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scanned 7/25/2026, 4:41:03 PM · cached · refresh in 16h · rubric 2026.07.4
robots.txt present: passrobots.txt allows AI agents: passContent-Signal directives: failllms.txt present: warnSitemap present: passLink response headers: failCanonical URL: passMCP server card: failOAuth authorization metadata: failOAuth resource metadata: failAPI catalog / OpenAPI: failWeb Bot Auth: failMarkdown negotiation: failText-to-markup ratio: warnContent without JavaScript: skipHeading hierarchy: passCookie wall blocks content: passPage title: passMeta description: passJSON-LD present: passStructured data validates: warnSchema type coverage: failPaywall / login wall: passAgent Skills manifest: failWebMCP actions: failPrimary action reachable: passReachability: passTime to first byte: passFull render time: skipPage weight: pass76/ 100 · C
Good

This is how AI agents (not browsers) experience basecamp.com. The score weights five categories of machine-readability; the ticks on the arc are the 30 individual checks behind it.

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Top fixes

Checks tagged “emerging” are 2026 agent-protocol standards most of the web hasn’t adopted yet — adopting early is an edge, not a defect.

warnllms.txt presentDiscoverability

Found /llms.txt but missing H1 header and markdown links.

Fix: Publish /llms.txt at your domain root. Build a spec-compliant one at /tools/llms-txt-generator.

failLink response headersDiscoverability

No HTTP Link: response headers. Emit canonical/alternate/describedby relations so HEAD-only or stream-rendering agents get them without parsing HTML.

Fix: Emit `Link:` headers for canonical, alternate-language, and describedby relations. Agents that fetch HEAD-only or stream-render rely on these.

warnStructured data validatesStructured data

1 recommended-field warning(s). First: WebSite recommends "potentialAction" (improves agent comprehension). 1 block(s) skipped — type outside the set we check.

Fix: Validate your JSON-LD with Google Rich Results test. Fix missing required properties.

failSchema type coverageStructured data

Page looks like Article|BlogPosting|NewsArticle; missing JSON-LD type(s): Article|BlogPosting|NewsArticle.

Fix: Align JSON-LD type to page purpose. Product pages without Product markup are skipped by agent shopping flows.

warnText-to-markup ratioReadability

Visible text is 12.9% of HTML weight (6976/53932 bytes). Low. Markup may be crowding out agent-usable text.

Fix: Heavy ad or navigation markup crowds out agent-usable text. Aim for a text-to-DOM ratio above 15%.

failContent-Signal directivesemergingDiscoverability

No Content-Signal directives. Add e.g. `Content-Signal: ai-train=no, ai-summarize=yes` to declare granular AI usage policy beyond binary allow/disallow.

Fix: Add `Content-Signal:` directives to your robots.txt. This is the emerging standard (Cloudflare-driven) for declaring fine-grained AI usage policy beyond a binary allow/disallow.

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Add an llms.txt
Publish this at https://basecamp.com/llms.txt
# Basecamp

> Trusted by millions, Basecamp puts everything you need to get work done in one place. It’s the calm, organized way to manage projects, work with clients, and communicate company-wide.

## Key pages
- [Home](https://basecamp.com/)
- [The refreshingly straightforward project management system that’s rock-solid and easy to use.](https://basecamp.com/)
- [Tell me if this sounds about right.](https://basecamp.com/)
- [Big numbers. Highly-trusted. Rugged, reliable, and ready.](https://basecamp.com/)
- [Remember when companies cared about service? We still do.](https://basecamp.com/)
- [All these questions have the same answer: Yes!](https://basecamp.com/)
- [Join us for a free live class.](https://basecamp.com/)

## About
Describe what basecamp.com does, who it's for, and the primary action you want an
agent to be able to complete. Keep it factual and current.
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What the agent receives

