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I Built a Free AI Tech Advisor That Recommends Products Better Than Any Salesperson

TL;DR: I built melhor.dev — a free AI-powered tech review site for the Brazilian market. After 6 months of testing, here are the exact prompts, workflows, and tools I used. Plus, I compiled everything into a free downloadable guide.


The Problem With Tech Reviews

Every time someone asks "should I buy Sony WH-1000XM6 or AirPods Pro 3?", they get:

  • Sponsored articles that rank by affiliate commission, not quality
  • Outdated reviews from 2023 with wrong prices
  • Generic specs copy-pasted from Amazon

I wanted something different: AI-analyzed, always current, zero BS.


What I Built: melhor.dev

tech.melhor.dev — 35 pages of structured tech reviews for the Brazilian market.

Every page has:

  • Answer box for AI search engines (GEO/AEO optimized)
  • Structured product data with schema markup
  • Honest pros/cons (no sponsored content)
  • Local prices in BRL

The whole system runs on Astro SSG + a few AI-powered workflows.


The AI Workflow Behind It

Step 1: Research Automation (n8n)

Trigger: New product category request
→ Web search (Perplexity API) for latest prices + reviews
→ GPT-4 analyzes: extract specs, generate verdict, write pros/cons
→ Output: structured JSON with product data
→ Astro page generation from template
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Step 2: SEO + GEO Optimization

Each article gets:

  • Featured snippet-ready answer box (first 50 words)
  • FAQ schema (JSON-LD)
  • Product schema with real prices
  • robots.txt that explicitly allows GPTBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot

Step 3: Multi-platform Distribution

  • IndexNow → instant Bing/DDG indexing
  • Google Search Console API → sitemap push
  • llms.txt → AI engine discovery

The Results So Far

  • 35 pages live in 3 days
  • TTFB < 30ms (static site + CDN)
  • 0 paid traffic — 100% organic
  • First GSC impressions appearing within 48h

Key Insight: The Gap in the Market

Brazilian tech review sites are terrible. Reveio, ReviewDosMelhores — generic, shallow, clearly SEO farmed.

The opportunity: authentic, structured content that actually helps people make decisions.

This is exactly what LLMs want to cite. Google AI Overview loves answer-first content. Perplexity loves structured data.


Free Downloads

I packaged everything into free resources:

1. Free: n8n AI Automation Workflows Pack

If you want to replicate this workflow setup, I published the exact n8n templates I use:
Get the free workflow pack →
(Pay what you want — including /usr/bin/bash)

2. Free/Paid: AI Agent Team Guide

The full system including 15+ agent templates, the content workflow, and the SEO automation setup:
AI Agent Team Guide → (from )

3. The Site Itself

Browse the full tech review site: tech.melhor.dev


Tech Stack (full)

Component Tool Cost
Framework Astro SSG Free
AI workflow n8n (self-hosted) ~/mo VPS
Search Perplexity API ~/mo
Analytics GA4 Free
CDN/DNS Cloudflare Free
Hosting DigitalOcean 4/mo

What's Next

Building the next 15 articles this week. Planning to add:

  • Price tracking (auto-update when prices change)
  • User-submitted reviews
  • WhatsApp bot that answers product questions

If you're building something similar or want to discuss the AI workflow, drop a comment — happy to share more details.


This is part of a series on building AI-powered web properties. Follow for updates.

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