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What is Submit Your Startup?

Submit Your Startup is an open launch directory designed for early-stage founders to list their startups, gain visibility, and collect votes and feedback. The platform features a daily board where startups are queued for launch at scheduled times. Founders can submit their startups for free to wait in the queue, or pay an express fee to advance their launch time without affecting their ranking. Rankings are determined entirely by user votes. The homepage displays current leads, upcoming launch slots, archives of past launches, and statistics on recent activity.

Through a bot’s eyes

“Submit Your Startup is an open launch directory where early-stage founders list their startups to get discovered, receive votes, and gather feedback.”

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What a bot can read

A language model reading this input learns about a specific startup launch platform and directory. The text covers the submission process, the scheduling mechanics of free and express slots, voting rules, and a list of currently featured and archived startups with categories such as consumer apps, developer tools, fintech, and AI. The homepage provides pricing information for the express submission option as well as contact details provided via JSON-LD. The embedded JSON-LD blocks reinforce the site identity as a web application for startup founders, detailing its free offering, audience, and organization details.

Good for Bots report

Submit Your Startup scores 55 of 100: the whole readable base, 5 of the 50 agent-layer points, no penalties.

Earned

The whole readable base above the line, 5 of the 50 agent-layer points below it.

55
34

Still open

Behind the checks below, with prompts in Pro.

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Penalties0
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For the owner of submityourstartup.now

3 prompts, 34 points

They are in the owner view, ready to paste into Claude Code, Cursor or Codex, beside the badge and rescans.

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All 36 checks

Evidence for each, in Markdown →

Select a check to see what we found and how it is graded.

Readable base

50 / 50

Passes.

3.3 of 3.3 points.

robots.txt is valid, with 2 user-agent groups.

Passes.

8.3 of 8.3 points.

Sitemap declared in robots.txt, listing at least 200 URLs.

Passes.

8.3 of 8.3 points.

All 4 pages read pass. The homepage describes itself to machines as WebSite, SearchAction, Organization in valid schema.org JSON-LD.

Passes.

10 of 10 points.

All 4 pages read pass. The homepage marks its content root, its heading outline and its landmarks.

Passes.

8.3 of 8.3 points.

14 of 14 assessed homepage navigation links expose usable destinations.

Passes.

4.2 of 4.2 points.

142 of 142 assessed homepage links and buttons have a nonempty accessible name.

Passes.

2.5 of 2.5 points.

1 of 1 assessed homepage form fields meet the static naming and field-semantics checks.

Passes.

2.5 of 2.5 points.

149 of 149 assessed homepage controls and role declarations meet the static role, state and relationship checks.

Passes.

1.7 of 1.7 points.

All 4 pages read pass. The homepage declares itself as its canonical URL.

Agent layer

5 / 50

Fails.

0 of 11.3 points.

No /llms.txt on this site.

Fails.

0 of 7.5 points.

No usable /llms.txt to judge.

Prompt in Pro →
Fails.

0 of 12.5 points.

No /llms-full.txt and no markdown versions linked from llms.txt.

Fails.

0 of 10 points.

None of the 4 pages read pass. Asking the homepage for markdown still returns text/html.

Passes.

5 of 5 points.

States a position on 6 AI crawlers, across 2 purposes (search, user-fetch).

Fails.

0 of 2.5 points.

No usage declaration found in robots.txt or the final successful homepage response header.

Prompt in Pro →

Penalties

− 0

Passes.

Penalty: 0 of 15 points.

Our crawler reaches the page without being challenged.

Passes.

Penalty: 0 of 20 points.

Nothing on the homepage tells a crawler to skip it or to withhold its snippet.

Passes.

Penalty: 0 of 25 points.

The captured homepage HTML contains 419 content words; completeness is not assessed.

Passes.

Penalty: 0 of 25 points.

robots.txt allows every known search and user-fetch crawler to reach the homepage.

Passes.

Penalty: 0 of 10 points.

The homepage is served over HTTPS and returns HTTP 200.

Passes.

Penalty: 0 of 3 points.

The homepage provides both a non-empty title and meta description.

Passes.

Penalty: 0 of 3 points.

The homepage is reached in 0 redirects.

Passes.

Penalty: 0 of 3 points.

The homepage reached a plain crawler in 388 ms.

Agent capabilities

0 of 11 · no points

Each one found adds +1 to the badge.

Not applicable.

Adds +1 to the badge when found.

No API catalog published.

Not applicable.

Adds +1 to the badge when found.

No /auth.md published.

Not applicable.

Adds +1 to the badge when found.

No AI Catalog published, so no MCP server card can be discovered.

Not applicable.

Adds +1 to the badge when found.

No A2A Agent Card at /.well-known/agent-card.json, and none listed in an AI Catalog.

Not applicable.

Adds +1 to the badge when found.

No usable Agent Skills index was found at either well-known path or in the AI Catalog.

Not applicable.

Adds +1 to the badge when found.

No WebMCP declarations were found in the collected HTML or inline scripts. External scripts were not inspected.

Not applicable.

Adds +1 to the badge when found.

No Web Bot Auth key directory at /.well-known/http-message-signatures-directory.

Not applicable.

Adds +1 to the badge when found.

No HTTP 402 payment challenge on the homepage or robots.txt, and no manifest at /.well-known/x402.

Not applicable.

Adds +1 to the badge when found.

No ACP discovery declaration established at /.well-known/acp.json.

Not applicable.

Adds +1 to the badge when found.

No UCP discovery declaration established at /.well-known/ucp.

Not applicable.

Adds +1 to the badge when found.

No public AMP discovery declaration established. Private or hidden agents may not advertise one to our crawler.

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robots.txt

robots.txt is present and valid

Passes3.3 of 3.3 points

What we found

robots.txt is valid, with 2 user-agent groups.

Crawler groups
2
Directives
19
Sitemap declarations
1

Parser findings

No parser errors recorded

Technical scan data JSON

Archived measurements. Long values and lists are shortened for display.

{
  "errors": [],
  "groups": 2,
  "sitemaps": 1,
  "directives": 19
}

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Sitemap

Sitemap is present and parses

Passes8.3 of 8.3 points

What we found

Sitemap declared in robots.txt, listing at least 200 URLs.