The agent’s-eye view
Basecamp We’d like to use cookies to help understand if our ads are working or not. No, thanks Yes, that’s fine Sign in Sign up free Pricing Basecamp 5 is here Features Paths API, CLI, Skills Reliable to the core Thousands of people in Basecamp now Sign in Sign up free Pricing & sign up — Two paid plans, one free plan Basecamp 5 is here — Major upgrade for 2026 Features — Remarkably simple, surprisingly capable Paths — Why people switch to Basecamp API, CLI, Skills — Developer tools, AI Agent-ready Reliable to the core — A multi-decade track record Thousands of people are working in Basecamp right now! The refreshingly straightforward project management system that’s rock-solid and easy to use. Take a 3 minute tour of Basecamp Back Simply put, we get more work done, quicker, and better. Productivity is up. Errors are down. Clients are happier. Patrick Sheffield, Moore Communications Group Information flows like water. A lot more transparency. Everyone is on the same page. No more secrets and blindspots. Aaron Bingaman, Penn State Office of Emergency Management Since using Basecamp, our communication is drastically better and deadlines are met without drama. Shannon Kropf, Full Sail University I no longer have to wonder whether I’ve asked for something… Every member of my team is more accountable. John Drover, Roebothan McKay Marshall We’re much better organised and it’s way easier to deal with clients and projects. Pedro Lopes, Coimbra Genomics Basecamp makes us tighter as a group. Basecamp makes it easy to create shared understanding in our company. Teddy Zetterlund, Lägenhetsbyte We don’t have to contact each other about every little thing. When we need to know something, it’s right there. Kelly Hunter, Chamber Nation Our church is loving Basecamp. It’s so easy to use even the 80-year-olds on our committee are using it! Blake Rider, St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church It eliminated the need for a lot of extra communication and reduced a lot of miscommunication between my team. Anthony Clark, Clark Partners Realty Group Action items never get lost in the shuffle anymore. New ideas and projects actually get off the ground now. Andrew Tyne, MPI Atlantic Canada Chapter We are more organized. And because of this we can turn around projects much more quickly now than before. Kevin Duffy, TRUE Marketing Check out over 1,000 more customer testimonials… Tell me if this sounds about right. Hey there— There’s a good chance we know why you’re here. You’re juggling people, projects, and expectations. There are tasks to do, discussions to have, decisions to make, files to share, deadlines to hit, relationships to manage, and work to deliver. This all has to happen somewhere . But you’ve discovered that spreading everything across different apps, browser tabs, emails, and chats doesn’t work. It’s finally time to find a single system. Unfortunately, most project management systems are bloated, complicated, and confusing. And software that’s hard to use doesn’t get used. Over 20 years ago we were in the same boat. We needed something capable, but it had to be straightforward and easy. Nothing fit the bill. So we invented Basecamp, and we’ve been steadily improving it ever since. In software, longevity like this isn’t luck — it’s proof it works. And BC5 is all new for 2026 . Today, Basecamp is used across every industry, and nearly a million people, teams, companies, and non-profits worldwide rely on it daily . Thanks for checking us out. We invite you to give Basecamp a try. And ultimately, we’d be honored to have you as a customer. Jason Fried, jason@basecamp.com Co-founder & CEO Big numbers. Highly-trusted. Rugged, reliable, and ready. Over 84 million people have Basecamp accounts. Customers have managed more than 60 million projects . Over 1.7 billion to-dos have been added. Over 350 million message board posts have been published. Over 2.7 billion comments have been posted. More than 2.2 billion files have been shared. More than 5 petabytes of data is stored by Basecamp. And a 99.99% uptime record that spans decades. Remember when companies cared about service? We still do. When’s the last time you praised a tech company’s customer service? Our customers do it all the time . Service isn’t an afterthought, it’s one of Basecamp’s best features. And get this: On average, each member of our customer service team has been with us 9 years. That’s dedication. Meet Chase, our Head of Support All these questions have the same answer: Yes! Can I hide unfinished work from clients? Can I link up Google Docs, Figma, Dropbox, etc? Can I see all my tasks instantly anytime? Can I see everything that’s overdue on one screen? Can I use Basecamp if some teammates prefer email? Can I see all the work that was completed in a day? Can I set up projects that only some can see? Can I see a full history of someone’s work? Can I easily see someone else’s assignments? Can I see every deadline on a single calendar? Can I easily reference an entire conversation from last year? Can I follow a project without receiving notifications? Can I assign tasks to multiple people at once? Can I see all our projects laid out on a visual timeline? Can I follow-up with someone without anyone else knowing? Can our clients respond to our questions via email? Can our clients see a record of everything we’ve asked them? Can client feedback be documented for the record? Can I organize ideas and setup workflows on a Kanban board? Can Basecamp tell me when someone finished something? Can Basecamp help me get a client to approve a design? Can Basecamp keep my team accountable? Check out the full feature list for more. Join us for a free live class. Curious about Basecamp but want to see it live and ask some questions first? Join us for a free live class. We’ll show you how to set it up in minutes, how to roll it out to your team, and take Q&A covering anything else you’d like to ask. See all upcoming classes . And there’s more… Basecamp 5 is here Features and benefits The people’s path to Basecamp Bring your AI agents to Basecamp Reliable to the core Apps for every platform Integrations Thousands of people are working in Basecamp now Books we’ve written Where we came from Come small, come all We stand with the underdogs Kill overkill How we communicate How we make decisions Group chat problems Seven shipping principles Why we choose profit What changed for the better? See where projects really stand Leaving the Cloud Night & day Learn Basecamp Basecamp accessibility Basecamp community Keyboard shortcuts Friendly folks, standing by Can we stay in touch? Employee handbook Basecamp ™ is designed, built, and backed by 37signals ™ , the people behind HEY ™ and Fizzy ™ Status Support Policies Privacy Security Reliability Sign in © 37signals LLC Try Basecamp free

