# AI readiness of canada.ca

> Measured on the home page. Overall grade: Poor.

Score 47/100, grade Poor. Measured 2026-09-04T15:11:55.48+00:00, engine ax-audit@3.6.0.

## Checks

### LLMs.txt — 60/100

- **PASS** /llms.txt exists
- **WARN** /llms.txt Content-Type is "text/html"
  Expected one of: text/plain, text/markdown
  Configure your server to serve /llms.txt as text/plain so AI agents parse it correctly.
  https://lucioduran.com/projects/ax-audit/guides/llms-txt#wrong-content-type
- **WARN** Missing H1 heading (first line should start with "# ")
  Add an H1 heading as the first line of your llms.txt file, e.g.: # Your Site Name
  https://lucioduran.com/projects/ax-audit/guides/llms-txt#missing-h1
- **WARN** No blockquote description found ("> ...")
  Add a blockquote description after the H1 heading, e.g.: > A brief summary of your site for AI agents.
  https://lucioduran.com/projects/ax-audit/guides/llms-txt#missing-blockquote
- **WARN** No section headings found (## ...)
  Organize your llms.txt content with ## section headings (e.g., ## About, ## API, ## Documentation).
  https://lucioduran.com/projects/ax-audit/guides/llms-txt#missing-sections
- **WARN** No Markdown links found
  Add Markdown links to relevant pages: [Page Title](https://example.com/page). This helps AI agents navigate your site.
  https://lucioduran.com/projects/ax-audit/guides/llms-txt#no-links
- **PASS** /llms-full.txt also available (bonus)

### Robots.txt — 55/100

- **PASS** /robots.txt exists
- **FAIL** No core AI crawlers explicitly configured
  Expected: GPTBot, ClaudeBot, ChatGPT-User, Claude-SearchBot, Google-Extended, PerplexityBot, OAI-SearchBot, CCBot
  Add User-agent entries for core AI crawlers in your robots.txt. For each crawler, add: User-agent: <name> followed by Allow: / on the next line.
  https://lucioduran.com/projects/ax-audit/guides/robots-txt#no-core-crawlers
- **WARN** No Sitemap directive found
  Add a Sitemap directive to your robots.txt: Sitemap: https://your-site.com/sitemap.xml
  https://lucioduran.com/projects/ax-audit/guides/robots-txt#missing-sitemap
- **WARN** No Content-Signal directive found (optional)
  Declare how crawlers may use your content after access with the Content Signals Policy, e.g.: Content-Signal: search=yes, ai-train=no. Known signals: search, ai-input, ai-train. Generate yours at contentsignals.org.
  https://lucioduran.com/projects/ax-audit/guides/robots-txt#missing-content-signals
- **WARN** 0/48 known AI crawlers have explicit rules
  Add explicit User-agent entries for more AI crawlers to maximize discoverability.
  https://lucioduran.com/projects/ax-audit/guides/robots-txt#low-coverage

### Agent Card (A2A) — 10/100

- **PASS** /.well-known/agent.json exists
- **WARN** /.well-known/agent.json Content-Type is "text/html"
  Expected one of: application/json
  Configure your server to serve /.well-known/agent.json as application/json so AI agents parse it correctly.
  https://lucioduran.com/projects/ax-audit/guides/agent-json#wrong-content-type
- **FAIL** Invalid JSON
  Fix the JSON syntax in your agent.json file. Validate it with a JSON linter.
  https://lucioduran.com/projects/ax-audit/guides/agent-json#invalid-json

### Security.txt — 45/100

- **PASS** /.well-known/security.txt exists
- **FAIL** Required field "Contact" missing (RFC 9116)
  Add "Contact:" to your security.txt. Use a mailto: or https: URI, e.g., Contact: mailto:security@example.com
  https://lucioduran.com/projects/ax-audit/guides/security-txt#missing-field
- **FAIL** Required field "Expires" missing (RFC 9116)
  Add "Expires:" to your security.txt. Use an ISO 8601 date, e.g., Expires: 2026-12-31T23:59:59.000Z
  https://lucioduran.com/projects/ax-audit/guides/security-txt#missing-field
- **WARN** No optional fields (Canonical, Preferred-Languages, Policy, etc.)
  Consider adding Canonical: (canonical URL), Preferred-Languages: (e.g., en), and Policy: (link to your security policy).
  https://lucioduran.com/projects/ax-audit/guides/security-txt#missing-optional

