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Content Brief

A structured outline for a new page — title, headings, target queries, entities, schema. Writers (or another LLM) can build from it directly.

Also known as:BriefSEO brief

A content brief is a structured spec for a new page or article. Not the article itself — the plan a writer or another LLM uses to build the article.

What's in a BCited brief

Section What it contains
Title One-line page title optimized for the target cluster
Why this brief The LLM's read on why ranking for this cluster matters
Target queries Primary (must-rank) and secondary (long-tail) queries
Outline Suggested H2/H3 structure with word-count targets
Entities Named things (products, frameworks, people) to mention
Questions to answer Explicit Q&A pairs — increases AI citation chances
Schema markup JSON-LD types to include for SERP rich results
Coverage diff What's missing from your current site coverage
Internal links suggested Top 5 URLs on your site to link from

Why structured briefs beat ad-hoc outlines

Pages built from briefs perform better in both SEO and AEO because they:

  1. Cover the cluster's queries comprehensively (not just one variant)
  2. Have explicit Q&A blocks that LLMs love to extract
  3. Include the schema markup that qualifies for rich results
  4. Link to and from the right neighbours in your site graph

BCited generates briefs from any topical cluster on demand. Free tier allows 3 lifetime briefs; Pro is unlimited.

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