Module · AI search visibility
AI engines cite lists. Own one, honestly.
When someone asks an AI for the best product in your niche, the answer is built from roundups and comparisons, not from your sales page. The Authority Lists Engine turns your product into the subject of a small authority list site you run yourself: real criteria, real rankings, your product placed where the facts put it, and a disclosure line on every mention.
What is the Authority Lists Engine? A prompt engine inside ContentCraft AI. Save a product profile and a list-site profile, generate a deterministic 15-article plan, then assemble the prompts that write each article, refresh it monthly, turn it into a newsletter issue, and pitch your product into other people's lists.
What's inside
- Product Profile: quick fields or a pasted listing, saved once and injected into every prompt; keep several products and switch the active one
- List Site profile: your site name, one of 6 platforms (Substack, Medium, Blogger, Carrd, WordPress, Notion), niche, audience, editorial angle, and your disclosure line, with an honest default when you leave it blank
- Site Planner: 6 site-name ideas plus a 15-article plan (best pick, head-to-head, worth-it verdict, budget, marketplace, gift guide, and more) with types, intents, priorities, and a publishing cadence
- Article Prompts: one master prompt per planned article, with an answer-first opening, a scoring box, 7 to 10 ranked items, a comparison table, an FAQ with FAQPage JSON-LD, ItemList JSON-LD, meta tags, and internal links; or download all 15 prompts as one file
- Honest placement, always: your product ranks where its facts earn, top 3 only when it truly wins, and the disclosure line prints word for word under its entry
- Refresh & Site Pages: monthly refresh, newsletter issue, About & Methodology page, a public How We Rank policy, and an outreach prompt for getting into other lists
- Launch Checklist: 4 phases and 16 steps from platform pick to monthly refresh, with progress saved and carried inside your export file
- Export and import: profiles, site, plan, and checklist progress in one JSON backup
FAQ
What is the Authority Lists Engine?
A prompt engine inside ContentCraft AI that helps a seller build a small, honest best-of list site in their niche, with their own product inside it. You save a product profile and a list-site profile, generate a 15-article editorial plan, and the Engine assembles the article, refresh, newsletter, and outreach prompts you run in your own ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, or Grok. Nothing is generated or published on ContentCraft's servers.
Why would I build a list site instead of promoting my product page?
AI answer engines cite independent-looking roundups and comparisons far more than a seller's own product page. A small list site you own, run honestly with stated criteria and a disclosure line, is a citable source in your niche: it can rank your product where the facts put it, and it keeps earning citations as you refresh it monthly.
How does the Engine keep the lists honest?
Every article prompt carries the same rules: your product takes the position its facts earn (top 3 only when it genuinely wins for that reader), the disclosure line is printed word for word under its entry, ratings and review counts are never invented, and anything the AI cannot verify is marked [VERIFY] for you to check. The launch checklist ends with disclosure compliance and a never-fake-reviews rule.
Which platforms can the list site live on?
Six: Substack, Medium, Blogger, Carrd, WordPress, and Notion. The Engine stores one platform per site, names it inside every prompt, and its checklist notes how each platform takes the FAQPage and ItemList JSON-LD blocks (HTML embed on WordPress, Blogger, and Carrd; a code block in the footer on Substack, Medium, and Notion).
Is the Authority Lists Engine free?
Yes: like every ContentCraft module, the Authority Lists Engine is included on every plan, with free daily prompt renders to start. Create a free account, save your product profile, and generate your site plan in minutes.