--- title: "ReadMe: vendor profile | Agent Ready Checklist" description: "ReadMe, a docs tool: 4 of 10 checklist rows read are met by default, with 7 sourced facts, dated plans and what it does not do." canonical: https://agentreadychecklist.com/vendors/readme site: "Agent Ready Checklist" last_updated: 2026-11-05 section: "Vendors" --- # ReadMe: vendor profile | Agent Ready Checklist > ReadMe, a docs tool: 4 of 10 checklist rows read are met by default, with 7 sourced facts, dated plans and what it does not do. Source: https://agentreadychecklist.com/vendors/readme 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). # ReadMe ReadMe is a hosted API documentation platform that serves llms.txt by default and references /sitemap.xml from an open robots.txt, which meets AR-READ-07, AR-FIND-01 and AR-FIND-03. Markdown for Agents, Link headers, an API catalog and an MCP server each need a switch in AI Discoverability or under AI, and the pages read document no JSON-LD setting. ## At a glance Type [Docs tool](https://agentreadychecklist.com/vendors/by-type/docs-tool/) Homepage [readme.com](https://readme.com), answered HTTP 200 on 2026-11-05 Checklist rows 10 of 31 read: **4** supported, 5 partial, 1 no statement Last read 2026-11-05 ## What it does for this layer - ReadMe's pricing page lists a Starter plan at "$0 /month" that includes LLMs.txt and a paid plan at $250 a month billed annually. primary source: [readme.com/pricing](https://readme.com/pricing), read 2026-11-05 - ReadMe's Markdown for Agents setting returns docs as Markdown when an agent sends Accept: text/markdown, while browsers still get HTML. primary source: [docs.readme.com/main/docs/ai-discoverability](https://docs.readme.com/main/docs/ai-discoverability), read 2026-11-05 - ReadMe can publish an RFC 9727 linkset at /.well-known/api-catalog that lists every API definition in the project with links to each OpenAPI spec. primary source: [docs.readme.com/main/docs/ai-discoverability](https://docs.readme.com/main/docs/ai-discoverability), read 2026-11-05 - ReadMe can publish an SEP-1649 MCP server card at /.well-known/mcp/server-card.json advertising the project's MCP server. primary source: [docs.readme.com/main/docs/ai-discoverability](https://docs.readme.com/main/docs/ai-discoverability), read 2026-11-05 - ReadMe can emit Link response headers (RFC 8288) that point agents to the API catalog and other discovery endpoints. primary source: [docs.readme.com/main/docs/ai-discoverability](https://docs.readme.com/main/docs/ai-discoverability), read 2026-11-05 - ReadMe's Agent Hint Banner points agents to llms.txt through a hidden in-page hint and agentTools front matter on markdown pages. primary source: [docs.readme.com/main/docs/ai-discoverability](https://docs.readme.com/main/docs/ai-discoverability), read 2026-11-05 - ReadMe projects get an MCP server, toggled under AI > MCP, with tools such as list-endpoints, get-endpoint, search-endpoints and execute-request. primary source: [docs.readme.com/main/docs/mcp](https://docs.readme.com/main/docs/mcp), read 2026-11-04 ## Products and plans | Product | What it is | Price | As of | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | ReadMe Starter | API docs with custom domain, interactive API reference and LLMs.txt. | Free for everyone; readme.com/pricing | 2026-11-05 | | ReadMe paid plan | Plan with more versions and AI features. | From USD 250 per month billed annually; readme.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 is open; Content Signals are set in AI Discoverability instead of blocking. | docs.readme.com/main/docs/ai-discoverability | | AR-FIND-03 | Sitemap listed in robots.txt | supports | The generated robots.txt references /sitemap.xml. | docs.readme.com/main/docs/ai-discoverability | | AR-FIND-04 | AI Catalog at .well-known | partial | API Catalog and MCP Server Card toggles publish files under /.well-known/; ai-catalog.json is not among them. | docs.readme.com/main/docs/ai-discoverability | | AR-READ-07 | Ship llms.txt | supports | llms.txt is on by default at /llms.txt. | docs.readme.com/main/docs/llmstxt | | AR-READ-08 | JSON-LD on key pages | no statement | No JSON-LD setting is documented; custom code or a proxy can add it. | docs.readme.com/main/docs/using-a-reverse-proxy | | AR-READ-09 | Advertise a markdown mirror | partial | Link headers and .md URLs exist; a link rel alternate tag is not documented. | docs.readme.com/main/docs/ai-discoverability | | AR-ACT-02 | OpenAPI contract | supports | Uploaded OpenAPI specs drive the API reference and the API catalog. | docs.readme.com/main/docs/openapi | | AR-ACT-03 | MCP over Streamable HTTP | partial | The MCP server is switched on under AI > MCP. | docs.readme.com/main/docs/mcp | | CF-CONTENT-SIGNALS | Content-Signal line | partial | Content Signals are set in AI Discoverability. | docs.readme.com/main/docs/ai-discoverability | | CF-MARKDOWN-NEGOTIATION | Markdown by Accept | partial | Markdown for Agents is a toggle in AI Discoverability. | docs.readme.com/main/docs/ai-discoverability | ## Checks on its own site | Reading | Result | Date | Source | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Cloudflare scan of readme.com | 33 of 100, band L1 Basic Web Presence | 2026-11-05 | isitagentready.com | ## What it does not do - ReadMe does not document a JSON-LD output for docs pages. - ReadMe does not turn on Markdown for Agents, Link headers or the API catalog until the project enables them. ## Reading notes The $250 plan name was not captured from the markdown pricing copy; the page lists Starter, Pro and Enterprise. ## Related pages on this site Recipes [ReadMe](https://agentreadychecklist.com/platforms/readme/) ([checklist view](https://agentreadychecklist.com/platform/readme/checklist/)) Same type [Docs tools](https://agentreadychecklist.com/vendors/by-type/docs-tool/), [all vendors](https://agentreadychecklist.com/vendors/) ## Sources - [readme.com](https://readme.com)read 2026-11-05 - [readme.com/pricing](https://readme.com/pricing)read 2026-11-05 - [docs.readme.com/main/docs/ai-discoverability](https://docs.readme.com/main/docs/ai-discoverability)read 2026-11-05 - [docs.readme.com/main/docs/mcp](https://docs.readme.com/main/docs/mcp)read 2026-11-04 - [docs.readme.com/main/docs/llmstxt](https://docs.readme.com/main/docs/llmstxt)read 2026-11-05 - [docs.readme.com/main/docs/using-a-reverse-proxy](https://docs.readme.com/main/docs/using-a-reverse-proxy)read 2026-11-05 - [docs.readme.com/main/docs/openapi](https://docs.readme.com/main/docs/openapi)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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