URLs collected
200
Documents checked
1
Discovery via robots.txt
Declared

Sitemap sample

  • https://submityourstartup.now/sitemap.xml · 200 URLs
Technical scan data JSON

Archived measurements. Long values and lists are shortened for display.

{
  "urlCount": 200,
  "documents": [
    {
      "url": "https://submityourstartup.now/sitemap.xml",
      "kind": "urlset",
      "urls": 200,
      "error": null,
      "valid": true,
      "children": 0,
      "compressed": false
    }
  ],
  "declaredInRobots": true
}

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schema.org JSON-LD

Describes itself to machines with schema.org JSON-LD

Passes8.3 of 8.3 points

What we found

All 4 pages read pass. The homepage describes itself to machines as WebSite, SearchAction, Organization in valid schema.org JSON-LD.

Pages read

Each page is checked on its own; the median page decides. Types and counts below cover every page read.

  • Passes: Homepage

    The homepage describes itself to machines as WebSite, SearchAction, Organization in valid schema.org JSON-LD.

  • Passes: /guides/show-hn

    The page at /guides/show-hn describes itself to machines as WebSite, SearchAction, Organization in valid schema.org JSON-LD.

  • Passes: /categories

    The page at /categories describes itself to machines as WebSite, SearchAction, Organization in valid schema.org JSON-LD.

  • Passes: /about

    The page at /about describes itself to machines as WebSite, SearchAction, Organization in valid schema.org JSON-LD.

Entities
44
Valid JSON-LD blocks
16
Pages examined
4

JSON-LD types

  • WebSite
  • SearchAction
  • Organization
  • ImageObject
  • ContactPoint
  • WebApplication

+7 more recorded

Technical scan data JSON

Archived measurements. Long values and lists are shortened for display.

{
  "nodes": 44,
  "pages": [
    {
      "url": "https://submityourstartup.now/",
      "reason": "ok",
      "status": "pass",
      "summary": "The homepage describes itself to machines as WebSite, SearchAction, Organization in valid schema.org JSON-LD.",
      "homepage": true
    },
    {
      "url": "https://submityourstartup.now/guides/show-hn",
      "reason": "ok",
      "status": "pass",
      "summary": "The page at /guides/show-hn describes itself to machines as WebSite, SearchAction, Organization in valid schema.org JSON-LD.",
      "homepage": false
    },
    {
      "url": "https://submityourstartup.now/categories",
      "reason": "ok",
      "status": "pass",
      "summary": "The page at /categories describes itself to machines as WebSite, SearchAction, Organization in valid schema.org JSON-LD.",
      "homepage": false
    },
    {
      "url": "https://submityourstartup.now/about",
      "reason": "ok",
      "status": "pass",
      "summary": "The page at /about describes itself to machines as WebSite, SearchAction, Organization in valid schema.org JSON-LD.",
      "homepage": false
    }
  ],
  "types": [
    "WebSite",
    "SearchAction",
    "Organization",
    "ImageObject",
    "ContactPoint",
    "WebApplication",
    "Offer",
    "Audience",
    "BreadcrumbList",
    "ListItem",
    "Article",
    "WebPage",
    "… 1 more items"
  ],
  "blocks": 16,
  "reason": "ok",
  "contexts": [
    "https://schema.org"
  ],
  "rdfaTypes": [],
  "truncated": false,
  "validBlocks": 16,
  "brokenBlocks": [],
  "unknownTypes": [],
  "pagesExamined": 4,
  "skippedBlocks": 0,
  "topLevelNodes": 16,
  "microdataTypes": [],
  "missingProperties": [],
  "unnamedTopLevelTypes": [
    "BreadcrumbList"
  ]
}

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Methodology →

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Semantic HTML

Content is marked up so a reader can find it

Passes10 of 10 points

What we found

All 4 pages read pass. The homepage marks its content root, its heading outline and its landmarks.

Pages read

Each page is checked on its own; the median page decides. The measurements below describe the homepage.

  • Passes: Homepage

    The homepage marks its content root, its heading outline and its landmarks.

  • Passes: /guides/show-hn

    The page at /guides/show-hn marks its content root, its heading outline and its landmarks.

  • Passes: /categories

    The page at /categories marks its content root, its heading outline and its landmarks.

  • Passes: /about

    The page at /about marks its content root, its heading outline and its landmarks.

Extracted words
518
Headings
5
H1 headings
1

Content and navigation

Share of extracted homepage words by marked region. Navigation inside a header, footer or main region is counted once, under navigation.

Extracted words and their share by page region
RegionWordsShare
Main region41179.34%
Navigation122.32%
Page header6011.58%
Page footer315.98%
Other text40.77%

72 words appear before the first main-region text in HTML order.

Diagnostic only; it does not affect the score. Recognised hidden text and script payloads are excluded. Stylesheet visibility and repetition across pages are unknown. A large menu is not necessarily a problem.

Heading outline · first 4

  • H1Submit Your Startup — The Evening Launch
  • H2CoinBoss
  • H3The night board
  • H3Make tomorrow’s front page

1 more headings recorded

Page landmarks

  • banner
  • complementary
  • contentinfo
  • navigation
  • region
Technical scan data JSON

Archived measurements. Long values and lists are shortened for display.