### Meta Tags — 36/100

- **WARN** No AI meta tags (ai:*) found
  Add AI meta tags to your HTML <head>: <meta name="ai:summary" content="Brief description">, <meta name="ai:content_type" content="website">, <meta name="ai:author" content="Your Name">.
  https://lucioduran.com/projects/ax-audit/guides/meta-tags#no-ai-meta
- **WARN** No rel="alternate" link to llms.txt in HTML
  Add to your <head>: <link rel="alternate" type="text/plain" href="/llms.txt" title="LLM-optimized content">
  https://lucioduran.com/projects/ax-audit/guides/meta-tags#no-llms-alternate
- **WARN** No rel="alternate" link to agent.json in HTML
  Add to your <head>: <link rel="alternate" type="application/json" href="/.well-known/agent.json" title="Agent Card">
  https://lucioduran.com/projects/ax-audit/guides/meta-tags#no-agent-alternate
- **WARN** No rel="me" identity links found
  Add rel="me" links to verify your identity across platforms: <link rel="me" href="https://github.com/yourname">, <link rel="me" href="https://twitter.com/yourname">.
  https://lucioduran.com/projects/ax-audit/guides/meta-tags#no-rel-me
- **WARN** No OpenGraph meta tags found
  Add at minimum og:title, og:description, og:url, og:type, and og:image. Agents and link previews depend on these.
  https://lucioduran.com/projects/ax-audit/guides/meta-tags#no-opengraph
- **WARN** No Twitter Card meta tags found
  Add twitter:card, twitter:title, twitter:description, and twitter:image so X / Threads / Bluesky / Discord agents render link previews correctly.
  https://lucioduran.com/projects/ax-audit/guides/meta-tags#no-twitter

### OpenAPI Spec — 10/100

- **PASS** /.well-known/openapi.json exists
- **WARN** /.well-known/openapi.json Content-Type is "text/html"
  Expected one of: application/json
  Configure your server to serve /.well-known/openapi.json as application/json so AI agents parse it correctly.
  https://lucioduran.com/projects/ax-audit/guides/openapi#wrong-content-type
- **FAIL** Invalid JSON
  Fix the JSON syntax in your openapi.json file. Validate with a JSON linter.
  https://lucioduran.com/projects/ax-audit/guides/openapi#invalid-json

### MCP (Model Context Protocol) — 10/100

- **PASS** /.well-known/mcp.json exists
- **WARN** /.well-known/mcp.json Content-Type is "text/html"
  Expected one of: application/json
  Configure your server to serve /.well-known/mcp.json as application/json so AI agents parse it correctly.
  https://lucioduran.com/projects/ax-audit/guides/mcp#wrong-content-type
- **FAIL** Invalid JSON
  Fix the JSON syntax in your mcp.json file. Validate with a JSON linter.
  https://lucioduran.com/projects/ax-audit/guides/mcp#invalid-json

### Sitemap — 100/100

- **PASS** Sitemap located: https://canada.ca/sitemap.xml
- **PASS** Content-Type is XML (application/xml)
- **PASS** Sitemap-index references 294 child sitemap(s)
- **PASS** 3/3 sample child sitemap(s) reachable
- **PASS** Sample yielded 135 URL(s) across 3 child(ren)
- **PASS** Newest <lastmod> is recent (7 day(s) ago)

### TLS / HTTPS — 92/100

- **PASS** Site is served over HTTPS
- **PASS** HTTP requests redirect to HTTPS
- **PASS** HSTS max-age=31536000
- **WARN** HSTS does not include subdomains
  Add includeSubDomains to apply HSTS across api., docs., etc. Required for preload list submission.
  https://lucioduran.com/projects/ax-audit/guides/tls-https#hsts-no-subdomains
- **WARN** HSTS lacks the preload directive
  Add preload (and ensure max-age >= 31536000 + includeSubDomains) and submit the domain at https://hstspreload.org for browser-built-in HTTPS enforcement.
  https://lucioduran.com/projects/ax-audit/guides/tls-https#hsts-no-preload

### AI Well-Known — 40/100

- **PASS** 2/5 emerging AI discovery files published
- **PASS** ai.txt present at /.well-known/ai.txt
- **PASS** genai.txt present at /.well-known/genai.txt
- **WARN** ai-plugin.json present at /.well-known/ai-plugin.json but does not look valid
  Publish /ai-plugin.json (legacy ChatGPT plugin manifest). Schema: name_for_model, description_for_model, api.url. Still consumed by some agents.
  https://lucioduran.com/projects/ax-audit/guides/well-known-ai#ai-plugin-invalid
- **WARN** agents.json present at /agents.json but does not look valid
  Publish /agents.json describing your site as a callable agent (OpenAgents / Wildcard emerging spec). Includes name, description, and operations[].
  https://lucioduran.com/projects/ax-audit/guides/well-known-ai#agents-json-invalid
- **WARN** nlweb.json present at /.well-known/nlweb.json but does not look valid
  Publish /.well-known/nlweb.json (Microsoft NLWeb) so agents can interact with the site through a natural-language interface.
  https://lucioduran.com/projects/ax-audit/guides/well-known-ai#nlweb-invalid

