--- title: "Jekyll: vendor profile | Agent Ready Checklist" description: "Jekyll, a framework: 1 of 8 checklist rows read are met by default, with 7 sourced facts, dated plans and what it does not do." canonical: https://agentreadychecklist.com/vendors/jekyll site: "Agent Ready Checklist" last_updated: 2026-11-05 section: "Vendors" --- # Jekyll: vendor profile | Agent Ready Checklist > Jekyll, a framework: 1 of 8 checklist rows read are met by default, with 7 sourced facts, dated plans and what it does not do. Source: https://agentreadychecklist.com/vendors/jekyll 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). # Jekyll Jekyll builds every page to static HTML, which meets AR-READ-01, and GitHub Pages builds it natively. The jekyll-sitemap plugin writes sitemap.xml once enabled, and jekyll-seo-tag adds metadata tags. The docs read say nothing about llms.txt or robots rules, and static output cannot negotiate markdown by Accept. ## At a glance Type [Framework](https://agentreadychecklist.com/vendors/by-type/framework/) Homepage [jekyllrb.com](https://jekyllrb.com), answered HTTP 200 on 2026-11-05 Checklist rows 8 of 31 read: **1** supported, 4 partial, 3 no statement In the crawl 3 of 5,897 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 - Jekyll's latest tagged release on GitHub is v4.4.1 from 2025-01-29. primary source, 2025-01-29: [api.github.com/repos/jekyll/jekyll/releases/latest](https://api.github.com/repos/jekyll/jekyll/releases/latest), read 2026-11-05 - Jekyll's repository, started on 2008-10-20, had 51,744 stars on GitHub when read on 2026-11-05. observed: [api.github.com/repos/jekyll/jekyll](https://api.github.com/repos/jekyll/jekyll), read 2026-11-05 - GitHub Pages builds Jekyll sites and runs a set of plugins that are "enabled by default and cannot be disabled", including jekyll-default-layout and jekyll-github-metadata. 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 Pages sites can enable additional Jekyll plugins by adding the gem to the plugins setting in \_config.yml, from GitHub's list of supported plugins. 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 - The official jekyll-sitemap plugin is described as a plugin "to silently generate a sitemaps.org compliant sitemap for your Jekyll site". primary source: [github.com/jekyll/jekyll-sitemap](https://github.com/jekyll/jekyll-sitemap), read 2026-11-05 - Jekyll had no new release on GitHub between 2025-01-29 and 2026-11-05. observed: [api.github.com/repos/jekyll/jekyll/releases/latest](https://api.github.com/repos/jekyll/jekyll/releases/latest), read 2026-11-05 - The jekyll/jekyll repository on GitHub carries an MIT licence. primary source: [api.github.com/repos/jekyll/jekyll](https://api.github.com/repos/jekyll/jekyll), read 2026-11-05 ## Products and plans | Product | What it is | Price | As of | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Jekyll | Open-source Ruby static site generator. | Free, open source; MIT licence; api.github.com/repos/jekyll/jekyll | 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 | Jekyll adds no robots rules of its own; the pages read today do not discuss robots.txt. | none | | AR-FIND-03 | Sitemap listed in robots.txt | partial | The jekyll-sitemap plugin generates sitemap.xml once enabled. | github.com/jekyll/jekyll-sitemap | | AR-READ-01 | Answer in the initial HTML | supports | Jekyll builds every page to static HTML. | 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 | partial | A 404.html page is served by the host; GitHub Pages serves it with a 404. | docs.github.com/en/pages/setting-up-a-github-pages-site-with-jekyll/about-github-pages-and-jekyll | | AR-READ-07 | Ship llms.txt | no statement | The Jekyll docs read today say nothing about llms.txt. | none | | AR-READ-08 | JSON-LD on key pages | partial | The jekyll-seo-tag plugin, supported on GitHub Pages, adds metadata tags. | docs.github.com/en/pages/setting-up-a-github-pages-site-with-jekyll/about-github-pages-and-jekyll | | CF-CONTENT-SIGNALS | Content-Signal line | partial | A robots.txt file in the source can carry Content-Signal lines. | docs.github.com/en/pages/setting-up-a-github-pages-site-with-jekyll/about-github-pages-and-jekyll | | CF-MARKDOWN-NEGOTIATION | Markdown by Accept | no statement | Static output cannot negotiate by Accept. | none | ## Checks on its own site | Reading | Result | Date | Source | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Cloudflare scan of jekyllrb.com | 7 of 100, band L0 Not Ready | 2026-11-05 | isitagentready.com | | Home pages counted in the crawl | 3 of 5,897; Counted from the shared crawl of 2026-11-04 by generator meta tag in the home page HTML; 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 - Jekyll does not produce llms.txt or markdown twins; it converts markdown to HTML and drops the source. - Jekyll on GitHub Pages cannot run plugins outside GitHub's supported list unless the site is built in a workflow. ## 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/), [GitHub Pages](https://agentreadychecklist.com/vendors/github-pages/), [Hugo](https://agentreadychecklist.com/vendors/hugo/), [Netlify](https://agentreadychecklist.com/vendors/netlify/), [Render](https://agentreadychecklist.com/vendors/render/), [Vercel](https://agentreadychecklist.com/vendors/vercel/) Same type [Frameworks](https://agentreadychecklist.com/vendors/by-type/framework/), [all vendors](https://agentreadychecklist.com/vendors/) ## Sources - [jekyllrb.com](https://jekyllrb.com)read 2026-11-05 - [api.github.com/repos/jekyll/jekyll/releases/latest](https://api.github.com/repos/jekyll/jekyll/releases/latest)read 2026-11-05 - [api.github.com/repos/jekyll/jekyll](https://api.github.com/repos/jekyll/jekyll)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 - [github.com/jekyll/jekyll-sitemap](https://github.com/jekyll/jekyll-sitemap)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.