{
  "gaps": [],
  "pages": [
    {
      "url": "https://submityourstartup.now/",
      "reason": "structured",
      "status": "pass",
      "summary": "The homepage marks its content root, its heading outline and its landmarks.",
      "homepage": true
    },
    {
      "url": "https://submityourstartup.now/guides/show-hn",
      "reason": "structured",
      "status": "pass",
      "summary": "The page at /guides/show-hn marks its content root, its heading outline and its landmarks.",
      "homepage": false
    },
    {
      "url": "https://submityourstartup.now/categories",
      "reason": "structured",
      "status": "pass",
      "summary": "The page at /categories marks its content root, its heading outline and its landmarks.",
      "homepage": false
    },
    {
      "url": "https://submityourstartup.now/about",
      "reason": "structured",
      "status": "pass",
      "summary": "The page at /about marks its content root, its heading outline and its landmarks.",
      "homepage": false
    }
  ],
  "roots": [
    {
      "words": 415,
      "source": "element",
      "hierarchicallyCorrect": true
    }
  ],
  "reason": "structured",
  "h1Count": 1,
  "headings": [
    {
      "text": "Submit Your Startup — The Evening Launch",
      "empty": false,
      "level": 1
    },
    {
      "text": "CoinBoss",
      "empty": false,
      "level": 2
    },
    {
      "text": "The night board",
      "empty": false,
      "level": 3
    },
    {
      "text": "Make tomorrow’s front page",
      "empty": false,
      "level": 3
    },
    {
      "text": "More launches",
      "empty": false,
      "level": 2
    }
  ],
  "bodyWords": 539,
  "landmarks": [
    {
      "role": "banner",
      "named": false,
      "source": "native",
      "element": "header"
    },
    {
      "role": "navigation",
      "named": true,
      "source": "native",
      "element": "nav"
    },
    {
      "role": "navigation",
      "named": true,
      "source": "native",
      "element": "nav"
    },
    {
      "role": "region",
      "named": true,
      "source": "native",
      "element": "section"
    },
    {
      "role": "complementary",
      "named": true,
      "source": "native",
      "element": "aside"
    },
    {
      "role": "region",
      "named": true,
      "source": "native",
      "element": "section"
    },
    {
      "role": "region",
      "named": true,
      "source": "native",
      "element": "section"
    },
    {
      "role": "region",
      "named": true,
      "source": "native",
      "element": "section"
    },
    {
      "role": "region",
      "named": true,
      "source": "native",
      "element": "section"
    },
    {
      "role": "contentinfo",
      "named": false,
      "source": "native",
      "element": "footer"
    },
    {
      "role": "region",
      "named": true,
      "source": "native",
      "element": "section"
    },
    {
      "role": "region",
      "named": true,
      "source": "native",
      "element": "section"
    },
    "… 2 more items"
  ],
  "textRatio": 0.0089,
  "truncated": false,
  "articleCount": 1,
  "contentWords": 419,
  "headingCount": 5,
  "headingSkips": [],
  "requirements": {
    "landmarks": true,
    "contentRoot": true,
    "headingOutline": true
  },
  "landmarkRoles": [
    "banner",
    "complementary",
    "contentinfo",
    "navigation",
    "region"
  ],
  "hiddenMainCount": 0,
  "textComposition": {
    "words": {
      "main": 411,
      "other": 4,
      "footer": 31,
      "header": 60,
      "navigation": 12
    },
    "shares": {
      "main": 0.7934362934362934,
      "other": 0.007722007722007722,
      "footer": 0.059845559845559844,
      "header": 0.11583011583011583,
      "navigation": 0.023166023166023165
    },
    "version": 1,
    "truncated": false,
    "totalWords": 518,
    "analysisLimited": false,
    "mainRegionCount": 1,
    "wordsBeforeMain": 72
  },
  "emptyHeadingCount": 0,
  "misnestedMainCount": 0
}

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Crawlable navigation

Navigation links expose usable destinations

Passes8.3 of 8.3 points

What we found

14 of 14 assessed homepage navigation links expose usable destinations.

Technical scan data JSON

Archived measurements. Long values and lists are shortened for display.

{
  "good": 14,
  "page": "homepage",
  "total": 14,
  "reason": "observed-gaps",
  "limited": false,
  "examples": [],
  "truncated": false,
  "skippedContactLinks": 0,
  "brokenLabelReferences": 0
}

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Methodology →

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Named links and buttons

Links and buttons have accessible names

Passes4.2 of 4.2 points

What we found

142 of 142 assessed homepage links and buttons have a nonempty accessible name.

Technical scan data JSON

Archived measurements. Long values and lists are shortened for display.

{
  "good": 142,
  "page": "homepage",
  "total": 142,
  "reason": "observed-gaps",
  "limited": false,
  "examples": [],
  "truncated": false,
  "skippedContactLinks": 0,
  "brokenLabelReferences": 0
}

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Methodology →

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Named form fields

Form fields have names and recognizable semantics

Passes2.5 of 2.5 points

What we found

1 of 1 assessed homepage form fields meet the static naming and field-semantics checks.

Technical scan data JSON

Archived measurements. Long values and lists are shortened for display.

{
  "good": 1,
  "page": "homepage",
  "total": 1,
  "reason": "observed-gaps",
  "limited": false,
  "examples": [],
  "truncated": false,
  "nativeForms": 1,
  "submitControls": 1,
  "inputTypeFallbacks": 0,
  "formsWithoutSubmitControl": 0
}

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Methodology →

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Control roles and states

Controls expose roles, states and relationships

Passes2.5 of 2.5 points

What we found

149 of 149 assessed homepage controls and role declarations meet the static role, state and relationship checks.

Technical scan data JSON

Archived measurements. Long values and lists are shortened for display.

{
  "good": 149,
  "page": "homepage",
  "total": 149,
  "reason": "observed-gaps",
  "limited": false,
  "examples": [],
  "truncated": false
}

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Methodology →

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Canonical URL

Each page declares one usable canonical URL

Passes1.7 of 1.7 points

What we found

All 4 pages read pass. The homepage declares itself as its canonical URL.

Pages read

Each page is checked on its own; the median page decides. The measurements below describe the homepage.

  • Passes: Homepage

    The homepage declares itself as its canonical URL.

  • Passes: /guides/show-hn

    The page at /guides/show-hn declares itself as its canonical URL.

  • Passes: /categories

    The page at /categories declares itself as its canonical URL.

  • Passes: /about

    The page at /about declares itself as its canonical URL.

Technical scan data JSON

Archived measurements. Long values and lists are shortened for display.

