Top 3 Hunter agent: align your content with what actually ranks
Compare the editorial quality of your content against the top 3 Google pages for your target keyword and get prioritized recommendations with ready-to-apply before/after rewrite proposals.
In summary
What you can do: Analyze the top 3 Google pages for your target keyword, benchmark your content against competitors on editorial depth and user experience, and get prioritized recommendations with before/after rewrite proposals you can apply immediately.
Who it's for: SEO managers and content managers whose content has a strong Content Score but stagnates on page 2 or at the bottom of page 1.
Why it's useful: Content Score measures your semantic coverage. This agent goes further by analyzing what the pages ranking above you are actually doing across the dimensions Google values most: content depth, structure, readability, and alignment with search intent.
What it changes for you
The problem: A strong Content Score does not guarantee page 1 rankings. Writers often optimize in isolation, without knowing what the pages ranking above them are actually doing on Google. Understanding why a piece of content fails to reach page 1 despite a strong semantic score requires a manual, time-consuming editorial competitive analysis.
The solution: The Top 3 SEO Editorial Assistant agent automatically analyzes the top 3 Google pages for your target keyword (excluding Wikipedia and government sites) and compares their editorial quality to your content across two axes: content depth and user experience. It includes a specific focus on the introduction and heading structure, two elements Google scrutinizes closely. The output is a set of prioritized recommendations with before/after rewrite proposals, ready to apply.
The impact:
- Automated editorial competitive analysis: understand in minutes what sets the top-ranking pages apart from yours.
- Two precise comparison axes: content depth (angle, data, topic coverage) and user experience (readability, heading structure, intent alignment).
- Introduction and structure focus: the two entry points most critical for rankings and bounce rate.
- Immediately actionable recommendations: written before/after proposals ready to copy directly into your editor.
[Suggested illustration: Semji editor view with the Top 3 SEO Editorial Assistant agent showing a visual comparison between the client content and the 3 competitor pages, with level indicators on each analysis axis]
How to use the Top 3 Hunter agent
1) Access the template from the Discover gallery
In the Semji content editor, click "Agents" in the right sidebar, then click "Discover" to open the pre-configured agent gallery.
Find the "Top 3 Hunter" template and click it to open it on your content.
[Suggested illustration: Discover gallery view in the Semji editor, with the Top 3 SEO Editorial Assistant template prominently displayed among available agents]
Good to know ℹ️: The agent automatically uses the primary keyword associated with your page to identify the top 3 competitor pages to analyze. Make sure the target keyword is correctly set in your editor before running the agent.
2) Add custom instructions (optional)
Before running the agent, you can provide specific guidelines to focus its analysis or shape its recommendations.
Examples of useful instructions:
- "Focus primarily on the introduction and heading structure analysis"
- "Disregard the competitor in position 1 as it is a generalist media site"
- "Our content targets an expert audience, not beginners. Keep that level in the recommendations"
- "Prioritize recommendations that do not require a full rewrite"
Tip ✅: If your content targets a mixed search intent (both informational and transactional), mention it in your instructions. The agent will factor this in when evaluating your page's intent alignment.
[Suggested illustration: custom instructions input field in the agent interface, with an example instruction focusing the analysis on heading structure]
3) Run the agent
Click "Run" to start the agent. It automatically retrieves the top 3 Google pages for your target keyword, analyzes their editorial quality, and benchmarks the results against your content across both defined axes.
⏱️ Duration: 1 to 2 minutes depending on the length of the competitor pages analyzed ℹ️ Cost: 10 AI credits per run, 10 AI credits per follow-up message
[Suggested illustration: agent interface mid-execution, showing the analysis steps in progress: retrieval of top 3 pages, editorial depth analysis, user experience analysis]
4) Read the competitive analysis
The agent delivers a structured analysis in two parts. The first covers content depth: the editorial angle used by competitors, data points present, coverage of subtopics, and gaps identified in your content. The second covers user experience: readability, heading structure, search intent alignment, and introduction quality.
For each identified gap, the agent indicates its priority level and estimated impact on rankings.
Good to know ℹ️: You can ask the agent to go deeper on a specific point of the analysis, investigate a particular competitor in more detail, or rephrase a recommendation to fit your editorial constraints.
5) Apply the prioritized recommendations
The recommendation plan lists the changes to make in your content, each accompanied by a written before/after proposal. Start with the high-priority actions, which correspond to the most impactful gaps relative to the top-ranking competitors.
Apply the changes directly in the Semji editor to see the effect on your Content Score in real time.
[Suggested illustration: prioritized recommendation plan in the agent, showing for each item the priority level, the relevant axis (content depth or user experience), and a written before/after proposal ready to copy]
Learn more
Editorial competitive analysis is the natural complement to Content Score. Combine this agent with our other tools to cover all the dimensions that drive lasting rankings.
Continue your optimization with our other available agents:
👉 Content Master agent: your end-to-end AI editorial advisor
👉 E-E-A-T Auditor agent: strengthening the credibility and authority of your content
👉 Product page specialist agent: optimizing your e-commerce product pages for SEO