Is your website ready for AI search?
Check whether ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini and Google AI Overviews can reach, read and trust any page on your site — then see if they actually recommend you.
Free · No sign-up · Results in about 10 seconds
15 checks, one score
Weighted across access, understanding and discovery — the same things our AEO audits look at first.
Runs in your browser
Our server just fetches a few public files. Parsing and scoring happen on your device.
Honest results
Where we can’t be certain — like firewall rules — we say so instead of guessing.
What the AI readiness checker tests
AI engines decide what to cite in two steps: can they read your page, and do they trust it enough to quote it? The checker covers the technical half. For the full picture, read our guide to Answer Engine Optimization.
Access
- AI crawlers allowed in robots.txt (OAI-SearchBot, Claude-SearchBot, PerplexityBot, Googlebot, Bingbot and more)
- Firewall or CDN blocking AI bots
- Content readable without JavaScript
- Page indexable and quotable (no noindex / nosnippet)
Understanding
- Structured data (Organization, Product, FAQ, Article)
- Question-and-answer content
- Title and meta description
- Heading structure
- Freshness signals
- Open Graph tags
- Canonical URL and language
Discovery
- llms.txt file
- XML sitemap
- Brand identity links (sameAs)
- HTTPS
Improve your score on each AI engine
Platform-by-platform guides to getting cited and recommended.
OpenAI
How to rank on ChatGPT
Get cited and recommended in ChatGPT search answers.
Anthropic
How to rank on Claude
Be the source Claude trusts when it searches and researches.
Perplexity AI
How to rank on Perplexity
Show up in the sources panel of every relevant Perplexity answer.
Google
How to rank on Gemini
Get recommended by Google’s Gemini app and assistant.
Google
How to rank on Google AI Overviews
Earn a link in AI Overviews and Google AI Mode.
Microsoft
How to rank on Microsoft Copilot
Win visibility in Copilot across Bing, Edge, Windows and Microsoft 365.
xAI
How to rank on Grok
Get your brand into Grok answers through X and the web.
Meta
How to rank on Meta AI
Reach users of Meta AI inside WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook.
DeepSeek
How to rank on DeepSeek
Be known by the open-weight model powering thousands of apps.
AI readiness checker FAQ
What does “AI ready” mean for a website?
An AI-ready page can be reached by AI crawlers, read without running JavaScript, understood through clear structure and schema markup, and verified as belonging to a real brand. Those are the preconditions for being cited or recommended by ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini and Google AI Overviews.
Is this AI readiness checker really free?
Yes. There is no sign-up and no limit beyond basic abuse protection. The scoring runs in your browser; our server only fetches the public files it needs from the site you enter.
Does a high score mean ChatGPT will recommend me?
No. A high score means nothing technical is stopping AI engines from using your page. Being recommended also depends on how often trusted third-party sites mention your brand. Use Step 2 of the tool to see what AI engines say about you today.
Why does the firewall check say “inconclusive”?
Some sites block automated requests of any kind, including our regular browser test. When that happens we can’t tell whether AI bots are treated differently. Real AI crawlers are verified by their IP address, so your server logs are the final word.
What is llms.txt and do I need one?
llms.txt is a plain-text Markdown file at your site root that summarises who you are and links to your most important pages, so AI tools and agents can understand your site quickly. It is not required by any search engine, but it is quick to add. WordPress users can generate one with our free LLMER plugin.
Do you store the sites I check?
Results are kept in temporary memory for up to 24 hours so repeat checks are instant, then discarded. We don’t store, publish or sell the URLs you check.
A score is a start. Recommendations are the goal.
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