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Weekend build: a $19 self-hosted AI visibility tracker (one Python file + GitHub Actions)
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Weekend build: a $19 self-hosted AI visibility tracker (one Python file + GitHub Actions)

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I kept hearing "SEO is dead, AI tells your prospects what to buy" and kept wondering what Gemini actually says when someone in my niche asks "best X in 2026". Checking by hand on a Monday morning is annoying. The tools that automate this β€” Profound, Peec, Otterly β€” start at $29/month and go up to $500+.

I just wanted a number in my inbox. So I spent a weekend on the smallest possible version.

What's in the box

One Python file, standard library only, no pip install .

One GitHub Actions workflow, cron every Monday 08:00 UTC.

One config.json with your brand, up to 10 competitors, and 5 prompts.

Your free Google Gemini API key as a GitHub secret.

Monday morning: an HTML report with mention check, position, competitor overlap, snippet, full answer.

That's the entire product. I'm charging $19 one-time for the ZIP, MIT source.…

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