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Articles are the content layer of your AI visibility strategy. When you publish high-quality, well-structured content on topics AI models are asked about, you increase the chance that those models cite or mention your brand in their answers. Mentionpath’s article feature lets you create that content three ways — generate it from a brief using AI, upload an existing document, or import from a URL — and organizes everything in one place so you can track progress from idea to published.

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How articles connect to your visibility

Every article you create is scoped to your active domain and can be linked to topics. Once published, articles contribute to your knowledge base and help Mentionpath’s AI understand what your brand covers. The more relevant, authoritative content you produce on queries where AI models are active, the stronger your training signal becomes for future generation.

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Creating an article

The fastest path to new content. Describe what you want to write, pick an article type and word count, and Mentionpath’s AI handles the rest — titles, outline, research, and draft.
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Open Articles and describe your topic

Navigate to Content → Articles. In the writing box at the top of the page, type a description of what you want to write. This can be a target query (e.g. “best practices for onboarding SaaS users”), a topic brief, or a specific angle you want to cover. The description needs to be at least three characters.
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Choose an article type and word count

Use the dropdowns next to the writing box to select the article type and target length that fit your goal. Mentionpath supports 16 article types across informational, evaluative, and deep-dive formats — including Explainer, How-To, Comparison, FAQ, Ranked List, Buyer’s Guide, Alternatives Guide, Review, Case Study, Checklist, Best Practices, Troubleshooting, Myths & Misconceptions, Glossary, Industry Playbook, and Topic Guide.Word count options range from Quick answer (400–800 words) to Pillar (6,000+). The article type you select automatically suggests a sensible default — for example, a Case Study defaults to Deep Dive length.
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Optionally attach reference files

Click the paperclip icon to attach files, URLs, or pasted text as reference material. Attached content is uploaded to your knowledge base as a domain document and linked to the article project so the AI uses it during generation.
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Click Write

Mentionpath creates the article project and opens the article wizard. Title generation starts automatically — the AI produces five unique title options based on your Domain DNA profile and your target query.
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Select a title

Pick one of the AI-generated titles, or type your own in the custom title field and press Enter. Selecting a title triggers outline generation immediately.
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Review and approve the outline

Once the outline is ready, you can edit section headings before approving. When you’re happy with the structure, click Generate Draft to start the full article generation pipeline.
You can leave the page while the article generates — the job runs in the background. Come back at any time and your draft will be ready.
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Edit your draft

The finished draft opens in the rich text editor. Format freely using the toolbar, insert FAQ sections from the Review sidebar, add a Sources block, and run quality critique or AEO analysis at any time. The draft saves automatically every two seconds as you type.

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Editing in the article wizard

Once your draft is ready, you work in the article wizard — a full-page editor with a collapsible Review sidebar on the right. The editor supports rich text formatting and the underlying format is Markdown. Any H1 heading you write becomes the article’s title and syncs to the articles list automatically. Word count, heading count, and paragraph count update in real time as you write. The Review sidebar gives you access to:
  • AEO score card — an AI evaluation of how well the article is positioned to appear in AI-generated answers, based on answer-engine optimization signals
  • Quality critique — a rubric-based critique followed by a focused AI revision pass
  • Metadata — meta title, description, URL slug, Open Graph fields, and JSON-LD schemas (Article, FAQPage, HowTo, Organization) that you can edit, save, and regenerate field by field
  • FAQ panel — extracted FAQ pairs you can edit and insert directly into the article body
  • Internal links — suggested internal linking opportunities discovered from your domain
  • Social preview — preview the Open Graph card and upload a custom OG image
When your draft is ready to export, use the Export button in the header to copy or download the article as plain text, Markdown, HTML, rich text, DOCX, or PDF.

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Article statuses

As an article moves through generation and editing, its status updates automatically. Once a draft exists, you can also set the status manually.
These statuses appear while the AI is working. Generation runs in the background — you can leave the page and return at any time.
StatusWhat’s happening
Draft ConfigProject created, about to start title generation
Generating TitlesAI is producing five title options
Titles ReadyWaiting for you to select a title
Generating OutlineAI is building the section structure
Outline ReadyWaiting for you to approve the outline
ResearchingFetching SERP data, internal documents, and LLM answer benchmarks
DraftingAI is writing the full article
Critiquing / RevisingAI is running quality checks and revising the draft
Analysing AEORunning answer-engine optimization analysis
Generating MetadataProducing SEO metadata and structured schemas
Once a draft exists, you can change the status using the dropdown in the article header or directly in the articles list table. These phases map to your editorial workflow.
PhaseMeaning
DraftIn progress; not ready for review
ReviewReady for a team member to review
PublishedLive or approved for publishing
If generation fails at any stage, the article is marked Failed. Open the article wizard to see the error message and retry.

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Organizing articles with topics

Tag any article with one or more topics using the Topics column in the articles list. Topics let you group articles by theme, filter the list, and align content with your prompt tracking strategy. Click the topic chip in any row — or the Add Topic placeholder if none are set — to open the topic editor.

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Filtering and searching the list

The articles list supports full-text search across article titles and target queries. You can also filter by article type using the All types dropdown, and filter by topic or status using the column header filters. All filters can be combined and cleared independently.
Keep your Domain DNA profile complete before generating articles. The AI uses your domain’s positioning, tone of voice, and brand context when crafting titles and drafts — the more complete your profile, the stronger the output.