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B2B, Industrial & Enterprise Services · Rank #99 of 100

Caterpillar

https://www.cat.com
Agent Readiness
0/100
Agent-Invisible
WAF blocks AI agents
Example agent task tested

Can an AI agent find equipment specs and contact a dealer?

Dimension Breakdown

Six-dimension scorecard

AI Discoverability0
Answer Engine Readiness0
Agent Usability0
Trust & Verification0
Content Worthiness0
Machine Readiness0
Key Strengths

What's working

  • No notable passing signals on this scan.
Key Gaps

Biggest opportunities

  • Site completely blocks AI agents
    We couldn't reach the site at all. Check the URL or try again.
    → Allowlist known AI-agent user agents (GPTBot, ChatGPT-User, OAI-SearchBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot, Google-Extended, Applebot-Extended) in your WAF. Ease bot rules for /.well-known/* and /robots.txt at minimum.
Suggested Improvements

Where to focus next

  1. Site completely blocks AI agents — Allowlist known AI-agent user agents (GPTBot, ChatGPT-User, OAI-SearchBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot, Google-Extended, Applebot-Extended) in your WAF. Ease bot rules for /.well-known/* and /robots.txt at minimum.

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Last scanned 6/5/2026, 5:14:27 PM · Scan duration 57s · Detected site type: hybrid

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