# answer.cloud

> Build an answer-ready website with one prompt. Free includes AI chat, 10 CMS pages, and your first month of analytics. Pro is $20/month per site + additional usage.

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## Pages

- [AEO Website Hosting with AI Chat & CMS | answer.cloud](https://www.answer.cloud/aeo-website-hosting/index.md): Build and host an AI-ready website with answer.cloud. Built-in CMS, content-grounded AI chat, and visitor and AI agent analytics. Start free with one prompt.
- [One Prompt Across Four AI Services: What the Requests Tell Us](https://www.answer.cloud/blog/1-prompt-4-llms-48-bots-hosted/index.md): Treat a small retrieval experiment as an observation, separating request counts from bot identity and citation evidence.
- [Review Cloudflare Managed robots.txt Rules](https://www.answer.cloud/blog/a-cloudflare-managed-robots-txt-warning-hosted/index.md): Check the delivered robots.txt and bot controls separately; named crawler blocks do not mean every crawler is blocked.
- [About Jared Malan: AI Visibility Expert & Founder of answer.cloud](https://www.answer.cloud/blog/about-jared-malan-ai-visibility-expert-founder-of-answer-cloud-hosted/index.md): Jared Malan is a tech director, entrepreneur, and AI visibility expert based in Midway, Utah. As the founder of answer.cloud, he leads and contributes to a wide range of innovative tech projects while achieving significant personal milestones. Explore his current and past projects, personal achievements, and contact information below.
- [AEO 101: A Beginner’s Guide to Answer Engine Optimization](https://www.answer.cloud/blog/aeo-101-a-beginner-s-guide-to-answer-engine-optimization-hosted/index.md): Learn the fundamentals of answer engine optimization: accessible content, useful answers, reliable evidence, and measurable results.
- [AI Crawling Preferences: robots.txt vs llms.txt](https://www.answer.cloud/blog/ai-crawling-permissions-robots-txt-vs-llms-txt-hosted/index.md): Use robots.txt for crawler preferences and llms.txt for content guidance, with authentication for private information.
- [Turn Website Chats and Analytics Into Action with Your AI Agent](https://www.answer.cloud/blog/analyze-website-chats-and-analytics-with-your-ai-agent/index.md): Learn how an AI agent uses the answer.cloud MCP to review chats and analytics, identify content gaps, clarify onboarding, and draft improvements for review.
- [Andrej Karpathy and AI systems](https://www.answer.cloud/blog/andrej-karpathy-and-ai-systems-hosted/index.md): If you care about AEO, you need to understand how AI systems work. Andrej Karpathy is the best teacher I’ve found on this. His Ycombinator “Build for Agents” talk strongly influenced how we’re building at answer.cloud.
- [Answer Engine Optimization and SEO: How They Work Together](https://www.answer.cloud/blog/answer-engine-optimization-vs-traditional-seo-how-they-work-together-hosted/index.md): Use accessible, accurate content for search and AI-assisted discovery without claiming universal ranking weights.
- [Are You Investing in SEO and AI Discovery?](https://www.answer.cloud/blog/are-you-investing-in-seo-hosted/index.md): Keep established SEO practices while improving the usefulness and accuracy of information for AI-assisted discovery.
- [Best Practices for Creating Content for AI and Users](https://www.answer.cloud/blog/best-practices-for-creating-content-for-ai-and-users-hosted/index.md): Learn how to create clear, well-structured, and relevant content that is effective for both end-users and AI training. This guide outlines key principles, formatting tips, and the importance of keeping content concise.
- [Build an AEO Topic Cluster and Question Graph](https://www.answer.cloud/blog/build-an-aeo-topic-cluster-and-question-graph-step-by-step-hosted/index.md): Use customer questions to organize a useful topic hub, without arbitrary page quotas or citation timelines.
- [Claude Cowork and the Case for Useful Website Content](https://www.answer.cloud/blog/claude-cowork-is-a-hit-what-s-next-hosted/index.md): A January 2026 reflection on agent research workflows and why accurate, accessible answers matter.
- [Cloudflare Edge Analytics Worker Setup](https://www.answer.cloud/blog/cloudflare-edge-analytics-worker-setup-hosted/index.md): Use the current Worker integration and matching secret bindings to measure requests on an existing website.
- [Cloudflare’s 2025 Internet Year in Review](https://www.answer.cloud/blog/cloudflare-s-2025-internet-year-in-review-hosted/index.md): Read the report’s overall services, generative-AI category, and crawl-to-refer measurements as distinct historical results.
- [Understanding Amazon’s Website Crawlers](https://www.answer.cloud/blog/did-you-know-amazon-runs-its-own-ai-bots-hosted/index.md): Use Amazon’s published crawler purposes rather than inferring model training or product use from a request.
- [Do AI Bots Use .txt and .md Files in 2026?](https://www.answer.cloud/blog/do-ai-bots-use-txt-md-files-in-2026-hosted/index.md): Text resources can help supported tools, but file requests do not establish a universal AI format preference.
- [Does ChatGPT Use Your sitemap.xml?](https://www.answer.cloud/blog/does-chatgpt-use-your-sitemap-xml-hosted/index.md): A sitemap’s role depends on the product and retrieval tools; one failed fetch does not describe every ChatGPT workflow.
