# AI Readiness — 20 Checks

> Complete list of all 20 checks in the Be1st.ai AI Readiness tool.

20 checks total

> Checks marked * are context-sensitive — may be N/A depending on site type.
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> Checks marked [BONUS] never penalize.

## AI Crawlability & Access

*A1 to A5 — structured data and AI access*

### A1 — Organization schema

Organization or LocalBusiness schema with company name, logo, and contact information.

### A2 — Product schema *

Product schema for e-shops with price, availability, and ratings.

### A3 — FAQ schema *

FAQPage schema — increases the chance of appearing in AI answers.

### A4 — Review/Rating schema *

Review or AggregateRating schema for products and services.

### A5 — AI bot policy

Policy for GPTBot, ClaudeBot, CCBot, Google-Extended, PerplexityBot in robots.txt. Evaluates blocking and consistency.

## AI Content Structure

*A6 to A13 — llms.txt, content structure and quality for AI*

### A6 — llms.txt existence

Checks for the existence of /llms.txt — a direct channel for AI crawlers.

### A7 — llms.txt content quality *

Evaluates llms.txt quality — site description, section links, .md references. N/A if A6=fail.

### A8 — llms-full.txt (bonus) * [BONUS]

Bonus check — complete content export for LLM crawlers. Never penalizes.

### A9 — BLUF (Bottom Line Up Front)

Whether the main idea is in the first 40-80 words below H1 — AI extracts from there.

### A10 — Content structure (lists, tables)

Use of lists and tables for better AI processing.

### A11 — FAQ section on page *

Presence of a FAQ section on the page — a source for AI answers.

### A12 — Definitions / glossary *

Use of <dl> or definition patterns for precise explanations of terms.

### A13 — Knowledge chunkability & content depth

Content divisibility into chunks + depth and readability of text.

## AI Trust & Entity Signals

*A14 to A16 — trustworthiness and entity signals*

### A14 — Reference / evidence signals

Numbers, statistics, citations, and external sources strengthening content credibility.

### A15 — Freshness signals *

Date signals: datePublished, dateModified, <time> tags — content freshness.

### A16 — Entity & author completeness

E-E-A-T signals: About page, contact, Person schema, privacy policy, terms of service, address.

## AI Delivery Formats & Knowledge Access

*A17 to A19 — formats and access to knowledge*

### A17 — AI-friendly content formats & feeds

.md links, RSS/Atom feed, JSON API — machine-readable access to content.

### A18 — Linkability of key facts

Whether key facts are directly linkable (anchor links, IDs on headings).

### A19 — Changelog / release notes *

Presence of a changelog or release notes — a signal of regular updates.

## Technical AI Signals

*A20 — technical readiness*

### A20 — Semantic HTML

Use of <article>, <section>, <nav>, <aside>, <main>, <figure> — 3+ = pass.

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## Scoring Methodology

5 states: pass (100pts), partial (50pts), warning (25pts), fail (0pts), n/a (excluded from average)

Weighted average — each check has a weight of 1-5 based on importance.

`Score = Σ(result × weight) / Σ(weights of applied checks) × 100`

### Classification

| Grade | Score | Label |
|---|---|---|
| A+ | 90–100 | Excellently prepared |
| A | 75–89 | Well prepared |
| B | 55–74 | Partially prepared |
| C | 35–54 | Basic readiness |
| D | 15–34 | Poorly prepared |
| F | 0–14 | Not prepared |