Introducing SEO AI Agent: The First Autonomous AI That Handles Your Entire SEO Workflow

Today we’re announcing our SEO AI Agent, now in public beta for all Writesonic users. The SEO AI Agent is a new system designed to handle end-to-end SEO workflows—much like an in-house specialist would, but with automation and real-time data behind every step. This agent is part of a broader vision to create a unified AI Marketing Agent (including upcoming features for ads, social media, and more).

Below, we describe how the SEO AI Agent works, why we built it, and what’s next—along with additional details on the two-report system, prompt templates, how it differs from ChatGPT, and a preview of the Content AI Agent in development.

Why AI Agents?

In simple terms, an AI Agent is like a digital specialist trained to perform multi-step tasks. Instead of just giving one-shot answers (like typical chatbots), an AI Agent can:

1. Understand what you’re asking (e.g., “Improve my on-page SEO for [website]”).
2. Plan how to achieve the goal (pulling data, analyzing competitors, generating strategies).
3. Execute each step—gathering information from various sources, then synthesizing it into actionable insights or deliverables.

Because AI Agents link multiple tasks and data sources together, they can mimic how a human expert works—but do so much faster, reducing the chance of missing important details.

Also, check out the 12 best AI agents that you can try in 2025.

The Traditional SEO Expert Workflow

In a typical SEO project, you might hire an agency or a dedicated SEO specialist who will:

1. Meet/Consult: Understand your goals (e.g., rank for certain keywords).
2. Tool-Hopping: Check ranking tools, analyze competitors, gather keyword data, and create spreadsheets of possible optimizations.
3. Audit & Strategy: Review your site’s technical status, identify on-page content gaps, propose fixes, and draft an SEO roadmap.
4. Feedback & Iterations: You often go back and forth over multiple weeks, refining the plan before anything is finalized or published.

Each of these tasks can take hours or days—and that’s before writing any new content or making site updates.

Bringing It All into Writesonic

With Writesonic’s SEO AI Agent, we’ve packaged these multi-step processes into an automated system that:

1. Identifies your exact SEO request (like “Find easy-to-rank keywords”).
2. Calls relevant APIs/tools (Ahrefs, SERP analysis, Writesonic’s own content frameworks).
3. Generates a complete research workbook.
4. Delivers a final strategy (in minutes)—with minimal back-and-forth.

Learn more about the benefits of AI agents for your business.

How the SEO AI Agent Works

Below is a walkthrough of our agent’s core workflow, showing how it replaces hours of manual work a traditional SEO team would do.

1. Identifying User Intent
   • You: “I want to improve my site’s rankings for [keyword].”
   • SEO Team: Typically sets up a call to clarify the scope, relevant pages, and your business goals. Time required: 1–2 hours of discussion and prep.
   • Our AI Agent: Immediately classifies your request and recognizes it’s an “Improve ranking for X” type of prompt, requiring competitor and keyword research. Time saved: 1 hour.
     
2. Planning the Workflow
   • SEO Team: Lists the tasks to tackle—like competitor analysis, keyword difficulty checks, on-page audit—then delegates or schedules them. Time required: 4–6 hours in total to gather the right data.
   • Our AI Agent: Instantly decides which steps to run (e.g., SERP analysis, competitor checks, link audits) in a single pipeline. Time saved: 4–6 hours.
     
3. Gathering Real-Time Data
   • SEO Team: Logs into multiple tools (Ahrefs, Search Console, Google Analytics, etc.), compiles data into spreadsheets, and organizes it for an SEO brief. Time required: 6–8 hours of tool-hopping.
   • Our AI Agent: Connects via Writesonic’s internal APIs to retrieve keyword volumes, competitor pages, and more—in minutes. Time saved: 6–8 hours.
     
4. Synthesizing Findings (Research Workbook)
   • SEO Team: Creates a detailed document analyzing each competitor, relevant keywords, and a recommended approach. Time required: 3–4 hours to compile.
   • Our AI Agent: Auto-generates a “Research Analysis Report” with charts, tables, and data sources referenced. Time saved: 3–4 hours.
     
5. Presenting Final Recommendations
   • SEO Team: Builds an actionable roadmap, listing site improvements, new content outlines, and SEO tasks. Time required: 1–2 hours.
   • Our AI Agent: Produces a “Final Report” summarizing the best actions to take, from on-page fixes to content expansions—instantly. Time saved: 1–2 hours.