{
  "pages": [
    {
      "url": "https://submityourstartup.now/",
      "reason": "declared",
      "status": "pass",
      "summary": "The homepage declares itself as its canonical URL.",
      "homepage": true
    },
    {
      "url": "https://submityourstartup.now/guides/show-hn",
      "reason": "declared",
      "status": "pass",
      "summary": "The page at /guides/show-hn declares itself as its canonical URL.",
      "homepage": false
    },
    {
      "url": "https://submityourstartup.now/categories",
      "reason": "declared",
      "status": "pass",
      "summary": "The page at /categories declares itself as its canonical URL.",
      "homepage": false
    },
    {
      "url": "https://submityourstartup.now/about",
      "reason": "declared",
      "status": "pass",
      "summary": "The page at /about declares itself as its canonical URL.",
      "homepage": false
    }
  ],
  "reason": "declared",
  "target": "https://submityourstartup.now/",
  "readings": [
    {
      "url": "https://submityourstartup.now/",
      "target": "https://submityourstartup.now/",
      "relative": false,
      "crossHost": false,
      "truncated": false,
      "duplicates": 0,
      "declarations": [
        {
          "url": "https://submityourstartup.now/",
          "href": "https://submityourstartup.now",
          "source": "head"
        }
      ],
      "selfReference": true,
      "invalidDeclarations": 0
    },
    {
      "url": "https://submityourstartup.now/guides/show-hn",
      "target": "https://submityourstartup.now/guides/show-hn",
      "relative": false,
      "crossHost": false,
      "truncated": false,
      "duplicates": 0,
      "declarations": [
        {
          "url": "https://submityourstartup.now/guides/show-hn",
          "href": "https://submityourstartup.now/guides/show-hn",
          "source": "head"
        }
      ],
      "selfReference": true,
      "invalidDeclarations": 0
    },
    {
      "url": "https://submityourstartup.now/categories",
      "target": "https://submityourstartup.now/categories",
      "relative": false,
      "crossHost": false,
      "truncated": false,
      "duplicates": 0,
      "declarations": [
        {
          "url": "https://submityourstartup.now/categories",
          "href": "https://submityourstartup.now/categories",
          "source": "head"
        }
      ],
      "selfReference": true,
      "invalidDeclarations": 0
    },
    {
      "url": "https://submityourstartup.now/about",
      "target": "https://submityourstartup.now/about",
      "relative": false,
      "crossHost": false,
      "truncated": false,
      "duplicates": 0,
      "declarations": [
        {
          "url": "https://submityourstartup.now/about",
          "href": "https://submityourstartup.now/about",
          "source": "head"
        }
      ],
      "selfReference": true,
      "invalidDeclarations": 0
    }
  ],
  "relative": false,
  "crossHost": false,
  "truncated": false,
  "duplicates": 0,
  "declarations": [
    {
      "url": "https://submityourstartup.now/",
      "href": "https://submityourstartup.now",
      "source": "head"
    }
  ],
  "selfReference": true,
  "invalidDeclarations": 0
}

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Working section links

Section links reach an element on the page

Passes0.8 of 0.8 points

What we found

All 4 pages read pass. The homepage has 1 section link, and every one reaches an element on the page.

Each page is checked on its own; the median page decides. The measurements below describe the homepage.

  • Passes: Homepage

    The homepage has 1 section link, and every one reaches an element on the page.

  • Passes: /guides/show-hn

    The page at /guides/show-hn has 1 section link, and every one reaches an element on the page.

  • Passes: /categories

    The page at /categories has 1 section link, and every one reaches an element on the page.

  • Passes: /about

    The page at /about has 1 section link, and every one reaches an element on the page.

Technical scan data JSON

Archived measurements. Long values and lists are shortened for display.

{
  "pages": [
    {
      "url": "https://submityourstartup.now/",
      "reason": "working",
      "status": "pass",
      "summary": "The homepage has 1 section link, and every one reaches an element on the page.",
      "homepage": true
    },
    {
      "url": "https://submityourstartup.now/guides/show-hn",
      "reason": "working",
      "status": "pass",
      "summary": "The page at /guides/show-hn has 1 section link, and every one reaches an element on the page.",
      "homepage": false
    },
    {
      "url": "https://submityourstartup.now/categories",
      "reason": "working",
      "status": "pass",
      "summary": "The page at /categories has 1 section link, and every one reaches an element on the page.",
      "homepage": false
    },
    {
      "url": "https://submityourstartup.now/about",
      "reason": "working",
      "status": "pass",
      "summary": "The page at /about has 1 section link, and every one reaches an element on the page.",
      "homepage": false
    }
  ],
  "reason": "working",
  "readings": [
    {
      "top": 0,
      "url": "https://submityourstartup.now/",
      "working": 1,
      "assessed": 1,
      "examples": [],
      "truncated": false,
      "baseElsewhere": 0,
      "missingTarget": 0,
      "textDirectives": 0,
      "scriptAddresses": 0
    },
    {
      "top": 0,
      "url": "https://submityourstartup.now/guides/show-hn",
      "working": 1,
      "assessed": 1,
      "examples": [],
      "truncated": false,
      "baseElsewhere": 0,
      "missingTarget": 0,
      "textDirectives": 0,
      "scriptAddresses": 0
    },
    {
      "top": 0,
      "url": "https://submityourstartup.now/categories",
      "working": 1,
      "assessed": 1,
      "examples": [],
      "truncated": false,
      "baseElsewhere": 0,
      "missingTarget": 0,
      "textDirectives": 0,
      "scriptAddresses": 0
    },
    {
      "top": 0,
      "url": "https://submityourstartup.now/about",
      "working": 1,
      "assessed": 1,
      "examples": [],
      "truncated": false,
      "baseElsewhere": 0,
      "missingTarget": 0,
      "textDirectives": 0,
      "scriptAddresses": 0
    }
  ]
}

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llms.txt

llms.txt is present and well formed

Fails0 of 11.3 points

What we found

No /llms.txt on this site.

File contents are not shown here.

How to fix

+11.3score from 68 to 79
Copy the prompt in the owner view →
Technical scan data JSON

Archived measurements. Long values and lists are shortened for display.

{
  "cause": "not-found",
  "error": null,
  "reason": "missing",
  "status": 404
}

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Descriptive llms.txt

llms.txt is descriptive, not a bare link list

Fails0 of 7.5 points

What we found

No usable /llms.txt to judge.

File contents are not shown here.

How to fix

The prompt is in Pro →
Technical scan data JSON

Archived measurements. Long values and lists are shortened for display.

{
  "reason": "no-file"
}

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llms-full.txt or .md pages

Serves markdown at its own URL

Fails0 of 12.5 points

What we found

No /llms-full.txt and no markdown versions linked from llms.txt.

Bytes received
0
Markdown links in llms.txt
0

Response receivedHTTP 404

Full-text file
Not usable

The full-text response was truncated during collection.

How to fix

+12.5score from 55 to 68
Copy the prompt in the owner view →
Technical scan data JSON

Archived measurements. Long values and lists are shortened for display.

