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HaloX Features page thumbnail summarizing AVI: AVI: read AI visibility and source signals as five cards

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What is this feature?

AVI is the AI Visibility Index. It shows whether AI answers find the brand, use trusted sources, and cite the right pages. It is a decision point in the HaloX diagnose → measure → prioritize → execute → report loop. Teams use it to read the current signal, split the cause, and decide the next content, source, technical, or reporting action.

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HaloX app location

HaloX Pro mode dashboard showing the AI Visibility Index score with brand mention, citation and competitor coverage in the real app
This Pro-mode AVI screen shows the score components behind the headline number so the next action can be assigned by cause. Start with the aggregate score card and turn the current state into one sentence. Read the number together with the attention state and the component that is blocking progress. The component card separates brand mention rate, source citation rate, competitor share, and question coverage. When one component is weak, route the work to Prompt Analysis, Citation Tracking, or Site Audit. AVI appears as a dashboard summary metric, but it should be interpreted through the Pro-mode prompt status, prompt analysis, and citation-tracking workflow where questions and sources are reviewed together.

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Inputs and outputs

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What should you look at first?

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1. Summarize the state in one sentence

Replace “the score is low” with a cause-based sentence such as “official citations are weak for non-branded comparison prompts.”
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2. Split the cause into four work types

Move technical blockers to Site Audit. Send question gaps to Prompt Analysis, source gaps to Citation Tracking, and content gaps to Content Factory.
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3. Choose one next action

Turn the signal into one next action: a cluster update, page edit, FAQ, source task or weekly report note.

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Main cards, tabs, or metrics

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Practical use cases

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How to explain it in meetings

“This feature shows how far the brand travels inside AI search answers and what content, source, or technical action should happen next.” Avoid customer names, real URLs, and internal KPIs in public documentation.

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FAQ

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Does this feature complete the decision by itself?

No. HaloX features are connected. A signal in AVI should move into Site Audit, Strategy Map, Content Factory, Citation Tracking, or weekly reporting.

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Do scores map directly to business results?

Most GEO metrics are leading indicators. Mentions and citations usually move first; traffic, branded search and conversion prompts are checked later.

Quickstart

Start the first 30-minute workflow.

Reading scores

Translate metrics into meeting language.

GEO glossary

Understand GEO, AVI, citation rate, and source visibility.

Reports

Turn movement into reporting language.

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How AVI is calculated

AVI, or AI Visibility Index, summarizes how visible and cited the brand is in AI search on a 0-100 scale. It combines citation, mention, sentiment, coverage, and citation-position quality.

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AVI level thresholds

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What AVI is not

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Example decisions

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If you need the service metric definitions

Terms such as rank, search volume, trend, AI, PAA, Citation Rate, Share of Voice, and gap type are explained in the screen metrics glossary. Use it when a KPI on this page needs a plain-language definition and a link back to the screen where it appears.