Depending on the complexity, a traditional SEO engagement might stretch into days or weeks. The SEO AI Agent condenses that entire workflow into minutes, giving you both the data and recommendations without endless back-and-forth.

Example Use Cases

Below are common SEO tasks and how the SEO AI Agent automates them:

A. “Help me rank for a specific keyword.”

Traditional SEO Team

1. Schedule a call to understand your business goals.
2. Manually review competitor pages for that keyword.
3. Gather data from multiple tools (Ahrefs, Google Search Console, etc.).
4. Compile suggestions in a shared document.
   Total time: ~10–15 hours.

Our AI Agent

1. You type: “Help me rank [my site] for the keyword ‘SEO AI Agent’ in the USA.”
2. The agent classifies your request and automatically fetches live SERP data and competitor insights.
3. It generates a multi-step plan—covering keyword opportunities, on-page recommendations, and link-building targets.
4. You receive a Research Analysis Report (with tables/charts) and a Final Output summarizing exactly what to optimize.
   Total time: ~1–2 minutes.

B. “Find easy-to-rank keywords.”

Traditional SEO Team

• Spends hours comparing your keyword positions in Google Search Console, Ahrefs, or SERP data, hunting for low-competition terms or quick-win gaps.
  Total time: ~6–8 hours.

Our AI Agent

1. You type: “Identify keyword opportunities for [my site], focusing on positions 11–20.”
2. The agent immediately pulls your site’s rank data, cross-references competitor difficulty, and compiles a shortlist of keywords that could jump into top-10 with minimal effort.
3. You get a Research Analysis Report detailing each keyword’s volume, competition, and suggested approach.
   Total time: a few minutes.

C. “Learn from my competitor’s success.”

Traditional SEO Team

• Investigates competitor’s domain authority, top pages, and backlink sources.
• Creates a comparative strategy doc.
  Total time: ~6–10 hours of research and documentation.

Our AI Agent

1. You type: “Analyze [competitor_URL]’s SEO strategies and identify tactics we can adapt for [my site].”
2. The agent automatically fetches domain authority, top-ranking pages, and keyword positions for the competitor—plus compares them to your own site’s performance.
3. It compiles a final summary with recommended adaptations (e.g., content formats to replicate, outreach targets for backlink building)—Total time: ~2 minutes.

Want to explore more? Check out this guide on 40 AI agents use cases across various industries.

The Two-Report System

After gathering and analyzing the data, the SEO AI Agent produces two documents:

1. Research Analysis Report
   • Includes raw data in tables and charts (keyword difficulty, competitor traffic, etc.).
   • You can expand any item to see the full breakdown—like competitor backlinks or your page’s keyword distribution.

2. Final Report

• Distills all the findings into a concise roadmap—covering detailed content strategy, on-page tweaks, content ideas, technical fixes, or link-building suggestions.
• Ideal for handing off to a content writer or developer to implement.

Prompt Templates

We’ve built a library of ready-made prompts to tackle specific SEO challenges. While the following list is just a sample, it shows the depth of what’s possible:

• Find why my website isn’t ranking: Deep dive into content quality, on-page elements, and competitor benchmarks.
• Help me rank for a specific keyword: Analyze user intent, competitor sites, and recommended tactics to climb SERPs.
• Find easy-to-rank keywords for my website: Quickly uncover keywords in positions 11–20 or discover new long-tail opportunities.
• Learn from my competitor’s success: Identify which pages, formats, and link-building tactics drive their results.
• Clean up my backlink profile: Spot toxic links and find higher-quality linking opportunities.
• Find my best performing pages: Pinpoint top-traffic pages, main keywords, and how to replicate success.
• Find topics to write about: Generate content ideas based on real search trends.
• Win featured snippets from competitors: Discover featured snippet opportunities and optimize your content structure.

These are just a fraction of what’s available. If you prefer a hands-on approach, you can craft custom prompts—the SEO AI Agent will still parse your request and run the appropriate steps.

How It Differs from ChatGPT and Claude

We often get asked: “Why not just use ChatGPT or Claude for SEO?” Here’s the short answer.

