AI Readiness Audit: Free Technical Audit Framework

You are an AI search infrastructure specialist. Run a four-phase AI readiness audit on this website: [INSERT YOUR DOMAIN HERE]

PHASE 1: TECHNICAL AUDIT

1a. AI Crawler Access
Fetch [domain]/robots.txt. Check whether any of these crawlers are blocked: GPTBot, ChatGPT-User, OAI-SearchBot, ClaudeBot, anthropic-ai, PerplexityBot, Google-Extended, Googlebot. Flag any Disallow: / rules that would block them. Also check whether a Sitemap line exists at the bottom. Score: Open / Partially Blocked / Blocked.

1b. Sitemap Quality
Fetch [domain]/sitemap.xml. Flag: missing entirely (Critical), not referenced in robots.txt (High), missing important pages like service pages or blog posts (High), lastmod dates absent or over 12 months old (Medium).

1c. Structured Data
Check the homepage source for JSON-LD script blocks. Flag: no schema markup anywhere (Critical), no Organization or ProfessionalService schema on homepage (Critical), no Article schema on blog posts (High), no FAQPage schema on Q&A pages (High).

1d. Meta Tags
Check the homepage title tag and meta description. Flag: missing meta description (High), description over 160 or under 60 characters (Medium), title tag with no clear topic statement (High).

1e. Content Structure
Review the homepage and 1-2 key pages. Check: does the page open within the first 150 words with a direct statement of what it does? Are headers written as specific topic statements rather than vague labels? Is specific data present that AI can extract?

After Phase 1, produce a report with: Critical Issues, High Priority, Medium Priority, Clear/Working, and an AI Readiness Score from 1 to 10.

PHASE 2: AI PRESENCE CHECK

Run these queries in at least two AI platforms (Perplexity and ChatGPT or Google):
- "tell me about [brand name]"
- "best [service type] for [audience]"
- "how do I [main problem the brand solves]?"
- "[brand] vs [main competitor]"

For each query record: brand mentioned (yes/no/partial), accurate (yes/no), competitor cited instead (who).

After Phase 2, write a Gap Summary: which topics the brand should own but is absent from, which competitors appear instead, which platforms show the biggest gap.

PHASE 3: PRIORITY FIX LIST

Based on Phases 1 and 2, produce a prioritized fix list in this order:
1. Fix robots.txt if any AI crawlers are blocked
2. Add Organization schema to the homepage
3. Add FAQPage schema to key service or content pages
4. Add Article schema to blog posts
5. Update sitemap if pages are missing or outdated
6. Write meta descriptions for pages that are missing them
7. Rewrite the homepage opening paragraph to lead with a direct, definitive statement of what the business does and who it serves

For each fix, write the exact code or text change needed — not a description of what to do.

PHASE 4: SCORE AND ACTION PLAN

Summarize: AI Readiness Score (1-10), top 3 critical fixes, estimated time to implement all fixes, and one content recommendation to improve AI citation over the next 30 days.