GEO Monitor Command: Passive Visibility Check

GEO Monitor

geo monitor is the passive AI-visibility checker for a domain.

It does not query LLM APIs and does not verify direct brand mentions in model answers. Instead, it measures whether the domain is structurally ready to be discovered, fetched, and cited by AI systems.

What it checks

citation bot access in robots.txt
on-demand fetch bot access
llms.txt readiness
AI discovery endpoints (/.well-known/ai.txt, /ai/*.json)
brand/entity strength
trust stack strength
local trend momentum from saved snapshots

The command reuses the same local SQLite database as geo history and geo track: ~/.geo-optimizer/tracking.db.

Usage

# Passive visibility snapshot for a domain
geo monitor --domain example.com

# JSON output
geo monitor --domain example.com --format json

# Do not persist the snapshot in local history
geo monitor --domain example.com --no-save-history

Options

Flag	Required	Description
`--domain`	Yes	Domain to monitor (homepage is normalized automatically)
`--format`	No	Output format: `text` or `json`
`--output`	No	Write output to a file
`--cache`	No	Reuse local HTTP cache for the homepage audit
`--save-history / --no-save-history`	No	Persist or skip the local snapshot
`--retention-days`	No	Retention window for local history snapshots

Output

Text output includes:

visibility score (0-100) and band
latest GEO score for the homepage
local trend delta, if previous snapshots exist
per-signal passive readiness summary
next actions derived from the audit

Band meanings:

strong: domain is broadly ready for passive AI discovery and citation fetches
visible: good baseline with a few important gaps
emerging: some useful signals exist, but readiness is incomplete
low: the domain is still weak on key AI-visibility surfaces

Relationship to other commands

geo audit: full homepage GEO audit with detailed scoring and recommendations
geo history: saved GEO score trend only
geo track: recurring GEO audit snapshots and HTML trend reports

Use geo monitor when you want a quick passive answer to:

“Is this domain structurally ready to be found and cited by AI systems?”