• Live, Verified Data: ChatGPT or Claude have general knowledge but don’t pull current metrics from Ahrefs or SERP tools.Our SEO AI Agent directly accesses up-to-date stats, citing exactly where each number comes from.
• Purpose-Built Workflows: ChatGPT or Claude respond in text, but they lack a structured pipeline for competitor analysis, on-page audits, or final strategy documents.Our agent follows a multi-step process, automatically creating a research report and a final recommendations page.
• Dynamic Prompt Templates: While ChatGPT can answer general SEO questions, you often have to reinvent the wheel with each prompt.The SEO AI Agent is loaded with specialized templates—like “Clean up my backlink profile” or “Rank for X”—ensuring more accurate results every time.

The difference is focus: ChatGPT and Claude are broad conversation tools, whereas the SEO AI Agent is engineered specifically for real-time SEO tasks, bridging data sources and delivering structured outcomes.

Early Observations

In our initial user testing, the SEO AI Agent reduced SEO and content turnaround times by up to 2-4X, particularly for teams that previously had to compile data from multiple sources. Users noted:

• More immediate insights: The agent’s real-time data checks reduce the risk of outdated keyword or ranking information.
• Fewer bottlenecks: By automatically generating outlines and meta descriptions, teams can move from idea to publication in fewer steps.

While the results so far are promising, the agent may still miss nuances for rapidly evolving niches or highly specialized topics. We encourage users to review and refine final outputs before publication.

AI Content Agent: Coming Soon

The Current State of Content Creation

Right now, businesses either pay large fees to agencies or patchwork a process involving ChatGPT for quick copy and then guess competitor insights. Marketers look at a few competitor ads, search for best practices, and hope they’ve covered every angle.

Writesonic’s Approach

Our upcoming AI Content Agent will automate much of that legwork. When you want to create, say, a Google Ad campaign, it will:

1. Determine Campaign Type: Identify if you need Google Search ads or Display ads.
2. Ad Guidelines & Best Practices: Reference official character limits and compliance rules. (e.g., 30 characters for headlines, 90 for descriptions)
3. Competitor Ad Insights: Potentially analyze competitor campaigns (through transparency tools) to offer relevant examples.
4. Keyword Discovery: Tap Google Keyword Planner or Ahrefs to refine your ad targeting.
5. Generate Copy: Create headlines, descriptions, and visuals that fit your brand tone and abide by platform guidelines.

In other words, it behaves like a dedicated copywriter who also knows competitor tactics, ad regulations, and SEO synergy—tying all those insights together for a more holistic campaign.

Looking Ahead: The Writesonic AI Marketing Agent

Our SEO AI Agent is the first step toward a more comprehensive AI Marketing Agent. In future updates, we plan to introduce specialized agents for:

• Social Media: Automated post scheduling, engagement analytics, and content repurposing.
• Ads & Campaigns: Multi-platform advertising insights, budget optimization, and ad copy generation.

Our broader vision is an end-to-end marketing system where each agent can collaborate, ensuring SEO, content, ads, and social media efforts align seamlessly.

Plan Details & Usage Limits

The SEO AI Agent is in public beta with plan-based usage limits:

• Free Trial: 3 total SEO AI Agent generations
• Individual ($20/month): 10 generations per month
• Standard ($99/month) and above: Unlimited monthly generations (fair usage policy applies)

Our aim is to gather feedback and refine the agent before we finalize the feature set.

Get Started

The SEO AI Agent is live in Chatsonic. Simply turn on the SEO AI Agent toggle, select from our Prompt Templates (or craft your own request) and watch as the agent generates a Research Analysis Report and a Final Report. You’ll have both the data and actionable steps to improve your site’s SEO in one place.

Try it today. For questions, feedback, or to report issues, join our Slack. We’re eager to see how the SEO AI Agent transforms your SEO processes—and we look forward to unveiling the Content AI Agent soon to round out your automated marketing toolkit.

Samanyou Garg

Founder @ Writesonic

Samanyou is the founder of Writesonic and is passionate about using AI to solve real world problems especially in marketing. Two years before the launch of ChatGPT, Writesonic was already at the forefront, helping brands, agencies, and individuals create and optimize all types of content, outsmart competitors by decoding their SEO trends and keywords to boost traffic. Samanyou is a Forbes 30 Under 30 awardee and a winner of the 2019 Global Undergraduate Awards, often referred to as the junior Nobel Prize.