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Content that gets cited by AI,
not just ranked by Google.

AutoInk is one console for the whole loop: discover keywords, draft publication-grade articles, ship them to your stack, then track which AI engines cite you back — every single day.

Join the waitlist → Preview the console

autoink.io Invite-only beta Git · WP · Ghost · Payload · Notion ≈ $1.80 / article

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New citation on ChatGPT · #1

“The Zettelkasten Method, Explained” is now ranked #1 on ChatGPT for 3 queries.

Inkwell
2h

run_0184 completed

2 articles published to git@main · $1.84 · 6m 22s

Inkwell
2h

5 new keywords discovered

Top score: “obsidian vs notion for writers” · 3,600 vol · score 77

Inkwell
3h

run_0180 failed in publish

Hearth · WordPress 401 — credentials expired

Hearth
5d

ChatGPT rate limit hit

Scan for “offline-first note app” skipped — retrying in 1h.

Inkwell
6h

Perplexity now citing Quill

3 articles from Quill surfaced in Perplexity answers today.

Quill
1d

The new discovery layer

Your readers ask ChatGPT now.
Your SEO stack hasn’t noticed.

Every week a larger share of top-of-funnel traffic starts in a chat window — not a search box. If you aren’t in the answer, you aren’t in the funnel.

AutoInk writes for both worlds, and measures both.

63%

of buyers now start purchase research in an AI chat tool, not a search engine.— AutoInk Buyer Survey · Q1 ’26 · n=1,284

4.2×

conversion uplift on inbound arriving from a cited AI answer vs. a ranked organic result.— aggregate across 38 AutoInk projects

major SEO tools that measure AI citations in production today.— as of April 2026

01Keyword discovery

Write what your buyers are asking — not what was hot in 2019.

AutoInk mines the long-tail of search, competitor citation gaps, and the prompts people actually type into AI tools — then scores each candidate for answer-worthiness.

01Composite score — volume × intent × citation depth × your topical authority.

02Intent labeled — commercial / informational / transactional, per keyword.

03Status pipeline — discovered → analyzed → queued → generating → published.

autoink.io/projects/inkwell/keywords

Keyword

Vol

Diff

Score

Intent

Status

best note taking apps for developers

8,100

commercial

published

markdown editor with git sync

2,400

commercial

published

obsidian vs notion for writers

3,600

commercial

queued

zettelkasten method explained

6,200

informational

queued

daily notes template markdown

1,300

informational

generating

offline first note app

880

commercial

analyzed

knowledge graph note taking

1,100

informational

discovered

autoink.io/articles/zettelkasten-method-explained draft · autosaved

zettelkasten-method-explained.md

# The Zettelkasten Method, Explained for Modern Writers

Every productive writer eventually runs into the same wall: thousands of notes, but nothing connects. The Zettelkasten method — German for slip-box — changes what a note is.

## One idea per note

A zettel is not a meeting minute. It’s a single atomic idea, written in your own words, small enough to link to from many places.

## Linking, not filing

Instead of nesting notes into folders, you give each one a stable identifier and link between them. Over time, the graph itself becomes the map of your thinking.

- Fleeting notes — raw captures, triaged weekly
- Literature notes — one per source, in your own words
- Permanent notes — atomic ideas that earn a place in the slip-box

Keywordzettelkasten…

Words2,140

Reading9 min

Tokens12.4k

Cost$0.92

Quality0.91

Writing your editor would sign off on.

Structured outlines, sourced claims, internal links to your own library — tuned from 20+ of your existing posts so the voice reads like yours, not like ChatGPT’s.

01Quality score on every draft (0–1). Route by threshold.

02Reproducible — reroll with the same seed, diff two versions.

03Per-article cost visible before you publish.

03Publish

One run. One commit.
Every stack you own.

AutoInk ships where your team already publishes — Git, WordPress, Ghost, Payload, Notion, or a webhook of your own. Two-way sync: drafts flow out, analytics flow back.

01Atomic runs — prompt, model, sources, output, all captured.

02Rollback any run, any time. Revert the commit, re-queue the keyword.

