Glossary
AI & MCP, in plain English
The terms that actually decide whether your tool gets found — defined for builders, with the part the encyclopedia leaves out: why it matters for your distribution.
An open standard that lets AI agents call external tools and data sources through a uniform interface.
MCP serverA program that exposes tools, data, or actions to AI agents over the Model Context Protocol.
Answer Engine Optimization (AEO)Optimizing so AI answer engines (ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, Google AI Overviews) cite your product, not just so Google ranks it.
Dofollow backlinkA link that passes SEO authority to its target. The opposite — rel="nofollow" — passes none.
AI agentAn LLM-powered system that takes actions — calling tools, reading data, completing multi-step tasks — rather than only generating text.
Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)A technique that feeds an LLM relevant external documents at query time so its answers are grounded in your data, not just its training.