SEO & AEO

SEO templates for audits, briefs, and keyword research

Sixty SEO and AEO workflows an agent runs end to end — crawl diagnostics, keyword clusters, briefs, and internal link fixes.

SEO & AEO templates documented in detail

Each of these has its own page — what it does, how to run it, and what comes back.

Every SEO & AEO template in the catalog

60 templates ship with every workspace. Search by job — audit, brief, sequence, report.

SEO templates, explained

These SEO templates are executable workflows, not spreadsheets you fill in yourself. Each one launches an agent that already holds your brand positioning, tracked competitors, and topic list, then returns a finished audit, brief, or keyword map with the evidence attached.

What are SEO templates?

An SEO template is a reusable definition of a repeatable SEO job: which data to pull, which thresholds count as a problem, and what the finished deliverable contains. In Metaflow the template is executable — the agent gathers the crawl and query data itself, applies the checks, and hands back the artifact rather than a to-do list.

Which SEO templates should you start with?

Start with the three that compound. A technical SEO audit checklist clears the crawl and indexation blockers that cap everything else, a keyword research template sizes real demand before you commission writing, and a content brief template makes sure every draft ships against a spec instead of a vibe.

How is an SEO checklist template different from a Notion doc?

A checklist in Notion tells a person what to look at. An SEO checklist template here does the looking — fetching the pages, comparing them against the rule set, and reporting which URLs failed and why. You review findings instead of gathering them.

What do AEO templates add on top of SEO templates?

AEO templates optimize for extraction rather than position. They restructure pages so an answer engine can lift a clean claim — answer-first paragraphs under question headings, comparison tables, FAQ blocks, and the schema that makes each one machine-readable.

How do these SEO templates fit into a content roadmap?

Research templates size demand, planning templates group it into clusters and pillars, and creation templates produce the briefs and drafts. An SEO roadmap template sequences all three by effort and expected return so the queue reflects priority, not whoever asked last.

SEO templates FAQs

What is included in an SEO audit?

A complete audit covers four layers: crawlability and indexation, on-page relevance and metadata, internal link structure and site architecture, and the content quality signals that decide whether a ranking page keeps its position. Our audit templates split those layers into separate runs so each report stays specific enough to act on.

Can ChatGPT do an SEO audit?

A chat model can explain SEO principles, but it cannot crawl your site, read Search Console, or verify what Google actually indexed. These templates run inside an agent with those integrations attached, so findings reference your real URLs and query data rather than generic advice.

Which SEO template should an agency start with?

Run the technical SEO audit checklist during onboarding to set a baseline, then the keyword research and content gap templates to build the first quarter roadmap. Agencies typically standardize on those three so every account starts from a comparable diagnosis.

Do these SEO templates replace Semrush or Ahrefs?

No — they consume that kind of data and turn it into decisions. The tools tell you a page dropped; the template diagnoses why, proposes the fix, and drafts it.