Prerender Buddy

Product updates

What’s new in Prerender Buddy

A curated record of features and meaningful improvements, grouped into useful releases instead of a raw engineering log.

Meaningful changes, in plain language

Availability can depend on plan, workspace configuration, and provider support.

  1. Developer tools

    Cursor tools and one place to find integrations

    The integrations directory now brings article publishing, automation, AI assistants and website setup guides together, including the new Prerender Buddy plugin for Cursor.

    • Use Cursor to inspect public crawler-readable content and discovery files. A scoped Developer API key adds read-only evidence from your PB workspace.
    • The Cursor package and installation guide are available on GitHub. Marketplace review is still in progress.
    • Find connection requirements and setup links by integration type. The homepage now links directly to the directory.
    Explore integrations

  2. Developer tools

    Automation apps for insights and reviewed articles

    Prerender Buddy connections for n8n, Make, Zapier and Activepieces bring website evidence and reviewed article workflows into your automations.

    • Read website health, crawler activity, AI visibility and article evidence using a scoped Developer API key.
    • Prepare proposals, generate confirmed drafts, approve reviewed versions and send or schedule eligible articles while retaining PB's permissions and publishing controls.
    • n8n is available as a community package and Activepieces as a custom piece. Make and Zapier use their available installation or invitation links; see the guide for each platform's requirements.
    • Make now has dedicated article searches, a universal API-call module, clearer mapping and errors, and explicit scheduling and cancellation controls.
    Set up an automation connection

  3. Content workflow

    Publish articles to Git-based Keystatic websites

    Keystatic joins the supported article destinations, with reusable collection and field mapping for websites whose content lives in GitHub.

    • Connect a repository and map the supported Markdown or Markdoc collection in your website's Publishing tab.
    • Send an approved article as a pull request for review, then explicitly confirm a Git release when it is ready.
    • Delivery records retain the pull request and release status. Your hosting deployment remains a separate step before the article is publicly visible.
    Set up Keystatic publishing

    Developer tools

    Developer API access on Starter, Growth and Pro

    All three paid tracking plans now include Developer API access for connected tools and controlled workspace workflows.

    • Create and revoke scoped keys from Developer API keys in your account menu.
    • Choose read permissions for website evidence, or the additional permissions needed for article preparation and reviewed publishing.
    • Generation uses the existing shared article allowance. Review, approval, live publication and scheduling retain their required confirmations.
    Read the Developer API guide

    Platform

    A 25k render pack and clearer account billing

    The new 25,000-render pack fills the gap between the 10k and 50k options, while Account & billing makes add-ons and invoice downloads easier to find.

    • Add 25,000 fresh renders per month for $25 monthly or $250 annually. The monthly capacity is shared across websites in the workspace.
    • Browse add-ons by Rendering, AI visibility or AI Ads using the same table controls.
    • Download an invoice PDF directly when Stripe provides one, alongside the existing hosted invoice link.
    Open Account & billing

  4. Content workflow

    Publish approved articles to more websites

    Starter, Growth and Pro workspaces can now connect WordPress, Ghost, Webflow, Shopify, Wix or Astro as a publishing destination for each website.

    • Open your website's Publishing tab to choose a platform and set up its connection with your authorised credentials.
    • Review and approve an article in PB, then send it as a CMS draft or confirm live publication. You can also schedule approved articles in the publication calendar.
    • Delivery status and destination links help you check the result. Retries and article updates retain the existing destination article rather than creating another copy.
    • Astro uses the new @prerenderbuddy/astro article loader and a hosting rebuild hook. Drafts stay in PB; a released article appears after your host completes a successful build.
    Set up publishing for your website

  5. Content workflow

    Articles and Calendar, with clearer publishing controls

    Articles replaces Content Calendar as the place to review ideas, work on drafts and manage publishing. Calendar gives you a separate view of scheduled workspace activity.

    • Open an article in a side panel while keeping the list in view. Stage filters and search help you find ideas, drafts and published work.
    • Select generated articles to export Markdown, approve work or prepare publishing actions together. Review the eligible articles and confirm before changes are made.
    • Calendar brings AI collections, website checks and article publications together. Filter by website and switch between month and agenda views from the same toolbar.
    • Articles and Calendar now support Simple and Advanced views through the app's usual top navigation switch.
    Open Articles

    Platform

    Easier navigation in Simple view

    Simple view keeps important website controls accessible, with improvements to the guided tour and monitoring overview.

