structured data completeness, AI-crawler accessibility, and answer-ready copy. 100 points possible, A–F grade.
Citation queries
Fresh incognito session every Monday. Ask each of our 5 tracked queries to ChatGPT (GPT-4o), Perplexity, and Gemini. Record exact response text. Mark as “cited” if Hatchloop.dev appears as a named source or recommendation in the response.
Honest reporting
We post every result, including misses. If the AI recommends a competitor instead of us, we note it. The goal is a usable longitudinal dataset — not a marketing cherry-pick. If you catch a discrepancy, email us at hello@hatchloop.dev.
FAQ
Questions about our proof page
Why does your AEO score matter if ChatGPT doesn’t cite you yet?
The score measures readiness — whether your site is structured so AI can read it. Being cited also requires domain authority, backlinks, and time for AI training data to update. We have the readiness. Citation builds with distribution. We track both so you can see the lag and the trend.
Can I check your score myself?
Yes. Go to hatchloop.dev/ai-visibility-check/, enter hatchloop.dev, and run the check. The result should match (or exceed) what we publish here. If it doesn’t, let us know.
How long did it take to go from 56 to 91?
14 days. We published llms.txt on August 4, added structured data and rewrote copy over the following two weeks, and re-scored on August 18. The biggest single jump came from the llms.txt and FAQ schema on key pages.
What happens if your score drops?
We post the drop, explain why, and publish the fix. The whole point of this page is accountability. A score that only ever goes up is a marketing page. A score with a documented dip and recovery is proof the system works.
See your own AI-visibility score
Free instant scan of your site. Same tool we use on ourselves. No signup required — just enter your URL and see where you stand in about 60 seconds.