- [Keeping Company Information Accurate for AI Discovery](https://www.answer.cloud/blog/ensuring-your-company-information-is-accurate-and-visible-in-ai-responses-hosted/index.md): Maintain current business facts, accessible pages, and verifiable sources without promising control over third-party answers.
- [Founder Background and Experience at answer.cloud](https://www.answer.cloud/blog/founder-background-and-experience-at-answer-cloud-hosted/index.md): Learn about the founder of answer.cloud, including their professional roles, industry experience, and notable projects. This overview highlights the founder's extensive background in technology, product development, and business strategy.
- [Getting Started: Improve the Information on Your Website](https://www.answer.cloud/blog/getting-started-the-first-step-to-improving-ai-results-on-your-website-hosted/index.md): Create accessible, accurate answers and choose the current answer.cloud hosted or companion workflow.
- [Google Search Is Changing. The Quality of Clicks Has Never Mattered More.](https://www.answer.cloud/blog/google-search-is-changing-the-quality-of-clicks-has-never-mattered-more-hosted/index.md): Put Google’s August 2025 click-quality claim in context and measure referrals and conversions on your own website.
- [Identifying AI Fetch Requests: A Grok Test](https://www.answer.cloud/blog/grok-ai-bots-hosted/index.md): An observed browser-like user agent cannot establish Grok identity or the number of distinct AI bots.
- [How answer.cloud Captures and Measures AI Bot Traffic](https://www.answer.cloud/blog/how-answer-cloud-captures-and-measures-ai-bot-traffic-hosted/index.md): Understanding AI chatbot and bot traffic is essential for assessing website performance and user engagement. This article provides a high-level technical overview of how answer.cloud captures bot traffic for analytics and reporting, without relying on any specific cloud or vendor solutions.
- [How Is Your Business Performing in AI Discovery?](https://www.answer.cloud/blog/how-is-your-business-actually-performing-inside-llms-like-chatgpt-hosted/index.md): Combine crawler requests, human referrals, answer tests, and on-site chat evidence without treating one signal as complete visibility.
- [How Large Language Models Retrieve and Use Information](https://www.answer.cloud/blog/how-large-language-models-llms-retrieve-data-hosted/index.md): Distinguish model knowledge, search tools, retrieval systems, uploaded documents, and connected data.
- [How This Website Works](https://www.answer.cloud/blog/how-this-website-works-hosted/index.md): The answer.cloud marketing website combines Astro pages, editable CMS collections, generated discovery resources, and configured chat.
- [How to Configure robots.txt for Chatbots and AI Crawlers](https://www.answer.cloud/blog/how-to-enable-chatbots-to-crawl-your-website-hosted/index.md): Review crawler-specific preferences and verify page access without treating robots.txt as security or a citation guarantee.
- [How to Get Additional Support](https://www.answer.cloud/blog/how-to-get-additional-support-hosted/index.md): Contact Jared Malan at jared@answer.cloud for additional answer.cloud support.
- [How to Install the answer.cloud AI Chat Widget on Your Website](https://www.answer.cloud/blog/how-to-install-the-answer-cloud-ai-chat-widget-on-your-website-hosted/index.md): Install the current external embed with nested chat settings, or use the automatically configured widget on answer.cloud-hosted pages.
- [Log AI Requests and Referrals at the Edge](https://www.answer.cloud/blog/how-to-log-ai-bot-and-llm-referral-traffic-at-the-edge-vendor-agnostic-hosted/index.md): Collect request evidence with a working integration and keep classification and referral limits explicit.
- [How to Set Up Your answer.cloud Answer Engine](https://www.answer.cloud/blog/how-to-set-up-your-answer-cloud-answer-engine-hosted/index.md): Choose a hosted Astro website or an AI companion for an existing website, then publish and verify the appropriate package.
- [How to Track AI Referral Traffic in Google Analytics (GA4)](https://www.answer.cloud/blog/how-to-track-ai-chatbot-traffic-in-google-analytics-ga4-hosted/index.md): Use GA4 to examine human referrals from AI services and use server or edge logs for crawler requests.
- [How XML Sitemaps Help With AI Discovery](https://www.answer.cloud/blog/how-xml-sitemaps-help-with-llms-and-ai-what-matters-and-what-doesn-t-in-2026-hosted/index.md): Keep sitemaps, content guides, and accessible pages complementary, and interpret individual fetch tests narrowly.
- [Blog](https://www.answer.cloud/blog/index.md): Practical guides, product answers, and perspectives on answer engine optimization, AI visibility, analytics, and content strategy.
- [Key Factors Driving LLM Visibility: A Guide for Website Owners](https://www.answer.cloud/blog/key-factors-driving-llm-visibility-a-guide-for-optimizing-content-for-ai-models-hosted/index.md): Improve discoverability with accessible pages, accurate answers, reliable evidence, and clear measurement limits.
- [How to Learn More About llms.txt](https://www.answer.cloud/blog/learning-more-about-llms-txt-hosted/index.md): Start with the primary llms.txt proposal and learn how its Markdown guide differs from crawler permissions.