    • Website management tabs are available in Simple view, so you can reach setup and settings without changing modes.
    • The guided tour follows the Simple dashboard and keeps its highlighted controls within the viewport.
    • Monitoring uses a clearer bar display, with Run and Pause controls at the top of the card.

  6. Content workflow

    Conversion reporting in AI Ads

    Eligible connected advertising accounts can now review reported conversions alongside delivery and creative performance in both Simple and Advanced views.

    • See conversion counts, cost per conversion and conversion rate where the connected platform supplies the required data.
    • Measurement states distinguish an unconfigured or unavailable metric from a reported zero. Account currency and reporting timezone are retained.
    • Sync status makes it clearer when results were last imported and whether a refresh failed. Conversion measurement is configured in your advertising account.
    Explore AI Ads

  7. AI visibility

    Current questions stay separate from answer history

    Removing a tracked question now archives it for history while taking it out of the current question list and future scheduled collections.

    • Current-question results follow the questions you are tracking now. Older collections retain their recorded answers as historical evidence.
    • Removing the last active question pauses its collection schedule. Editing a question no longer treats an older version's answer as a result for the new wording.
    • Question suggestions use the website's business context, with generic starter suggestions when that context is not yet available.
    Explore AI visibility

    Content workflow

    Content Calendar, organised by website

    Focus on one website's article ideas, drafts, and calendar activity, or keep the whole workspace in view with All websites.

    • The website selector works in both Simple and Advanced views, across calendar entries, article lists, and research leads.
    • Website labels make it easier to identify which site an article or research lead belongs to.
    • Your monthly article generation allowance is unchanged and remains shared across all websites in the workspace.

    Platform

    Optional management for your workspace

    Add account-wide management to Starter, Growth, or Pro for an additional $99, $199, or $299 per month, alongside your software subscription.

    • Management includes initial setup, a monthly human account review and report, and 2, 4, or 6 human-reviewed content outputs per month, depending on the package.
    • Each output includes one revision round. Approved articles can be published through a supported CMS connection; custom development and unsupported integrations are outside the package.
    • Choose management before checkout, or review the available options in Account & billing. Combined packages start after payment without a trial; eligible existing monthly subscriptions can add management at renewal.
    Explore plans and management

    Developer tools

    Prepare article proposals and drafts through MCP

    Connected assistants can now prepare article proposals and start draft generation through Prerender Buddy's MCP integration when you grant the required permissions.

    • Use a connected assistant to move from a relevant visibility opportunity to an article proposal and draft.
    • Article generation uses the workspace's existing allowance and requires opt-in content permissions.
    • Generating a draft does not publish it. Review and publishing approval remain separate steps.

    AI visibility

    Clearer visibility and competitor evidence

    Improved dashboard calculations and competitor suggestions make it easier to understand recorded results and identify brands worth reviewing.

    • Dashboard summaries use the relevant website and evidence scope, with clearer states when data is unavailable.
    • Recommendation attribution and visibility evidence loading have been corrected to improve the accuracy of recorded summaries.
    • Possible competitors are assessed against their role in recorded answers and the tracked question's topic, helping separate competitors from other cited sources.

  8. Platform

    Simple and Advanced views for every workspace

    Choose a focused overview or open the full evidence and controls with the view switch at the top of the app. Simple is the starting view for new users, and each person's choice is remembered.

    • Simple views make it easier to find the next action across the dashboard, portfolio, AI Visibility, competitors, crawler activity, and other supported pages.
    • Advanced views keep the detailed results, filters, and controls close at hand.
    • Switching views changes only how information is presented; it does not change monitoring data or website settings.

  9. Content workflow

    Review article ideas before generating a draft

    Content Calendar now turns recorded answers to tracked questions into article proposals that you can review and steer before generating a draft.

    • Each proposal gives you an article angle, questions to answer, and points to check against linked sources.
    • Generate an editable draft, then review and approve it before sending it to a connected CMS as a draft.
    • The calendar shows your remaining article generations. Browsing ideas and making manual edits do not use one.

  10. Platform

    A clearer workspace overview

    The main Overview now brings the most important visibility, crawler, rendering, and health results together without replacing the underlying evidence.

