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This guide walks you through creating and running your first experiment on XLR8.ai.
1

Sign in and set up your organization

Go to app.tryxlr8.ai and sign in. If you’re new, create an account and set up your organization.Accept the Terms of Service when prompted, then use the organization switcher in the header to select or create your organization.Open Settings and save your Company Name and Company Domain. XLR8.ai pre-fills these across experiments, content tools, and social listening.
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Create your first experiment

From the sidebar under Strategy, click Experiments, then New Experiment.Creating an experiment has four steps:
  1. Company — choose Visibility Analysis or Sentiment Analysis, pick a subtype, and enter your company name and website
  2. Categories — review the suggested description and categories
  3. Queries — accept or edit the suggested queries
  4. Create — select AI models and optionally set a location
Click Create Experiment to save the configuration and start the first run.
3

Wait for the execution to finish

On the experiment detail page, the execution status updates as it progresses. When it completes, open the results tabs to review the run.For visibility experiments, start with Overview, then dig into Query Analytics and Source Analytics. For sentiment experiments, use Overview and Detailed Analysis.
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Explore insights and next actions

Use these follow-on tools with your first experiment:
  • Insights — ask natural language questions about the experiment data
  • Analytics — compare multiple executions over time once you have more than one run
  • Action Center — sync and track recommended fixes from sentiment results

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What’s next?

Set up scheduling

Automate your experiments to run on a recurring cadence.

Generate optimized content

Create content designed to improve your AI visibility.

Review action items

See prioritized recommendations based on your experiment results.

Connect publishing

Publish optimized content to Webflow or WordPress.