{
  "reason": "none",
  "llmsFullTxt": {
    "status": 404,
    "usable": false,
    "rejected": null,
    "truncated": true,
    "byteLength": 0
  },
  "markdownLinksInLlmsTxt": 0,
  "servesMarkdownOnRequest": false
}

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Markdown negotiation

Serves markdown when asked for it

Fails0 of 10 points

What we found

None of the 4 pages read pass. Asking the homepage for markdown still returns text/html.

Pages read

Each page is checked on its own; the median page decides. The measurements below describe the homepage.

  • Fails: Homepage

    Asking the homepage for markdown still returns text/html.

  • Fails: /guides/show-hn

    Asking the page at /guides/show-hn for markdown still returns text/html.

  • Fails: /categories

    Asking the page at /categories for markdown still returns text/html.

  • Fails: /about

    Asking the page at /about for markdown still returns text/html.

Response characters
375,486

Response received

Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8

Vary: Accept
Not found

How to fix

+10score from 79 to 89
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Technical scan data JSON

Archived measurements. Long values and lists are shortened for display.

{
  "vary": "rsc, next-router-state-tree, next-router-prefetch, next-router-segment-prefetch, Accept-Encoding",
  "pages": [
    {
      "url": "https://submityourstartup.now/",
      "reason": "not-markdown",
      "status": "fail",
      "summary": "Asking the homepage for markdown still returns text/html.",
      "homepage": true
    },
    {
      "url": "https://submityourstartup.now/guides/show-hn",
      "reason": "not-markdown",
      "status": "fail",
      "summary": "Asking the page at /guides/show-hn for markdown still returns text/html.",
      "homepage": false
    },
    {
      "url": "https://submityourstartup.now/categories",
      "reason": "not-markdown",
      "status": "fail",
      "summary": "Asking the page at /categories for markdown still returns text/html.",
      "homepage": false
    },
    {
      "url": "https://submityourstartup.now/about",
      "reason": "not-markdown",
      "status": "fail",
      "summary": "Asking the page at /about for markdown still returns text/html.",
      "homepage": false
    }
  ],
  "reason": "not-markdown",
  "charset": "utf-8",
  "variant": null,
  "bodyLength": 375486,
  "contentType": "text/html; charset=utf-8",
  "variesOnAccept": false
}

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AI crawler rules

States a position on AI crawlers

Passes5 of 5 points

What we found

States a position on 6 AI crawlers, across 2 purposes (search, user-fetch).

Named AI crawlers
6
Wildcard rule at /
Does not block crawling

Allowed at /

  • oai-searchbot
  • chatgpt-user
  • claude-searchbot
  • claude-user
  • perplexitybot
  • perplexity-user

Blocked at /

None recorded

Declared purposes

  • search
  • user-fetch
Technical scan data JSON

Archived measurements. Long values and lists are shortened for display.

{
  "allowed": [
    "oai-searchbot",
    "chatgpt-user",
    "claude-searchbot",
    "claude-user",
    "perplexitybot",
    "perplexity-user"
  ],
  "blocked": [],
  "purposes": [
    "search",
    "user-fetch"
  ],
  "crawlersNamed": 6,
  "wildcardBlocksEverything": false
}

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Content Signals

Declares AI usage preferences

Fails0 of 2.5 points

What we found

No usage declaration found in robots.txt or the final successful homepage response header.

Preference vocabularies

None recorded

Content-Signal declarations

None recorded

Content-Usage declarations

None recorded

How to fix

The prompt is in Pro →
Technical scan data JSON

Archived measurements. Long values and lists are shortened for display.

{
  "carriers": [],
  "contentUsage": [],
  "vocabularies": [],
  "contentSignal": [],
  "contentUsageHeader": null,
  "recognisedUsageCategories": [],
  "recognisedSignalCategories": []
}

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Typed links

Advertises machine-readable resources with typed links

Fails0 of 1.3 points

What we found

None of the 4 pages read pass. The homepage's links are all ordinary page furniture; none point an agent anywhere.

Each page is checked on its own; the median page decides. The measurements below describe the homepage.

  • Fails: Homepage

    The homepage's links are all ordinary page furniture; none point an agent anywhere.

  • Fails: /guides/show-hn

    The page at /guides/show-hn's links are all ordinary page furniture; none point an agent anywhere.

  • Fails: /categories

    The page at /categories's links are all ordinary page furniture; none point an agent anywhere.

  • Fails: /about

    The page at /about's links are all ordinary page furniture; none point an agent anywhere.

Links inspected
20

Discovery relations

None recorded

Other relations

  • preload
  • stylesheet
  • manifest
  • canonical
  • icon
  • apple-touch-icon

How to fix

The prompt is in Pro →
Technical scan data JSON

Archived measurements. Long values and lists are shortened for display.

{
  "pages": [
    {
      "url": "https://submityourstartup.now/",
      "reason": "ambient-only",
      "status": "fail",
      "summary": "The homepage's links are all ordinary page furniture; none point an agent anywhere.",
      "homepage": true
    },
    {
      "url": "https://submityourstartup.now/guides/show-hn",
      "reason": "ambient-only",
      "status": "fail",
      "summary": "The page at /guides/show-hn's links are all ordinary page furniture; none point an agent anywhere.",
      "homepage": false
    },
    {
      "url": "https://submityourstartup.now/categories",
      "reason": "ambient-only",
      "status": "fail",
      "summary": "The page at /categories's links are all ordinary page furniture; none point an agent anywhere.",
      "homepage": false
    },
    {
      "url": "https://submityourstartup.now/about",
      "reason": "ambient-only",
      "status": "fail",
      "summary": "The page at /about's links are all ordinary page furniture; none point an agent anywhere.",
      "homepage": false
    }
  ],
  "reason": "ambient-only",
  "sources": [],
  "totalLinks": 20,
  "ambientOnly": [
    "preload",
    "stylesheet",
    "manifest",
    "canonical",
    "icon",
    "apple-touch-icon"
  ],
  "markdownAlternates": [],
  "meaningfulRelations": []
}

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No bot challenge

Serves our crawler without a challenge

PassesPenalty: 0 of 15 points

What we found

Our crawler reaches the page without being challenged.

Response receivedHTTP 200

Technical scan data JSON

Archived measurements. Long values and lists are shortened for display.

