AI readiness leaderboard · HR and payroll
AI readiness of lever.co: 85/100
85/100
We checked lever.co 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 | No | 0 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 HR and payroll
lever.co ranks 14 of 18 hr and payroll sites in this scan (ties share the order by domain name). The median score in this group is 100. 10 of 18 have an llms.txt file.
Findings with evidence
FixNo llms.txt
GET /llms.txt returned 404.
Fix: Create /llms.txt: a # title, a > one-line summary, then ## sections that list key pages as [name](url). Draft one free at checkaiready.com/llms-txt-generator.
FixServer responded in 2161 ms
Time to response headers from our checker, after 1 redirect. Final URL: https://www.lever.co/
Fix: Slow responses can make crawlers give up. Add page caching or a CDN in front of the homepage.
18 checks passed or noted
PassGPTBot (OpenAI, training): allowed on /
User-Agent: GPTBot User-Agent: CCBot User-Agent: PerplexityBot User-Agent: Claude-Web User-Agent: Google-Extended User-Agent: Applebot-Extended (3 more lines) Matching rule: "allow: /" in group "gptbot, ccbot, perplexitybot, claude-web, google-extended, applebot-extended".
PassOAI-SearchBot (OpenAI, ChatGPT search): allowed on /
User-Agent: * Allow: / Disallow: /studio/ Disallow: /api/ Disallow: /404 Disallow: /500 Matching rule: "allow: /" in group "*".
PassChatGPT-User (OpenAI, live fetch for users): allowed on /
User-Agent: * Allow: / Disallow: /studio/ Disallow: /api/ Disallow: /404 Disallow: /500 Matching rule: "allow: /" in group "*".
PassClaudeBot (Anthropic, training): allowed on /
User-Agent: * Allow: / Disallow: /studio/ Disallow: /api/ Disallow: /404 Disallow: /500 Matching rule: "allow: /" in group "*".
PassClaude-SearchBot (Anthropic, Claude search): allowed on /
User-Agent: * Allow: / Disallow: /studio/ Disallow: /api/ Disallow: /404 Disallow: /500 Matching rule: "allow: /" in group "*".
PassPerplexityBot (Perplexity, search index): allowed on /
User-Agent: GPTBot User-Agent: CCBot User-Agent: PerplexityBot User-Agent: Claude-Web User-Agent: Google-Extended User-Agent: Applebot-Extended (3 more lines) Matching rule: "allow: /" in group "gptbot, ccbot, perplexitybot, claude-web, google-extended, applebot-extended".
PassGoogle-Extended (Google, Gemini training control): allowed on /
User-Agent: GPTBot User-Agent: CCBot User-Agent: PerplexityBot User-Agent: Claude-Web User-Agent: Google-Extended User-Agent: Applebot-Extended (3 more lines) Matching rule: "allow: /" in group "gptbot, ccbot, perplexitybot, claude-web, google-extended, applebot-extended".
PassCCBot (Common Crawl, open dataset): allowed on /
User-Agent: GPTBot User-Agent: CCBot User-Agent: PerplexityBot User-Agent: Claude-Web User-Agent: Google-Extended User-Agent: Applebot-Extended (3 more lines) Matching rule: "allow: /" in group "gptbot, ccbot, perplexitybot, claude-web, google-extended, applebot-extended".
PassJSON-LD: 3 blocks, types Organization, ImageObject, WebSite, FAQPage, Question, Answer
Every typed block has its required properties.
PassTitle, 40 characters
<title>Lever | Modern Recruiting Software & ATS</title>
PassMeta description, 147 characters
content="Lever is modern recruiting software that combines ATS and CRM capabilities to help scaling teams nurture talent relationships and hire efficiently."
PassOpen Graph tags present
og:title: Lever | Modern Recruiting Software & ATS og:description: Lever is modern recruiting software that combines ATS and CRM capabilities to help scalin… og:image: https://www.lever.co/images/og-default.png
PassCanonical link set
<link rel="canonical" href="https://www.lever.co">
PassLanguage declared: en
<html lang="en">
Pass1 H1 heading
<h1>Hiring That Doesn't Hijack Your Week</h1>
Pass9,138 characters of text without JavaScript
Text starts: "Lever | Modern Recruiting Software & ATS Sign In Solutions Compare Resources Company Request Demo Pricing AI-Powered Hiring Platform Hiring That Doesn'…"
PassSitemap found, 452 URLs
robots.txt: Sitemap: https://www.lever.co/sitemap.xml GET https://www.lever.co/sitemap.xml returned 200.
PassHTML size 134 KB, 47 script tags
1 render-blocking script in <head>: /_next/static/chunks/polyfills-42372ed130431b0a.js?dpl=dpl_LDpGRnX1sUpSXuddkYKVR2doBHj8
Fix: Add defer or async to scripts in <head> that are not needed for first paint.
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