--- title: "GitBook: vendor profile | Agent Ready Checklist" description: "GitBook, a docs tool: 6 of 9 checklist rows read are met by default, with 7 sourced facts, dated plans and what it does not do." canonical: https://agentreadychecklist.com/vendors/gitbook site: "Agent Ready Checklist" last_updated: 2026-11-05 section: "Vendors" --- # GitBook: vendor profile | Agent Ready Checklist > GitBook, a docs tool: 6 of 9 checklist rows read are met by default, with 7 sourced facts, dated plans and what it does not do. Source: https://agentreadychecklist.com/vendors/gitbook 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). # GitBook GitBook publishes an llms.txt, a markdown version of every page, Accept-header markdown, a generated sitemap and an MCP server for every published site automatically, which meets AR-READ-07, AR-READ-09, CF-MARKDOWN-NEGOTIATION, AR-FIND-03 and AR-ACT-03. The docs read describe no JSON-LD output, no ai-catalog.json and no way to serve the raw OpenAPI file. ## At a glance Type [Docs tool](https://agentreadychecklist.com/vendors/by-type/docs-tool/) Homepage [gitbook.com](https://www.gitbook.com), answered HTTP 200 on 2026-11-05 Checklist rows 9 of 31 read: **6** supported, 1 partial, 2 no statement Last read 2026-11-05 ## What it does for this layer - GitBook docs state "GitBook automatically publishes AI-friendly formats for your docs site", including llms.txt and markdown versions of pages. primary source: [gitbook.com/docs/getting-started/llm-ready-docs](https://gitbook.com/docs/getting-started/llm-ready-docs), read 2026-11-05 - Appending .md to any published GitBook page URL returns the page as Markdown, according to GitBook's LLM-ready docs page. primary source: [gitbook.com/docs/getting-started/llm-ready-docs](https://gitbook.com/docs/getting-started/llm-ready-docs), read 2026-11-05 - GitBook docs state "Every published GitBook site automatically includes a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server". primary source: [gitbook.com/docs/ai-for-your-readers/mcp-servers-for-published-docs](https://gitbook.com/docs/ai-for-your-readers/mcp-servers-for-published-docs), read 2026-11-05 - GitBook serves the docs MCP server under the site path /~gitbook/mcp, per the platform recipe read on 2026-11-04. primary source: [gitbook.com/docs/ai-for-your-readers/mcp-servers-for-published-docs](https://gitbook.com/docs/ai-for-your-readers/mcp-servers-for-published-docs), read 2026-11-04 - GitBook pricing lists a free plan for individuals, Essential from $65 per site a month and Ultimate from $249 per site a month billed annually, plus $12 per user a month. primary source: [gitbook.com/pricing](https://www.gitbook.com/pricing), read 2026-11-05 - GitBook generates a sitemap for public sites and an unlisted site has no sitemap, per its SEO docs. primary source: [gitbook.com/docs/publish/seo](https://gitbook.com/docs/publish/seo), read 2026-11-04 - GitBook renders API reference blocks from an OpenAPI specification added to the space. primary source: [gitbook.com/docs/create-content/openapi](https://gitbook.com/docs/create-content/openapi), read 2026-11-04 ## Products and plans | Product | What it is | Price | As of | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | GitBook Free | Docs site for individuals. | Free plan for individuals; gitbook.com/pricing | 2026-11-05 | | GitBook Essential | Docs site plan for teams. | From USD 65 per site per month billed annually, plus $12 per user per month; gitbook.com/pricing | 2026-11-05 | | GitBook Ultimate | Higher plan with AI Assistant insights and more. | From USD 249 per site per month billed annually; gitbook.com/pricing | 2026-11-05 | ## Standards | Row | What it asks | Status | What the vendor's pages say | Source | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | AR-FIND-01 | Do not block agents | supports | The default robots.txt allows all agents. | gitbook.com/docs/publish/seo | | AR-FIND-03 | Sitemap listed in robots.txt | supports | Public sites get a generated sitemap. | gitbook.com/docs/publish/seo | | AR-FIND-04 | AI Catalog at .well-known | no statement | No ai-catalog.json support is documented. | none | | AR-READ-07 | Ship llms.txt | supports | llms.txt is published automatically. | gitbook.com/docs/getting-started/llm-ready-docs | | AR-READ-08 | JSON-LD on key pages | no statement | No JSON-LD output is documented. | none | | AR-READ-09 | Advertise a markdown mirror | supports | Each page links a markdown alternate and has a .md URL. | gitbook.com/docs/getting-started/llm-ready-docs | | AR-ACT-02 | OpenAPI contract | partial | OpenAPI specs render as API blocks; serving the raw file is not documented. | gitbook.com/docs/create-content/openapi | | AR-ACT-03 | MCP over Streamable HTTP | supports | Every published site has an MCP server. | gitbook.com/docs/ai-for-your-readers/mcp-servers-for-published-docs | | CF-MARKDOWN-NEGOTIATION | Markdown by Accept | supports | Accept: text/markdown returns markdown. | gitbook.com/docs/getting-started/llm-ready-docs | ## Checks on its own site | Reading | Result | Date | Source | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Cloudflare scan of gitbook.com | 67 of 100, band L5 Agent-Native | 2026-11-05 | isitagentready.com | | Crawl row for gitbook.com | 8 of 10 checks pass; Tranco rank 7,432 | 2026-11-04 | agentreadychecklist.com/data/ | | Check | Result | Verify Kit check | | --- | --- | --- | | robots.txt allows all 17 agent tokens at / | pass | robots-verdicts | | robots.txt blocks no search or user-fetch token | pass | robots-verdicts | | Home page has an h1 and 50 words in the initial HTML | pass | initial-html | | A missing path returns 404 or 410 | pass | status-codes | | /llms.txt exists | pass | llms-linked | | Home page links to llms.txt | pass | llms-linked | | Accept: text/markdown returns text/markdown | pass | markdown-negotiation | | Home page carries JSON-LD that parses | pass | json-ld | | OpenAPI linked from the home page or served at /openapi.json | fail | openapi | | /.well-known/mcp.json serves JSON | fail | mcp-or-cli | ## What it does not do - GitBook does not output JSON-LD on published pages in the docs read. - GitBook does not document serving the raw OpenAPI file from the docs domain. ## Related pages on this site Recipes [GitBook](https://agentreadychecklist.com/platforms/gitbook/) ([checklist view](https://agentreadychecklist.com/platform/gitbook/checklist/)) Same type [Docs tools](https://agentreadychecklist.com/vendors/by-type/docs-tool/), [all vendors](https://agentreadychecklist.com/vendors/) ## Sources - [gitbook.com](https://www.gitbook.com)read 2026-11-05 - [gitbook.com/docs/getting-started/llm-ready-docs](https://gitbook.com/docs/getting-started/llm-ready-docs)read 2026-11-05 - [gitbook.com/docs/ai-for-your-readers/mcp-servers-for-published-docs](https://gitbook.com/docs/ai-for-your-readers/mcp-servers-for-published-docs)read 2026-11-05 - [gitbook.com/pricing](https://www.gitbook.com/pricing)read 2026-11-05 - [gitbook.com/docs/publish/seo](https://gitbook.com/docs/publish/seo)read 2026-11-04 - [gitbook.com/docs/create-content/openapi](https://gitbook.com/docs/create-content/openapi)read 2026-11-04 - [isitagentready.com](https://isitagentready.com/)read 2026-11-05 - [agentreadychecklist.com/data/](https://agentreadychecklist.com/data/)read 2026-11-04 Edition Data 2026-11-04 Reviewed 2026-11-05 Spec AgentReady v2.0, 273d2d7 Crawl 13,071 rows, 2026-11-04 Ora 132 checks, contract 1.38.0, 2026-11-05 Verify with Ora The scanner this site recommends for the whole checklist. 132 checks, a score out of 100, no account. `npx ax@0.10 audit --min-score ` [Why Ora, and its limits](https://agentreadychecklist.com/verify-with-ora/) Method - [How rows, commands and rates are made](https://agentreadychecklist.com/method/) - [How an Ora check is matched to a row](https://agentreadychecklist.com/checklist/ora-checks/) - [Pass rates by rank band](https://agentreadychecklist.com/data/by-rank/) Sources and read dates sit at the foot of the page. Last reviewed 2026-11-05. AgentReady v2.0, read 2026-11-04.