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AI readiness of descript.com: 100/100
100/100
We checked descript.com on 2026-10-18 with our free checker: six scored tests plus evidence for each finding. The score reflects the site on that date. The site may have changed after that date.
| Test | Result | Points |
|---|---|---|
| llms.txt | Yes | 15 of 15 |
| JSON-LD schema on the homepage | Yes | 20 of 20 |
| Meta description | Yes | 10 of 10 |
| Text readable without JavaScript | Yes | 20 of 20 |
| Sitemap | Yes | 10 of 10 |
| AI crawlers allowed in robots.txt | 8 of 8 | 25 of 25 |
Compared with Video
descript.com ranks 1 of 20 video sites in this scan (ties share the order by domain name). The median score in this group is 85. 10 of 20 have an llms.txt file.
Findings with evidence
FixServer responded in 2250 ms
Time to response headers from our checker, after 1 redirect. Final URL: https://www.descript.com/
Fix: Slow responses can make crawlers give up. Add page caching or a CDN in front of the homepage.
20 checks passed or noted
PassGPTBot (OpenAI, training): allowed on /
User-agent: * Disallow: /*?*utm_* Disallow: /*?*gclid=* Disallow: /*?*fbclid=* Disallow: /*?*_page=* Disallow: /*features?*_*page= (3 more lines) Group "*" has no rule for /.
PassOAI-SearchBot (OpenAI, ChatGPT search): allowed on /
User-agent: OAI-SearchBot Allow: / Matching rule: "allow: /" in group "oai-searchbot".
PassChatGPT-User (OpenAI, live fetch for users): allowed on /
User-agent: ChatGPT-User Allow: / Matching rule: "allow: /" in group "chatgpt-user".
PassClaudeBot (Anthropic, training): allowed on /
User-agent: ClaudeBot Allow: / Matching rule: "allow: /" in group "claudebot".
PassClaude-SearchBot (Anthropic, Claude search): allowed on /
User-agent: * Disallow: /*?*utm_* Disallow: /*?*gclid=* Disallow: /*?*fbclid=* Disallow: /*?*_page=* Disallow: /*features?*_*page= (3 more lines) Group "*" has no rule for /.
PassPerplexityBot (Perplexity, search index): allowed on /
User-agent: PerplexityBot Allow: / Matching rule: "allow: /" in group "perplexitybot".
PassGoogle-Extended (Google, Gemini training control): allowed on /
User-agent: * Disallow: /*?*utm_* Disallow: /*?*gclid=* Disallow: /*?*fbclid=* Disallow: /*?*_page=* Disallow: /*features?*_*page= (3 more lines) Group "*" has no rule for /.
PassCCBot (Common Crawl, open dataset): allowed on /
User-agent: * Disallow: /*?*utm_* Disallow: /*?*gclid=* Disallow: /*?*fbclid=* Disallow: /*?*_page=* Disallow: /*features?*_*page= (3 more lines) Group "*" has no rule for /.
Passllms.txt found and well formed
First line: "# Descript". 7 ## sections, 42 links, 6325 bytes.
NoteNo llms-full.txt
GET /llms-full.txt returned 404.
Fix: Optional: publish /llms-full.txt with the full text of key pages for tools that want more than a map.
PassJSON-LD: 3 blocks, types BreadcrumbList, ListItem, Organization, FAQPage, Question, Answer
Every typed block has its required properties.
PassTitle, 55 characters
<title>Descript: AI Video & Audio Text-based Editor — Try Free</title>
PassMeta description, 149 characters
content="Descript is the AI video and audio editor that makes editing as easy as editing text. Record, transcribe, edit, and publish in one tool. Try it free."
PassOpen Graph tags present
og:title: Descript: AI Video & Audio Text-based Editor — Try Free og:description: Descript is the AI video and audio editor that makes editing as easy as editing text. Rec… og:image: https://cdn.sanity.io/images/lsw4j9eq/production/126b70d12a747eb60c81bad5b72942f7d75041dd…
PassCanonical link set
<link rel="canonical" href="https://www.descript.com/">
PassLanguage declared: en
<html lang="en">
Pass1 H1 heading
<h1>AI Video Editor</h1>
Pass10,808 characters of text without JavaScript
Text starts: "Descript: AI Video & Audio Text-based Editor — Try Free Features Features Video editing Editing video in Descript is as easy as using docs and slides. Podc…"
PassSitemap found, 2 child sitemaps
robots.txt: Sitemap: https://www.descript.com/sitemap.xml GET https://www.descript.com/sitemap.xml returned 200.
PassHTML size 280 KB, 35 script tags
1 render-blocking script in <head>: /_next/static/chunks/0cz1d0mv5g_q7.js
Fix: Add defer or async to scripts in <head> that are not needed for first paint.
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Scoring: llms.txt 15, JSON-LD 20, meta description 10, readable text 20, sitemap 10, AI crawler access 25. Want this page changed or removed? Email [email protected].
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