TL;DR — 2-minute version
Default Magento 2 stores are largely invisible to AI assistants (~25% AEO score)
The biggest blockers: robots.txt blocks AI bots, no llms.txt , Product schema missing offers.availability
You can audit your store in seconds: bin/magento angeo:aeo:audit
Most stores reach 80%+ AEO in ~90 minutes with basic fixes
ChatGPT Shopping requires a separate merchant registration at chatgpt.com/merchants
You've optimized your Magento store for Google. But when a shopper asks ChatGPT "what's a good cast iron pan under $80?" — your store isn't in the answer.
That's not an SEO problem. It's an AEO problem. And the fixes are completely different.
AI assistants are becoming a product discovery layer — not just a search tool. When a user asks for a recommendation, they've already formed intent. If your store isn't accessible to these systems, you're invisible at exactly that moment.…