---
title: "Markdown negotiation defined | Agent Ready Checklist"
description: "Markdown negotiation: Serving a markdown representation of a page when the request sends Accept: text/markdown, and HTML otherwise."
canonical: https://agentreadychecklist.com/glossary/markdown-negotiation
site: "Agent Ready Checklist"
last_updated: 2026-11-05
section: "Glossary"
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# Markdown negotiation defined | Agent Ready Checklist

> Markdown negotiation: Serving a markdown representation of a page when the request sends Accept: text/markdown, and HTML otherwise.

Source: https://agentreadychecklist.com/glossary/markdown-negotiation
Site: Agent Ready Checklist
Last reviewed: 2026-11-05
Agent endpoints: https://agentreadychecklist.com/llms.txt (index), https://agentreadychecklist.com/openapi.json (API), https://agentreadychecklist.com/mcp (MCP server), https://agentreadychecklist.com/ask (search)
Access: https://agentreadychecklist.com/auth.md (no key). Pricing: https://agentreadychecklist.com/pricing.md (free).

# Markdown negotiation

Serving a markdown representation of a page when the request sends Accept: text/markdown, and HTML otherwise. Cloudflare checks it; AgentReady does not require it. Example: curl -s -H 'Accept: text/markdown' https://developers.cloudflare.com/ | head -5. Cloudflare Radar found 3.9% of scanned sites pass markdown negotiation. The Verify Kit check markdown-negotiation tests Markdown negotiation.

## Definition

Serving a markdown representation of a page when the request sends Accept: text/markdown, and HTML otherwise. Cloudflare checks it; AgentReady does not require it.

## Example

```bash
curl -s -H 'Accept: text/markdown' https://developers.cloudflare.com/ | head -5
```

## Nearby terms

-   [Markdown mirror](https://agentreadychecklist.com/glossary/markdown-mirror/)A .md twin of an HTML page, advertised with a link rel=alternate tag or Link header (AR-READ-09).

## Asked about it

### Which Cloudflare checks have no AgentReady requirement?

Content Signals, markdown negotiation, OAuth discovery as a standalone file, Agent Skills discovery, and items such as DNS-AID, Auth.md and Personal Agent Protocol. Pay per crawl is a Cloudflare feature but not listed as a scanner check on 2026-11-04.

## Sources

-   [developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/reference/markdown-for-agents/](https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/reference/markdown-for-agents/)read 2026-11-04
-   [blog.cloudflare.com/agent-readiness/](https://blog.cloudflare.com/agent-readiness/)read 2026-11-04
-   [isitagentready.com](https://isitagentready.com/)read 2026-11-04

Last reviewed 2026-11-05. AgentReady v2.0, read 2026-11-04.