---
title: "Agent ready checklist: ReadMe | Agent Ready Checklist"
description: "The agent readiness checklist for ReadMe. All 31 rows, with a verify command for each. The first step of its recipe sits beside each row."
canonical: https://agentreadychecklist.com/platform/readme/checklist
site: "Agent Ready Checklist"
last_updated: 2026-11-05
section: "Platforms"
---

# Agent ready checklist: ReadMe | Agent Ready Checklist

> The agent readiness checklist for ReadMe. All 31 rows, with a verify command for each. The first step of its recipe sits beside each row.

Source: https://agentreadychecklist.com/platform/readme/checklist
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).

# Agent ready checklist: ReadMe

The checklist for ReadMe: all 31 rows, with the first step of the recipe where one exists. ReadMe has a recipe on 31 rows: 24 direct, 7 with a workaround and 0 not possible on the platform. Versions were read on 2026-11-04; the verify command sits beside each row. The first recipe, for AR-FIND-01, begins: Leave the generated robots.txt open.

## Verify with Ora

ReadMe has a direct recipe for 24 rows, and Ora's catalogue (read 2026-11-05) names a matching check for 20 of them, among them AR-FIND-01, AR-FIND-03, AR-READ-01. After the steps are live, one audit shows which of those fixes the score picks up.

```bash
npx ax@0.10 audit https://example.com --min-score 70
```

Run it again with `--force` after a deploy, so the audit skips Ora's cache. [Gate deploys on it in CI](https://agentreadychecklist.com/guides/gate-deploys-on-agent-readiness-in-ci/), [why this site recommends Ora](https://agentreadychecklist.com/verify-with-ora/), [the crosswalk of rows and checks](https://agentreadychecklist.com/checklist/ora-checks/).

