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Quickstart

Welcome to outwrite.ai. This guide walks you through the fastest path from sign-up to your first published article — and your first AI citation.

1. Set Up Your Brand Kit​

Start in Settings → Brand Kits. Define your voice, tone, audience, and writing style. Add a URL to a piece of content that exemplifies how you sound — outwrite analyzes it so every article you generate reads authentically yours.

Skipping this step works, but content quality jumps dramatically once a Brand Kit is in place. Do it first.

2. Find Topics Worth Writing About​

Open Topics, enter your domain or a keyword, and outwrite scans what AI systems are currently citing in your space. You'll see who's getting mentioned, where the gaps are, and where you have the highest chance of being cited yourself.

Click Create Article on any suggestion to jump straight into the Create flow with that topic loaded.

3. Create Content​

In Create, describe what you want to write about in plain language. From there:

  1. Pick a refined topic direction
  2. Configure length, brand voice, internal links, and photos
  3. Review the full article brief — refine it until it's exactly right
  4. Generate your AEO-optimized article

Your Brand Kit is applied automatically. Articles are saved to your Library as soon as they're generated.

4. Review in the Library​

Every article lives in Library. Preview it, generate or edit the meta description, transform it into a LinkedIn or Reddit post, or publish straight to your destination.

5. Publish​

From any article, click Publish and choose a destination. outwrite supports:

You can also download the article as HTML or copy it to your clipboard.

6. Track Your AI Visibility​

Head to the Tracking dashboard to monitor how AI systems cite your brand over time. Add the prompts your customers actually ask, watch your citation rate climb, and identify the next gap to fill.

Pro Tips​

  • Brand Kit first — every other step gets better once it's in place
  • Pick "Cited" topics in Topics — those have proven AI visibility, not just search volume
  • Use Draft mode when publishing to a new destination for the first time, so you can review before going live
  • Track 10–15 specific prompts, not vague keywords — "best CRM for real estate agents" beats "CRM"
  • Check your Tracking dashboard weekly — citation movement is the leading indicator of whether your strategy is working
  • Watch the usage indicator in the sidebar so you don't run out of credits mid-month