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title: "Markdown negotiation | Am I Ready for Agents?"
description: "Markdown negotiation: A site returning a plain markdown version of a page when an agent asks for one with the header Accept: text/markdown. Dated and sourced."
canonical: https://amireadyforagents.com/glossary/markdown-negotiation
site: "Am I Ready for Agents?"
last_updated: 2026-11-04
section: "Glossary"
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# Markdown negotiation | Am I Ready for Agents?

> Markdown negotiation: A site returning a plain markdown version of a page when an agent asks for one with the header Accept: text/markdown. Dated and sourced.

Source: https://amireadyforagents.com/glossary/markdown-negotiation
Site: Am I Ready for Agents?
Last reviewed: 2026-11-04

# Markdown negotiation

## In short

Markdown negotiation is a nice-to-have once the normal page works without scripts. Self-check question 8 goes into the detail. Compare it with llms.txt and Initial HTML. Cloudflare's Radar scan found 3.9 percent of top sites pass markdown negotiation (17 Apr 2026).

## Definition

A site returning a plain markdown version of a page when an agent asks for one with the header Accept: text/markdown.

## A dated example

-   Read 4 Nov 2026
    
    Cloudflare's Radar scan found 3.9 percent of top sites pass markdown negotiation (17 Apr 2026).
    
    [Cloudflare: Introducing the Agent Readiness score (17 Apr 2026)](https://blog.cloudflare.com/agent-readiness/), read 4 Nov 2026
    

## Where it matters

It is a nice-to-have once the normal page works without scripts.

-   [Self-check question 8](https://amireadyforagents.com/self-check#q8)

## Related terms

-   [llms.txt](https://amireadyforagents.com/glossary/llms-txt)A proposed plain-text file that points AI tools to a site's most useful pages, written for language models.
-   [Initial HTML](https://amireadyforagents.com/glossary/initial-html)The page as your server first sends it, before any scripts run.

## Sources

1.  [Cloudflare: Introducing the Agent Readiness score (17 Apr 2026)](https://blog.cloudflare.com/agent-readiness/) (blog.cloudflare.com/agent-readiness), read 4 Nov 2026.

Last reviewed 4 November 2026

Reviewed 4 November 2026. [1 source](#sources), each with the day it was read.