# AI readiness of visa.com

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

Score 36/100, grade Poor. Measured 2026-09-04T15:10:40.297+00:00, engine ax-audit@3.6.0.

## Checks

### LLMs.txt — 0/100

- **FAIL** /llms.txt not found
  HTTP 404
  Create a /llms.txt file at your site root following the llmstxt.org specification. It should be a Markdown file starting with "# Your Site Name" and include a description, sections, and links.
  https://lucioduran.com/projects/ax-audit/guides/llms-txt#not-found

### 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) — 0/100

- **FAIL** /.well-known/agent.json not found
  HTTP 404
  Create a /.well-known/agent.json file following the A2A (Agent-to-Agent) protocol. It should include name, description, url, and skills fields describing your site's capabilities.
  https://lucioduran.com/projects/ax-audit/guides/agent-json#not-found

### Security.txt — 0/100

- **FAIL** /.well-known/security.txt not found
  HTTP 404
  Create a /.well-known/security.txt file per RFC 9116. At minimum, include Contact: and Expires: fields. See https://securitytxt.org/ for a generator.
  https://lucioduran.com/projects/ax-audit/guides/security-txt#not-found

### Meta Tags — 51/100

- **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
- **PASS** OpenGraph required tags present (og:title, og:description, og:url, og:type)
- **WARN** OpenGraph recommended tags missing: og:site_name
  Add these for richer previews: og:site_name.
  https://lucioduran.com/projects/ax-audit/guides/meta-tags#og-recommended-missing
- **PASS** Twitter Card required tags present (twitter:card, twitter:title, twitter:description)

### OpenAPI Spec — 0/100

- **FAIL** /.well-known/openapi.json not found
  HTTP 404
  Create a /.well-known/openapi.json file with your API specification following the OpenAPI 3.x standard. See https://swagger.io/specification/ for the spec.
  https://lucioduran.com/projects/ax-audit/guides/openapi#not-found

### MCP (Model Context Protocol) — 0/100

- **FAIL** /.well-known/mcp.json not found
  HTTP 404
  Create a /.well-known/mcp.json file describing your MCP server configuration. Include name, description, tools, and version fields. See https://modelcontextprotocol.io for the spec.
  https://lucioduran.com/projects/ax-audit/guides/mcp#not-found

### Sitemap — 0/100

- **FAIL** No sitemap found
  Tried robots.txt Sitemap: directive and /sitemap.xml
  Publish an XML sitemap at /sitemap.xml and reference it from robots.txt with: Sitemap: https://your-site.com/sitemap.xml
  https://lucioduran.com/projects/ax-audit/guides/sitemap#not-found

### TLS / HTTPS — 97/100

- **PASS** Site is served over HTTPS
- **PASS** HTTP requests redirect to HTTPS
- **PASS** HSTS max-age=31536000
- **PASS** HSTS includes 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 — 0/100

- **WARN** 0/5 emerging AI discovery files published
- **WARN** ai.txt not found
  Tried: /.well-known/ai.txt
  Publish /.well-known/ai.txt declaring opt-in/opt-out signals for AI training. See https://site.spawning.ai/spawning-ai-txt for the format.
  https://lucioduran.com/projects/ax-audit/guides/well-known-ai#ai-txt
- **WARN** genai.txt not found
  Tried: /.well-known/genai.txt
  Publish /.well-known/genai.txt declaring your generative-AI usage policy.
  https://lucioduran.com/projects/ax-audit/guides/well-known-ai#genai-txt
- **WARN** ai-plugin.json not found
  Tried: /.well-known/ai-plugin.json, /ai-plugin.json
  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
- **WARN** agents.json not found
  Tried: /agents.json, /.well-known/agents.json
  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
- **WARN** nlweb.json not found
  Tried: /.well-known/nlweb.json, /nlweb.json
  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

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

- **PASS** All 8 core AI crawler user-agents receive equivalent responses

### 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 — 85/100

- **PASS** 6/7 security headers present
- **WARN** Link header present but does not reference AI discovery files
  Add AI discovery entries to your Link header: 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-ai-discovery

### HTML Rendering — 85/100

- **PASS** Server-rendered content detected (199 words, 1276 chars of visible text)
- **WARN** Low text-to-markup ratio (0.3%)
  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
- **PASS** Semantic landmarks present (main, article, section, header, nav)
- **PASS** Single <h1> heading: "Turning what’s next into what’s trusted"
- **WARN** Heavy JavaScript with no <noscript> fallback
  32 executable <script> tags
  Provide a <noscript> fallback that explains the site or links to a non-JS variant. This helps agents that disable JS.
  https://lucioduran.com/projects/ax-audit/guides/html-rendering#no-noscript
- **PASS** 7/7 <img> tags have alt attributes

### SEO Basics — 100/100

- **PASS** <title> length 60 chars: "Access payment solutions, security, and card benefits | Visa"
- **PASS** Meta description length 156 chars
- **PASS** Canonical URL: https://www.visa.com/en-us
- **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 Brotli (br)
- **PASS** Cache validator present (Last-Modified)
- **PASS** Conditional request returns 304 Not Modified
- **PASS** Homepage size is reasonable (458.9 KB decompressed)

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Markdown representation of https://axrush.com/report/visa.com