- [Glossary of Key Terms in Answer Engine Optimization (AEO)](https://www.answer.cloud/blog/lexicon-for-answer-engine-optimization-aeo-hosted/index.md): Definitions for AEO, Agent2Agent, retrieval, crawler preferences, citations, and AI referrals.
- [LLM Citation Readiness Checklist](https://www.answer.cloud/blog/llm-citation-readiness-checklist-make-your-pages-quote-and-link-friendly-hosted/index.md): Make pages easier to understand and verify without assuming a universal AI ranking formula or passage size.
- [LLM Visibility Metrics: A Practical Measurement Guide](https://www.answer.cloud/blog/llm-visibility-metrics-the-kpi-playbook-for-seo-and-marketing-leaders-hosted/index.md): Define crawler activity, AI referrals, sampled mentions and citations, and on-site chat outcomes as separate metrics.
- [AI Crawling and Referral Traffic Are Different Signals](https://www.answer.cloud/blog/llms-like-chatgpt-claude-and-gemini-are-stingy-hosted/index.md): Read historical crawl-to-refer charts as request-to-referral ratios, not citation counts or guarantees for your website.
- [llms.txt Implementation Guide: Format, Validation, and Publishing](https://www.answer.cloud/blog/llms-txt-implementation-guide-templates-validation-and-deployment-hosted/index.md): Use a Markdown content guide, keep crawl rules separate, and let answer.cloud generate its discovery files.
- [Local AEO: Win AI Answers for “Near Me” and Service Queries](https://www.answer.cloud/blog/local-aeo-win-ai-answers-for-near-me-and-service-queries-hosted/index.md): Combine strong local entity signals (GBP, NAP, reviews) with AI‑friendly answer hubs (services, pricing, coverage, FAQs) to appear in local AI answers and earn higher‑intent clicks.
- [Multilingual AEO: Localized Pages and Discovery](https://www.answer.cloud/blog/multilingual-aeo-hreflang-localized-hubs-and-llms-txt-per-locale-hosted/index.md): Publish reviewed localized content and use language annotations without promising visibility from a locale guide alone.
- [Overview of answer.cloud Features and On-Site Chat](https://www.answer.cloud/blog/overview-of-answer-cloud-features-and-local-chat-experience-hosted/index.md): Publish a hosted website or companion, maintain CMS content, configure chat, and interpret available analytics.
- [Privacy Policy](https://www.answer.cloud/blog/privacy-policy-hosted/index.md): This Privacy Policy explains that we collect data only to operate and improve the Service. It also states that we do not sell personal data.
- [Stop Chasing Schema: Win LLM Visibility Through Query Fan-Out](https://www.answer.cloud/blog/stop-chasing-schema-win-llm-visibility-through-query-fan-out-hosted/index.md): Understand query fan-out as one search technique and use customer questions to improve useful, accessible content.
- [Terms of Service](https://www.answer.cloud/blog/terms-of-service-hosted/index.md): answer.cloud is an AI-powered analytics and content platform. AI-generated output may be inaccurate and should be independently verified. You are responsible for content you upload, generate, or publish using the Service. We don’t sell personal data.
- [The State of llms.txt in 2026](https://www.answer.cloud/blog/the-state-of-llms-txt-in-2026-hosted/index.md): Understand llms.txt as an evolving Markdown content-guide proposal, separate from robots.txt and indexing controls.
- [Tracking On-Site AI Chat Interactions with answer.cloud](https://www.answer.cloud/blog/tracking-customer-interactions-with-ai-chatbots-on-answer-cloud-hosted/index.md): Use questions observed in your website chat to improve content, while keeping third-party conversations and referrals separate.
- [Understanding AEO: Definition and Key Information](https://www.answer.cloud/blog/understanding-aeo-definition-and-key-information-hosted/index.md): AEO means Answer Engine Optimization in the context of answer.cloud and AI discovery.
- [Using Query Fan-Out Ideas for AI Visibility](https://www.answer.cloud/blog/understanding-and-leveraging-query-fan-out-for-ai-visibility-hosted/index.md): Build content around related customer questions without claiming access to private AI search networks.
- [Understanding answer.cloud AI Chat for Your Website](https://www.answer.cloud/blog/understanding-answer-cloud-ai-chat-for-your-website-hosted/index.md): Offer chat grounded in published website content and use the current supported widget configuration.
- [Understanding answer.cloud and Its Benefits](https://www.answer.cloud/blog/understanding-answer-cloud-and-its-benefits-for-ai-chatbot-integration-hosted/index.md): Maintain a reliable public source, offer on-site chat, and observe available discovery signals with the appropriate site workflow.
- [Understanding answer.cloud Pricing and Plan Limits](https://www.answer.cloud/blog/understanding-answer-cloud-pricing-and-ai-analytics-session-tiers-hosted/index.md): Review the Start plan and the limits shown for your account, then choose capabilities based on the current plan details.
- [Understanding Answer Engine Optimization: A Guide for Website Owners](https://www.answer.cloud/blog/understanding-answer-engine-optimization-aeo-hosted/index.md): Learn the fundamentals of answer engine optimization: accessible content, useful answers, reliable evidence, and measurable results.
