AI search readiness checker (GEO)
AI Search Readiness is a 0–100 score inside every Postly Rank Site Audit that checks whether AI crawlers can read your site and how easy your pages are to quote in AI answers. It checks robots.txt for AI crawlers, validates or generates llms.txt and looks for answer-first content. It's for sites that want to be cited by AI search tools.
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Who is AI Search Readiness for?
- Publishers and businesses that want to appear in AI answers
- SEOs adding generative engine optimization (GEO) to audits
- Developers who want a valid llms.txt without writing it by hand
What does AI Search Readiness do?
AI crawler access
Reads your robots.txt and shows, crawler by crawler, which AI bots (for example GPTBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot and Google-Extended) are allowed or blocked.
llms.txt validator and generator
Checks /llms.txt and /llms-full.txt, tests the links inside, and generates a starting llms.txt from your crawled pages.
Answer-first and citability checks
Looks for question headings followed by a direct answer, clear facts and sources, author and dates, FAQ markup and AI-cliché phrases.
JavaScript dependency
Flags pages whose main content only appears after JavaScript runs, which many AI crawlers can't read.
How AI Search Readiness works
Run a Site Audit
AI Search Readiness is calculated in every audit, on every plan.
Open the AI Search Readiness panel
See the score, crawler verdicts and the AI issues ranked by impact.
Fix and re-check
Update robots.txt, publish the generated llms.txt and add direct answers, then audit again.
Where does the data come from?
Everything comes from crawling your own site with JoinPostlyBot. The score measures readiness; it doesn't claim that any AI tool will cite you, and Postly Rank doesn't show AI mention counts.
Learn more about our crawler on the JoinPostlyBot page.
AI Search Readiness: Free vs Rank Pro vs Rank Agency
Free forever, or Rank Pro at $15/month and Rank Agency at $49/month (USD).
| AI Search Readiness | Free | Rank Pro | Rank Agency |
|---|---|---|---|
| AI Search Readiness score | |||
| llms.txt validator and generator | |||
| Pages per audit | 50 | 500 | 2,000 |
Limits are per workspace per day unless stated. Rank Pro and Rank Agency are in early access: ask at info@joinpostly.com.
AI Search Readiness FAQ
What is generative engine optimization (GEO)?
Making your content easy for AI search tools such as ChatGPT search, Perplexity and Google's AI features to find, understand and quote: crawler access, clear direct answers, facts with sources, and structured data.
Does Postly Rank show how often ChatGPT mentions my brand?
No. We don't have reliable data on AI mentions, so we don't show a number. AI Search Readiness measures the things you control on your own site.
Should I block AI crawlers in robots.txt?
It's your choice. Blocking training crawlers keeps your content out of some AI models, but may also keep you out of AI answers. The report shows each crawler's status so you can decide one by one.
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