--- title: "Read the Docs: vendor profile | Agent Ready Checklist" description: "Read the Docs, a docs tool: 4 of 8 checklist rows read are met by default, with 6 sourced facts, dated plans and what it does not do." canonical: https://agentreadychecklist.com/vendors/read-the-docs site: "Agent Ready Checklist" last_updated: 2026-11-05 section: "Vendors" --- # Read the Docs: vendor profile | Agent Ready Checklist > Read the Docs, a docs tool: 4 of 8 checklist rows read are met by default, with 6 sourced facts, dated plans and what it does not do. Source: https://agentreadychecklist.com/vendors/read-the-docs 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). # Read the Docs Read the Docs hosts the HTML that Sphinx or MkDocs produces, which meets AR-READ-01 and AR-READ-02, and every project gets a sitemap.xml and a default robots.txt, which meets AR-FIND-03 and AR-FIND-01. The docs describe no llms.txt generator, no markdown by Accept and no MCP feature for hosted projects. ## At a glance Type [Docs tool](https://agentreadychecklist.com/vendors/by-type/docs-tool/) Homepage [about.readthedocs.com](https://about.readthedocs.com), answered HTTP 200 on 2026-11-05 Checklist rows 8 of 31 read: **4** supported, 1 partial, 3 no statement Last read 2026-11-05 ## What it does for this layer - Read the Docs says it "provides documentation hosting for any tool that can output HTML". primary source: [docs.readthedocs.com/platform/stable/intro/doctools.html](https://docs.readthedocs.com/platform/stable/intro/doctools.html), read 2026-11-05 - Read the Docs docs state "Read the Docs automatically generates a sitemap.xml for your project." primary source: [docs.readthedocs.com/platform/stable/reference/sitemaps.html](https://docs.readthedocs.com/platform/stable/reference/sitemaps.html), read 2026-11-05 - Read the Docs automatically generates a robots.txt that, by default, hides versions marked Hidden from indexing; a project can supply its own robots.txt instead. primary source: [docs.readthedocs.com/platform/stable/reference/robots.html](https://docs.readthedocs.com/platform/stable/reference/robots.html), read 2026-11-05 - When its servers return a 404, Read the Docs serves a 404.html or 404/index.html from the root of the project's HTML output if one exists. primary source: [docs.readthedocs.com/platform/stable/reference/404-not-found.html](https://docs.readthedocs.com/platform/stable/reference/404-not-found.html), read 2026-11-05 - Read the Docs Community is free for open-source projects, and plans for commercial projects start at $50 a month with a 30-day free trial. primary source: [about.readthedocs.com/pricing/](https://about.readthedocs.com/pricing/), read 2026-11-05 - A GET of https://docs.readthedocs.com/llms.txt with the network user agent on 2026-11-05 returned a text/plain index of the platform documentation. observed: [docs.readthedocs.com/llms.txt](https://docs.readthedocs.com/llms.txt), read 2026-11-05 ## Products and plans | Product | What it is | Price | As of | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Read the Docs Community | Free hosting for open-source documentation. | Free; public open-source projects; about.readthedocs.com/pricing/ | 2026-11-05 | | Read the Docs Business | Hosting for commercial and private documentation with SSO and more build resources. | From USD 50 per month, lowest business plan, 30-day trial; about.readthedocs.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 generated robots.txt hides only versions marked Hidden. | docs.readthedocs.com/platform/stable/reference/robots.html | | AR-FIND-03 | Sitemap listed in robots.txt | supports | sitemap.xml is generated automatically for every project. | docs.readthedocs.com/platform/stable/reference/sitemaps.html | | AR-READ-01 | Answer in the initial HTML | supports | Read the Docs hosts the static HTML the doc tool builds. | docs.readthedocs.com/platform/stable/intro/doctools.html | | AR-READ-02 | Real HTTP status codes | supports | Missing paths return 404, with the project's 404.html when present. | docs.readthedocs.com/platform/stable/reference/404-not-found.html | | AR-READ-07 | Ship llms.txt | no statement | The platform docs read today describe no llms.txt generator for hosted projects. | none | | AR-ACT-03 | MCP over Streamable HTTP | no statement | No MCP feature for hosted docs is documented. | none | | CF-CONTENT-SIGNALS | Content-Signal line | partial | A custom robots.txt can carry Content-Signal lines. | docs.readthedocs.com/platform/stable/reference/robots.html | | CF-MARKDOWN-NEGOTIATION | Markdown by Accept | no statement | No markdown negotiation is documented. | none | ## Checks on its own site | Reading | Result | Date | Source | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Cloudflare scan of about.readthedocs.com | 27 of 100, band L1 Basic Web Presence | 2026-11-05 | isitagentready.com | ## What it does not do - Read the Docs does not write the documentation HTML; Sphinx, MkDocs or another tool builds it. - Read the Docs does not generate llms.txt for hosted projects in the docs read today. ## Related pages on this site Same type [Docs tools](https://agentreadychecklist.com/vendors/by-type/docs-tool/), [all vendors](https://agentreadychecklist.com/vendors/) ## Sources - [about.readthedocs.com](https://about.readthedocs.com)read 2026-11-05 - [docs.readthedocs.com/platform/stable/intro/doctools.html](https://docs.readthedocs.com/platform/stable/intro/doctools.html)read 2026-11-05 - [docs.readthedocs.com/platform/stable/reference/sitemaps.html](https://docs.readthedocs.com/platform/stable/reference/sitemaps.html)read 2026-11-05 - [docs.readthedocs.com/platform/stable/reference/robots.html](https://docs.readthedocs.com/platform/stable/reference/robots.html)read 2026-11-05 - [docs.readthedocs.com/platform/stable/reference/404-not-found.html](https://docs.readthedocs.com/platform/stable/reference/404-not-found.html)read 2026-11-05 - [about.readthedocs.com/pricing/](https://about.readthedocs.com/pricing/)read 2026-11-05 - [docs.readthedocs.com/llms.txt](https://docs.readthedocs.com/llms.txt)read 2026-11-05 - [isitagentready.com](https://isitagentready.com/)read 2026-11-05 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. 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