{
  "status": 200
}

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No noindex

The homepage does not block indexing or snippets

PassesPenalty: 0 of 20 points

What we found

Nothing on the homepage tells a crawler to skip it or to withhold its snippet.

Indexing restrictions

None recorded

Snippet restrictions

None recorded

Training opt-outs

None recorded

Technical scan data JSON

Archived measurements. Long values and lists are shortened for display.

{
  "blocking": [],
  "finalUrl": "https://submityourstartup.now/",
  "redirects": 0,
  "directives": [],
  "ignoredScopes": [],
  "trainingOptOut": [],
  "snippetBlocking": []
}

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No JavaScript wall

Serves its content without JavaScript

PassesPenalty: 0 of 25 points

What we found

The captured homepage HTML contains 419 content words; completeness is not assessed.

Words in raw HTML
419
Script elements
16
Markup characters
375,486

Measured from the response HTML, before JavaScript runs.

Technical scan data JSON

Archived measurements. Long values and lists are shortened for display.

{
  "reason": "text-observed",
  "bodyWords": 539,
  "truncated": false,
  "scriptCount": 16,
  "contentWords": 419,
  "markupLength": 375486,
  "passWordThreshold": 120,
  "hasNoscriptFallback": false,
  "nontextElementCount": 449
}

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AI search bots let in

Allows search and user-fetch crawlers

PassesPenalty: 0 of 25 points

What we found

robots.txt allows every known search and user-fetch crawler to reach the homepage.

Blocked crawlers
0
Path checked
/

Blocked crawlers

None recorded

Technical scan data JSON

Archived measurements. Long values and lists are shortened for display.

{
  "path": "/",
  "capped": false,
  "blocked": [],
  "blockedCount": 0,
  "penaltyPoints": 0
}

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HTTPS and HTTP 200

Serves the homepage over HTTPS with HTTP 200

PassesPenalty: 0 of 10 points

What we found

The homepage is served over HTTPS and returns HTTP 200.

Response receivedHTTP 200

https://submityourstartup.now

Final URL: https://submityourstartup.now/

Final connection
HTTPS
Technical scan data JSON

Archived measurements. Long values and lists are shortened for display.

{
  "error": null,
  "secure": true,
  "status": 200,
  "finalUrl": "https://submityourstartup.now/",
  "requestedUrl": "https://submityourstartup.now"
}

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Title and description

Provides a title and meta description

PassesPenalty: 0 of 3 points

What we found

The homepage provides both a non-empty title and meta description.

Title elements
1
Meta descriptions
1

Page metadata

Submit Your Startup — Where startups launch

Where startups launch: the open index for early-stage founders. Submit your startup free, get discovered, and see how your launch ranks. Votes set the rank.

Technical scan data JSON

Archived measurements. Long values and lists are shortened for display.

{
  "title": "Submit Your Startup — Where startups launch",
  "titleCount": 1,
  "description": "Where startups launch: the open index for early-stage founders. Submit your startup free, get discovered, and see how your launch ranks. Votes set the rank.",
  "descriptionCount": 1
}

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Two redirects at most

Reaches the homepage within two redirects

PassesPenalty: 0 of 3 points

What we found

The homepage is reached in 0 redirects.

Redirects
0

Response received

https://submityourstartup.now

Final URL: https://submityourstartup.now/

Technical scan data JSON

Archived measurements. Long values and lists are shortened for display.

{
  "finalUrl": "https://submityourstartup.now/",
  "redirects": 0,
  "threshold": 2,
  "requestedUrl": "https://submityourstartup.now"
}

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Answers within 3 s

Returns the homepage within three seconds

PassesPenalty: 0 of 3 points

What we found

The homepage reached a plain crawler in 388 ms.

Response time
388 ms
Direct attempts
1
Technical scan data JSON

Archived measurements. Long values and lists are shortened for display.

{
  "durationMs": 388,
  "thresholdMs": 3000,
  "directAttempts": 1
}

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API catalog

Publishes an API catalog

Not applicableAdds +1 to the badge when found

What we found

No API catalog published.

Response receivedHTTP 404

Discovery result
absent

Advertised via

None recorded

Technical scan data JSON

Archived measurements. Long values and lists are shortened for display.

{
  "wellKnown": {
    "status": 404,
    "problem": "absent",
    "profile": null,
    "contentType": null
  },
  "advertisedVia": []
}

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auth.md

Publishes an auth.md for agents

Not applicableAdds +1 to the badge when found

What we found

No /auth.md published.

Response receivedHTTP 404

Content-Type: text/html

Technical scan data JSON

Archived measurements. Long values and lists are shortened for display.

{
  "error": null,
  "reason": "absent",
  "status": 404,
  "contentType": "text/html"
}

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MCP server card

Lists an MCP server card in its AI Catalog

Not applicableAdds +1 to the badge when found

What we found

No AI Catalog published, so no MCP server card can be discovered.

Catalog entries
0

Response receivedHTTP 404

Discovery result
absent
Technical scan data JSON

Archived measurements. Long values and lists are shortened for display.

{
  "reason": "absent",
  "catalog": {
    "status": 404,
    "entries": 0,
    "problem": "absent",
    "contentType": null,
    "specVersion": null,
    "malformedEntries": 0
  }
}

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A2A agent card

Publishes an A2A Agent Card

Not applicableAdds +1 to the badge when found

What we found

No A2A Agent Card at /.well-known/agent-card.json, and none listed in an AI Catalog.

Catalog entries
0

Response receivedHTTP 404

Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8

Discovery result
absent
Technical scan data JSON

Archived measurements. Long values and lists are shortened for display.

{
  "cards": [
    {
      "via": "well-known",
      "name": null,
      "error": null,
      "notes": [],
      "shape": null,
      "skills": 0,
      "source": "https://submityourstartup.now/.well-known/agent-card.json",
      "status": 404,
      "usable": false,
      "problem": "absent",
      "version": null,
      "bindings": [],
      "identifier": null,
      "interfaces": []
    }
  ],
  "reason": "absent",
  "catalog": {
    "status": 404,
    "entries": 0,
    "problem": "absent"
  },
  "wellKnown": {
    "status": 404,
    "problem": "absent",
    "contentType": "text/html; charset=utf-8"
  }
}

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Agent Skills index

Publishes an Agent Skills index

Not applicableAdds +1 to the badge when found

What we found

No usable Agent Skills index was found at either well-known path or in the AI Catalog.

