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AB-018

Markdown Format Support

🔄 Content Negotiation Pillar: Discovery Quick fix Severity: medium Est. cost: $0 Gap: documentation Fix: deterministic

What it means

Your site returns Markdown when an agent requests it.

Why it matters

Markdown is the preferred format for many AI systems. Offering it makes your content easy to consume.

Evidence expected

This rule is verified by:

http Source: Runtime probe
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What's wrong

No Markdown option. AI models have to convert from HTML, losing formatting.

✓

What's right

Markdown is available, preserving formatting for AI consumption.

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