Frequently Asked Questions
Everything you need to know about AI visibility scans, plan access, bulk uploads, and Scale API access.
What is a spectral audit?+
A spectral audit is ConduitScore's AI visibility scan. It measures how machine crawlers, retrieval systems, and answer engines interpret your site instead of only checking traditional search signals.
What does ConduitScore scan?+
Each scan reviews seven areas that matter to AI systems: crawler access, structured data, content structure, LLMs.txt, technical health, citation signals, and content quality.
Does ConduitScore use a real browser?+
Yes. ConduitScore runs scans through Conduit, a real audited browser pipeline, so the results reflect rendered pages instead of only static HTML fetches.
What do I get back?+
You get an overall AI visibility score, category breakdowns, concrete issues, and fixes. Free scans show one sample fix with the rest locked. Paid plans unlock the full fix set.
What is llms.txt and why does it matter?+
llms.txt is an emerging standard where websites place a machine-readable summary file at /llms.txt describing what the site does, its key pages, and contact information. AI agents check for this file to quickly understand a site's purpose without crawling every page. ConduitScore also checks for /llms-full.txt (a detailed companion file) and HTML meta tags like link rel="llms-full" and link rel="agent-manifest" that help autonomous AI agents discover your site's capabilities.
Does ConduitScore check for explicit Allow rules in robots.txt?+
Yes. ConduitScore distinguishes between sites that passively permit AI crawlers (no Disallow) and sites that actively invite them with explicit Allow: / rules for GPTBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot, and OAI-SearchBot. Explicit Allow rules are an emerging best practice — they signal that you have intentionally configured your site for AI visibility, not just failed to block it. Sites with all four explicit Allow rules receive a positive signal in the Crawler Access category.
How is AI visibility different from traditional SEO?+
Traditional SEO optimizes for search engine ranking algorithms. AI visibility optimization (also called GEO or AEO) focuses on making content parseable, citable, and discoverable by AI agents like ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Claude, which process and present information differently than search result pages.
Is ConduitScore free to use?+
Yes, ConduitScore offers a free tier with 3 scans per month and no sign-up required. Free users get the score, issue titles, and one sample fix. Paid plans unlock monitoring, full fixes, and higher-volume workflows.
How often should I scan my site?+
We recommend scanning after every major content or technical change. For actively maintained sites, a weekly scan helps catch regressions in AI visibility before they impact your presence in AI-generated answers.
Feature access by plan
ConduitScore keeps the free tier useful, then adds depth, automation, alerts, and integrations as your workflow gets more serious.
REST API quick start
Scale plans can create API keys from Billing. The public API overview explains what the API is for, and Scale customers get hands-on integration details inside the app once they have access.
Available endpoints
GET /api/public/domain/{domain}/scoreis available as a simple public lookup.- Scale customers can create API keys from Billing for authenticated scan access.
- Authenticated endpoints cover scans, scan history, and scan detail retrieval.
Want the non-technical overview first? Visit the public API access page. If you are already on Scale, open Billing to create keys and use the in-app integration examples.
Bulk CSV upload
Scale plans can upload a CSV from the Projects dashboard to create multiple projects and trigger initial scans in one pass.
CSV format
name,url Main Site,https://example.com Docs,https://docs.example.com
You can also upload a one-column file with just URLs. ConduitScore will create missing projects automatically and start the first scan for each row.
See how AI systems read your site
Free scan, no sign-up required. Get your AI visibility score in about 15 seconds.