Overall AI readiness
Grade B
Weighted score based on bot access, structure, schema, and content signals.
Score
Free AI Readiness Checker
Benchmark how friendly your site is for modern AI crawlers.
Example result — enter a URL to run your own
botAccess
90/100
contentStructure
72/100
structuredData
65/100
contentSignals
80/100
botAccess: robots.txt accessiblepass
All major AI bots are allowed.
contentStructure: Heading hierarchypass
Clean H1-H3 hierarchy found.
structuredData: JSON-LD presentwarn
Only WebSite schema detected. Consider adding Article or FAQ.
contentSignals: Readable paragraphspass
Content uses short, well-structured paragraphs.
Top Recommendations
- Add FAQ or Article schema markup
- Include a summary paragraph at the top of each page
AI Bot Access
GPTBot: allowedClaudeBot: allowedGoogle-Extended: not_mentionedPerplexityBot: blocked
AI crawler access check Content structure analysis Schema coverage score Machine readability audit
What is AI Readiness Checker?
The AI Readiness Checker combines robots access checks with structural content analysis and schema validation. It provides a weighted score and prioritized recommendations to improve machine readability.
Why it matters for AEO and GEO: As AI-powered search grows — through ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews, and Bing Copilot — pages that are easy for LLMs to parse get cited more often. Machine readability is becoming as important as traditional on-page SEO.
Content Teams: Score whether blog posts and knowledge base articles are structured well enough for AI systems to extract answers and cite your brand.
Technical SEO Audits: Check that AI crawlers (GPTBot, ClaudeBot, Applebot) are allowed in robots.txt and that your content uses clear heading hierarchy, entity-first copy, and structured data.
Competitive Benchmarking: Compare your AI readiness score against competitors to identify gaps in machine-readable signals like schema coverage and content structure.
How to Use This Tool
- 1 Run an analysis for a URL.
- 2 Review overall score and category breakdown.
- 3 Open failing checks for details.
- 4 Apply high-impact fixes and measure again.
What You Get
Crawler Access Report
Check whether AI-specific user-agents can reach your content through robots.txt and HTTP response analysis.
Content Structure Score
Evaluate heading hierarchy, entity clarity, and answer-ready formatting that LLMs use for retrieval and citation.
Weighted Readiness Score
Get a single score combining crawl access, structured data, and content signals — with prioritized fix recommendations.
Frequently Asked Questions
Answers about AI Readiness Checker
An AI Readiness Checker analyzes crawl access, content structure, metadata clarity, and structured data coverage. It scores how machine-readable a page is for LLMs, answer engines, and generative AI retrieval systems.
You can optimize for AI crawlers by using clear headings, concise entity-focused copy, and explicit structured data. Strong internal links and question-answer formatting also help models parse page meaning reliably for citation.
Yes, robots.txt directly influences AI search visibility by controlling which user-agents can access your content. Blocking AI-specific crawlers like GPTBot or ClaudeBot prevents those systems from retrieving and citing your pages.
Yes, structured data helps AI systems map entities and relationships more consistently. Well-implemented JSON-LD schema can improve retrieval accuracy and citation relevance in generative search results.