Artifact verification
not-performed
Technical scan data JSON

Archived measurements. Long values and lists are shortened for display.

{
  "reason": "absent",
  "catalog": {
    "status": 404,
    "problem": "absent",
    "individualSkills": 0
  },
  "indexes": [
    {
      "via": "well-known",
      "error": null,
      "notes": [],
      "total": 0,
      "format": null,
      "issues": [],
      "schema": null,
      "source": "https://submityourstartup.now/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json",
      "status": 404,
      "usable": 0,
      "entries": [],
      "problem": "absent",
      "rejected": 0,
      "identifier": null
    },
    {
      "via": "well-known",
      "error": null,
      "notes": [],
      "total": 0,
      "format": null,
      "issues": [],
      "schema": null,
      "source": "https://submityourstartup.now/.well-known/skills/index.json",
      "status": 404,
      "usable": 0,
      "entries": [],
      "problem": "absent",
      "rejected": 0,
      "identifier": null
    }
  ],
  "artifactVerification": "not-performed"
}

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WebMCP

Declares WebMCP tools for browser agents

Not applicableAdds +1 to the badge when found

What we found

No WebMCP declarations were found in the collected HTML or inline scripts. External scripts were not inspected.

Pages checked
4
Declarations
0
Usable declarations
0
Detection method
static
Runtime verification
not-performed
Technical scan data JSON

Archived measurements. Long values and lists are shortened for display.

{
  "pages": [
    {
      "key": "homepage",
      "url": "https://submityourstartup.now/",
      "secure": true,
      "usable": 0,
      "truncated": false,
      "references": 0,
      "parseErrors": 0,
      "declarations": 0
    },
    {
      "key": "page:https://submityourstartup.now/guides/show-hn",
      "url": "https://submityourstartup.now/guides/show-hn",
      "secure": true,
      "usable": 0,
      "truncated": false,
      "references": 0,
      "parseErrors": 0,
      "declarations": 0
    },
    {
      "key": "page:https://submityourstartup.now/categories",
      "url": "https://submityourstartup.now/categories",
      "secure": true,
      "usable": 0,
      "truncated": false,
      "references": 0,
      "parseErrors": 0,
      "declarations": 0
    },
    {
      "key": "page:https://submityourstartup.now/about",
      "url": "https://submityourstartup.now/about",
      "secure": true,
      "usable": 0,
      "truncated": false,
      "references": 0,
      "parseErrors": 0,
      "declarations": 0
    }
  ],
  "reason": "absent",
  "detection": "static",
  "pageCount": 4,
  "references": [],
  "parseErrors": 0,
  "usableCount": 0,
  "declarations": [],
  "referenceCount": 0,
  "declarationCount": 0,
  "runtimeVerification": "not-performed"
}

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Web Bot Auth

Publishes a Web Bot Auth key directory

Not applicableAdds +1 to the badge when found

What we found

No Web Bot Auth key directory at /.well-known/http-message-signatures-directory.

Technical scan data JSON

Archived measurements. Long values and lists are shortened for display.

{
  "keys": {
    "total": 0,
    "sample": [],
    "usable": 0,
    "testKeys": 0,
    "evaluated": 0,
    "privateMaterial": 0
  },
  "notes": [
    "media-type",
    "unsigned"
  ],
  "shape": null,
  "reason": "absent",
  "signature": {
    "total": 0,
    "status": "absent",
    "ignored": 0,
    "coverage": null,
    "malformed": false,
    "signatures": []
  },
  "wellKnown": {
    "status": 404,
    "problem": "absent",
    "finalUrl": "https://submityourstartup.now/.well-known/http-message-signatures-directory",
    "redirects": 0,
    "contentType": null
  },
  "extraMembers": [],
  "signatureAgent": "https://submityourstartup.now"
}

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x402 / MPP payments

Accepts agent payments with x402 or MPP

Not applicableAdds +1 to the badge when found

What we found

No HTTP 402 payment challenge on the homepage or robots.txt, and no manifest at /.well-known/x402.

Technical scan data JSON

Archived measurements. Long values and lists are shortened for display.

{
  "reason": "absent",
  "manifest": {
    "kind": null,
    "notes": [],
    "shape": null,
    "status": 404,
    "problem": "absent",
    "finalUrl": "https://submityourstartup.now/.well-known/x402",
    "resources": {
      "total": 0,
      "sample": [],
      "skipped": {},
      "eligible": 0,
      "examined": 0
    },
    "contentType": null
  },
  "protocols": [],
  "responses": [],
  "verification": null,
  "paymentVerification": "not-performed"
}

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ACP commerce

Publishes ACP discovery metadata

Not applicableAdds +1 to the badge when found

What we found

No ACP discovery declaration established at /.well-known/acp.json.

Technical scan data JSON

Archived measurements. Long values and lists are shortened for display.

{
  "api": false,
  "key": "well-known-acp",
  "issues": [],
  "marked": false,
  "reason": "absent",
  "status": 404,
  "usable": false,
  "problem": "absent",
  "version": null,
  "commerce": false,
  "services": [],
  "transports": [],
  "capabilities": [],
  "transactionVerification": "not-performed"
}

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UCP commerce

Publishes UCP discovery metadata

Not applicableAdds +1 to the badge when found

What we found

No UCP discovery declaration established at /.well-known/ucp.

Technical scan data JSON

Archived measurements. Long values and lists are shortened for display.

{
  "api": false,
  "key": "well-known-ucp",
  "issues": [],
  "marked": false,
  "reason": "absent",
  "status": 404,
  "usable": false,
  "problem": "absent",
  "version": null,
  "commerce": false,
  "services": [],
  "transports": [],
  "capabilities": [],
  "transactionVerification": "not-performed"
}

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AMP discovery

Publishes AMP discovery metadata

Not applicableAdds +1 to the badge when found

What we found

No public AMP discovery declaration established. Private or hidden agents may not advertise one to our crawler.

Response receivedHTTP 404

https://submityourstartup.now/.well-known/agent.json

Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8

Discovery source
native
Declaration location
https://submityourstartup.now/.well-known/agent.json

Declared agent addresses

No usable addresses recorded

Declaration issues

No issues recorded

Discovery documents

  • https://submityourstartup.now/.well-known/agent.json · absent

Discovery only. Messaging, health, identity ownership and extension activation were not tested. This does not establish Level 0 conformance.