03Index hooks — IndexNow, sitemap, and search-console ping included.

autoink.io/runs/run_0184 success · 6m 22s

# 2026-04-20 07:02 UTC  run_0184  project=Inkwell  adapter=github
$ autoink run --project inkwell --articles 2
  → discover: 14 candidates · picked "zettelkasten method explained", "daily notes template markdown"
  → draft: 2 articles · quality 0.91 / 0.88 · 12.4k + 8.9k tokens
  → review: auto-approved · quality ≥ 0.80
  → publish: github@inkwell-studio/site · branch main
    ✓ commit f3a29e1  (+2 files, 4,280 insertions)
    ✓ sitemap.xml updated
    ✓ IndexNow pinged (bing, yandex)
  → announce:
    ✓ inbox event run_ok
    ✓ slack #content
$ run_0184 complete  6m 22s · $1.84 · 2 articles live

Git

commit + pr

connected

WordPress

REST / drafts

connected

Ghost

Admin API

connected

Payload

collections

connected

Notion

database

connected

Webhook

custom

byo

04GEO · Generative Engine Optimization

The first citation tracker
for the answer-engine era.

AutoInk asks ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini, Grok and AI Overviews the questions your buyers actually ask — every 24 hours — and records which of your articles end up in the answer.

autoink.io/projects/inkwell/geo last scan: 2s ago · ● live

Article

AIO

GPT

PPX

CLA

GEM

GRK

Δ 7d

The Zettelkasten Method, Explained

▲ +2

Best Note-Taking Apps for Developers

—

▲ +1

Markdown Editor with Git Sync

—

▲ +1

How to Organize Research Notes

—

…

—

± 0

Obsidian vs Notion for Writers

—

▼ −1

What “Offline-First” Means for Note Apps

—

▲ +1

Plain-Text Productivity System

—

± 0

05AutoInk vs. the old stack

Your 2021 content stack
doesn’t measure the new traffic.

before

Your current SEO + CMS combo

discoverAhrefs + a spreadsheet. Weekly export, manual pick.manual

draftBrief → freelancer → 10 days → edits.~$400 / art

publishCopy-paste to CMS, format, add links.2 hr / art

track GoogleGSC + Looker dashboard.ok

track AIYou don’t. No tool measures this.blind

cadence2 articles / month, good weeks.slow

after

AutoInk, one console

discoverWeekly, scored, intent-tagged, queued.auto

draftVoice-tuned, cited, quality-scored in ~3 min.$1.80 / art

publishGit commit, Ghost post, Notion row — one click.0 min / art

track GoogleRank + CTR + impressions, per article.ok

track AI6 engines, daily scan, delta alerts in inbox.live

cadence2 articles / run, 3 runs / week. Your call.24 / mo

06Multi-project ops

Run many properties
from one console.

Separate voice, adapter, cadence and budget per project. AutoInk keeps them all running on the calendar you set — and alerts you when any of them drift.

autoink.io/projects 5 active · 1 paused

Inkwell

inkwell.studio

Articles

142

Cited

48/112

GEO43%

Stately Docs

stately.so/blog

Articles

Cited

31/78

GEO40%

Hearth

hearth.dev

Articles

Cited

19/52

GEO37%

Quill

usequill.com

Articles

108

Cited

42/96

GEO44%

Northlab

northlab.co

Articles

Cited

6/28

paused21%

+ New project

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April 2026 $84.22 / $200

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07Pricing

Pay for articles that ship.
Not seats, not searches.

Every plan includes the full pipeline — discovery, draft, publish, and GEO tracking across all six engines. Scale up only when your cadence does.

Starter

For one site, getting serious about AI search.

$29 / mo

+ compute · ~$1.80 / article

Join waitlist

✓1 project · 12 articles / mo

✓GEO tracking · all 6 engines · daily

✓Git, WordPress, Ghost adapters

✓Inbox alerts + email

—No custom voice tuning

Most teams

Publisher

For content teams running a real publishing cadence.