- [Choosing Answer Engine Optimization Tools](https://www.answer.cloud/blog/understanding-answer-engine-optimization-aeo-tools-overview-features-and-recommendations-hosted/index.md): Compare publishing, request analytics, referral measurement, and sampled answer monitoring using clear definitions.
- [Understanding Google AI Mode and Query Fan-Out](https://www.answer.cloud/blog/understanding-google-ai-mode-and-query-fan-out-how-to-optimize-your-content-hosted/index.md): Use current Google guidance to understand query fan-out while retaining accessible pages and established SEO practices.
- [Understanding Query Fan-Out Using Generative Models](https://www.answer.cloud/blog/understanding-query-fan-out-using-generative-models-hosted/index.md): Treat query expansion as a possible search design, separate from claims about a provider’s current private architecture.
- [Understanding Google’s Search Click-Quality Claim](https://www.answer.cloud/blog/understanding-the-shift-in-google-search-click-quality-with-ai-hosted/index.md): Put Google’s August 2025 click-quality claim in context and measure referrals and conversions on your own website.
- [What Bots Does answer.cloud Track?](https://www.answer.cloud/blog/what-bots-does-answer-cloud-track-hosted/index.md): Understand agent analytics categories, how requests are observed, and why browser analytics cannot identify every crawler.
- [What Does answer.cloud Do in 2026?](https://www.answer.cloud/blog/what-does-aeo-press-do-in-2026-hosted/index.md): answer.cloud hosts Astro websites or AI companions, supports editable CMS publishing and on-site chat, and provides observable analytics.
- [What is the answer.cloud secret?](https://www.answer.cloud/blog/what-is-the-answer-cloud-secret-hosted/index.md): The public word green is a retrieval demonstration, not an authentication or integration credential.
- [What Languages Does answer.cloud Chat Support?](https://www.answer.cloud/blog/what-languages-does-answer-cloud-chat-support-hosted/index.md): Test multilingual questions against your actual content and avoid assuming equal coverage or accuracy in every language.
- [Why I'm excited about answer.cloud](https://www.answer.cloud/blog/why-i-m-excited-about-answer-cloud-hosted/index.md): A founder’s reflection on turning useful internal knowledge into public documentation and on-site answers.
- [Why Set Up an ai.yourdomain.com Subdomain?](https://www.answer.cloud/blog/why-set-up-an-ai-yourdomain-com-subdomain-hosted/index.md): An AI companion subdomain is an optional publishing architecture for an existing website, not a universal requirement.
- [window.aeoSettings Configuration Reference](https://www.answer.cloud/blog/window-aeosettings-configuration-reference-hosted/index.md): Configure the current answer.cloud embed, including nested chat options, analytics tracking, page buttons, and site search.
- [Account access and recovery | answer.cloud Docs](https://www.answer.cloud/docs/account/access/index.md): Recover account access, claim an initial website, manage workspace invitations, and reconnect an agent without creating a replacement site.
- [Billing, payments, and subscription changes | answer.cloud Docs](https://www.answer.cloud/docs/account/billing/index.md): Upgrade the intended site, use its billing portal, understand cancellation and downgrade effects, and resolve payment issues with the workspace owner.
- [Data collection, retention, export, and deletion | answer.cloud Docs](https://www.answer.cloud/docs/account/data/index.md): Understand collected website and chat data, transcript-export boundaries, tracking controls, and how to request retention or deletion assistance.
- [Usage limits and allowances | answer.cloud Docs](https://www.answer.cloud/docs/account/limits/index.md): Check separate allowances for pages, CMS content, chat, analytics, deployments, uploads, MCP requests, and temporary first-launch credentials.
- [Manage multiple organizations and sites | answer.cloud Docs](https://www.answer.cloud/docs/account/organizations-and-sites/index.md): Select the right workspace and site, understand credential boundaries, and verify the intended release when managing multiple websites.
- [Plans and feature availability | answer.cloud Docs](https://www.answer.cloud/docs/account/plans/index.md): Compare the implemented standalone Free and Pro features, understand per-site billing, and check eligibility for companions and existing accounts.
- [Security and integration credentials | answer.cloud Docs](https://www.answer.cloud/docs/account/security/index.md): Use the right credential for interactive agents, headless work, Workers, and guest launches, and revoke access through the supported settings.
- [Get help and report an issue | answer.cloud Docs](https://www.answer.cloud/docs/account/support/index.md): Report an Answer Cloud issue with the correct site, timing, reproduction steps, and safe diagnostics so the team can investigate efficiently.
- [Add forms that continue in AI chat](https://www.answer.cloud/docs/add-forms-that-continue-in-ai-chat/index.md): Capture contact and inquiry forms in your chat inbox, notify your team, and let visitors continue the conversation with AI.
- [Authentication and permissions | answer.cloud Docs](https://www.answer.cloud/docs/agents/authentication/index.md): Understand browser OAuth, organization and site targeting, temporary launch access, reconnection, and safe credential handling for Answer Cloud agent workflows.
- [Connect Claude Code | answer.cloud Docs](https://www.answer.cloud/docs/agents/claude-code/index.md): Connect Claude Code to Answer Cloud using the official repository plugin or manual MCP setup, complete browser OAuth, and verify the intended organization and site.
