What to ask your AI assistant.

Once Lighthouse Local is connected, your assistant can answer questions about your business from your own data. Copy any question below, paste it into ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini, and swap the parts in brackets for your own words.

Updated 4 min readAI Assistants

What do I need first?

Your assistant needs to be connected to Lighthouse Local. If it isn't yet, connect your AI assistant first, which takes about five minutes.

How visible am I in AI right now?

Start here. These show your AI visibility score and where it's heading.

  • "What's my AI visibility score in Lighthouse Local right now, and how has it changed over the last 30 days?"
  • "Show my AI visibility score week by week for the last 90 days. When did it move the most?"
  • "Out of all the AI answers Lighthouse Local checked this month, how many named my business?"
  • "Which AI assistant mentions my business the most, and which mentions it the least?"

What is AI saying about my business?

Lighthouse Local saves the full answer each assistant gives to the questions you track. Ask to read them.

  • "List the questions Lighthouse Local tracks for my business, and tell me which ones AI names me in."
  • "Show me exactly what ChatGPT said the last time it was asked [one of your tracked questions]."
  • "For that same question, compare what each AI assistant said. Which ones named me and which didn't?"
  • "Which of my tracked questions has AI not named me in at all this month?"

Who is AI recommending instead of me?

These compare you with the competitors you track in Lighthouse Local.

  • "Which of my competitors does AI name more often than me, and for which questions?"
  • "Show me the questions where AI names a competitor and leaves my business out."
  • "For [one of your tracked questions], rank the businesses AI recommends. Where do I land?"
  • "Which AI assistant favors my competitors the most?"

Which websites does AI trust?

AI answers lean on sources. These show which ones come up for your questions.

  • "Which websites does AI cite most when it answers my tracked questions?"
  • "How often does AI cite my own website compared with directories like Yelp?"
  • "List the ten sources AI cites most that aren't my website or a competitor's."

What should I fix first?

Lighthouse Local keeps a ranked list of recommendations for your business. These read it back in plain words.

  • "What are my open recommendations in Lighthouse Local, most important first?"
  • "Which of my recommendations should I handle this week, and why?"
  • "What's my website health grade, and which area scores lowest?"
  • "From my recommendations, which questions are people searching for that AI isn't citing my website on yet?"
  • "How do my Google reviews and Google Business Profile look, and what needs attention?"

How am I ranking on Google?

Lighthouse Local also tracks your regular Google rankings.

  • "Which Google searches does my website rank in the top three for?"
  • "Which keywords did I move up or down on since the last check?"
  • "How many of my keywords show a Google AI Overview, and how many of those cite my website?"

What should I ask every week?

Save this one and paste it in each week. It covers the essentials in a two-minute read.

  • "Give me a weekly check-in from Lighthouse Local for the last 7 days. Cover my AI visibility score and how it changed, any tracked question where AI stopped naming me, the competitor AI named most, and the three recommendations I should handle first. Keep it short enough to read in two minutes."
  • "I track more than one site. Give me that same check-in for each site, lowest score first."

How do I get better answers?

A few habits make the answers sharper.

  • Name the site if you track more than one.
  • Give a time frame, like the last 7 days or the last 90 days. Without one, scores and counts cover the last 30 days.
  • Ask to see the full answer when a summary isn't enough.
  • Mention Lighthouse Local in your question if your assistant answers from the web and not from your data.
  • If your assistant says there's no data yet, that part of your account may still be collecting. Email support@lighthouselocal.ai if it stays empty.