Top fixes
- 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.
- Machine-readable surfaces (+1 point): 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.
- Structured data (+1 point): add a JSON-LD block (Organization or WebSite, plus Product, FAQPage or Article where relevant) so answer engines describe you accurately.
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, 135 B, 1 user-agent group
- Allowed: GPTBot (via *) (3 path rules), ClaudeBot (via *) (3 path rules), OAI-SearchBot (via *) (3 path rules), PerplexityBot (via *) (3 path rules), Google-Extended (via *) (3 path rules), Amazonbot (via *) (3 path rules), CCBot (via *) (3 path rules), Bytespider (via *) (3 path rules)
- Sitemap declared: https://www.rfc-editor.org/sitemap.xml
Fix: Nothing to fix here.
Machine-readable surfaces
1/2 · warn
1 of 7 surfaces present (/sitemap.xml)
- /llms.txt: HTTP 404
- /sitemap.xml: HTTP 200, sitemap index (259 B)
- /.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
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
2/2 · pass
Home page is readable
- GET https://rfc-editor.org/ -> HTTP 200 after 1 redirect (final: https://www.rfc-editor.org/), text/html, 175 KB
- 1,962 characters of visible text with scripts, styles and tags removed; <title>: "RFC Editor"
- 1 external script, 4 inline; <noscript> present
- first words: "Skip to content Primary navigation The RFC Series For Authors About Us The official home of RFCs What is an RFC? RFCs outline computer netwo..."
Fix: Nothing to fix here.
Structured data
1/2 · warn
No JSON-LD, Open Graph complete
- 0 JSON-LD blocks
- Open Graph: og:title "RFC Editor"; og:description present
- meta description: present
Fix: add a JSON-LD block (Organization or WebSite, plus Product, FAQPage or Article where relevant) so answer engines describe you accurately.
Legal notices (TAKE IT DOWN desk check)
1/2 · warn
1 of 6 required notices complete (desk score 4/12)
- Desk score 4/12 across 6 checks (3 of 12 pages read)
- Missing or partial: TAKE IT DOWN Act notice (0/2); DSA notice-and-action (EU users) (1/2); Privacy request method (1/2); Accessibility statement and feedback (0/2); Marketing opt-out (0/2)
- Complete: DMCA / copyright notice
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.