## All 31 rows on ReadMe

| Identifier | Level | Layer | What it asks | Verify command | On ReadMe |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| AR-FIND-01 | MUST | Find | Do not block agents | verify.sh --only=reach-as-agent,robots-verdicts | recipe: Leave the generated robots.txt open. |
| AR-FIND-02 | SHOULD | Find | Answers on one first-party page | manual check, see the page | recipe: Publish each answer once, as a page on your own domain. |
| AR-FIND-03 | SHOULD | Find | Sitemap listed in robots.txt | verify.sh --only=sitemap-listed | recipe: Nothing to do: the generated robots.txt references /sitemap.xml (seen live on… |
| AR-FIND-04 | MAY | Find | AI Catalog at .well-known | verify.sh --only=ai-catalog | workaround: No ai-catalog.json toggle. |
| AR-READ-01 | MUST | Read | Answer in the initial HTML | verify.sh --only=initial-html | recipe: Guides render server-side; a plain curl returned page text in the HTML on 2026-11-04. |
| AR-READ-02 | MUST | Read | Real HTTP status codes | verify.sh --only=status-codes | recipe: Keep the default 404 (real 404 status) or pick a custom 404 page in Settings > Errors &… |
| AR-READ-03 | SHOULD | Read | Home page with real links | verify.sh --only=initial-html | recipe: Build the hub landing page with real links to guides, the API Reference and pricing in the… |
| AR-READ-04 | SHOULD | Read | Docs that answer agent tasks | manual check, see the page | recipe: For each of your top five agent tasks, write a page that holds the steps as text, in… |
| AR-READ-05 | SHOULD | Read | Fenced, language-tagged code | verify.sh --only=code-fences | recipe: Use the code block in the editor (or fenced Markdown in Raw Mode) and set the language for… |
| AR-READ-06 | SHOULD | Read | Link the discovery files | verify.sh --only=llms-linked,openapi | recipe: Turn on Link Headers and Agent Hint Banner in AI > AI Discoverability; responses carry… |
| AR-READ-07 | SHOULD | Read | Ship llms.txt | verify.sh --only=llms-linked | recipe: llms.txt is on by default at /llms.txt. |
| AR-READ-08 | SHOULD | Read | JSON-LD on key pages | verify.sh --only=json-ld | workaround: No JSON-LD setting documented. |
| AR-READ-09 | MAY | Read | Advertise a markdown mirror | verify.sh --only=markdown-negotiation | workaround: Pages answer Accept: text/markdown and .md URLs, but a <link rel="alternate"… |
| AR-READ-11 | SHOULD | Read | Pricing as first-party HTML | verify.sh --only=initial-html | recipe: Publish pricing as a guide page with plans and limits in text or a table block. |
| AR-ACT-01 | SHOULD | Act | Auth an agent can finish | verify.sh --only=oauth-metadata | recipe: For docs behind sign-in, the platform's own OAuth route applies: For docs behind OAuth… |
| AR-ACT-02 | SHOULD | Act | OpenAPI contract | verify.sh --only=openapi | recipe: Upload openapi.json (rdme CLI or GitHub Action) and turn on API Catalog so… |
| AR-ACT-03 | SHOULD | Act | MCP over Streamable HTTP | verify.sh --only=mcp-or-cli | recipe: AI > MCP: toggle MCP Server on; share https://your-project.readme.io/mcp. |
| AR-ACT-04 | MAY | Act | MCP server card | verify.sh --only=mcp-or-cli | recipe: Turn on the MCP Server Card setting; ReadMe publishes the card for its MCP server (its… |
| AR-ACT-05 | MAY | Act | MCP Apps view | manual check, see the page | workaround: ReadMe generates its MCP server and server card from its AI discoverability settings. |
| AR-ACT-06 | SHOULD | Act | SDKs and a CLI | verify.sh --only=mcp-or-cli | recipe: Publish the SDK and the CLI from the product's own repository to npm or PyPI; the website… |
| AR-ACT-07 | SHOULD | Act | WebMCP tools | verify.sh --only=webmcp | recipe: Turn on WebMCP Tools in AI Discoverability; four tools (search, navigate, read current… |
| AR-ACT-08 | MAY | Act | Agent payments | curl -s -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" <paid-endpoint> | workaround: The documentation read lists no built-in feature for this row. |
| AR-ACT-09 | MAY | Act | NLWeb /ask endpoint | curl -s "<origin>/ask?query=pricing" \| jq -e "." | workaround: The documentation read lists no built-in feature for this row. |
| AR-ACT-10 | MUST | Act | An MCP server or a CLI | verify.sh --only=mcp-or-cli | recipe: A CLI meets AR-ACT-10 on any platform: publish it as described in the AR-ACT-06 recipe… |
| CF-CONTENT-SIGNALS | CLOUDFLARE | Find | Content-Signal line | verify.sh --only=robots-verdicts | recipe: Set Model training, Search indexing and Prompt context under Content Signals; robots.txt… |
| CF-PAY-PER-CRAWL | CLOUDFLARE | Find | Pay per crawl, HTTP 402 | curl -s -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" -A "GPTBot/1.0" <url> | workaround: Pay per crawl is a feature of Cloudflare AI Crawl Control, set per Cloudflare zone and in… |
| VERCEL-ROBOTS-EXCLUSIONS | VERCEL | Find | Robots exclusions | verify.sh --only=robots-verdicts | recipe: Open the robots.txt that ReadMe serves for your site and read every Disallow; each one… |
| CF-MARKDOWN-NEGOTIATION | CLOUDFLARE | Read | Markdown by Accept | verify.sh --only=markdown-negotiation | recipe: Turn on Markdown for Agents in AI > AI Discoverability; Accept: text/markdown then returns… |
| VERCEL-NEGOTIATION-HEADERS | VERCEL | Read | Markdown headers | verify.sh --only=markdown-negotiation | recipe: Automatic with Markdown for Agents: live responses on 2026-11-04 carried text/markdown;… |
| CF-OAUTH-DISCOVERY | CLOUDFLARE | Act | OAuth discovery files | verify.sh --only=oauth-metadata | recipe: For docs behind OAuth sign-in, set Discovery Type under Authentication and Access; keep… |
| CF-AGENT-SKILLS | CLOUDFLARE | Act | Agent Skills index | verify.sh --only=agent-skills | recipe: Turn on Agent Skills Index; ReadMe publishes /.well-known/agent-skills/index.json (Agent… |

## Sources

-   [ora.ai/api/checks, contract 1.38.0](https://ora.ai/api/checks?utm_source=agentreadychecklist.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=platform-checklist)read 2026-11-05
-   [registry.npmjs.org/ax, the ax README](https://registry.npmjs.org/ax)read 2026-11-05
-   [docs.readme.com/main/docs/ai-discoverability](https://docs.readme.com/main/docs/ai-discoverability)read 2026-11-04
-   [docs.readme.com/main/docs/error-pages](https://docs.readme.com/main/docs/error-pages)read 2026-11-04
-   [docs.readme.com/main/docs/llmstxt](https://docs.readme.com/main/docs/llmstxt)read 2026-11-04
-   [docs.readme.com/main/docs/openapi](https://docs.readme.com/main/docs/openapi)read 2026-11-04

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