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>log in to commentHi DevHunt! I'm Vlad, I build Mador in Tenerife. While measuring which local businesses AI assistants name, we kept finding sites that the assistants simply could not read: blocked in robots.txt without the owner knowing, or rendered only with JavaScript (very common with Lovable, Bolt or v0 sites). So we pulled that check out as its own open source tool. The reader introduces itself honestly as MadorReadable and never pretends to be GPTBot. Feedback on what else it should check is very welcome.
Readable by AI checks how much of a webpage AI assistants can read and why they may be blocked or see empty content.
- for
- Web developers and SEO teams who want their sites indexed by AI assistants.
- pricing
- open source
- license
- MIT
- v1.0.0readable-by-ai 1.0.023 days ago
Key features
- AI assistant coverage — Tests access for ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini, Copilot and others individually.
- Robots.txt & Cloudflare detection — Identifies when robots.txt rules or Cloudflare challenges block AI readers.
- JavaScript rendering check — Shows when site content is generated client-side and invisible to AI crawlers.
- Metadata analysis — Reports title, description, canonical URL, headings, structured data and FAQs.
- LLM-specific files scan — Examines llms.txt and sitemap for AI-friendly signals.
- Contact info extraction — Finds phone, email and business name in the raw HTML.
Use cases
- Verify that your marketing site is fully readable by ChatGPT and other assistants
- Detect if Cloudflare or similar protections are preventing AI indexing
- Identify JavaScript-only content that AI crawlers miss
- Audit metadata and structured data for AI-friendly SEO
Readable by AI vs alternatives
Semgrep | Chatwoot | Respira for WordPress | Figma Design to HubSpot & WordPress AI Converter | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best for | AI-readability diagnostics for websites | Static code security analysis | Self-hosted support platform | AI tools for WordPress sites | Design-to-CMS conversion |
| Pricing | Open source | Subscription | Free | Subscription | Subscription |
| DevHunt upvotes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 63 |
| Launched | Oct 2026 | — | — | Oct 2026 | Oct 2026 |
- Readable by AI vs Semgrep: Semgrep analyzes code for bugs, not website AI readability.
- Readable by AI vs Chatwoot: Chatwoot provides customer support chat, unrelated to AI crawlability.
- Readable by AI vs Respira for WordPress: Respira for WordPress focuses on AI infrastructure for WordPress, not generic site readability checks.
- Readable by AI vs Figma Design to HubSpot & WordPress AI Converter: Figma Design to HubSpot & WordPress AI Converter transforms designs, not assesses AI read access.
Readable by AI FAQ
How does Readable by AI perform the check?+
It fetches the page HTML, robots.txt, llms.txt, sitemap and the home page, then runs a custom reader that does not pretend to be an AI bot.
Does the tool run in a browser or CLI?+
Both – it is available as a web interface and as an open-source command-line tool.
Will it follow links or fill forms on the site?+
No, it only accesses the provided URL and related files; it does not follow external links or submit forms.
What AI assistants are evaluated?+
ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini, Microsoft Copilot and other major assistants are checked one at a time.
Summarized by DevHunt from mador.ai · Oct 21, 2026. Details may change; check the official site.
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