How to make Next.js AI-ready

Next.js is ⚠️ risk: ship SSR/SSG, not client-only. Here's how to get it found, read and cited by ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews, Claude & Gemini — then verify with a free scan.

The universal checklist

Let AI crawlers in (robots.txt: allow GPTBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot, Google-Extended)
Make sure content is in the HTML, not JavaScript-only
Add Schema.org JSON-LD structured data
Publish an llms.txt and an XML sitemap
Set title, meta description, canonical and Open Graph tags

On Next.js specifically

The #1 risk: client-only rendering. Use Server Components / getStaticProps / generateStaticParams so content is in the HTML.
Use app/robots.ts and app/sitemap.ts; the Metadata API for title, description, canonical and OG.
Add JSON-LD in your layout and a static public/llms.txt.

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