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Getting Started with Ghostd

Published July 11, 2026

<p>Ghostd tracks how your brand shows up across AI search engines &mdash; ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, Grok, and Google AI Overviews. Here is how to get from signup to your first real insight.</p>

<h2>Three steps to your first score</h2>

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<div style="font-weight:700;margin:8px 0 4px">Connect your site</div>

<div style="font-size:14px;opacity:0.75">Enter your domain. Ghostd crawls it to understand your brand, products, and positioning.</div>

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<div style="font-weight:700;margin:8px 0 4px">Run your first scan</div>

<div style="font-size:14px;opacity:0.75">Ghostd generates prompts real buyers ask AI, then queries every platform in parallel.</div>

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<div style="font-size:14px;opacity:0.75">Get your AI Visibility Score and a prioritized list of gaps to close.</div>

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<h2>What happens during a scan</h2>

<p>Ghostd runs a multi-step pipeline: crawling your site, generating prompts across intent types, querying each AI platform, and comparing results against your competitors. This typically takes a few minutes for the first scan.</p>

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<p>Once your first scan finishes, head to the Brand Visibility dashboard to see your score, coverage gaps, and the first set of recommended actions in the Action Center.</p>