To set up Skyboot AI Markdown, upload and activate the plugin, then follow the Get cited checklist under AI Markdown > AI Visibility. Most sites are fully set up in about 10 minutes: write a short site summary, run the crawler access test, submit your URLs with IndexNow and scan your content.
What do I need before installing? #
- WordPress 5.8 or newer
- PHP 7.2 or newer (PHP 8.x recommended)
- Pretty permalinks (Settings > Permalinks, anything except “Plain”). See the WordPress guide to customizing permalinks.
- Optional: the PHP
zipextension for ZIP exports and imports
How do I install Skyboot AI Markdown? #
- In WordPress, go to Plugins > Add New > Upload Plugin and upload the plugin ZIP.
- Click Activate.
- Open AI Markdown in the admin menu.
On activation the plugin registers its URLs (/llms.txt, /llms-full.txt and /.well-known/api-catalog), adds a small block of cache rules to .htaccess when the server supports it, and creates its analytics table.
What should I do in the first 10 minutes? #
Open AI Markdown > AI Visibility. The Get cited checklist at the top shows what is done and has a button for each open step.
- Describe your site for AI. Go to Settings > llms.txt Blockquote Summary and write 1-3 sentences: who you are, what you offer and who it is for. Or click Write with AI to draft it from your pages. AI assistants read this line first.
- Run the crawler access test. Click Run test. Every answer-engine crawler (OAI-SearchBot, ChatGPT-User, Claude-SearchBot, Claude-User, PerplexityBot, Perplexity-User, Googlebot and Bingbot) should show Reachable and Allowed. If one is blocked, see AI Visibility.
- Submit your URLs with IndexNow. Click Submit. After that, new and updated pages are submitted automatically.
- Scan your content. Click Scan. Every published post, page and product gets a Citation Readiness score.
- Fix your weakest pages. Under All scored content (lowest scores first), click Fix N issues on a page to see each issue and how to fix it. You can fix one issue at a time or the whole page, with ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or your own API key. See Citation Readiness.
If you use Cloudflare or another CDN, purge /llms.txt and /llms-full.txt there after setup.
How do I give my team access? #
By default, editors can view AI Analytics and AI Visibility, fix content and use the AI API key, and authors can fix their own posts. Change this under AI Markdown > Permissions, by role or for one person. See Permissions.
What should I check later? #
| When | Where | What to look for |
|---|---|---|
| After 1 week | AI Analytics | The first IP verified crawler visits |
| Every month | AI Analytics > Pages AI reads most | Your best citation candidates. Keep them current and answer-first |
| Every month | AI Analytics > Assistants sending visitors | Which assistants send you people, and to which pages |
| After big content updates | AI Visibility > IndexNow | Click Submit all URLs once |
FAQ #
How long does it take to set up Skyboot AI Markdown? #
About 10 minutes for the checklist. Scanning a large site and fixing your weakest pages takes longer, but you can do that over several days.
Do I need an AI API key to use the plugin? #
No. Every feature works without one. A key from Anthropic, OpenAI, Google Gemini or OpenRouter only lets you generate fixes inside WordPress. Without a key you can fix pages by opening ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Copilot or Perplexity with a ready-made prompt.
Why does AI Analytics show no data after installing? #
AI crawlers have not visited yet, or the site is a local or staging copy that crawlers cannot reach. On a live site the first verified visits usually show up within days to a few weeks. Run the crawler access test to rule out a block.
Does the plugin change my existing pages? #
No. Your HTML pages, theme and SEO plugin output stay the same. The plugin adds Markdown versions and llms.txt next to them, and it only edits a post when you apply a fix yourself.
Will Skyboot AI Markdown slow down my site? #
No. Markdown is generated only when an AI agent asks for it, and then cached. Crawler checks run after the page has been sent, so visitors do not wait.
