# AEO Inspector

> Free AEO (answer engine optimization) grader. Checks whether ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini, Google AI Overviews, Copilot and other AI answer engines can crawl, read and cite a website. No signup. Paid deep scans, 16-engine reports and weekly tracking for agents over x402 and MCP.

## Free check
- [Run a check](https://aeoinspector.com/?url=example.com): GET https://aeoinspector.com/?url={site}. Server-rendered HTML, redirects (303) to a shareable result page at https://aeoinspector.com/r/{id} (kept 30 days). 1 free check a day per person (per browser cookie), up to 3 per IP address, reset at 00:00 UTC; re-checking a URL already checked in the last 24 hours returns the cached result and is free. More checks: the $0.05 API scan below.
- Crawls the homepage plus up to 9 pages from the sitemap (top-level pages first).
- Score out of 100: AI crawler access in robots.txt (20), firewall lets AI user agents through (12), text visible without JavaScript (12), title/description/H1/canonical/Open Graph across pages (10), JSON-LD with required-property validation (10), indexability (8), entity signals: sameAs and Wikidata (7), answer-first question headings (6), freshness (4), TTFB and HTML size (4), XML sitemap (3), lang/hreflang (2), /llms.txt (2).
- Ready-to-paste fixes for each result (llms.txt draft, robots.txt allowing AI crawlers while keeping your disallows, Organization/WebSite/FAQPage JSON-LD): https://aeoinspector.com/r/{id}/fixes.txt
- Badge with the latest cached score (never starts a scan): https://aeoinspector.com/badge/{domain}.svg
- Includes one live Perplexity question while the daily pool (200 per day) lasts.

## Paid API (x402 v2, USDC on Base eip155:8453, pay to 0x2dAF658B01e257206375798a15832E9f547D65dD)
Call without payment to get the 402 challenge (PAYMENT-REQUIRED header). Invalid input is 400, never charged. Failed runs return 5xx and are not settled.
- GET https://aeoinspector.com/api/v1/scan?url={site}: $0.05. Deep scan as JSON: score, sections, checks, fixes, per-page data, entity/freshness/answers/speed, a live Perplexity sample, and the ready-to-paste kit.
- GET https://aeoinspector.com/api/v1/report?url={site} (same as GET https://aeoinspector.com/report?url={site}): $9. Asks 16 engines (ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, Gemini, Claude, Grok, Google AI Overviews, Google AI Mode, Perplexity, Meta AI, DeepSeek, Qwen, Mistral, GLM, MiniMax, Exa Answer and You.com) 5 questions, each asked 3 times (240 answers): per-engine answers, mention rate, citations of the site (counted only when the engine returns your own domain as a source), visibility score, competitor share of mentions (overall and per engine) and the sources cited. Settles only if at least 12 of 16 engines answer.
- POST https://aeoinspector.com/api/v1/log-audit?pages={/a,/b}: $0.50. Body: an access log (nginx/Apache combined or common, Cloudflare Logpush JSON; gzip ok; max 5 MB, 50,000 lines). Returns which AI crawlers really visited (checked against the operators' published IP lists), impostors, failing paths and key pages AI crawlers never fetched. Processed in memory, nothing stored. Filter in your browser first at https://aeoinspector.com/log-audit.
- POST https://aeoinspector.com/api/v1/track?url={site}&email={email}: $19 prepaid for 4 weekly runs of the 16-engine report (first run immediately, then Mondays). Returns a private tracking_url (/t/{token}) with an SVG trend chart and competitor shifts. Settles only if the first run succeeds. Emails a confirmation, then a short result after each run.
- GET https://aeoinspector.com/api/v1/domain-report?url={site}: $2 (or $5 by card at https://aeoinspector.com/buy?product=domain). One-domain report: site security audit (TLS from CT logs, DNS/DNSSEC/CAA, RDAP expiry, SPF/DMARC/DKIM/MTA-STS, security headers, security.txt) plus the AEO deep scan (AI crawler access, bot-vs-browser diff, agent-ready checks). Returns both grades and one merged, priority-sorted fixes[] with a shell command to verify each; report stored 30 days at https://aeoinspector.com/d/{id}. Not settled if any part can't run.
- [OpenAPI](https://aeoinspector.com/openapi.json) · [x402 manifest](https://aeoinspector.com/.well-known/x402)

## MCP
- Endpoint: https://aeoinspector.com/mcp (streamable HTTP, stateless). Server card: https://aeoinspector.com/mcp/server-card and https://aeoinspector.com/.well-known/mcp/server-card.json. AI catalog: https://aeoinspector.com/.well-known/ai-catalog.json.
- Tools: scan_site ($0.05), full_report ($9), domain_report ($2), pricing (free). Payment in _meta["x402/payment"]; failed calls are not charged.

## Pages
- [Home and FAQ](https://aeoinspector.com/)
- [Pricing](https://aeoinspector.com/pricing): free checks, $0.05 API scan, $9 report, $19 for 4 weeks of tracking
- [One-domain report](https://aeoinspector.com/buy?product=domain): $5 by card (security grade + AEO grade, every fix with a verify command)
- [Buy the full report by card](https://aeoinspector.com/buy?product=report): card, Apple Pay, Google Pay or PayPal (Lemon Squeezy checkout); automatic full refund if fewer than 12 of 16 engines answer
- [Weekly tracking](https://aeoinspector.com/track): card, Apple Pay, Google Pay or PayPal; x402 for agents

## About
- Run by Orion CMD LLC, Omaha, Nebraska. Contact: hello@aeoinspector.com
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## Guides
- [Guides index](https://aeoinspector.com/guides)
- [Why ChatGPT can't see your site](https://aeoinspector.com/guides/why-chatgpt-cant-see-your-site): The four usual reasons ChatGPT never mentions or links your site: robots.txt, a firewall or CDN block, content that only appears after JavaScript runs, and broken URLs. How to check each one.
- [robots.txt vs Cloudflare AI bot blocking](https://aeoinspector.com/guides/robots-txt-vs-cloudflare-ai-bot-blocking): robots.txt states a preference; Cloudflare's AI bot settings enforce one at the edge. How the two interact, where they conflict, and how to set them so the crawlers you want can still get in.
- [llms.txt: do you need it](https://aeoinspector.com/guides/llms-txt-do-you-need-it): What llms.txt is, who uses it today, and an honest answer on whether it helps you appear in ChatGPT, Perplexity or Google's AI answers. It's optional, and its effect on AI answers isn't proven.