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AI Search Readiness Audit Pack

Status: ai_search_readiness_audit_pack_ready. This pack gives humans and AI agents a compact route for AI crawler readiness, ChatGPT search readiness, proof links, and measurement guardrails.
Agent handoff

Use this before broad crawling.

When a query mentions AI search readiness, AI crawler readiness, AI search audit, or ChatGPT readiness, open query suggestions first, then the intent router, then this pack, then a citation bundle if the final answer needs proof links.

Run the audit Open JSON pack

Target queries

Audit checks

homepage_reachable

Homepage returns a useful public response

AI search readiness starts with a reachable homepage before crawler policy or llms.txt details matter.

Open evidence route

robots_txt_present

robots.txt is present and readable

Crawler rules should be explicit, especially when Googlebot, OAI-SearchBot, GPTBot, and other bots have different policies.

Open evidence route

googlebot_not_accidentally_blocked

Googlebot is not accidentally blocked

Blocking Googlebot can harm normal Google Search discovery even if the site wants separate AI training controls.

Open evidence route

oai_searchbot_policy_reviewed

OAI-SearchBot policy is reviewed separately from GPTBot

OAI-SearchBot, GPTBot, and ChatGPT-User represent different crawler or browsing roles and should not be collapsed into one claim.

Open evidence route

gptbot_policy_explicit

GPTBot policy is explicit

Training-use policy is not the same as search visibility, but an audit should still surface whether GPTBot is allowed or blocked.

Open evidence route

llms_txt_public_and_safe

llms.txt exists, is short, and avoids private paths

A public llms.txt file should provide context and useful public links without account, checkout, admin, token, staging, or customer paths.

Open evidence route

sitemap_discovery

sitemap.xml is discoverable

Sitemaps are discovery hints, not ranking guarantees, but stale or missing sitemaps slow down diagnosis.

Open evidence route

answer_pages_have_proof_links

Answer pages and proof links exist for important questions

AI systems need compact answers with proof links before broad crawling or citation.

Open evidence route

pre_ai_routes_available

Pre-AI answer, proof, intent, and citation routes are available

The fastest agent path is to query the answer pack, proof lookup, intent router, query suggestions, and citation bundle first.

Open evidence route

measurement_guardrails

Measurement separates readiness, crawl evidence, impressions, clicks, and referrals

Readiness is not proof of traffic. Search Console clicks, qualified referrals, sessions, conversions, and verified logs must be tracked separately.

Open evidence route

Proof links

Safety guardrails