AI Visibility Index / indiehackers.com
Is Indie Hackers visible to AI?
Connect with developers sharing the strategies and revenue numbers behind their companies and side projects.
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7 issues holding Indie Hackers back
AI search & answer bots allowed
Blocked: OAI-SearchBot (ChatGPT search), PerplexityBot (Perplexity), Claude-SearchBot (Claude search). These bots decide whether you get cited in AI answers.
→ Allow OAI-SearchBot, ChatGPT-User, PerplexityBot, Claude-SearchBot, Claude-User in robots.txt. Also check Cloudflare/WAF 'block AI bots' toggles.
llms.txt
No /llms.txt: the emerging standard map that tells LLMs and agents what your site is and where the key docs are.
→ Publish the generated llms.txt below at https://yoursite/llms.txt.
JSON-LD structured data
No schema.org JSON-LD found.
→ Add JSON-LD (generated below) so engines know your entity, product and pricing unambiguously.
Machine-usable interface (API / MCP)
No OpenAPI spec, MCP server or API docs discovered. AI agents can read about you but can't act (sign up, query, buy).
→ Expose an MCP server or OpenAPI spec and link it from llms.txt so agents can use your product, not just read about it.
Entity / product schema
No Organization / Product / SoftwareApplication schema.
→ Add Organization + Product/SoftwareApplication schema with name, url, logo, sameAs (socials), offers.
AI training crawlers
Blocked: GPTBot, ClaudeBot, Google-Extended, Applebot-Extended, CCBot, meta-externalagent. Future models may know less about you (a valid choice, but it costs visibility).
→ If you want maximum brand recall in AI models, allow GPTBot, ClaudeBot and Google-Extended.
One clear H1
No H1 heading.
→ Use exactly one H1 that names the product and its core benefit.
What Indie Hackers gets right
Served over HTTPS · robots.txt present · XML sitemap · Page is indexable · Content visible without JavaScript · Descriptive title tag · Meta description · Scannable section headings · Question & answer content · Open Graph tags · Language declared · Linked brand profiles · Pricing is machine-readable · Docs / help content linked
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