# Welcome ### Why do we need Avada AEO optimizer? Ever wondered why AI chatbots sometimes guess when customers ask about your store? On Shopify, it isn’t straightforward to provide assistants with a short, trustworthy overview of products, collections, policies, and blog posts. Manually crafting and updating such a file is time-consuming—and easy to let slip. That’s where Avada AEO optimizer optimizer comes in. We turn your published storefront content into a clean, readable LLMs.txt-a lightweight index that gives AI the right context first. With a reliable source to consult, assistants can deliver clearer answers about your catalog, shipping, returns, and guidance content. From an AEO (AI Experience Optimization) perspective, this fills a missing piece for Shopify merchants: helping AI understand what you sell, how you organize it, and the rules that matter to shoppers. The result is fewer wrong answers, faster support, and more confident purchasing. Alongside [Avada SEO Suite](https://apps.shopify.com/avada-seo-suite?utm_source=userguide\&utm_medium=\&utm_campaign=blog_userguide\&utm_term=Avada+SEO+Suite), Avada AEO optimizer completes your AI-ready storefront toolkit. It’s a simple, sustainable way to present up-to-date store information to assistants like ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, and DeepSeek-so they can help your customers better. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.avada.io/seo-on-aeo-optimizer/welcome.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.