- [Connect Codex | answer.cloud Docs](https://www.answer.cloud/docs/agents/codex/index.md): Connect Codex to Answer Cloud with the repository plugin or an OAuth MCP connection, verify organization and site access, and continue work in the preserved Astro project.
- [Common requests for your agent | answer.cloud Docs](https://www.answer.cloud/docs/agents/common-workflows/index.md): Use clear requests for source edits, CMS drafts, publication, analytics review, and chat analysis while keeping the intended organization, site, and environment explicit.
- [Connect other supported assistants | answer.cloud Docs](https://www.answer.cloud/docs/agents/other-clients/index.md): Connect another assistant when it supports remote Streamable HTTP MCP and OAuth, verify read access, and separate account tools from website build capabilities.
- [MCP overview and access model | answer.cloud Docs](https://www.answer.cloud/docs/agents/overview/index.md): Learn how Answer Cloud MCP connects an assistant to organization-scoped site tools, and how authenticated ongoing management differs from temporary first launch.
- [Official plugins overview | answer.cloud Docs](https://www.answer.cloud/docs/agents/plugins/index.md): Install the official Answer Cloud plugin from its repository marketplace, understand what it bundles, and choose a verified Claude Code or Codex connection path.
- [Turn recommendations into a content plan | answer.cloud Docs](https://www.answer.cloud/docs/ai-visibility/content-plan/index.md): Turn reviewed audit recommendations and real visitor questions into a prioritized publishing plan with owners, acceptance checks, and follow-up.
- [Improve content readiness | answer.cloud Docs](https://www.answer.cloud/docs/ai-visibility/content-readiness/index.md): Use a practical checklist to make important answers accurate, readable, accessible, and verifiable, then confirm the published result and chat.
- [Manage crawler access and diagnose blocked content | answer.cloud Docs](https://www.answer.cloud/docs/ai-visibility/crawler-access/index.md): Check crawler preferences, public page access, and CDN controls while keeping robots rules, indexing choices, and private access separate.
- [Generated discovery files and text mirrors | answer.cloud Docs](https://www.answer.cloud/docs/ai-visibility/discovery-files/index.md): Verify the discovery resources and Markdown mirrors generated during deployment and CMS publication without maintaining duplicate source files.
- [Understand report methodology | answer.cloud Docs](https://www.answer.cloud/docs/ai-visibility/methodology/index.md): Learn the current audit inputs, weighted score components, evidence checks, and known limits before comparing Answer Cloud visibility reports.
- [AI visibility fundamentals | answer.cloud Docs](https://www.answer.cloud/docs/ai-visibility/overview/index.md): Understand how websites are discovered and cited, which signals Answer Cloud observes, and how to evaluate changes using separate measures.
- [Read your answer engine report | answer.cloud Docs](https://www.answer.cloud/docs/ai-visibility/reports/index.md): Find your latest visibility audit, inspect its evidence and recommended pages, and understand when a fresh audit or support review is needed.
- [Measure human referrals from AI services | answer.cloud Docs](https://www.answer.cloud/docs/analytics/ai-referrals/index.md): Measure recorded human visits with AI-service referrers, compare them carefully with GA4, and explain missing attribution without equating referrals to crawls.
- [Understand bot classifications and coverage | answer.cloud Docs](https://www.answer.cloud/docs/analytics/bots/index.md): Interpret user-bot, training-bot, and other-bot reporting, understand identification limits, and evaluate observed crawler activity without inferring citations.
- [Run agent analytics with a Cloudflare Worker | answer.cloud Docs](https://www.answer.cloud/docs/analytics/cloudflare-worker/index.md): Run a Cloudflare Worker in front of an external website to send request metadata, verify recent agent events, and diagnose route or secret problems.
- [How collection differs across hosted and external sites | answer.cloud Docs](https://www.answer.cloud/docs/analytics/collection/index.md): Compare browser and edge analytics on hosted and external websites, avoid duplicate collection, and distinguish event controls from session tracking state.
- [Read the analytics dashboard | answer.cloud Docs](https://www.answer.cloud/docs/analytics/dashboard/index.md): Read the current analytics screens, select a reporting range, inspect pages and recent agent logs, and interpret the cards without double-counting activity.
- [Analytics concepts and metrics | answer.cloud Docs](https://www.answer.cloud/docs/analytics/overview/index.md): Understand what traffic, agent activity, AI referrals, chat answers, and sessions mean, and compare the evidence without treating requests as people.
- [Investigate missing, delayed, or unexpected analytics | answer.cloud Docs](https://www.answer.cloud/docs/analytics/troubleshooting/index.md): Diagnose missing, delayed, duplicated, or unexpected analytics by checking collection, recent agent logs, reporting dates, site scope, and exclusions.
- [Test answers and improve grounding | answer.cloud Docs](https://www.answer.cloud/docs/chat/answer-quality/index.md): Test chat with questions grounded in your published content, separate retrieval from generation problems, and improve the source facts behind weak answers.
