How to Use Agility Writer Outline Builder

This guide provides step-by-step instructions on how to use the AgilityWriter Outline Builder and Advanced Mode Article. By following these steps, users can easily generate article outlines based on top-ranking competitor headings. This tool is useful for anyone looking to quickly and efficiently create SEO article outlines for any topic.

Kristina Meyers
30 steps
3 minutes

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Get Started from the AgilityWriter dashboard, and click "Tools"

Next, click "Outline Builder"

Enter your "Topic or Keywords" in the text field. AgilityWriter will search top ranking articles on this subject to get ideas for your outline.

Select your Region.

Click "Get an Idea" to have AgilityWriter compose an optimized title.

The updated title will appear in the Topic or Keywords field.

Click the "Inc AI Outline" checkbox to automatically add headings to "Step 2" based on top-ranking search results. These will be used in your final outline. If this is not checked, you can manually add headings.

Click "Get Headings" to generate your list.

A list of headings from top-ranking articles will appear on the left under "Step 1", and headings automatically selected by AgilityWriter will appear under "Step 2" on the right. Click any heading in "Step 1" to customize your list in "Step 2"

Select "No Main Headings" drop down to decrease or increase the number of headings in your final outline.

Click "Step 3 - Create Outlines" for AgilityWriter to create the final outline.

The outline will appear in the "Your Article Outlines" field.

Click "Send to Write Article" to customize your settings in advanced mode.

AgilityWriter Article Advanced Mode

Adjust the "Article Title" if needed, or click "Get An Article Title"

Enter your "Main Keyword" - this can be the same keyword topic used in the outline builder.

Adjust language in "Output Language"

Increase / decrease number of article headings in "Main Headings"

Select "Article Structure", options are Advanced (Standard) or Advanced (Detail) for the AI to decide length and format, and Standard (Text) or Long (Text) to generate text only. Advanced (Detail) is the recommended setting to create a fully researched, well-formatted article.

Select "GPT Version / AI Detection" to choose your AI model, options are GTP 3.5/4, GPT 4 or Anti-AI detection to pass Originality.AI detection.

Select "Factual Data" to include Standard Factual Data for the AI to crawl web results one time, In-Depth Factual Data to crawl web results multiple times for deep research or Custom Factual Data to enter up to 3 URLs for AgilityWriter to use.

Enter your target "Audience" to define who are you talking to (optional)

Enter your desired "Tone of Voice" to define the writing style (optional)

Select the "Point of View" Auto, 1st Person Singular, 1st Person Plural, Second Person or Third Person

Select "Writing Style" [[Authoritative + Conversational / Authoritative + Instructional / Expository & Technical Health / Authoritative Local Biz / Authoritative + Persuasion / News - Journalistic / SEO + Authoritative / Travel - Narrative]]

Select "Introduction" and "Conclusion" style - Concise, Engaging, or Authoritative.

Enter NLP terms in "Keywords" field (optional)

Select "Entity Enrichment" to add additional information and terms from top search engine results to increase entity density about your topic to it so that it is richer and more valuable

Select Advanced Settings, including Key Takeaways, FAQs, Image Prompts, Markdown Styling, Improve Readability, Authority Links

Add AI Images - Agility Writer will create 3 AI Images for free, and more for additional credits. Define the style, size, color, number of people, and alt tag description.