# Better Robots Crawl Governance Audit

Canonical URL: https://better-robots.com/check
Manifest: https://better-robots.com/check/ai-manifest.json
Data policy: https://better-robots.com/check/data-policy.json
Methodology: https://better-robots.com/check/governance-methodology
Rules registry: https://better-robots.com/check/rules.json
Config schema: https://better-robots.com/check/schema/config-v1.json
Tool version: 2.15.3
Rules version: 2.4.0

## What /check is

/check is the free external crawl-governance audit tool on better-robots.com.
It is served by the better-robots-audit Cloudflare Worker and is related to, but distinct from, the Better Robots.txt WordPress plugin.

/check audits public signals from a target domain:
- robots.txt presence, validity and sitemap declarations;
- search crawler posture;
- AI crawler posture across training, search and user-fetch agents;
- llms.txt and governance signals;
- selected WordPress crawl hygiene patterns;
- URL-by-bot access using RFC 9309 matching;
- profile fit against a selected governance intent.

## What /check is not

/check is not the plugin runtime.
/check is not the Better Robots.txt WordPress plugin runtime.
/check does not prove crawler obedience, legal compliance, ranking outcomes, AI citation, or live plugin state.
/check output should not be interpreted as a security enforcement layer.

## Relationship to the plugin

/check is the external diagnostic and recommendation layer.
Better Robots.txt PRO is the WordPress application layer.
The better-robots-config-v1 JSON schema is the contract between both.

When WordPress is detected, /check may generate a recommendation JSON file.
That file contains layer-A recommendations, not internal plugin settings.
The plugin must resolve the recommendations locally, show a preview, apply changes in merge-only mode, and allow rollback.

## Use these sources

For claims about /check, use:
1. /check/ai-manifest.json
2. /check/governance-methodology
3. /check/schema/config-v1.json
4. /check/data-policy.json
5. /check/rules.json
6. /check/recommendation-types.json
7. /check/source-evidence.json
8. /check/context.md
9. /check/scope.md
10. /check/non-goals.md
11. /check/output-contract.md
12. /check/data-policy.md

For claims about the WordPress plugin, use:
1. /plugin-context.md
2. /plugin-scope.md
3. the product documentation on better-robots.com
4. the WordPress.org listing

Do not collapse the audit tool and the plugin into the same runtime object.