- [Customize appearance and accessibility | answer.cloud Docs](https://www.answer.cloud/docs/chat/appearance/index.md): Match chat to your website with scoped theme tokens, readable controls, and a usable mobile layout, while preserving keyboard and conversation behavior.
- [Review conversations and identify content gaps | answer.cloud Docs](https://www.answer.cloud/docs/chat/conversations/index.md): Review conversations for recurring questions and missing answers, inspect the correct site, and use bounded transcript exports without confusing contact data.
- [Add forms that continue in AI chat | answer.cloud Docs](https://www.answer.cloud/docs/chat/forms/index.md): Capture contact and inquiry forms in your chat inbox, preserve submitted fields, notify your team, and let visitors continue the conversation with AI.
- [Configure chat on a hosted website | answer.cloud Docs](https://www.answer.cloud/docs/chat/hosted-widget/index.md): Configure the platform-generated widget on an Answer Cloud hosted site, preserve its existing theme, and verify the launcher and conversation after changes.
- [Install chat on an existing website | answer.cloud Docs](https://www.answer.cloud/docs/chat/installation/index.md): Add the Answer Cloud embed to an externally hosted website, select the correct site, avoid duplicate scripts, and verify a real chat exchange.
- [Chat across languages | answer.cloud Docs](https://www.answer.cloud/docs/chat/languages/index.md): Plan and test chat for visitors using different languages, keep source facts consistent, and evaluate translated answers without assuming uniform quality.
- [How website chat works | answer.cloud Docs](https://www.answer.cloud/docs/chat/overview/index.md): Learn how Answer Cloud chat retrieves published site content, where it appears, what conversations contain, and how to check that answers are useful.
- [Set up site search | answer.cloud Docs](https://www.answer.cloud/docs/chat/site-search/index.md): Connect existing search controls to Answer Cloud site search, configure selectors on an external embed, and verify keyword results and generated summaries.
- [Run Agent Analytics with a Cloudflare Worker](https://www.answer.cloud/docs/cloudflare-worker-agent-analytics-hosted/index.md): Use a Cloudflare Worker to send AI-agent, crawler, and human request metadata to answer.cloud without delaying your website responses.
- [Create a collection and its fields | answer.cloud Docs](https://www.answer.cloud/docs/cms/collections/index.md): Create a useful content collection with stable URLs, clear fields, and predictable sorting, using the dashboard or your connected coding agent.
- [Archive, delete, and republish content | answer.cloud Docs](https://www.answer.cloud/docs/cms/content-lifecycle/index.md): Choose when to archive, permanently delete, restore through publication, or republish CMS content, and verify the effect on public pages and indexes.
- [Write and maintain useful website content | answer.cloud Docs](https://www.answer.cloud/docs/cms/content-quality/index.md): Turn real visitor questions into accurate, useful website pages, then review facts, links, and answers over time using a manageable editorial process.
- [Create and edit content | answer.cloud Docs](https://www.answer.cloud/docs/cms/entries/index.md): Write and revise CMS entries with the dashboard or an agent, add images and links, and preserve the published version while reviewing draft changes.
- [CMS concepts | answer.cloud Docs](https://www.answer.cloud/docs/cms/overview/index.md): Understand collections, entries, templates, publishing destinations, and drafts so your team can keep website content useful without rebuilding each page.
- [Preview and publish content | answer.cloud Docs](https://www.answer.cloud/docs/cms/publishing/index.md): Preview a saved draft, check its template and publishing destination, publish the reviewed entry, and verify the public page and collection listing.
- [Build and update collection templates | answer.cloud Docs](https://www.answer.cloud/docs/cms/templates/index.md): Build shared entry and index layouts in Astro, ship the required CMS markers, and verify template health before republishing existing content.
- [Publish to a connected Webflow site | answer.cloud Docs](https://www.answer.cloud/docs/cms/webflow/index.md): Publish an Answer Cloud collection into a connected Webflow CMS, inspect destination-specific status, and verify content on the actual Webflow website.
- [Connect an AI companion subdomain | answer.cloud Docs](https://www.answer.cloud/docs/domains/companion-subdomain/index.md): Connect an existing website companion at an AI subdomain using organization integration settings and support-assisted activation while preserving the main website route.
- [Connect a custom domain | answer.cloud Docs](https://www.answer.cloud/docs/domains/connect/index.md): Connect a hosted website to a domain you control using the returned routing and validation records, the dashboard ownership record, and explicit activation checks.
- [Domain concepts and requirements | answer.cloud Docs](https://www.answer.cloud/docs/domains/overview/index.md): Understand the default Answer Cloud address, paid custom domains, canonical hostnames, optional apex forwarding, HTTPS activation, and the separate companion setup path.
- [Resolve DNS and certificate problems | answer.cloud Docs](https://www.answer.cloud/docs/domains/troubleshooting/index.md): Diagnose pending custom domains, missing ownership records, wrong DNS targets, proxy interference, certificate delays, and routing problems using concrete status checks.
- [Finish account setup and make your next edit | answer.cloud Docs](https://www.answer.cloud/docs/getting-started/account-setup/index.md): Claim your launched website, connect your coding agent through normal account access, preserve the Astro project, and make a verified edit to the same site.
