How to Use the AI Article Autopilot

Written By Tom van den Heuvel

Last updated 9 days ago

What does the AI Article Autopilot do?

The AI Article Autopilot automatically turns high-opportunity topics into fully optimized blog articles for your Shopify store. It researches topics, generates structured content, adds relevant product mentions, and prepares everything for scheduled publishing.

Each article is optimized for both traditional SEO and AI discovery. That means proper headings, internal linking, FAQ sections, and structured schema markup that helps search engines and AI systems understand and surface your content.

You choose how much control you want. Review drafts before publishing, enable auto-publish, or let the calendar auto-fill based on the best opportunities.

The result: consistent, high-quality content that drives organic traffic without manual writing or content planning.

Step 1: Go to the AI Article Autopilot

You can access the AI Article Autopilot at Apps → StoreRank.ai → AI Article Autopilot.

You’ll see:

  • AI Suggested Topics

  • Topic filters (New, Recommended, Queued, Scheduled, Published)

  • Sorting options (Opportunity, Difficulty, Volume, etc.)

  • Content Calendar

  • Content Settings

Step 2: Review your AI-suggested topics

AI Suggested Topics

We have already pre-generated topics based on your store and niche. We recommend that you check review these and edit/remove where you see fit.

You can:

  • Filter by status

  • Sort by Opportunity, Difficulty, Volume, CPC

  • Star topics

  • Add topics to calendar

  • Edit topics

  • Remove topics

Add Custom Topics (Optional)

Click “Add custom topic”.

Important:

  • You have a limited number of research runs per month (depends on your plan).

  • Add 20–50 keywords in one batch to maximize each research run.

  • We analyze volume and difficulty for all keywords in one go.

Step 3: Add Topics to Your Calendar (Or Enable Auto-Fill)

If Auto-fill Calendar is enabled, you don’t have to do anything, and topics will be automatically be added to your content calendar, prioritized on Opportunity.

You can also manually click “Add to calendar” on a topic.

Your plan determines how many articles can be added per month:

  • Starter: 1/month (no auto-fill calendar)

  • Pro: 4/month (auto-fill available)

  • Growth: 8/month

  • Scale: 16/month

Step 4: Edit a Topic (Optional)

Click the three dots → Edit.

You can:

  • Change the topic title

  • Adjust article format

  • Set content length

  • Add specific manual instructions

  • Mention products

  • Mention collections

You can even select relevant products and collections to be mentioned in the article.

Use manual instructions for:

  • Specific angles

  • Target audience

  • Internal linking notes

  • Brand messaging constraints

Save when done.

Step 5: Understand statuses

In the Content Calendar:

  • Queued = Scheduled, not generated yet

  • Generated = Article created and ready to review

  • Published = Live on your blog

Articles start generating 5–7 days before the publish date.

This gives you time to:

  • Review

  • Edit

  • Adjust SEO

  • Regenerate sections if needed

Step 6: Review and edit generated content (optional)

After an article is generated, you can view the article and edit where you see fit.

Step 7: Auto-Publishing & Settings

Go to Content Settings.

You can configure:

  • Publishing behavior (drafts only or auto-publish)

  • Article length preference

  • Default publishing days

  • Default publishing time

  • Auto-fill calendar (Pro+ plans)

  • AI image generation

  • Default blog

  • Default author

  • Brand tone & language

Auto-Publish Disabled

Articles are saved as drafts. You publish manually.

Auto-Publish Enabled

Articles publish automatically on the scheduled date.