Agent Search Optimization (ASO) Engineering Blueprints
Updated 2026-10-31 · Empirical telemetry across 1604 B2B SaaS domains · Mean score: 67.0/100
| Blueprint | Stack / Scope | Key Gap Across 1604 SaaS Domains |
|---|---|---|
| Get B2B SaaS Cited in ChatGPT & Perplexity | 5-step commercial & fan-out playbook | 84.7% missing /pricing.md |
Cloudflare Edge /llms.txt & Anti-Soft-404 | Cloudflare Workers + HTMLRewriter | 32.7% missing valid /llms.txt |
| Next.js App Router & Vercel Middleware | Next.js middleware.ts + RFC 8288 headers | 249.8 KB average RSC HTML shell |
FastAPI & Django /llms.txt & mcp.json | Python ASGI routes + RFC 8288 headers | Python/AI SaaS SPA docs soft-404s |
| AWS CloudFront & Nginx Anti-Soft-404 | S3/CloudFront & Nginx exact-match locations | try_files serving HTML on .txt |
Streamable HTTP MCP Server (2025-03-26) | Cloudflare Workers JSON-RPC 2.0 /mcp | >99% lack live Streamable HTTP MCP |
/.well-known/mcp.json & /ai/summary.json Spec | MCP, OpenAPI 3.1 & entity JSON | 99.8% missing /ai/summary.json |
27-Bot AI Search vs Training robots.txt | OAI-SearchBot, Claude-SearchBot, PerplexityBot | Wildcard blocks sever live citations |
B2B SaaS Schema.org @graph JSON-LD | Organization + SoftwareApplication + FAQPage | Unlinked or missing commercial offers |