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Search is splitting into two surfaces: pages that rank in Google and Bing, and sources that get cited inside ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Copilot, and similar experiences. The seo-geo skill on explainx.ai is built for exactly that split — one agent-facing package that walks through audits, meta and schema work, keyword research, and GEO tactics derived from Princeton-style research on generative visibility.
Learn more via this video: https://youtu.be/VerBKs6v_D8
This post is a field guide: what the skill is, how we think about SEO vs GEO, where to install it, and which GitHub repos you can treat as source of truth.
seo-geo is a marketing-category agent skill published in the registry. In practice it is a folder of instructions (not a hosted SaaS) that your agent loads when you ask for SEO or “AI search” improvements. The live card on explainx.ai summarizes it as coverage for:
The canonical product page (install command, summary bullets, related skills) is here:
seo-geo by whyashthakker/agent-skills-marketing on explainx.ai
If you are exploring the broader ecosystem, the skills registry lists hundreds of other community skills ranked by adoption — useful for stacking seo-geo next to copy, analytics, or front-end skills from the same publisher.
SEO (search engine optimization) is still the discipline of earning visibility in ranked results: relevance, authority, technical health, structured data, and intent-matched content.
GEO (Generative Engine Optimization) is the parallel discipline of earning mentions inside AI-generated answers: clear claims, citations, statistics, expert quotes, FAQ-style schema, and answer-first structure — because many generative interfaces cite sources rather than “rank” pages like a ten-blue-links SERP.
The skill’s own copy puts the line bluntly: AI search engines don’t rank pages — they cite sources. Whether or not you agree with that for every product surface, it is a useful engineering heuristic: if you only optimize for classic rankings, you may still lose share of voice in answer panels and chat-style search.
The bundled workflow in the skill — reflected on the explainx.ai detail page — roughly follows five beats:
robots.txtsite: checksThe skill also nudges platform quirks (e.g. allowing relevant bots, FAQ schema for some surfaces, Bing speed habits) without pretending one checklist fits every engine.
The skill cites a nine-method menu; treat these as hypotheses to test on your property, not magic multipliers:
| Method | Idea |
|---|---|
| Cite sources | Link to authoritative references |
| Statistics | Use specific numbers and data |
| Quotations | Named experts with attribution |
| Authoritative tone | Clear, confident expert voice |
| Easy to understand | Plain language where possible |
| Technical terms | Domain vocabulary where it helps |
| Unique words | Healthy vocabulary diversity |
| Fluency | Improve readability and flow |
| Avoid keyword stuffing | Over-optimization hurts |
Combining fluency with statistics is highlighted as a strong pairing in the original skill doc — consistent with “show your work” in both human and model-visible ways.
Use the install strip from the registry detail page (it matches the pattern):
npx skills add https://github.com/whyashthakker/agent-skills-marketing --skill seo-geo
That pulls the skill from the marketing skills monorepo described in the publisher README: a library of agent skills for marketing, SEO, GEO, lifecycle, and campaign work, with .agents/skills as the portable copy and .claude/skills as a Claude-oriented mirror.
Upstream repository (source + full library):
github.com/whyashthakker/agent-skills-marketing
Per that README, you can either copy the entire .agents/skills tree into your project or copy individual folders (for example only seo-geo) into ~/.claude/skills or your repo’s .agents/skills. Natural-language prompts in Claude Code then align to the skill when the task matches its description.
A second high-visibility open library that ships a seo-geo skill is OPC Skills — aimed at solopreneurs and one-person companies, with a large star count and parallel Claude Code marketplace install paths:
github.com/ReScienceLab/opc-skills
Their README documents patterns such as npx skills add ReScienceLab/opc-skills --skill seo-geo and plugin marketplace installs. If your team already standardizes on OPC, you may prefer that distribution even though the explainx.ai listing tracks agent-skills-marketing.
It is not a replacement for professional SEO counsel on static sites with millions of URLs, regulatory-heavy industries, or spam-risk niches — but it is a concrete skill package you can version alongside your code.
seo-geo packages SEO + GEO into a single agent skill: audits, keywords, schema, meta, and citation-oriented content guidance. The explainx.ai listing is the fastest way to see install stats and the exact npx skills add line: seo-geo on explainx.ai. Source material and the full marketing library live on GitHub at whyashthakker/agent-skills-marketing; an alternate seo-geo distribution is ReScienceLab/opc-skills.
If you maintain a comparable skill and want distribution + ranking signals, register at explainx.ai and submit through the skills submission flow once you have an account.