Does AI-search work cannibalise our SEO?
One backlog with dual criteria, and the rule against a second thin content stream.
What this gives you
The systems are coupled on Google, so the trade is smaller than it looks — but it is paid in writer hours. The rules keep one backlog with two success criteria per money page, protect technical hygiene as non-negotiable capacity, and refuse a parallel AI-content factory.
When to ask this
Any time, including on a brand-new account. This is a policy answer: the rules hold whatever your numbers currently say, so it does not wait on a measurement. Where something is on file it is used as an anchor, and where nothing is, the answer says so rather than implying the advice was tailored.
What it anchors to
How many of the recommendations produced for your site have never been run. Where a backlog is not clearing, follow-through rather than strategy is the binding constraint.
How to ask it in chat
"does focusing on ai search cannibalize our traditional seo programme"
What you'll get back
A set of operating rules — each with a trigger, an owner and a signal you could check within a stated window — plus the decisions only you can make. No extra cost, and no new data is purchased to answer this.