AI crawlers allowed
20/20 pts
robots.txt allows GPTBot, ChatGPT-User, anthropic-ai, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot, and Google-Extended.
AI Readiness Report
How visible github.com is to AI engines like ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, and Claude, based on a technical scan of crawler access, structured data, and citation signals.
Summary
github.com has an AI Readiness score of 30/100, placing it at Maturity Level 1: Discoverable. The site was scanned on April 27, 2026 across 7 technical signals that influence whether AI engines like ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, and Claude can discover, parse, and cite content from github.com.
Maturity Level 1
Based on 30 out of 100 points across 7 technical signals that influence whether AI engines can discover, parse, and cite github.com.
Content-level signals were checked on: https://github.com/resources/articles?topic=ai
20/20 pts
robots.txt allows GPTBot, ChatGPT-User, anthropic-ai, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot, and Google-Extended.
10/10 pts
A valid /llms.txt file is served at the root.
0/15 pts
Homepage lacks JSON-LD Organization markup. AI engines cannot identify the entity behind the site.
Fix: Add JSON-LD Organization with name, url, logo, and sameAs links to social profiles.
0/15 pts
Content pages lack JSON-LD Article markup. AI engines may struggle to attribute and quote the content.
Fix: Add JSON-LD Article with headline, datePublished, author, and publisher to blog/article templates.
0/15 pts
No FAQPage schema detected on homepage, content pages, or /faq endpoints.
Fix: Add a FAQ section with FAQPage JSON-LD. This is one of the most AI-cited schema types.
0/10 pts
Content pages have no Person schema with a verifiable identity (sameAs link or author bio URL).
Fix: Add JSON-LD Person to article authors with sameAs link to LinkedIn or other verifiable profile.
0/15 pts
robots.txt has no Sitemap: directive. Crawlers must guess the sitemap location.
Fix: Add a Sitemap: https://yourdomain.com/sitemap.xml line to robots.txt.
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The 5-level framework behind this score.
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How github.com compares to the top 500.
github.com scored 30 out of 100 on the Appearly AI Readiness scan, placing it at Maturity Level 1 (Discoverable).
Yes. robots.txt allows GPTBot, ChatGPT-User, anthropic-ai, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot, and Google-Extended.
Yes. A valid /llms.txt file is served at the root.
No. Homepage lacks JSON-LD Organization markup. AI engines cannot identify the entity behind the site. Add JSON-LD Organization with name, url, logo, and sameAs links to social profiles.
No. Content pages lack JSON-LD Article markup. AI engines may struggle to attribute and quote the content. Add JSON-LD Article with headline, datePublished, author, and publisher to blog/article templates.
No. No FAQPage schema detected on homepage, content pages, or /faq endpoints. Add a FAQ section with FAQPage JSON-LD. This is one of the most AI-cited schema types.
No. Content pages have no Person schema with a verifiable identity (sameAs link or author bio URL). Add JSON-LD Person to article authors with sameAs link to LinkedIn or other verifiable profile.
No. robots.txt has no Sitemap: directive. Crawlers must guess the sitemap location. Add a Sitemap: https://yourdomain.com/sitemap.xml line to robots.txt.
Appearly scans up to 8 pages per domain (homepage, robots.txt, /llms.txt, sitemap, and a discovered content page) to evaluate 7 signals weighted from 10 to 20 points each. The maturity model maps total score to one of 5 levels: Invisible (0), Discoverable (1), Indexable (2), Retrievable (3), Cited (4).
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