> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://help.mentionpilot.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Welcome to MentionPilot

> The AI Visibility Platform for Modern Search, Chat, and Answer Engines

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Your audience isn’t discovering brands the way they used to.

They’re no longer just typing keywords into Google and browsing links.

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## Instead, they are:

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  <Card title="AI Overviews" icon="globe">
    Seeing direct answers inside AI Overviews
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  <Card title="ChatGPT & Gemini" icon="message">
    Asking ChatGPT and Gemini for recommendations
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  <Card title="Perplexity AI" icon="search">
    Using Perplexity AI to research, compare, and validate decisions
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People are having conversations with AI instead of searching with keywords.

This fundamentally changes how visibility works.

Your brand is no longer competing for rankings.

You are competing to be included, recommended, and trusted inside AI-generated answers.

MentionPilot shows you exactly how your brand appears across these AI platforms — and what you can do to improve your visibility.

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## What You’ll Find in These Docs

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  These docs are designed to help you go from zero understanding of AI visibility → to actionable growth strategy.

  Each section builds on the previous one, so you can move from setup to insights to execution without confusion.
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## Get Started

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  We begin by helping you understand the fundamentals.
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You’ll learn:

* What AI visibility actually means
* How it differs from traditional SEO
* What we track and why it matters
* How to get your first meaningful insights within your first week

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  You’ll also go through a step-by-step quickstart guide that walks you through:
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* Creating your first project
* Adding prompts that reflect real user behavior
* Identifying relevant competitors
* Understanding your initial data

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## Set Up Your Tracking System

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  Once you understand the basics, the next step is building your tracking foundation.
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In this section, you’ll learn how to:

* Create high-quality prompts based on real conversations
* Structure your prompts using topics and categories
* Choose the right competitors (direct, indirect, and emerging AI-native players)
* Build a system that generates meaningful and consistent data

This is one of the most important parts of using MentionPilot effectively.

The quality of your setup directly impacts the quality of your insights.

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## Interpret Your Results

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  After your prompts start running, you’ll begin to see data across platforms.
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This section helps you make sense of it.

You’ll learn how to:

* Understand visibility trends over time
* Analyze your position in AI-generated responses
* Evaluate sentiment and how AI describes your brand
* Break down performance across different AI platforms
* Read prompt-level insights and identify patterns

We go beyond surface-level metrics and help you focus on what actually drives growth.

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## Take Action

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  Data without action has no value.
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This section is where MentionPilot becomes a growth tool, not just an analytics platform.

You’ll learn how to:

* Identify content gaps where competitors are winning
* Discover which sources influence AI responses in your category
* Find opportunities to increase brand mentions
* Improve your authority and presence across AI platforms
* Build strategies tailored to each AI ecosystem

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## Additional Resources

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  For quick access and deeper understanding, you’ll also find:
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* Metric definitions
* Platform walkthroughs
* Best practices and examples
* Short guides for specific features

If you need fast answers or want to explore specific features, this section is your shortcut.

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## What MentionPilot Tracks

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  MentionPilot tracks how your brand appears when users ask AI platforms questions related to your industry.
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Instead of traditional rankings, we focus on three core metrics that define AI visibility.

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  <Card title="Visibility" icon="eye">
    Visibility measures how often your brand is mentioned across AI-generated responses.
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  <Card title="Position" icon="list-ol">
    Position measures where your brand appears within AI responses when it is mentioned.
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  <Card title="Sentiment" icon="face-smile">
    Sentiment measures how AI platforms describe your brand when they mention it.
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## The Shift You Need to Understand

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  <Card title="Old World" icon="clock">
    Rankings\
    Keywords\
    Clicks
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  <Card title="New World" icon="sparkles">
    Mentions\
    Recommendations\
    AI-generated answers
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👉 If your brand is not part of AI answers, you are invisible — even if you rank on Google.

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## What to Do Next

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  Start with the Quick Start Guide.
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Within your first week, you’ll be able to:

* Understand your current AI visibility
* Identify gaps
* Spot competitor advantages
* Discover actionable opportunities

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## Final Thought

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  Most companies are still optimizing for yesterday’s search.

  The next wave of growth belongs to those who understand how AI decides what to recommend.

  MentionPilot gives you that visibility.
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