AI Ready Badge — Free Embeddable Badge for Intelligence-Accessible Websites

What Does "AI Ready" Mean?

An AI Ready website is one that has been intentionally designed for both human visitors and AI agents. It doesn't just render beautifully for browsers — it provides structured, machine-readable context that helps AI systems understand, cite, and navigate your content accurately.

The badge is a voluntary declaration. There's no certification authority, no committee, no fees. If you've built your site with intelligence accessibility in mind, you can add the badge. It's a values statement: "We thought about all our readers."

Read the full story: Designing for All Intelligences

When Should You Use It?

Your site qualifies if it has at least two of these

/llms.txt — A curated markdown overview of your site for AI agents
Structured JSON-LD — Rich Schema.org data beyond basic SEO (author profiles, article series, key claims)
Markdown mirrors — Clean .md versions of pages linked via <link rel="alternate">
Agent Context section — A visible section with metadata, key claims, provenance, and citation guidance
AI-friendly robots.txt — Explicit welcome for AI bots (GPTBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot, etc.)

Choose Your Badge

Standard

120 × 32 — footer, sidebar

Banner

200 × 40 — sidebar, about page

Compact

32 × 32 — icon only, tight spaces

Embed Codes

Copy any snippet below. All badges link to the explainer article. You're free to change the link to your own AI readability page if you have one.

HTML — Dark badge (for dark backgrounds)

<a href="https://sheridan.hu/blog/designing-for-all-intelligences/" title="This site is designed for all intelligences"><img src="https://sheridan.hu/ai-ready/badges/ai-ready-dark.svg" alt="AI Ready" height="32"></a>

HTML — Light badge (for light backgrounds)

<a href="https://sheridan.hu/blog/designing-for-all-intelligences/" title="This site is designed for all intelligences"><img src="https://sheridan.hu/ai-ready/badges/ai-ready-light.svg" alt="AI Ready" height="32"></a>

HTML — Banner (with subtitle)

<a href="https://sheridan.hu/blog/designing-for-all-intelligences/" title="This site is designed for all intelligences"><img src="https://sheridan.hu/ai-ready/badges/ai-ready-banner-dark.svg" alt="AI Ready — Designed for all intelligences" height="40"></a>

Markdown

[![AI Ready](https://sheridan.hu/ai-ready/badges/ai-ready-dark.svg)](https://sheridan.hu/blog/designing-for-all-intelligences/)

BBCode (forums)

[url=https://sheridan.hu/blog/designing-for-all-intelligences/][img]https://sheridan.hu/ai-ready/badges/ai-ready-dark.svg[/img][/url]

Direct image URLs (for social media profiles, bios)

Dark:    https://sheridan.hu/ai-ready/badges/ai-ready-dark.svg
Light:   https://sheridan.hu/ai-ready/badges/ai-ready-light.svg
Banner:  https://sheridan.hu/ai-ready/badges/ai-ready-banner-dark.svg
Compact: https://sheridan.hu/ai-ready/badges/ai-ready-compact-dark.svg

License

The AI Ready badge is released under CC0 (Public Domain). Use it anywhere, modify it, adapt the colors to your brand — no attribution required, no permission needed. The concept belongs to everyone.

We only ask one thing: use it honestly. If your site has made a genuine effort toward intelligence accessibility, the badge is yours.

Learn how to make your site AI-ready:
Read "Designing for All Intelligences" →

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