Discoverability

Sitemap

A sitemap is how you tell a crawler which URLs are canonical and when they changed, without making it discover your site by following links.

Why it matters

Agents with a budget will spend it on the URLs you name. Saying nothing means they guess.

Pass criteria

A valid XML sitemap is served at /sitemap.xml, or declared with a Sitemap: directive in robots.txt.

What the scanner records
Every request the check makes is recorded (URL, method, response status, relevant headers and a body preview) and shown under the check in your results.

How to implement it

Publish a sitemap and reference it from robots.txt

A valid XML sitemap is served at /sitemap.xml, or declared with a Sitemap: directive in robots.txt.

The step-by-step implementation prompt is part of the Pro plan.

See plans

www.sitemaps.org SKILL.md

Scan your site

See whether this check passes on your domain, along with the other 21.

Run a scan

Related checks

robots.txt

Returns HTTP 200 with plain text containing at least one User-agent directive.

Link headers

The homepage response carries Link headers with at least one agent-useful relation.

DNS for AI Discovery

ServiceMode SVCB/HTTPS records or a TXT index exist under the _agents namespace, ideally DNSSEC-signed.