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- [Host] Welcome to the A.E.O. Engine AI Search Show — the number one podcast for brands looking to get cited by ChatGPT, Gemini, and Perplexity. I am your host, Aria Chen. Every day we bring you fresh episodes on A.E.O. tactics, S.E.O. authority, and A.I. search distribution — breaking down what is actually working right now so your brand becomes the answer, not just a link. Today we are talking about something that hit my feed hard: a GitHub repository that gives Claude 35 marketing skills, specifically AI S.E.O. for product launches. It’s built for bootstrapped SaaS founders who can’t get discovered. Joining me is Marcus Reid, industry analyst and recovering martech founder. Marcus, welcome. [Guest] Hey Aria, glad to be here. This repo caught my eye too — mostly because it’s a sign of how desperate solo founders are for organic visibility. [Host] Right. Let’s start with the moment everyone knows. You launch a SaaS product. You spent months coding, maybe a few weeks designing. You hit publish, you tweet about it, you post on Hacker News. And then… nothing. No organic traffic, no signups from search. Meanwhile, that one competitor with a five-year-old blog is ranking for every term. That quiet panic — that’s where this repo lives. [Guest] Exactly. And the default move is either throw money at Google Ads or try to learn S.E.O. from scratch. Neither scales for a bootstrapped founder. So what this repo does is say: give Claude a structured set of 35 marketing skills, tell it to run S.E.O. for your product launch, and let it do the heavy lifting. [Host] And it’s not just keyword stuffing. The repo includes skills for audience analysis, content briefs, competitor gap analysis, even outreach templates. It’s basically a marketing operations playbook crammed into a system prompt. [Guest] I’ll admit, when I first saw the number 35, I rolled my eyes. But the creator — @leopardracer on X — actually mapped each skill to a real launch stage. So it’s not a gimmick. It’s a workflow. [Host] Let’s talk about how it works. The repo provides a structured JSON or prompt chain that Claude consumes. Each skill is a discrete capability — think of it like equipping Claude with 35 different personas: one for keyword research, one for writing meta descriptions, one for analyzing competitor backlinks. You give it your product URL and target keywords, and it outputs a launch S.E.O. plan. [Guest] That’s the theory. In practice, I’m skeptical about how well it handles nuance. For example, S.E.O. for a SaaS product isn’t just keywords — it’s also about product-led content, documentation pages, review sites. The repo seems to lean heavily on blog-style content. But I give it credit for lowering the barrier. A founder can now get a structured launch checklist in under an hour instead of weeks. [Host] And that’s the core value. It’s a force multiplier. I actually tried a simplified version with a client’s product last week. The keyword research output was solid — it captured long-tail queries I wouldn’t have thought of. The content briefs were… fine. But the gap analysis was genuinely useful: it spotted that the client had zero pages targeting comparison keywords, which is a huge miss for SaaS. [Guest] Right. So the real win isn’t the content quality — it’s the speed of discovery. For a bootstrapped founder, knowing what to write is often harder than writing it. That’s where this repo shines. It surfaces the blind spots. [Host] Why does this matter right now? Because the window for organic discovery is shrinking. Google AI Overviews, ChatGPT, Perplexity — they’re all pulling answers from authoritative sources. If your brand isn’t present in those structured snippets, you’re invisible. This repo is a reaction to that reality. It’s saying: you can’t afford to wait six months for S.E.O. to kick in. Use AI to compress that timeline. [Guest] I push back a little on the “compress” narrative. S.E.O. is still a marathon. AI can help you train faster, but it doesn’t change the fact that you need actual authority — backlinks, social proof, consistent publishing. The repo gives you a starting line, not a finish line. [Host] Fair. But for a founder with zero traffic, a starting line is a big deal. It’s the difference between tweaking features and actually trying to get found. I think the bigger implication is that this repo validates a trend: AI as an always-on S.E.O. assistant. And that’s exactly where A.E.O. Engine lives. We automate the entire content pipeline — not just prompts, but research, writing, schema, publishing — and we do it at scale for e-commerce and SaaS brands. The repo is a DIY version of what we offer as a managed service. [Guest] That’s a good point. The difference is that the repo is a toolkit you have to maintain. A.E.O. Engine’s agents run 24/7 and adapt to algorithm updates. For a bootstrapped founder who can’t afford to babysit prompts, that’s a real advantage. [Host] Let’s tie it together. The GitHub repo equipping Claude with 35 marketing skills is a smart, practical response to a real problem: how do bootstrapped SaaS builders get discovered? It gives them a structured, AI-powered S.E.O. launch plan. But it’s only one piece of the puzzle. The brands that dominate AI search — whether through ChatGPT, Perplexity, or Google AI Overviews — need a continuous, systemized approach. That’s what we do at A.E.O. Engine. We help you become the answer, not just a link. [Guest] And I’ll add this: the repo is a great proof of concept. But if you’re serious about organic growth, you need more than a prompt — you need a system that learns and scales. That’s where the future is heading. [Host] So here’s the takeaway. If you’re a bootstrapped founder, check out the repo — it’s free, it’s clever, and it might just get you unstuck. But if you want to dominate AI search for the long haul, come talk to us. Visit A.E.O. Engine dot A.I. That’s A-E-O Engine dot A-I. We’ll handle the rest. [Guest] Couldn’t have said it better. Thanks for having the conversation, Aria. [Host] Thanks, Marcus. And to our listeners — keep building, and make sure your brand is the one AI answers with.