Implementation checklist for agent SEO
A practical sequence to launch a website with a higher probability of being found and used by AI agents.
Week 1 — Technical base
- Create
robots.txtwith explicit rules for search and agent bots. - Create
sitemap.xmlwith all key pages andlastmod. - Ensure critical HTML is server-rendered or in the initial HTML.
- Add canonical, meta description and intent-specific titles.
- Add JSON-LD that mirrors the visible content.
Week 2 — Retrievable content
- Create a page per intent: concept, comparison, guide, methodology, API, pricing, security.
- Create Markdown versions under
/docs— served with the correct Content-Type. - Create
/llms.txtwith a summary, key pages and citation instructions, using absolute URLs. - Add machine-readable blocks with short, factual JSON.
Week 3 — Trust graph
- Publish an author page, methodology and limitations.
- Publish a changelog and a disambiguation page.
- Publish a benchmark, dataset or verifiable examples, if any.
- Earn editorial backlinks and community mentions.
Week 4 — Actionable layer
- Publish
openapi.jsonand define MCP tools for useful tasks. - Document
curl/ Python examples and expected outputs. - Create a pricing/limitations page for agent-assisted decisions.