    • Recommendations, mentions, citations, search and AI visits, renders, and health are summarized up front.
    • Recommendation evidence and cited pages are easier to review, with platform filters for cited-page results.
    • Repeated response evidence is consolidated, while Health presents clearer next actions with less duplicated information.

    AI visibility

    More control over tracked questions

    AI Visibility now makes it easier to expand monitoring deliberately without replacing or changing the questions that are already tracked.

    • Add and select multiple tracked questions in the monitoring workflow.
    • Generate related question variations from an existing question and review them before tracking.
    • Suggested variations use plan capacity only after they are approved and added, and refreshing suggestions leaves current questions unchanged.
    Explore AI Visibility

  11. AI visibility

    Clearer AI collection status and scope

    AI monitoring now makes it easier to understand what is running, what finished, and which questions belong to each recorded collection.

    • Unified queued, running, partial, completed, and failed states across collection views.
    • Clearer separation between selected-question analysis and full collection evidence.
    • More useful progress feedback while evidence is being collected.
    Explore AI visibility guides

  12. AI visibility

    Actionable visibility recommendations

    Recommendations now connect observed visibility evidence to a specific improvement, its likely impact, and a practical recheck step.

    • Expanded recommendation details with supporting evidence and affected URLs.
    • Tracked-question suggestions can be refreshed without changing existing questions.
    • Provider configuration and worker health are reported as separate states.

  13. Crawler visibility

    Meta crawler purposes are reported separately

    Meta search indexing, model training, user-requested fetching, and Facebook link previews now appear as distinct crawler purposes instead of one ambiguous Meta signal.

    • Separate evidence for Meta-WebIndexer, Meta-ExternalAgent, Meta-ExternalFetcher, and facebookexternalhit.
    • Robots policy and observed rendered access remain separate facts.
    • Meta visibility is reported where supported evidence is available.
    See supported crawlers

    Content workflow

    AI Ads evidence workflow

    Eligible accounts can turn monitored visibility opportunities into reviewable ad concepts and creative variations without handing campaign control to Prerender Buddy.

    • Opportunity, studio, creative library, and results views form one connected workflow.
    • Creative proof keeps claims tied to available website and visibility evidence.
    • Exports and imported performance support a manual advertising-platform handoff.
    Explore AI Ads

  14. AI visibility

    Recorded responses and citations in AI monitoring

    Visibility summaries now link back to the recorded model responses and source evidence behind the result.

    • Inspect provider answers, mentions, recommendations, and citations together.
    • Rolling history charts retain sparse observations without inventing missing samples.
    • Trend ranges and platform coverage use the actual recorded collection data.

  15. Platform

    Portfolio view and guided monitoring setup

    Multi-site workspaces gained a clearer portfolio overview, while AI monitoring setup became more guided and cost-aware.

    • Compare connected sites from one cross-site overview.
    • Start monitoring with a small set of suggested customer questions.
    • See provider and sampling scope before a collection begins.

  16. Developer tools

    Scoped API keys

    Eligible plans can create workspace API keys with explicit read and action scopes for safer developer integrations.

    • Separate workspace, visibility, content, diagnostics, cache, and render permissions.
    • Keys remain tied to the issuing workspace.
    • Developer setup guidance explains the supported integration path.
    View the Developer API

  17. Crawler visibility

    Shareable reports and discovery-file repair

    Public reports became easier to review and share, and Health gained guided fixes for robots.txt, sitemap, and llms.txt discovery issues.

    • Redesigned shareable reports with clearer evidence boundaries.
    • Review-only discovery-file proposals preserve existing site rules.
    • Reachability findings retain the affected paths needed for follow-up.

  18. AI visibility

    More visibility providers and competitor evidence

    AI monitoring expanded with Gemini and Grok support, plus clearer comparisons between the monitored brand and its competitors.

    • Provider-specific response and citation normalization.
    • Tracked and detected competitors remain clearly distinguished.
    • Provider and question breakdowns link back to supporting evidence.

  19. Crawler visibility

    Search and AI visit history

    Crawler activity gained exact visit rollups and clearer evidence about which crawler requested a page, what it received, and when it was last seen.

    • Separate cached and freshly rendered visit activity.
    • Longer chart history without loading an unbounded event list.
    • Synthetic monitoring probes are excluded from customer activity.

Start with a website check.

See what crawlers receive, then decide what needs attention.

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