What does 'AI readiness' actually mean?

AI engines like ChatGPT and Perplexity crawl the web and cite sites in their answers. An AI-ready site is one that these engines can crawl, understand, and trust enough to cite. This score measures how ready yours is.

Do you store my domain or crawl data?

We run a lightweight scan of publicly accessible pages (robots.txt, llms.txt, homepage). Scan results are stored temporarily to generate your shareable report link.

How is this different from RankSurf's paid plans?

This free scanner checks your technical AI readiness. RankSurf's paid plans track whether you're actually being mentioned and cited in AI responses — prompt by prompt, competitor by competitor — and give you page-level fixes to improve.

My score is 80+. Does that mean I'm good?

Technical readiness is necessary but not sufficient. A high score means AI engines can crawl and understand your site. Whether they actually mention your brand is a separate question — that's what RankSurf's monitoring answers.

What does 'AI readiness' actually mean?

AI engines like ChatGPT and Perplexity crawl the web and cite sites in their answers. An AI-ready site is one that these engines can crawl, understand, and trust enough to cite. This score measures how ready yours is.

Do you store my domain or crawl data?

We run a lightweight scan of publicly accessible pages (robots.txt, llms.txt, homepage). Scan results are stored temporarily to generate your shareable report link.

How is this different from RankSurf's paid plans?

This free scanner checks your technical AI readiness. RankSurf's paid plans track whether you're actually being mentioned and cited in AI responses — prompt by prompt, competitor by competitor — and give you page-level fixes to improve.

My score is 80+. Does that mean I'm good?

Technical readiness is necessary but not sufficient. A high score means AI engines can crawl and understand your site. Whether they actually mention your brand is a separate question — that's what RankSurf's monitoring answers.

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AI Readiness Scanner

Can AI chatbots find and cite your site? Get a free score across 5 dimensions — see exactly what to fix, ranked by impact.

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Score out of 100Overall AI readiness

5 dimensionsDetailed breakdown

Fix listRanked by impact

WHAT WE ANALYZE

5 dimensions. One score.

We check every technical factor that affects how AI engines crawl and cite your site.

AI Crawler Access

Is your robots.txt blocking AI engines like GPTBot and ClaudeBot?

up to 25 pts

LLMs.txt

Do you have a dedicated llms.txt file guiding AI systems?

up to 15 pts

Structured Data

Are Organization, FAQ, Article, and HowTo schemas in place?

up to 25 pts

Technical SEO

Core crawlability signals that AI engines rely on.

up to 20 pts

Content Signals

How well does your content communicate topical authority?

up to 15 pts

HOW IT WORKS

From domain to action plan in 5 seconds

Enter your domain

Type your URL — no www, no https needed.

We analyze 5 dimensions

Our crawler checks AI crawler rules, structured data, technical SEO signals, and more.

Get your prioritized score

See your overall score, dimension breakdown, and a ranked fix list with exact point gains.

FAQ

Questions about AI readiness

Yes, completely free. No credit card, no trial. We show you the score to demonstrate RankSurf's value — if you want ongoing monitoring and deeper fixes, there's a paid plan for that.

Readiness is step one. Visibility is the goal.

A ready site isn't a mentioned site. RankSurf tracks whether ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Gemini actually recommend your brand — and tells you exactly what to fix.

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AI Readiness Scanner

5 dimensions. One score.

From domain to action plan in 5 seconds

Questions about AI readiness

Is this actually free? What's the catch?

What does 'AI readiness' actually mean?

Do you store my domain or crawl data?

How is this different from RankSurf's paid plans?

My score is 80+. Does that mean I'm good?

Readiness is step one. Visibility is the goal.