AI Visibility Scorecard
AGENTS.md
agents.md · Technology
Somewhat visible. AI bots can read AGENTS.md, but it is missing the structured signals that push citation rate above competitors.
AI engines read this profile 5 times
Claude · Apple Intelligence · Meta AI
#393,487 of 2,706,565 in Technology for AI visibility
6
AEO Visibility
iBorderline · 5.5/10
0
Muse Index Score
iAI agent readiness
Not agent-ready · 0/100
4
AI Adoption
iBasic · 4/100
About AGENTS.md
from our crawl and measurement
"AGENTS.md is a simple, open format for guiding coding agents, used by over 60k open-source projects. Think of it as a README for agents." That is how AGENTS.md introduces itself. To AI engines like ChatGPT and Perplexity it is partially visible, scoring 5.5 out of 10, readable in places and missing in others.
Our crawl found a readable heading structure. It is missing structured data describing the business, an llms.txt file and a sitemap.
AI crawlers have visited 2 times in our tracking, including ClaudeBot (Anthropic) and Meta AI.
The 6 signals AI reads
Strong · Good · Fair · Weak
Structured Data
Weak
Organization / LocalBusiness JSON-LD that AI can read.
Content Structure
Strong
Clear headings and answer-style content.
Entity Clarity
Weak
How clearly your brand identity reads to AI.
E-E-A-T Signals
Experience, Expertise, Authority, Trust
Weak
Experience, Expertise, Authority, Trust markers.
Technical AEO
Fair
robots.txt, llms.txt, and AI-bot crawl access.
AI Discoverability
Good
Sitemaps and entity links AI can follow.
Off-page authority
How the web signals your brand to AI
Backlinks
Weak
No inbound links found yet.
Domain Authority
Fair
Established authority for your domain.
Reference Presence
Weak
Not in AI knowledge graphs yet.
News & Press
Weak
No press coverage found yet.
Community
Strong
Forum and community discussion.
Social Mentions
Weak
No social discussion found yet.
What this score means
Your AEO score measures whether AI search engines - ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini - can actually read your site and cite it in answers. Roughly two-thirds of sites are invisible to them. At 5.5/10, AGENTS.md has a working base to build on - fixable, and the signals above are where to start.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why AGENTS.md?
README.md files are for humans: quick starts, project descriptions, and contribution guidelines.AGENTS.md complements this by containing the extra, sometimes detailed context coding agents need: build steps, tests, and conventions that might clutter a README or aren’t relevant to human contributors.We intentionally kept it separate to:Give agents a clear, predictable place for instructions.Keep READMEs concise and.
How to use AGENTS.md?
1. Add AGENTS.mdCreate an AGENTS.md file at the root of the repository. Most coding agents can even scaffold one for you if you ask nicely.2. Cover what mattersAdd sections that help an agent work effectively with your project. Popular choices:Project overviewBuild and test commandsCode style guidelinesTesting instructionsSecurity considerations3.
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Source & Attribution
Scored by Engagemii on August 1, 2026. Methodology: engagemii.com/aeo/methodology
Source URL: https://engagemii.com/aeo/brands/agents-md
Cite this score: Engagemii (2026). "AEO Score for AGENTS.md." Retrieved from https://engagemii.com/aeo/brands/agents-md
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