### Content Negotiation — 0/100 (reports, does not score)

- **FAIL** Homepage does not serve Markdown via content negotiation
  Got text/html (HTTP 200) for "Accept: text/markdown"
  Serve a Markdown representation of your pages when agents request "Accept: text/markdown". Agents like Claude Code and Cursor ask for it, and Markdown cuts token usage by ~80% vs HTML. Cloudflare ("Markdown for Agents") and Vercel can enable this without code changes.
  https://lucioduran.com/projects/ax-audit/guides/content-negotiation#not-supported
- **WARN** No <link rel="alternate" type="text/markdown"> fallback found on the homepage
  If you cannot enable content negotiation, advertise a Markdown version with <link rel="alternate" type="text/markdown" href="/index.md"> so agents can discover it.
  https://lucioduran.com/projects/ax-audit/guides/content-negotiation#no-alternate

### RSL License — 0/100 (reports, does not score)

- **FAIL** No RSL license discovery found
  Checked robots.txt License directive, Link header, and <link rel="license" type="application/rsl+xml">
  Declare machine-readable licensing terms for your content with Really Simple Licensing. Add to robots.txt: License: https://your-site.com/license.xml — then publish the RSL document. See https://rslstandard.org.
  https://lucioduran.com/projects/ax-audit/guides/rsl#not-found

### Agent Access — 0/100 (reports, does not score)

- **WARN** GPTBot is allowed in robots.txt but its User-Agent is blocked
  HTTP 403 for User-Agent containing "GPTBot"
  Your WAF or bot management rejects this crawler token even though robots.txt permits it — the block is invisible to you but fatal for the agent. Check your firewall rules and AI-bot toggles (e.g., Cloudflare "Block AI Crawlers"). Note: if your WAF verifies bots cryptographically (Web Bot Auth / verified-bots lists), the real crawler may still pass while this unverified probe is rejected — verify against your WAF logs.
  https://lucioduran.com/projects/ax-audit/guides/agent-access#blocked-crawler
- **WARN** ClaudeBot is allowed in robots.txt but its User-Agent is blocked
  HTTP 403 for User-Agent containing "ClaudeBot"
  Your WAF or bot management rejects this crawler token even though robots.txt permits it — the block is invisible to you but fatal for the agent. Check your firewall rules and AI-bot toggles (e.g., Cloudflare "Block AI Crawlers"). Note: if your WAF verifies bots cryptographically (Web Bot Auth / verified-bots lists), the real crawler may still pass while this unverified probe is rejected — verify against your WAF logs.
  https://lucioduran.com/projects/ax-audit/guides/agent-access#blocked-crawler
- **WARN** ChatGPT-User is allowed in robots.txt but its User-Agent is blocked
  HTTP 403 for User-Agent containing "ChatGPT-User"
  Your WAF or bot management rejects this crawler token even though robots.txt permits it — the block is invisible to you but fatal for the agent. Check your firewall rules and AI-bot toggles (e.g., Cloudflare "Block AI Crawlers"). Note: if your WAF verifies bots cryptographically (Web Bot Auth / verified-bots lists), the real crawler may still pass while this unverified probe is rejected — verify against your WAF logs.
  https://lucioduran.com/projects/ax-audit/guides/agent-access#blocked-crawler
- **WARN** Claude-SearchBot is allowed in robots.txt but its User-Agent is blocked
  HTTP 403 for User-Agent containing "Claude-SearchBot"
  Your WAF or bot management rejects this crawler token even though robots.txt permits it — the block is invisible to you but fatal for the agent. Check your firewall rules and AI-bot toggles (e.g., Cloudflare "Block AI Crawlers"). Note: if your WAF verifies bots cryptographically (Web Bot Auth / verified-bots lists), the real crawler may still pass while this unverified probe is rejected — verify against your WAF logs.
  https://lucioduran.com/projects/ax-audit/guides/agent-access#blocked-crawler
- **WARN** Google-Extended is allowed in robots.txt but its User-Agent is blocked
  HTTP 403 for User-Agent containing "Google-Extended"
  Your WAF or bot management rejects this crawler token even though robots.txt permits it — the block is invisible to you but fatal for the agent. Check your firewall rules and AI-bot toggles (e.g., Cloudflare "Block AI Crawlers"). Note: if your WAF verifies bots cryptographically (Web Bot Auth / verified-bots lists), the real crawler may still pass while this unverified probe is rejected — verify against your WAF logs.
  https://lucioduran.com/projects/ax-audit/guides/agent-access#blocked-crawler
- **WARN** PerplexityBot is allowed in robots.txt but its User-Agent is blocked
  HTTP 403 for User-Agent containing "PerplexityBot"
  Your WAF or bot management rejects this crawler token even though robots.txt permits it — the block is invisible to you but fatal for the agent. Check your firewall rules and AI-bot toggles (e.g., Cloudflare "Block AI Crawlers"). Note: if your WAF verifies bots cryptographically (Web Bot Auth / verified-bots lists), the real crawler may still pass while this unverified probe is rejected — verify against your WAF logs.
  https://lucioduran.com/projects/ax-audit/guides/agent-access#blocked-crawler
- **WARN** OAI-SearchBot is allowed in robots.txt but its User-Agent is blocked
  HTTP 403 for User-Agent containing "OAI-SearchBot"
  Your WAF or bot management rejects this crawler token even though robots.txt permits it — the block is invisible to you but fatal for the agent. Check your firewall rules and AI-bot toggles (e.g., Cloudflare "Block AI Crawlers"). Note: if your WAF verifies bots cryptographically (Web Bot Auth / verified-bots lists), the real crawler may still pass while this unverified probe is rejected — verify against your WAF logs.
  https://lucioduran.com/projects/ax-audit/guides/agent-access#blocked-crawler
- **WARN** CCBot is allowed in robots.txt but its User-Agent is blocked
  HTTP 403 for User-Agent containing "CCBot"
  Your WAF or bot management rejects this crawler token even though robots.txt permits it — the block is invisible to you but fatal for the agent. Check your firewall rules and AI-bot toggles (e.g., Cloudflare "Block AI Crawlers"). Note: if your WAF verifies bots cryptographically (Web Bot Auth / verified-bots lists), the real crawler may still pass while this unverified probe is rejected — verify against your WAF logs.
  https://lucioduran.com/projects/ax-audit/guides/agent-access#blocked-crawler

