Getting started with Lume

What Lume is

Most SEO tools hand you a wall of metrics and leave the thinking to you. Lume is built the other way around: it is a decision-first copilot that tells you what to do next, not just what is happening.

To do that, Lume triangulates three independent sources of truth and reads them together: live SERP results (where you actually rank right now), Google Search Console (your real impressions, clicks, and queries), and multi-engine AI visibility (whether AI answer engines mention and cite you). One source can mislead; three sources read side by side surface the moves that matter.

GEO (Generative Engine Optimization) is the AI-era counterpart to SEO: optimizing not just for blue links on Google, but for being surfaced inside AI answers. Lume treats both as one workflow so you do not have to choose between them.

• Live SERP — your real, current ranking positions, not cached estimates.
• Google Search Console — your own impressions, clicks, CTR, and queries.
• AI visibility — whether AI answer engines mention and cite your site across multiple engines.

Create your account

You can sign up in whichever way is easiest for you. Lume supports email and password, a one-time 6-digit code sent to your inbox (no password to remember), or signing in with Google. All three lead to the same account, so you can switch methods later.

Right after sign-up, a short onboarding step confirms your consent to the terms, captures your name, and lets you optionally enter your site URL. Adding the URL here is the fastest way to pre-fill your first project, but you can skip it and add it later.

Try a free Quick Scan first

If you want to see Lume in action before committing, run a free Quick Scan at /scan. No signup is required — enter a URL and Lume returns a fast read on where you stand. It is the easiest way to understand the kind of insight a full project gives you.

A Quick Scan is a one-off snapshot. To track progress over time, get the full triangulated analysis, and receive ongoing alerts, create a project (next section).

Create your first project

A project is the home for one website you want to grow. Creating one takes three inputs, and you can refine all of them later.

For best results, choose target keywords that reflect how customers actually search for you, and set the locations that match where your audience is — rankings differ by country and city, so this keeps the data honest. Connecting Google Search Console to the project unlocks the second source of truth and makes the analysis sharper.

• Site URL — the domain or page you want Lume to track.
• Target keywords — the searches you want to win.
• Locations — the countries or cities where rankings matter to you.

Read your AI report

Once a project runs, Lume produces an AI report designed to be read in under a minute. It opens with a TL;DR — a plain-language summary of where you stand across all three sources — so you grasp the situation before diving into detail.

Below the TL;DR are your top 5 actions, ranked by ROI: the moves Lume judges most likely to deliver gains relative to the effort they take. Start at the top and work down. Because the ranking is grounded in all three data sources at once, the list reflects real opportunities rather than generic best-practice checklists.

Stay on top of changes automatically

SEO is never finished, so Lume keeps watching for you. Each project re-scans its rankings automatically every day — on every plan — and refreshes the heavier monitoring (site audit, AI visibility) every week. You do not need to remember to run anything.

When your rankings move, Lume alerts you so you can react while it still matters. Alerts arrive by email, and you can also route them to Slack or Discord to keep your team in the loop. Connect a channel once and the notifications flow on their own.

• Daily auto re-scan — every project refreshes on its own, on every plan.
• Rank-change alerts by email — react while the change still matters.
• Slack and Discord notifications — keep your whole team in sync.