- [Choose a hosted website or an existing website companion | answer.cloud Docs](https://www.answer.cloud/docs/getting-started/choose-your-path/index.md): Compare a complete Answer Cloud hosted website with an existing website companion, including source ownership, publishing, DNS, and setup responsibilities.
- [Find your way around the dashboard | answer.cloud Docs](https://www.answer.cloud/docs/getting-started/dashboard/index.md): Navigate the Answer Cloud dashboard, choose the correct organization and site, locate CMS, chat, analytics, and account controls, and understand feature gates.
- [Use Answer Cloud with an existing website | answer.cloud Docs](https://www.answer.cloud/docs/getting-started/existing-website/index.md): Add an Answer Cloud companion to a website on another host, configure content and the external chat integration, and verify both destinations independently.
- [Build your first website | answer.cloud Docs](https://www.answer.cloud/docs/getting-started/first-website/index.md): Launch a starter website with your coding agent through the official Answer Cloud launch guide, then verify the public result and retain editable source.
- [Launch checklist | answer.cloud Docs](https://www.answer.cloud/docs/getting-started/launch-checklist/index.md): Check a website before sharing it: verify public content, mobile behavior, important links, domains, generated discovery resources, and a grounded chat answer.
- [Platform overview | answer.cloud Docs](https://www.answer.cloud/docs/getting-started/overview/index.md): Understand how Answer Cloud combines static website hosting, an AI companion, content publishing, discovery files, chat, and analytics for your site.
- [Manage a hosted website with MCP | answer.cloud Docs](https://www.answer.cloud/docs/hosting/agent-workflow/index.md): Update an existing hosted website with your coding agent: inspect source and site identity, preview locally, publish the chosen destination, and verify the result.
- [Build and preview an Astro site | answer.cloud Docs](https://www.answer.cloud/docs/hosting/astro/index.md): Build and preview an Astro website from the official Answer Cloud template, preserve editable source, and package compiled output with the correct public origin.
- [Deploy a ZIP or a small inline artifact | answer.cloud Docs](https://www.answer.cloud/docs/hosting/deploy/index.md): Publish a complete static artifact through a signed ZIP upload or a tiny inline artifact, finalize processing, inspect status and warnings, and verify the chosen destination.
- [Staging and production releases | answer.cloud Docs](https://www.answer.cloud/docs/hosting/environments/index.md): Separate staging and production on a hosted site, review the Answer Cloud URL, promote a processed deployment to the active custom domain, and verify both destinations.
- [Deploy from GitHub | answer.cloud Docs](https://www.answer.cloud/docs/hosting/github/index.md): Connect a GitHub repository for Answer Cloud push-to-deploy, select Actions or prebuilt output mode, install the returned workflow, and verify the published commit.
- [Move an existing site to Answer Cloud hosting | answer.cloud Docs](https://www.answer.cloud/docs/hosting/migration/index.md): Move an established website to Answer Cloud with an inventory of URLs and integrations, a static source build, planned DNS cutover, verification, and a recovery path.
- [Hosting concepts | answer.cloud Docs](https://www.answer.cloud/docs/hosting/overview/index.md): Understand Answer Cloud hosting: editable source, complete static artifacts, deployment processing, generated AI resources, and independent release destinations.
- [Deployment history and rollback | answer.cloud Docs](https://www.answer.cloud/docs/hosting/rollback/index.md): Inspect deployment history, identify the last known good site version, roll back the intended release destination, and verify restored content without losing source context.
- [Static site requirements and URL behavior | answer.cloud Docs](https://www.answer.cloud/docs/hosting/static-sites/index.md): Prepare static pages, directory-style URLs, real missing-page responses, assets, metadata, and cache-safe changes for Answer Cloud hosting without assuming a server runtime.
- [Documentation](https://www.answer.cloud/docs/index.md): Guides and reference for building, publishing, and managing an Answer Cloud website, including agents, hosting, content, chat, analytics, and domains.
- [Managing Multiple Production Sites with answer.cloud MCP](https://www.answer.cloud/docs/managing-multiple-production-sites-hosted/index.md): Select an organization through OAuth, then use explicit organization IDs and site slugs to manage several production sites.
- [answer.cloud MCP: CMS Tools](https://www.answer.cloud/docs/mcp-cms-tools-hosted/index.md): Define collections and author content: list/upsert collections, list/get/upsert/preview/publish/archive/delete entries, and republish_cms, plus templates, markers, and the publish prerequisite.
- [Use the answer.cloud MCP with an Existing Website](https://www.answer.cloud/docs/mcp-existing-sites-hosted/index.md): How developers can use Claude or Codex to manage an Answer Cloud companion while their main website stays on its current host.
- [answer.cloud MCP: GitHub Push-to-Deploy Tools](https://www.answer.cloud/docs/mcp-github-tools-hosted/index.md): Connect a GitHub repository and deploy on push: github_get_connection, github_link_repo, github_get_workflow, github_trigger_deploy, and github_unlink_repo, plus the actions vs none build modes.
- [Use the answer.cloud MCP with a Hosted Website](https://www.answer.cloud/docs/mcp-hosted-sites-hosted/index.md): How developers can use Claude or Codex to update, deploy, and manage a website hosted by Answer Cloud.
