Free AI-Readiness Score for your website
Find out if ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Mode can actually see your site. Get your score in under 60 seconds.
What this scan checks
The HelixAI Readiness Score evaluates your site across 25+ factors in four categories. Each factor is checked deterministically — same input, same score, every time. No AI guesswork in the scoring engine.
Technical foundation (30 pts)
robots.txt configuration, llms.txt presence, sitemap accessibility, HTTPS, mobile viewport, page load speed, and homepage schema markup. These are the signals AI crawlers check first.
Structured data depth (30 pts)
Product schema coverage, Organization schema, BreadcrumbList, FAQPage, and most importantly — additionalProperty entries. This is the strongest signal for AI shopping agents and the core of Agentic Commerce Optimization (ACO).
Content signals (25 pts)
Title tag quality, meta descriptions, H1 structure, content depth on key pages, comparison and use-case content, and FAQ content. These help AI engines understand what your site actually offers.
AI citability (15 pts)
Entity consistency, E-E-A-T signals, external citations, persona signals, and occasion signals. Research from Ahrefs and Evertune shows brand mentions correlate 3x more strongly with AI Overview visibility than backlinks. These factors drive whether AI engines actually cite you.
Why AI readiness matters now
AI search vs. traditional SEO — the signals are fundamentally different
AI shopping agents now influence over 20% of retail purchases globally. ChatGPT Instant Checkout launched September 2025. Perplexity Shopping launched November 2025 with PayPal and 5,000 merchants on day one. Google's Universal Commerce Protocol launched January 2026 with Walmart, Target, Shopify, Etsy, and Wayfair.
Most product pages and websites are invisible to these agents. They lack the structured signals AI engines need to confidently recommend a product or cite a source. McKinsey projects the agentic commerce opportunity at $3–5 trillion by 2030.
Search Engine Journal reported in early 2026 that traditional Google traffic is down 20–50% across broad retail categories. Fashion and beauty brands are seeing drops as steep as 40–50%. This is not a Google algorithm penalty. It is a structural shift in how people discover products online.
AI agents evaluate structured signals that traditional crawlers ignore: Product schema, additionalProperty entries, FAQPage markup, and persona signals. A site that ranks well in Google may score below 40 on AI readiness — and vice versa.
Built by HelixAI
HelixAI specializes in Agentic Commerce Optimization (ACO) — the practice of enriching product listings with the structured signals AI shopping agents use to match products to queries. Founded by David Smith, the team has spent over a year building and testing the methodology.
The scoring rubric used in this tool is derived from real test data. Across 30 marketplace test runs with GPT-4o and Claude as buyer agents, ACO-enriched products achieved a 76% win rate against enriched specialist competitors. That data is the foundation of the 25+ factors checked in your scan.
This tool is free because it should be. The paid offerings — schema implementation, full catalog enrichment, and ongoing AI visibility work — are described after your scan completes.
Frequently asked questions
What is an AI Readiness Score?
A 100-point evaluation of whether AI search engines like ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Mode can effectively read, understand, and cite your website. The score is calculated across four categories: technical foundation, structured data depth, content signals, and AI citability.
How is the AI Readiness Score calculated?
We crawl up to 20 pages of your site and check 25+ factors across technical setup (robots.txt, llms.txt, sitemap, schema), structured data depth (Product schema, additionalProperty entries, FAQPage), content signals (titles, comparison content, persona signals), and AI citability (entity consistency, E-E-A-T, citations).
Is the AI Readiness Score actually free?
Yes. One scan per domain per month at no cost. You provide your URL and email, and we send the full report. No credit card required.
What is llms.txt and do I need one?
llms.txt is a markdown file at your site root that helps AI crawlers understand your site structure. Google added llms.txt to Chrome Lighthouse's Agentic Browsing audit in May 2026. Our scanner generates a custom llms.txt file for you based on your site.
How is this different from other AI visibility tools?
Most AI visibility tools track citations — where AI mentions your brand. HelixAI Readiness Score evaluates the underlying signals AI agents use to find and trust your site: schema depth, additionalProperty entries, persona signals, and occasion signals from our Agentic Commerce Optimization (ACO) methodology.
What is Agentic Commerce Optimization (ACO)?
ACO is HelixAI's methodology for making product listings and websites visible to AI shopping agents. It uses atomic slot architecture across six signal dimensions — physical, suitability, occasion, comparison, outcome, and social proof — to generate structured signals AI agents can score. In testing, ACO-enriched products achieved 76% win rate against enriched competitors across 30 marketplace test runs.