--- title: "GitHub Pages: vendor profile | Agent Ready Checklist" description: "GitHub Pages, a host or CDN: 2 of 5 checklist rows read are met by default, with 6 sourced facts, dated plans and what it does not do." canonical: https://agentreadychecklist.com/vendors/github-pages site: "Agent Ready Checklist" last_updated: 2026-11-05 section: "Vendors" --- # GitHub Pages: vendor profile | Agent Ready Checklist > GitHub Pages, a host or CDN: 2 of 5 checklist rows read are met by default, with 6 sourced facts, dated plans and what it does not do. Source: https://agentreadychecklist.com/vendors/github-pages 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). # GitHub Pages GitHub Pages serves the static files built from a repository, which meets AR-READ-01, and answers missing paths with the site's own 404 page, which meets AR-READ-02. With no server code to run, markdown negotiation and 429 answers are out of reach, and the docs read set no robots rules. GitHub bars commercial SaaS and e-commerce sites. ## At a glance Type [Host or CDN](https://agentreadychecklist.com/vendors/by-type/host/) Operator GitHub (Microsoft) Homepage [pages.github.com](https://pages.github.com), answered HTTP 200 on 2026-11-05 Checklist rows 5 of 31 read: **2** supported, 0 partial, 3 no statement In the crawl 13 of 7,545 home pages counted on 2026-11-04. Counted from the crawl's headers and generator tags, an undercount for hosted builders. Last read 2026-11-05 ## What it does for this layer - GitHub Pages docs state "Published GitHub Pages sites may be no larger than 1 GB." primary source: [docs.github.com/en/pages/getting-started-with-github-pages/github-pages-limits](https://docs.github.com/en/pages/getting-started-with-github-pages/github-pages-limits), read 2026-11-05 - GitHub Pages sites have a soft bandwidth limit of 100 GB per month and a soft limit of 10 builds per hour, which does not apply to custom Actions workflows. primary source: [docs.github.com/en/pages/getting-started-with-github-pages/github-pages-limits](https://docs.github.com/en/pages/getting-started-with-github-pages/github-pages-limits), read 2026-11-05 - GitHub says Pages is not intended for or allowed to be used as free hosting for an online business, e-commerce site or commercial SaaS. primary source: [docs.github.com/en/pages/getting-started-with-github-pages/github-pages-limits](https://docs.github.com/en/pages/getting-started-with-github-pages/github-pages-limits), read 2026-11-05 - GitHub Pages displays a custom 404 page when a site includes one and a visitor requests a page that does not exist. primary source: [docs.github.com/en/pages/getting-started-with-github-pages/creating-a-custom-404-page-for-your-github-pages-site](https://docs.github.com/en/pages/getting-started-with-github-pages/creating-a-custom-404-page-for-your-github-pages-site), read 2026-11-05 - GitHub Pages builds Jekyll sites and runs a fixed set of Jekyll plugins that cannot be disabled. primary source: [docs.github.com/en/pages/setting-up-a-github-pages-site-with-jekyll/about-github-pages-and-jekyll](https://docs.github.com/en/pages/setting-up-a-github-pages-site-with-jekyll/about-github-pages-and-jekyll), read 2026-11-05 - GitHub says Pages sites should not be used for sensitive transactions such as sending passwords or credit card numbers. primary source: [docs.github.com/en/pages/getting-started-with-github-pages/github-pages-limits](https://docs.github.com/en/pages/getting-started-with-github-pages/github-pages-limits), read 2026-11-05 ## Products and plans | Product | What it is | Price | As of | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | GitHub Pages | Static site hosting from a GitHub repository. | Free; available for public repositories with GitHub Free; docs.github.com/en/pages/getting-started-with-github-pages/github-pages-limits | 2026-11-05 | ## Standards | Row | What it asks | Status | What the vendor's pages say | Source | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | AR-FIND-01 | Do not block agents | no statement | GitHub Pages adds no robots rules of its own in the docs read. | none | | AR-READ-01 | Answer in the initial HTML | supports | Pages serves the static files built from the repository. | docs.github.com/en/pages/setting-up-a-github-pages-site-with-jekyll/about-github-pages-and-jekyll | | AR-READ-02 | Real HTTP status codes | supports | Missing paths get the site's custom 404 page. | docs.github.com/en/pages/getting-started-with-github-pages/creating-a-custom-404-page-for-your-github-pages-site | | CF-MARKDOWN-NEGOTIATION | Markdown by Accept | no statement | No markdown negotiation is offered. | none | | VERCEL-NEGOTIATION-HEADERS | Markdown headers | no statement | Custom response headers are not covered in the docs read. | none | ## Checks on its own site | Reading | Result | Date | Source | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Cloudflare scan of pages.github.com | 7 of 100, band L0 Not Ready | 2026-11-05 | isitagentready.com | | Home pages counted in the crawl | 13 of 7,545; Counted from the shared crawl of 2026-11-04 by server header "GitHub.com"; the generator rule only sees tags whose name attribute comes first, so it undercounts | 2026-11-04 | agentreadychecklist.com/data/ | ## What it does not do - GitHub Pages does not allow use as hosting for e-commerce or commercial SaaS. - GitHub Pages does not run server code, so markdown negotiation and 429 responses are not possible on it. ## Related pages on this site Recipes [Static hosting](https://agentreadychecklist.com/platforms/static-hosting/) ([checklist view](https://agentreadychecklist.com/platform/static-hosting/checklist/)) Same recipe page [AWS Amplify Hosting](https://agentreadychecklist.com/vendors/aws-amplify/), [Cloudflare Pages and Workers](https://agentreadychecklist.com/vendors/cloudflare/), [Eleventy (Build Awesome)](https://agentreadychecklist.com/vendors/eleventy/), [Firebase Hosting](https://agentreadychecklist.com/vendors/firebase-hosting/), [Gatsby](https://agentreadychecklist.com/vendors/gatsby/), [Hugo](https://agentreadychecklist.com/vendors/hugo/), [Jekyll](https://agentreadychecklist.com/vendors/jekyll/), [Netlify](https://agentreadychecklist.com/vendors/netlify/), [Render](https://agentreadychecklist.com/vendors/render/), [Vercel](https://agentreadychecklist.com/vendors/vercel/) Same type [Hosts and CDNs](https://agentreadychecklist.com/vendors/by-type/host/), [all vendors](https://agentreadychecklist.com/vendors/) ## Sources - [pages.github.com](https://pages.github.com)read 2026-11-05 - [docs.github.com/en/pages/getting-started-with-github-pages/github-pages-limits](https://docs.github.com/en/pages/getting-started-with-github-pages/github-pages-limits)read 2026-11-05 - [docs.github.com/en/pages/getting-started-with-github-pages/creating-a-custom-404-page-for-your-github-pages-site](https://docs.github.com/en/pages/getting-started-with-github-pages/creating-a-custom-404-page-for-your-github-pages-site)read 2026-11-05 - [docs.github.com/en/pages/setting-up-a-github-pages-site-with-jekyll/about-github-pages-and-jekyll](https://docs.github.com/en/pages/setting-up-a-github-pages-site-with-jekyll/about-github-pages-and-jekyll)read 2026-11-05 - [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.