AEO checks whether AI answer engines such as ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews can retrieve, read and quote a site's content, scores each item out of 100, and tells an editor what to fix and why it matters.
The distinguishing decision is that checks run against the entity as it is rendered for an anonymous visitor in the front-end theme, not against stored field values. That means the module sees what templates, single directory components, field formatters, view modes and paragraph structures actually produce, including text that never reaches the page at all, which is reported as a failure rather than passing quietly.
Checks are plugins carrying their own weight, category and a line naming the evidence they rest on. A check with no controlled research behind it says so in those words rather than being presented as fact.
No dependencies outside core. No API keys, no external services, no AI calls at runtime. Every check is deterministic and local, and nothing is sent anywhere.
Project link
https://www.drupal.org/project/aeo
Disclosure
This release was written with the help of an AI assistant.
Comments
Comment #2
vishal.kadamComment #3
avpadernoThank you for applying!
Before giving links helpful to understand how the review process works, what to expect from a review, and what to do to avoid a review takes more time than needed, I would like to thank all the reviewers for the work they do.
These applications are volunters-driven, which also means it is not possible to predict when an application will be marked fixed and the applicant will get the permission to opt projects into security advisory policy. While we aim to make an application as quick as possible, it is also important for us that more people review the project used for an application. In this way, we make sure applications do not miss some important points that should be instead reported.
Applications are not meant to be complete debugging sessions that eliminate every existing bug, though. I apologize if sometimes applications seem to go into too-detailed reviews.
Please read Review process for security advisory coverage: What to expect for more details and Security advisory coverage application checklist to understand what reviewers look for. Tips for ensuring a smooth review gives some hints for a smoother review.
The important notes are the following.
Keep in mind that once the project is opted into security advisory coverage, only Security Team members may change coverage.
To the reviewers
Please read How to review security advisory coverage applications, Application workflow, What to cover in an application review, and Tools to use for reviews.
The important notes are the following.
For new reviewers, I would also suggest to first read In which way the issue queue for coverage applications is different from other project queues.
Comment #4
avpadernoRemember to change status, when the project is ready to be reviewed. In this queue, projects are only reviewed when the status is Needs review.
Comment #5
balintpekkerAdded the missing .gitlab-ci.yml and ran a pipeline, which passes on all jobs
(phpcs, phpstan, phpunit, eslint, stylelint, cspell, composer-lint):
https://git.drupalcode.org/project/aeo/-/pipelines/973233
Also adding for context, how the module differs from similar projects:
For context, since a reviewer might be looking at both
aeo_optimizerandaeomay notice the resemblance: AEO was created in October 2025 and that project in February 2026, and several files in it correspond to AEO's code as it was before the current rewrite. The branch under review shares no code with this module, and it has been rewritten from field inspection to render analysis.Comment #6
vishal.kadam1. FILE: aeo.libraries.yml
version: VERSIONVERSION is only used by Drupal core modules. Contributed modules should use a literal string that does not change with the Drupal core version a site is using.
2. FILE: aeo.module
For a new module that aims to be compatible with Drupal 10 and Drupal 11, I would rather implement hooks as class methods as described in Support for object oriented hook implementations using autowired services.
3. FILE: src/Form/SettingsForm.php
With Drupal 10 and Drupal 11, there is no longer need to use #default_value for each form element, when the parent class is ConfigFormBase: It is sufficient to use #config_target, as in the following code.
Using that code, it is no longer needed to save the configuration values in the form submission handler: The parent class will take care of that.
Comment #7
balintpekkerThanks for the review, all three are now addressed in 1.0.x. (https://git.drupalcode.org/project/aeo/-/commit/d1df3ff43e42c7b63c38e356...)
The pipeline is still green on all jobs, and the tests are passing.
Comment #8
balintpekkerChanging priority as per Issue priorities.