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What We Build

Agent Engine Optimization

Your next customers are using AI to find and book services. Is your business in those results?

SEO put your business in Google. AEO puts your business in ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, and Gemini — the channels that are capturing search intent faster than any platform before them. We build the infrastructure that makes you discoverable, readable, and bookable by AI agents before your competitors realize this is happening.

3 in 5consumers already use AI assistants for local service recommendations
This site is agent-readable

Kelvino is our own best case study.

We built every AEO signal on kelvino.ai ourselves. Ask any AI assistant about us — or check the files directly.

Try asking an AI assistant:"What does Kelvino do and how do I book an audit?"

How Agent Discovery Works

What AI agents look for when a user asks about a business.

When a user asks ChatGPT or Perplexity to 'find me a dentist that answers after hours', the agent checks a stack of signals. Most businesses fail on all of them.

Required

/llms.txt

A plain-text file that describes your business, services, and booking link in agent-readable format. The equivalent of a Google My Business profile — but for AI.

Required

/agents.json manifest

A structured JSON file that tells agents what you do, what you charge, and how to book. Agents that support tool-calling can trigger a booking directly from this.

Required

Schema.org JSON-LD

Structured data embedded in every page that gives agents machine-readable facts: your services, prices, opening hours, location, and reviews.

Critical

Booking API or deep link

Can an AI agent actually book on your behalf, or does it dead-end at a phone number? A Calendly deep link is the minimum. An MCP server endpoint is the ceiling.

Recommended

Speakable content

Certain content marked as speakable gets prioritized by voice agents and AI assistants when summarizing your business out loud to a user.

Is Your Business AEO-Ready?

Six questions. Most businesses fail all of them.

Answer honestly. Each 'No' is a gap that's costing you AI-mediated leads right now.

Does your website have a /llms.txt file?

If no: AI agents can't identify or describe your business

Does your business have a /agents.json manifest?

If no: Agents can't check your capabilities or pricing

Does every page have JSON-LD structured data?

If no: Agents parsing your pages see unstructured HTML soup

Can an AI agent book on your behalf without calling you?

If no: The agent recommends your competitor who can be booked instantly

Is your Google Business Profile complete and verified?

If no: Agents sourcing local business data from Google can't surface you

Does your site content answer the questions agents ask for your category?

If no: You're invisible in AI-generated local recommendations

If you answered No to 3 or more, AI agents are actively routing customers around you right now.

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What We Build

The full AEO infrastructure stack.

We don't hand you a report. We build, deploy, and verify every component — and keep it current as the agent ecosystem evolves.

01

AEO Readiness Audit

We test your business against the major AI agent frameworks — ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini — and map every discovery failure. You get a ranked list of every blocker and what fixing it is worth.

Agent discovery audit report
02

/llms.txt + Agents Manifest

We write and deploy your /llms.txt and /agents.json — the two files that make your business legible to AI systems. Includes your services, pricing model, booking endpoint, compliance posture, and geographic coverage.

Live agent-readable files
03

Schema.org Structured Data

We embed Organization, Service, FAQPage, LocalBusiness, and Speakable schemas across every page of your site. Every page becomes individually machine-readable — not just the homepage.

Full structured data layer
04

Booking API Integration

We connect your booking system so agents can complete a reservation without leaving their interface. For most businesses this is a Calendly or similar deep link. For advanced clients we build an MCP server endpoint.

Transactable booking endpoint
05

Agent Verification Testing

We query your business across all major AI agents and verify that you show up, your information is accurate, and the booking flow completes end-to-end. We fix anything that fails before handing over.

Verified agent discoverability

AEO vs SEO

Two different channels. Both matter. Different signals.

SEOAEO
ChannelGoogle / Bing searchChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini
Primary signalKeywords + backlinksStructured data + agent manifests
User actionClick a result and browseAgent finds, qualifies, and books
Booking flowUser navigates your siteAgent completes booking autonomously
Competition levelHigh — established for 30 yearsLow — most businesses have zero presence
Time to implementMonths for meaningful results5–14 days to be agent-readable

FAQ

What people ask about AEO.

Agent Engine Optimization is a new enough concept that most business owners have questions before they commit.

What's the difference between SEO and AEO?

SEO optimizes your business to rank in search engine results — Google, Bing. AEO optimizes your business to be found, understood, and booked by AI agents — ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini. The signals are different: SEO uses keywords and backlinks; AEO uses structured data, agent manifests, and bookable endpoints. Both matter. AEO is the newer and less-competed channel.

Is AEO relevant to my business right now, or is this a future thing?

It's relevant now. Perplexity and ChatGPT already surface local service recommendations. Google's AI Overviews pull from structured data. Adoption is accelerating — by the time everyone is doing this, the early movers will have locked in the discovery advantage. The businesses that act now are the ones that will be ingrained in AI training data and recommendation patterns.

How long does AEO setup take?

The core infrastructure — /llms.txt, /agents.json, and structured data — can be live in 5–7 days. The booking API integration and full agent verification takes an additional 3–7 days depending on your existing booking system.

What AI agents will this help me show up in?

ChatGPT (web browsing + plugins), Claude (web access), Perplexity (AI search), Google Gemini (AI Overviews + search integration), and any MCP-compatible agent framework. The structured data layer also improves traditional Google indexing as a side effect.

Do I need a booking API or is a phone number enough?

A phone number is the minimum viable endpoint — better than nothing. But AI agents can't call on behalf of a user. A Calendly or similar booking link that the agent can pass to the user is the realistic minimum. An MCP server endpoint that agents can call directly is the ceiling — and what we build for clients who want to be fully transactable.

Is this included in the regular Kelvino retainer?

AEO is part of the Digital Infrastructure pillar in a full-stack engagement. It can also be scoped as a standalone project for businesses that already have their automation stack in place and just need the agent-readiness layer. Contact us and we'll quote your exact scope.

Find out if your business is invisible to AI agents.

In 30 minutes, we test your business against the major AI agent frameworks, map every discovery failure, and show you exactly what it would take to fix it. Free. No commitment.

The audit is a free 30-minute call with our team — not a sales pitch. We review your current setup, map exactly where you're losing leads or time, and hand you a dollar figure on each gap. You walk away with a clear plan whether you hire us or not.

The AEO audit covers:

  • Your current agent discoverability score across ChatGPT, Claude, and Perplexity
  • Every missing structured data signal and what it's costing you
  • Whether agents can actually book your business or dead-end at a phone number
  • A ranked fix list with timeline and cost estimate
Prefer email? Send a note to hello@kelvino.ai and we'll reply with available times within one business day.

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AEO is part of a broader digital infrastructure stack.