Beaconly is a free tool that audits whether a website is properly configured for AI crawler discovery and citation. It checks robots.txt permissions, llms.txt structure, JSON-LD schema signals, and page structure against the patterns AI systems like ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Claude use when indexing and citing content.

Why does AI discoverability matter?

AI systems like ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews actively crawl the web and cite sources in their answers. If your site is not configured correctly, these systems cannot access, understand, or reference your content, regardless of how good it is.

llms.txt is a file you place at the root of your domain that gives AI models a structured summary of your site, including what it is, what it covers, and which pages are most important. It follows a simple Markdown format and helps AI systems understand your site without having to crawl every page.

Does passing every check guarantee AI citations?

No. These checks cover the technical prerequisites for AI discoverability. Whether AI systems ultimately cite your content also depends on content quality, authority, and relevance to the queries being asked. Think of this audit as making sure the door is open, not guaranteeing visitors will walk through it.

Yes. Beaconly is a free tool published by Orygn LLC. No account or signup is required.

Free AI discoverability audit

When AI answers questions about what you offer, will it mention your site?

ChatGPT, Claude, and Perplexity are the new search engines, and they only cite sites they can actually read. Beaconly checks your robots.txt, llms.txt, structured data, and page signals so you know if you show up in those answers, plus exactly what to fix if you don't.

No account required
No tracking
Results in seconds

What we check

Three layers of AI discoverability, audited in seconds.

Tier 1

AI Crawler Access

Checks your robots.txt for explicit AI crawler permissions and validates your llms.txt structure and sitemap.

robots.txt allow rules
llms.txt presence & format
XML sitemap discovery

Tier 2

Schema & Structured Data

Inspects your JSON-LD for the entity signals, freshness markers, and content types AI systems use when deciding what to cite.

Organization / Website entities
Article & FAQPage types
dateModified freshness

Tier 3

Page Structure

Reviews your meta tags, heading structure, Open Graph data, HTTPS, and response speed.

Title, description, canonical
H1 & heading hierarchy
HTTPS & response speed

FAQ

Common questions about AI discoverability.

Beaconly is a free tool that audits whether a website is properly configured for AI crawler discovery and citation. It checks robots.txt permissions, llms.txt structure, JSON-LD schema signals, and page structure against the patterns AI systems like ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Claude use when indexing and citing content.
AI systems like ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews actively crawl the web and cite sources in their answers. If your site is not configured correctly, these systems cannot access, understand, or reference your content, regardless of how good it is.
llms.txt is a file you place at the root of your domain that gives AI models a structured summary of your site, including what it is, what it covers, and which pages are most important. It follows a simple Markdown format and helps AI systems understand your site without having to crawl every page.
No. These checks cover the technical prerequisites for AI discoverability. Whether AI systems ultimately cite your content also depends on content quality, authority, and relevance to the queries being asked. Think of this audit as making sure the door is open, not guaranteeing visitors will walk through it.
Yes. Beaconly is a free tool published by Orygn LLC. No account or signup is required.

Built by Orygn

Beaconly is one of several tools Orygn has built around AI visibility and security.

Orygn builds custom software, security tooling, and infrastructure-level systems. Beaconly came out of the same work we do for clients, applied to the problem of making sites discoverable to the AI systems people are increasingly using to find information.

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