How ConduitScore Is Calculated
The ConduitScore 0–100 score measures how well any website can be discovered, read, and cited by AI agents. It is based on 7 core categories that most directly affect AI visibility — each weighted by its real-world impact on AI discoverability.
What Your Score Means
Core Score Methodology
The ConduitScore is based on 7 core categories. Each category contributes a maximum number of points toward the 100-point total. A category score reflects how well a site satisfies the checks within that category — from fully passing (full points) to completely absent (zero points).
Crawler Access
Checks whether AI bots (GPTBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot, OAI-SearchBot) can access your site — including not just the absence of blocks, but the presence of explicit Allow rules that signal proactive AI-friendliness. Also checks robots.txt configuration and whether a sitemap is discoverable. Crawler access guide →
Structured Data
Evaluates JSON-LD schema markup including Organization, WebSite, FAQPage, BreadcrumbList, and article schemas that help AI systems understand your content. Structured data for AI guide →
LLMs.txt
Checks for the presence, completeness, and structure of your /llms.txt file — a machine-readable guide for AI agents about your site's key pages and purpose. Also checks for a /llms-full.txt companion file and HTML meta tags (link rel="llms-full" and link rel="agent-manifest") that help autonomous AI agents discover your site's capabilities. LLMs.txt implementation guide →
Content Structure
Assesses heading hierarchy, semantic HTML, FAQ sections, introductory paragraphs, and answer-friendly formatting.
Technical Health
Evaluates page load speed, canonical tags, viewport meta, meta descriptions, noindex directives, and other technical signals affecting AI crawler success.
Citation Signals
Checks for author attribution, external links to authoritative sources, about/contact pages, trust/legal pages, and clear organization identity.
Content Quality
Measures content depth, title and description quality, publish dates, paragraph structure, and extractability for AI answer generation.
Score Range Interpretation
Use the following ranges to interpret any ConduitScore result:
Additional Diagnostic Modules
Some scan reports include additional diagnostic checks beyond the 7 core categories. These modules provide deeper insight into specific areas but do not currently change the main 0–100 score. They are provided as supplemental guidance to help you identify advanced optimization opportunities.
AI Bot Policy
A detailed breakdown of which AI crawlers are allowed or blocked, including OAI-SearchBot, GPTBot, and others.
Answer Extraction Readiness
How easily an AI system can extract a reliable answer from your content — based on heading quality, lists, tables, and paragraph structure.
Public Reportability Gap
Whether your site has the key pages (methodology, examples, about) that make your business easy for AI systems to summarize and recommend.