AX Audit Report

https://arstechnica.com

August 12, 20261561ms response

40AX score / 100

Poor

Readiness diagnosis

This site is not ready for AI agents yet. Resolve the critical access and understanding gaps first.

1 critical

9 warnings

12 passed

Current constraintDiscovery0%

Five readiness layers

Readiness orbit

The shape reveals where an agent journey breaks down, from finding the site to completing useful work.

Evidence profile

22 checks recorded

Passed vs. material gaps

Critical

Warnings

Passed

Discovery

Current constraint

0 / 13 weighted points

Identity

0.8 / 22 weighted points

Access

26.3 / 31 weighted points

85%

Agent Integration

7.8 / 24 weighted points

32%

User Experience

5.3 / 10 weighted points

53%

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No JSON-LD structured data found

Structured Data

Review

Missing OpenGraph tags: og:title, og:description, og:image

Structured Data

Review

No Schema.org potentialAction — agents can't tell what they can do on your site

Actionability

Review

No form or direct contact path — agents have no way to convert here

Actionability

Review

Missing semantic HTML: <main>, <nav>, <header>, <footer>, <h1>

Content Quality

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Structured Data

Authoritativeness

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robots.txt allows all major AI crawlers

Page returns HTTP 202

Page content available without JavaScript

No CAPTCHA or bot protection detected

No JSON-LD structured data found
Add JSON-LD structured data to your page <head>:

<script type="application/ld+json">
{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "Organization",
  "name": "Your Business",
  "url": "https://yoursite.com",
  "description": "What your business does"
}
</script>

Missing OpenGraph tags: og:title, og:description, og:image
<meta property="og:title" content="..." />
<meta property="og:description" content="..." />
<meta property="og:image" content="..." />

Missing meta tags: title, meta description, canonical link

llms.txt found but format is incorrect

llms-full.txt also found (two-file mode)

MCP configuration found at /.well-known/mcp.json, /mcp.json, /.mcp.json, /.well-known/mcp

AI agent plugin manifest found at /.well-known/ai-plugin.json, /.well-known/ai-agent.json

API specification found at /openapi.json

Sitemap found but may not be valid XML

No Schema.org potentialAction — agents can't tell what they can do on your site
Add a potentialAction to your Schema.org JSON-LD so agents can act, e.g.:
"potentialAction": {
  "@type": "ReserveAction",
  "target": "https://yoursite.com/book"
}

No scheduling link found — agents can't book time with you directly

No form or direct contact path — agents have no way to convert here
Add an agent-usable conversion path — a contact form, a booking widget, or a Dashform AI funnel agents can complete on the visitor's behalf.

Missing semantic HTML: <main>, <nav>, <header>, <footer>, <h1>
Add missing semantic HTML elements: <main>, <nav>, <header>, <footer>, <h1>

No images found on page

Limited text content — AI agents may not fully understand your page

No social media links found

No Schema.org sameAs links — AI agents cannot verify your identity across platforms
Add sameAs to your Schema.org JSON-LD:
"sameAs": [
  "https://twitter.com/yourbrand",
  "https://linkedin.com/company/yourbrand"
]

No Google Maps or Business Profile presence detected — AI agents may not verify your location
Claim your Google Business Profile at https://business.google.com and embed a Google Maps link or iframe on your page. AI agents use Google Maps data to verify business locations.

No contact information found on page

Response time is 1.6s — acceptable, could be faster

Lean HTML payload (2KB)

Response is not compressed (no gzip/brotli)
Enable gzip or Brotli compression on your server/CDN to cut transfer size for agents and crawlers.

Caching headers present (Cache-Control/ETag/Last-Modified)

No author/publisher in schema — weak authorship signal
Add author and publisher to your Schema.org JSON-LD to establish credibility:
"publisher": { "@type": "Organization", "name": "Your Brand" }

No review/rating schema — agents can't surface your reputation

Partial security headers (HSTS only)

No dateModified/datePublished in schema — agents can't judge freshness
Add dateModified/datePublished to your Schema.org JSON-LD so agents can judge freshness:
"dateModified": "2026-01-15"

No current year found — the site may look stale to agents

HTTPS enabled

SSL certificate valid

No privacy policy link detected

No terms of service link detected

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