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Full breakdown

14 pass3 warn11 fail2 skip
Discoverability
pass
robots.txt present
A robots.txt is reachable at the site root.
100/100
pass
robots.txt allows AI agents
All 8 answer-time access agents allowed.
100/100
fail
Content-Signal directivesemerging
No Content-Signal directives. Add e.g. `Content-Signal: ai-train=no, ai-summarize=yes` to declare granular AI usage policy beyond binary allow/disallow.
0/100
warn
llms.txt present
Found /llms.txt but missing H1 header and markdown links.
60/100
pass
Sitemap present
sitemap.xml reachable and referenced from robots.txt.
100/100
fail
Link response headers
No HTTP Link: response headers. Emit canonical/alternate/describedby relations so HEAD-only or stream-rendering agents get them without parsing HTML.
0/100
pass
Canonical URL
Canonical points to self: https://basecamp.com/.
100/100
fail
MCP server cardemerging
No valid MCP Server Card at /.well-known/mcp/server-card.json. Publish one so agents can discover your tools without HTML scraping.
0/100
fail
OAuth authorization metadataemerging
No RFC 8414 metadata at /.well-known/oauth-authorization-server. Agents that act on behalf of users need this to discover your authorization endpoints.
0/100
fail
OAuth resource metadataemerging
No RFC 9728 metadata at /.well-known/oauth-protected-resource. Publish it so agents can discover required scopes without hand-coded credentials.
0/100
fail
API catalog / OpenAPIemerging
No /.well-known/api-catalog (RFC 9727) and no /openapi.json|yaml. Publish one so agents that integrate with APIs can discover your endpoints.
0/100
fail
Web Bot Authemerging
No Web Bot Auth JWKS at /.well-known/http-message-signatures-directory.json. Publish one to allow trusted agents while keeping a default-deny posture for the rest.
0/100
Readability
fail
Markdown negotiationemerging
Accept: text/markdown returns HTML, not markdown. Serve a markdown variant of primary content when requested; agents summarize and cite it more reliably.
0/100
warn
Text-to-markup ratio
Visible text is 12.9% of HTML weight (6976/53932 bytes). Low. Markup may be crowding out agent-usable text.
74/100
skip
Content without JavaScript
Browser pass unavailable; cannot measure JS dependency.
pass
Heading hierarchy
Hierarchy is well-formed (1 H1, no skipped levels, 7 headings total).
100/100
pass
Cookie wall blocks content
No common consent-modal markers detected.
100/100
pass
Page title
A concise <title> is present (8 chars).
100/100
pass
Meta description
A well-sized meta description is present (183 chars).
100/100
Structured data
pass
JSON-LD present
Found 3 JSON-LD blocks.
100/100
warn
Structured data validates
1 recommended-field warning(s). First: WebSite recommends "potentialAction" (improves agent comprehension). 1 block(s) skipped — type outside the set we check.
95/100
fail
Schema type coverage
Page looks like Article|BlogPosting|NewsArticle; missing JSON-LD type(s): Article|BlogPosting|NewsArticle.
0/100
Actionability
pass
Paywall / login wall
No paywall or login-wall detected on the landing URL.
100/100
fail
Agent Skills manifestemerging
No Agent Skills manifest at /.well-known/agent-skills.json. Enumerate the tasks agents can perform (search, add-to-cart, contact-support) so they pick the right one without scraping.
0/100
fail
WebMCP actionsemerging
No WebMCP detected. On pages with first-class actions (cart, support, account), embed a WebMCP server so on-page agents invoke tools directly.
0/100
pass
Primary action reachable
Primary offering identified ("project management system") with price/CTA ("Sign up free").
100/100
pass
Reachability
HTTP 200.
100/100
Performance
pass
Time to first byte
TTFB 105ms. Healthy.
100/100
skip
Full render time
Full-render time unavailable (browser pass skipped or failed).
pass
Page weight
Initial document is a lean 53 KB.
100/100
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