Technical scan data JSON

Archived measurements. Long values and lists are shortened for display.

{
  "reason": "absent",
  "selected": {
    "via": "native",
    "issues": [],
    "marked": false,
    "source": "https://submityourstartup.now/.well-known/agent.json",
    "status": 404,
    "usable": false,
    "problem": "absent",
    "version": null,
    "endpoint": null,
    "finalUrl": "https://submityourstartup.now/.well-known/agent.json",
    "contentType": "text/html; charset=utf-8",
    "identifiers": [],
    "requestedUrl": "https://submityourstartup.now/.well-known/agent.json",
    "lifecycleStatus": null
  },
  "declarations": [
    {
      "via": "native",
      "issues": [],
      "marked": false,
      "source": "https://submityourstartup.now/.well-known/agent.json",
      "status": 404,
      "usable": false,
      "problem": "absent",
      "version": null,
      "endpoint": null,
      "finalUrl": "https://submityourstartup.now/.well-known/agent.json",
      "contentType": "text/html; charset=utf-8",
      "identifiers": [],
      "requestedUrl": "https://submityourstartup.now/.well-known/agent.json",
      "lifecycleStatus": null
    }
  ],
  "runtimeVerification": "not-performed"
}

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Site profile

Login
Detected
A sign-in or sign-up link
API
Not established
Commerce
Not established

It decides which conditional checks apply. “Not established” means no proof in what we read, not proof of absence.

Access & usage policy

Who can read this page, and for what purpose?

GoodForBotsBot received HTTP 200 via a direct request. No indexing restriction was observed in the supported homepage directives.

Sampled URL: https://submityourstartup.now/

Declared crawling rules

No matching refusal for this URL was found for the listed identities.

Sources and scope: declared crawling rules

  • Declared allow · Scan admission

    • GoodForBotsBot/1.0 (+https://goodforbots.com/bot)

    The recorded robots admission decision allowed our crawler to proceed.

    GoodForBotsBot admission along the homepage request chain

    https://submityourstartup.now/

    robots.txt is present and valid

  • Declared allow · robots.txt

    • goodforbotsbot (Site diagnostics)
    • * (Default robots group)
    • mistralai-index (ai-search)
    • kimi-searchbot (ai-search)
    • amzn-searchbot (ai-search)
    • meta-webindexer (ai-search)
    • exasearchbot (ai-search)
    • aiwebindex (ai-search)
    • duckassistbot (ai-search)
    • shapbot (ai-search)
    • yandexadditional (ai-search)
    • yandexadditionalbot (ai-search)
    • gptbot (ai-training)
    • claudebot (ai-training)
    • mistralai-training (ai-training)
    • kimibot (ai-training)
    • ai2bot (Unknown)
    • applebot-extended (ai-training)
    • webzio-extended (ai-training)
    • mistralai-user (user-fetch)
    • kimi-user (user-fetch)
    • amzn-user (user-fetch)
    • diffbot-user (user-fetch)
    • firecrawlagent (extraction)
    • webzio (extraction)
    • meta-externalfetcher (user-fetch, agent)
    • google-extended (ai-training, grounding)
    • meta-externalagent (ai-training, product-improvement)
    • amazonbot (ai-training, product-improvement)
    • ccbot (open-dataset, ai-training)
    • googlebot (search)
    • bingbot (search)

    No matching refusal for this URL in the applicable robots group. This is a declaration, not an access test.

    Acquisition of https://submityourstartup.now/

    https://submityourstartup.now/robots.txt

    User-agent: *
allow: /

    robots.txt is present and validStates a position on AI crawlersAllows search and user-fetch crawlers

  • Declared allow · robots.txt

    • oai-searchbot (ai-search)
    • claude-searchbot (ai-search)
    • perplexitybot (ai-search)
    • chatgpt-user (user-fetch)
    • claude-user (user-fetch)
    • perplexity-user (user-fetch)

    No matching refusal for this URL in the applicable robots group. This is a declaration, not an access test.

    Acquisition of https://submityourstartup.now/

    https://submityourstartup.now/robots.txt

    User-agent: oai-searchbot
User-agent: chatgpt-user
User-agent: claude-searchbot
User-agent: claude-user
User-agent: perplexitybot
User-agent: perplexity-user
allow: /

    robots.txt is present and validStates a position on AI crawlersAllows search and user-fetch crawlers

Observed access

GoodForBotsBot received HTTP 200 via a direct request.

Sources and scope: observed access
Coverage and interpretation
  • Crawler coverage includes the registered identities and up to 50 user-agent entries from robots.txt. Source excerpts and detail groups are bounded; omissions are labelled.
  • Observed access describes GoodForBotsBot only. Other crawler entries describe declared rules, not tests of those operators' access.
  • Coverage is the sampled homepage response and collected robots.txt files. No indexing or citation is guaranteed. Usage preferences are declarations, not a legal determination of permission.
  • This explanation adds no points or penalties. Any score effects belong to the linked checks.
  • AIPREF and Content Signals keep their own definitions. AIPREF search can include processing used exclusively for search; training preferences are not a blanket ruling on every search process.

In its category

13th of 24 in Directories & Aggregators

Full ranking →Whole category →
  1. 1SwipeToLaunchswipetolaunch.com
  2. 2SaaS Cubessaascubes.com
  3. 13Submit Your Startup · this reportsubmityourstartup.now

The prompts in the owner view would take Submit Your Startup to 89, 2nd in its category.

To the prompts →

Category average 59. The percentile appears once the catalogue holds a few hundred sites.

Scan details

Every scan is kept. Pro draws the history as a chart →

Scanned
27 Oct 2026
Rubric
0.9.0
Requests
23
Fetched
5 MB
Took
16.3 s
Homepage
388 ms · direct
Pages read
4
robots.txt
allowed
Which pages the scan read

The homepage and up to three pages from the sitemap and homepage links. Structured data, page structure, Markdown negotiation and typed links check each page read and take the median page; other checks read the homepage.

  • Homepagealways read
  • /guides/show-hnarticle · from the sitemap · read
  • /categoriescollection · linked from the homepage · from the sitemap · read
  • /aboutabout · linked from the homepage · from the sitemap · read

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