Top fixes
- Readable without JavaScript (+2 points): Server-render or prerender the first paint so the HTML carries your text; agents and most crawlers do not execute your scripts. How to fix
- Structured data (+2 points): add a JSON-LD block (Organization or WebSite, plus Product, FAQPage or Article where relevant); add og:title and og:description so answer engines describe you accurately. How to fix
- MCP census entry (+2 points): Expose a Streamable HTTP MCP endpoint at /mcp (or a paid x402 route) so agents can call you, not just read you. How to fix
Ordered by points recoverable. Each area: 2/2 pass, 1/2 warn, 0/2 fail.
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Crawler access (robots.txt)
2/2 · pass
8 of 8 AI crawlers may read the site, 0 disallowed
- GET /robots.txt -> HTTP 200, 792 B, 2 user-agent groups
- Allowed: GPTBot (via *) (21 path rules), ClaudeBot (via *) (21 path rules), OAI-SearchBot (via *) (21 path rules), PerplexityBot (via *) (21 path rules), Google-Extended (via *) (21 path rules), Amazonbot (via *) (21 path rules), CCBot (via *) (21 path rules), Bytespider (via *) (21 path rules)
- Sitemap declared: https://www.youtube.com/sitemaps/sitemap.xml, https://www.youtube.com/product/sitemap.xml
Fix: Nothing to fix here.
Machine-readable surfaces
1/2 · warn
None of the 7 machine-readable surfaces is published (a sitemap is declared in robots.txt)
- /llms.txt: HTTP 404
- /sitemap.xml: HTTP 404
- /.well-known/x402: HTTP 404
- /.well-known/agent-card.json: HTTP 404
- /.well-known/mcp-registry-auth: HTTP 404
- /openapi.json: HTTP 404
- /ai.txt: HTTP 404
- Sitemap declared in robots.txt instead: https://www.youtube.com/sitemaps/sitemap.xml
Fix: Publish /llms.txt (a short Markdown guide to your key pages); one agent surface: /openapi.json, /.well-known/agent-card.json, or /.well-known/x402 if you sell to agents.
Readable without JavaScript
0/2 · fail
Home page is a JS-only shell
- GET https://youtube.com/ -> HTTP 200 after 1 redirect (final: https://www.youtube.com/), text/html, 861 KB
- 164 characters of visible text with scripts, styles and tags removed; <title>: "YouTube"
- 9 external scripts, 34 inline; <noscript> absent
- first words: "About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy & Safety How YouTube works Test new features NFL Sunday ..."
Fix: Server-render or prerender the first paint so the HTML carries your text; agents and most crawlers do not execute your scripts.
Structured data
0/2 · fail
No JSON-LD, Open Graph incomplete
- 0 JSON-LD blocks
- Open Graph: og:title "YouTube"; no og:description
- meta description: present
Fix: add a JSON-LD block (Organization or WebSite, plus Product, FAQPage or Article where relevant); add og:title and og:description so answer engines describe you accurately.
Legal notices (TAKE IT DOWN desk check)
1/2 · warn
0 of 6 required notices complete (desk score 3/12)
- Desk score 3/12 across 6 checks (9 of 12 pages read)
- Missing or partial: TAKE IT DOWN Act notice (0/2); DMCA / copyright notice (1/2); DSA notice-and-action (EU users) (1/2); Privacy request method (1/2); Accessibility statement and feedback (0/2); Marketing opt-out (0/2)
Fix: Publish the missing notices with a working request mechanism. Start with TAKE IT DOWN Act notice: Publish a plain-language notice and a request mechanism usable without an account; act within 48 hours.
MCP census entry (index.agentexchange.work)
0/2 · fail
Not selling to agents: no census entry, no /mcp endpoint
- Not in the census of 2,031 hosts selling to agents (2026-09-29)
- GET /mcp -> HTTP 404: no MCP endpoint at the root
Fix: Expose a Streamable HTTP MCP endpoint at /mcp (or a paid x402 route) so agents can call you, not just read you.
