Rivac LabsAEO Foundations Architect
Every AI crawler and browsing agent looks for a specific set of signal files before it decides how to read, trust, and cite a site — llms.txt, an AI-aware robots.txt, and agent-discovery metadata — and most sites either don't have them or have them misconfigured in ways that quietly block the exact bots they want visiting. This service builds that foundational infrastructure correctly the first time: the files, directives, and structure that tell AI systems what to crawl, what to trust, and how to summarize it. It's for any site preparing to invest in AEO/GEO that hasn't yet laid the technical groundwork underneath it. Skipping this step means every other AEO effort gets built on infrastructure that may be silently working against it.
How We’d Approach This
A clear, staged plan — not a black box
- 1
Crawl the site as AI bots do and check current robots.txt, sitemap, and crawler-access rules for anything blocking or misdirecting AI agents.
- 2
Draft and stage an llms.txt file and updated crawler directives for one section of the site as a pilot.
- 3
Verify the pilot files are actually being fetched and parsed by monitoring server logs for AI-agent traffic before going site-wide.
- 4
Roll the finalized llms.txt, robots.txt, and agent-discovery setup out across the full site and monitor crawler access on an ongoing basis.
What You Get
Deliverables from this engagement
- A published, validated llms.txt file
- An AI-aware robots.txt configuration
- Agent-discovery metadata implemented site-wide
- A crawler-access log-monitoring setup
Six Ways We Could Architect This
Different engagement, different build — pick the shape that fits
There’s more than one way to deliver on this service. Browse a few of the ways we’d structure the work, depending on your speed, budget, and integration needs.
Ready to get started?
Tell us what you’re trying to get done and we’ll help you find the highest-leverage place to start — scoped small enough to prove itself before you commit to anything bigger.
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