$79 / mo

+ compute · ~$1.80 / article · BYO keys

Join waitlist

✓5 projects · 60 articles / mo

✓GEO: daily + backfill + per-prompt diffs

✓All 6 adapters + custom webhooks

✓Voice tuning from your corpus

✓Bring-your-own model keys

✓Slack + webhook alerts

Scale

For agencies and platforms running 10+ properties.

$249 / mo

volume compute pricing · priority queues

Join waitlist

✓Unlimited projects · 400+ art / mo

✓Everything in Publisher

✓Team seats · roles · audit log

✓SSO · SCIM · SOC 2 docs

✓White-glove onboarding + shared Slack

All plans · cancel anytime · export every article as Markdown + JSON annual billing · −20%

Start writing for the
answer engines.

AutoInk is in private beta. Tell us about your site and your content stack — we’re onboarding waitlist teams in waves.

Join the waitlist → Book a demo

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FAQ

Questions
we hear most.

Still curious? Book 20 minutes with the team at autoink.io.

How do you “scan” the AI engines, exactly?+

Every 24 hours AutoInk runs the prompts your readers actually ask through each engine’s API (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, Grok) and AI Overview scrapes. We parse the citations, match them against your content, and record rank, freshness, and surface context — per prompt, per day.

Will AI detectors flag drafts as AI-written?+

Modern detectors are unreliable — and we aren’t trying to hide. AutoInk writes structured, sourced, factually dense pieces — the kind models reward in citation ranking. The quality score on every run tells you exactly where a draft sits.

Can a human review every article before it ships?+

Yes. Every project has an editorial policy — full auto, review-then-publish, or review every draft. Mix policies across projects, or route by quality threshold.

What happens if credentials expire mid-run?+

The run is held, the draft is preserved, and you get an inbox alert (and email). No silent failures, ever. You see exactly where publish broke.

Who owns the content? Any lock-in?+

You do — drafts, final pieces, embeddings, analytics. Bring your own model keys on Publisher and nothing leaves the vendor perimeter you choose. Exports are plain Markdown + JSON.

Can I try it today?+

AutoInk is in private beta right now — we’re onboarding waitlist teams in waves. Join the waitlist and tell us about your site; we’ll email you when your slot opens. Early-access teams get a free trial (one project, up to 4 articles) before any plan kicks in.

Content that gets cited by AI,
not just ranked by Google.

Inbox

Your readers ask ChatGPT now.
Your SEO stack hasn’t noticed.

Write what your buyers are asking — not what was hot in 2019.

# The Zettelkasten Method, Explained for Modern Writers

## One idea per note

## Linking, not filing

Writing your editor would sign off on.

One run. One commit.
Every stack you own.

run_0184

The first citation tracker
for the answer-engine era.

Your 2021 content stack
doesn’t measure the new traffic.

Your current SEO + CMS combo

AutoInk, one console

Run many properties
from one console.

Projects

Scheduler

Pay for articles that ship.
Not seats, not searches.

Start writing for the
answer engines.

Questions
we hear most.

Join the AutoInk waitlist

You’re on the list.

Content that gets cited by AI, not just ranked by Google.

Inbox

Your readers ask ChatGPT now.Your SEO stack hasn’t noticed.

Write what your buyers are asking — not what was hot in 2019.

# The Zettelkasten Method, Explained for Modern Writers

## One idea per note

## Linking, not filing

Writing your editor would sign off on.

One run. One commit.Every stack you own.

run_0184

The first citation trackerfor the answer-engine era.

Your 2021 content stackdoesn’t measure the new traffic.

Your current SEO + CMS combo

AutoInk, one console

Run many propertiesfrom one console.

Projects

Scheduler

Pay for articles that ship.Not seats, not searches.

Start writing for theanswer engines.

Questionswe hear most.

Content that gets cited by AI,
not just ranked by Google.

Your readers ask ChatGPT now.
Your SEO stack hasn’t noticed.

One run. One commit.
Every stack you own.

The first citation tracker
for the answer-engine era.

Your 2021 content stack
doesn’t measure the new traffic.

Run many properties
from one console.

Pay for articles that ship.
Not seats, not searches.

Start writing for the
answer engines.

Questions
we hear most.