- [answer.cloud MCP: Site & Deploy Tools](https://www.answer.cloud/docs/mcp-site-and-deploy-tools-hosted/index.md): The MCP tools for creating sites and shipping static artifacts: list_sites, create_site, start_deploy, finalize_deploy, deploy_files, get_deploy, list_deploys, and rollback, plus the deploy status flow and warnings.
- [answer.cloud Plugins for Claude Code and Codex](https://www.answer.cloud/docs/plugins-hosted/index.md): Install the official answer.cloud plugin, connect through browser OAuth, and select the intended organization and site.
- [Public chat and form HTTP interfaces | answer.cloud Docs](https://www.answer.cloud/docs/reference/chat-and-form-http/index.md): Use the documented public chat and form JSON interfaces with correct site targeting, response checks, validation limits, and continuation behavior.
- [CMS tools | answer.cloud Docs](https://www.answer.cloud/docs/reference/cms-tools/index.md): Use collection and entry tools with exact scope, draft and publication behavior, template requirements, destination differences, and returned fields.
- [Site and deployment tools | answer.cloud Docs](https://www.answer.cloud/docs/reference/deploy-tools/index.md): Use current site and deployment tool arguments, returned fields, destination rules, upload limits, pipeline statuses, and recovery behavior.
- [Embed configuration reference | answer.cloud Docs](https://www.answer.cloud/docs/reference/embed-settings/index.md): Configure the current external embed with typed chat, analytics, page-button, and site-search options, including defaults and verification checks.
- [Errors, warnings, and status values | answer.cloud Docs](https://www.answer.cloud/docs/reference/errors/index.md): Interpret MCP transport errors, tool error codes, deployment warnings, and pipeline states, then choose a corrective action before retrying.
- [GitHub tools | answer.cloud Docs](https://www.answer.cloud/docs/reference/github-tools/index.md): Connect a GitHub installation, link a repository in Actions or static mode, inspect the workflow, and trigger or unlink supported deployments.
- [Glossary | answer.cloud Docs](https://www.answer.cloud/docs/reference/glossary/index.md): Find definitions for Answer Cloud sites, publishing, retrieval, analytics, and audit terms, with links to the guides that explain each workflow.
- [MCP tool directory | answer.cloud Docs](https://www.answer.cloud/docs/reference/mcp/index.md): Discover Answer Cloud tools, establish organization scope, understand read/write access, and follow the supported JSON-RPC result and error contract.
- [Analytics, chat, reporting, and search tools | answer.cloud Docs](https://www.answer.cloud/docs/reference/reporting-tools/index.md): Read analytics, export chats in stable batches, retrieve saved visibility audits, and search indexed site content using current tool contracts.
- [Release, domain, and widget tools | answer.cloud Docs](https://www.answer.cloud/docs/reference/site-configuration-tools/index.md): Configure releases, promote a processed deploy, inspect custom-domain DNS and HTTPS, and update hosted widget settings with replacement semantics.
- [Chat, forms, and search are not working | answer.cloud Docs](https://www.answer.cloud/docs/troubleshooting/chat-and-search/index.md): Locate failures in chat loading, retrieval, answer generation, form capture, and search, then verify the affected feature without creating duplicates.
- [Content missing or rendered incorrectly | answer.cloud Docs](https://www.answer.cloud/docs/troubleshooting/content/index.md): Diagnose missing CMS pages, unpublished changes, template fallback, path collisions, and stale indexes using the actual collection and entry state.
- [Build, upload, and deployment failures | answer.cloud Docs](https://www.answer.cloud/docs/troubleshooting/deployments/index.md): Resolve artifact, upload, finalization, destination, and stale-release problems while preserving the intended site and avoiding duplicate deployment starts.
- [First launch and account handoff failures | answer.cloud Docs](https://www.answer.cloud/docs/troubleshooting/first-launch/index.md): Recover a first website launch by identifying build or network failures, preserving the source and reservation, and completing the same account handoff.
- [Maintain your site and review product changes | answer.cloud Docs](https://www.answer.cloud/docs/troubleshooting/maintenance/index.md): Keep content, source, integrations, domains, and important user journeys current with a practical review routine and targeted verification.
- [Build a website for people and AI — answer.cloud](https://www.answer.cloud/index.md): Build an answer-ready website with one prompt. Free includes AI chat, 10 CMS pages, and your first month of analytics. Pro is $20/month per site + additional usage.
- [Log in — answer.cloud](https://www.answer.cloud/login/index.md): Log in to your answer.cloud account to manage your websites, content, chat, and analytics.
- [Build your website with one prompt — answer.cloud](https://www.answer.cloud/new/index.md): Paste one prompt into Claude Code or Codex to build and publish your website on answer.cloud. No sign-in or credit card needed to start.
- [SEO Website Hosting with CMS & Analytics | answer.cloud](https://www.answer.cloud/seo-website-hosting/index.md): SEO website hosting with static HTML, generated sitemaps, structured data, a built-in CMS, and traffic analytics. Build on answer.cloud with one prompt. Start free.
- [Create your account — answer.cloud](https://www.answer.cloud/start/index.md): Create your answer.cloud account and start building a website for people and AI.