### Structured Data — 0/100

- **FAIL** No JSON-LD structured data found
  Add a <script type="application/ld+json"> block in your HTML <head> with schema.org structured data describing your site, organization, or person.
  https://lucioduran.com/projects/ax-audit/guides/structured-data#not-found

### HTTP Headers — 80/100

- **WARN** Only 3/7 security headers present
  Add security headers like Strict-Transport-Security, X-Content-Type-Options, X-Frame-Options, and Referrer-Policy to your server response.
  https://lucioduran.com/projects/ax-audit/guides/http-headers#low-security-headers
- **WARN** No Link header for AI discovery (llms.txt, agent.json)
  Add a Link response header pointing to your AI discovery files: Link: </llms.txt>; rel="alternate"; type="text/plain", </.well-known/agent.json>; rel="alternate"; type="application/json"
  https://lucioduran.com/projects/ax-audit/guides/http-headers#no-link-header
- **PASS** CORS enabled on .well-known resources

### HTML Rendering — 55/100

- **WARN** Sparse server-rendered content (24 words, 172 chars)
  Below thresholds: 80 words, 500 chars
  Render at least the main page content server-side. Many AI crawlers (GPTBot, ClaudeBot, CCBot) do not execute JavaScript and will see only the static HTML.
  https://lucioduran.com/projects/ax-audit/guides/html-rendering#sparse-content
- **WARN** Low text-to-markup ratio (1.9%)
  Recommended minimum: 5%
  A very low text-to-markup ratio is a typical SPA-shell symptom. Inline more content directly into the HTML response.
  https://lucioduran.com/projects/ax-audit/guides/html-rendering#low-ratio
- **WARN** Only 2 semantic landmark(s) found
  Found: main, section. Missing: article, header, footer, nav
  Use semantic HTML tags so AI agents can understand page structure: <header>, <nav>, <main>, <article>, <section>, <footer>.
  https://lucioduran.com/projects/ax-audit/guides/html-rendering#few-landmarks
- **PASS** Single <h1> heading: "Canada.ca"
- **PASS** 8/8 <img> tags have alt attributes

### SEO Basics — 80/100

- **WARN** <title> is too short (9 chars): "Canada.ca"
  Lengthen the title to 20-70 characters with a clear topic indicator.
  https://lucioduran.com/projects/ax-audit/guides/seo-basics#short-title
- **PASS** Meta description length 158 chars
- **WARN** No <link rel="canonical"> found
  Add <link rel="canonical" href="https://your-site.com/page"> so agents have an unambiguous URL to cite even when crawled via a redirect or query-string variant.
  https://lucioduran.com/projects/ax-audit/guides/seo-basics#no-canonical
- **PASS** <html lang="en">
- **PASS** UTF-8 charset declared
- **PASS** Viewport meta present: "width=device-width,initial-scale=1"

### Crawl Efficiency — 100/100 (reports, does not score)

- **PASS** Response compressed with gzip
  Brotli (br) typically compresses text 10–20% smaller — consider enabling it.
- **PASS** Cache validator present (Last-Modified)
- **PASS** Conditional request returns 304 Not Modified
- **PASS** Homepage size is reasonable (8.7 KB decompressed)

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