Q.A.T. audit agent: Optimize your content to be cited by AI systems
This agent evaluates your content using the Q.A.T. method and delivers a prioritized action plan to transform a web article into a reference source for generative AI.
At a glance
- What you'll do: Get a Q.A.T. score out of 10, a per-pillar diagnosis, and three immediate optimizations with ready-to-integrate rewrites.
- Time required: 5 to 10 minutes per page analyzed.
- Ideal for: SEO and editorial teams who want to optimize their content for GEO (Generative Engine Optimization) and maximize their chances of being cited by Perplexity, SearchGPT, Gemini, and other AI engines.
What is it for?
Ranking well on Google no longer guarantees being cited by generative AI systems. These systems select their sources based on criteria that differ from traditional search engines: they prioritize factually grounded, methodologically transparent content structured to allow unambiguous data extraction.
Most current web content fails on at least one of these three pillars. Claims remain vague, sources are not explicitly cited, author expertise is not established, and data is not structured in extractable lists or tables. The result: content is indexed but never cited.
The Q.A.T. method (Quality, Accuracy, Transparency) is an audit framework designed to precisely identify these gaps and fix them. This agent applies it automatically to your content, cross-references the results with Semji's GEO recommendations, and delivers concrete rewrites via the replacement tool.
Good to know ℹ️: GEO (Generative Engine Optimization) complements traditional SEO. Content well-optimized for both requires strong keyword positioning and a factual, transparent architecture that meets AI selection criteria.
What you'll get
The agent delivers a structured report in three parts:
- An overall Q.A.T. score /10 and a per-pillar score table (Quality, Accuracy, Transparency), with strengths and weaknesses identified for each.
- An expertise inventory: the 5 key semantic anchors and the 3 strongest raw facts in the text, the elements to prioritize.
- A 3-step priority action plan, with a concrete rewrite proposed directly in the editor via the replacement tool for each optimization.
How to do it
1) Access AI+ Agents
Open the content to audit in the Semji editor. The agent analyzes the text in the editor. The Focus Keyword does not need to be set, but Semji's GEO recommendations significantly enrich the analysis when available.
Tip ✅: This agent is particularly effective on long informational content (guides, studies, in-depth articles) where the stakes of AI citation are highest.
2) Create the custom agent
In the Semji editor, navigate to the AI+ Agents feature and create a new agent with the following settings:
- Name: Q.A.T. audit
- Instructions: Copy and paste the prompt below.
- Tools to enable:
- ✅ Retrieve SEO recommendations
- ✅ Retrieve GEO recommendations
- ✅ Google search
- ✅ Get web page content
[PROMPT]
Click Create to save your agent.
3) Run the analysis
Once the agent is configured, launch it from the Semji editor on the open content. It automatically analyzes the text across the three Q.A.T. pillars, cross-references the results with available GEO recommendations, and searches the web for data needed for rewrites.
Click Run to start the analysis.
4) Read and apply the output
Score table: scores below 6/10 on a pillar signal a critical weakness. Always start with the lowest-scoring pillar, as it has the greatest impact on the probability of AI citation.
Action plan: the three priority steps are ordered by impact. Apply them in sequence. For each optimization, the agent proposes a rewrite directly in the editor via the replacement tool.
Expertise inventory: the identified semantic anchors are the terms on which to strengthen your topical authority. The raw facts are those to source explicitly if not already done.
Important ⚠️: The rewrites proposed by the agent include factual data found on the web. Always verify that the figures and sources cited match the reality of your industry before integrating them.
Using the agent day to day
On high-GEO-potential content: prioritize pages that answer direct questions — "what is", "how to", or "why" content types that generative AI systems cite most frequently.
Before publishing premium content: case studies, whitepapers, comprehensive guides. These formats are most likely to be cited when their Q.A.T. structure is solid.
During a content audit: review your existing strategic pages to identify those that, with a few targeted optimizations, can quickly gain GEO visibility.
Pro tip 💡: A low Transparency score is often the fastest to fix. Adding an author bio with titles and authority links, an explicit update date, and two or three outbound links to recognized sources is often enough to significantly improve the overall score.
Going further
Combine the Q.A.T. audit with the other GEO optimization levers available in Semji:
- Enable Semji's GEO recommendations to cross-reference the Q.A.T. diagnosis with opportunities automatically detected by the platform.
- Use the Structured data agent to add JSON-LD markup that strengthens your content's readability by AI systems.
- Use the Semantic architecture & Hn agent to verify that your heading structure facilitates information extraction by AI engines.
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