AI Readiness
20 checks — website readiness for AI
AI Readiness analyzes how well your website is prepared for being cited by AI search engines. 20 checks in 5 categories evaluate structured data, crawler accessibility, content quality, trustworthiness and technical signals.
5 evaluation states
Each check can have a state: pass (100pts), partial (50pts), fail (0pts), n/a (excluded from scoring) or strategic_tradeoff (50pts). Checks marked * are context-sensitive — may be N/A based on website type.
Weighted average — 5 categories
The overall AI Readiness score is a weighted average of 5 categories: Crawlability & Access, Content Structure, Trust & Entity Signals, Delivery Formats and Technical Signals. Each category has its own weight based on AI visibility impact.
AI Crawlability & Access
A1 to A5 — structured data and AI access
Organization or LocalBusiness schema with company name, logo, and contact information.
Product schema for e-shops with price, availability, and ratings.
FAQPage schema — increases the chance of appearing in AI answers.
Review or AggregateRating schema for products and services.
Policy for GPTBot, ClaudeBot, CCBot, Google-Extended, PerplexityBot in robots.txt. Evaluates blocking and consistency.
AI Content Structure
A6 to A13 — llms.txt, content structure and quality for AI
Checks for the existence of /llms.txt — a direct channel for AI crawlers.
Evaluates llms.txt quality — site description, section links, .md references. N/A if A6=fail.
Bonus check — complete content export for LLM crawlers. Never penalizes.
Whether the main idea is in the first 40-80 words below H1 — AI extracts from there.
Use of lists and tables for better AI processing.
Presence of a FAQ section on the page — a source for AI answers.
Use of <dl> or definition patterns for precise explanations of terms.
Content divisibility into chunks + depth and readability of text.
AI Trust & Entity Signals
A14 to A16 — trustworthiness and entity signals
Numbers, statistics, citations, and external sources strengthening content credibility.
Date signals: datePublished, dateModified, <time> tags — content freshness.
E-E-A-T signals: About page, contact, Person schema, privacy policy, terms of service, address.
AI Delivery Formats & Knowledge Access
A17 to A19 — formats and access to knowledge
.md links, RSS/Atom feed, JSON API — machine-readable access to content.
Whether key facts are directly linkable (anchor links, IDs on headings).
Presence of a changelog or release notes — a signal of regular updates.
Technical AI Signals
A20 — technical readiness
Use of <article>, <section>, <nav>, <aside>, <main>, <figure> — 3+ = pass.
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