# What 20 AI-search monitoring and content platforms actually own. - working worksheet

Reviewed alongside the Eli guide: https://hireeli.io/resources/research-20-ai-search-platforms

## Decision to make

Compare the operating mechanisms across AI-search and content platforms

Owner: ____________________
Review date: ____________________
Canonical page or destination: ____________________

## Buyer questions

- [ ] What do AI-search platforms actually do?
- [ ] How do monitoring and execution products differ?
- [ ] Which capabilities should buyers verify in a trial?

## Evidence-led work plan

### 1. The five product families

Focused monitors prioritize answer evidence.

Evidence or artifact: ____________________
Status: [ ] not started  [ ] working  [ ] verified  [ ] blocked

### 2. The shared evidence model

Prompt, provider, raw answer, mention, competitor, source, date and market are the core observation.

Evidence or artifact: ____________________
Status: [ ] not started  [ ] working  [ ] verified  [ ] blocked

### 3. The execution boundary

Recommendations, drafts, approvals, live publications and later results are different states.

Evidence or artifact: ____________________
Status: [ ] not started  [ ] working  [ ] verified  [ ] blocked

### 4. The measurement boundary

Crawler events, citations, visits, qualified actions and CRM outcomes can be connected, but they should not be collapsed into a causal revenue claim.

Evidence or artifact: ____________________
Status: [ ] not started  [ ] working  [ ] verified  [ ] blocked

## Source ledger

- [ ] Promptwatch prompt tracking: https://promptwatch.com/prompt-tracking
- [ ] Profound features: https://www.tryprofound.com/features
- [ ] Peec AI performance documentation: https://docs.peec.ai/understanding-your-performance
- [ ] AirOps platform: https://docs.airops.com/getting-started/readme/readme

## Measurement boundary

Baseline date and exact context: ____________________
7-day observation: ____________________
14-day observation: ____________________
30-day observation: ____________________
Known limitations: ____________________

Keep technical eligibility, citations, recommendations, visits, leads and revenue as separate evidence. This worksheet does not guarantee an external ranking or commercial result.