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title: "Sitemap: plain-language definition | Am I Ready for Agents?"
description: "Sitemap: A file that lists the pages you want automated visitors to find. What it is, a dated example and where it matters. Dated and sourced."
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last_updated: 2026-11-04
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# Sitemap: plain-language definition | Am I Ready for Agents?

> Sitemap: A file that lists the pages you want automated visitors to find. What it is, a dated example and where it matters. Dated and sourced.

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

# Sitemap

## In short

A sitemap is a backstop, since agents mostly arrive by following links. Read on in Self-check question 3. Compare it with llms.txt and robots.txt. Sitemap belongs to the Find area of the self-check. Ora's traced runs found agents reached sitemap.xml in about 4 percent of runs (October 2026).

## Definition

A file that lists the pages you want automated visitors to find. Useful, though agents mostly arrive by following links.

## A dated example

-   Read 4 Nov 2026
    
    Ora's traced runs found agents reached sitemap.xml in about 4 percent of runs (October 2026).
    
    Vendor claim. [AgentReady.org guide](https://agentready.org/?utm_source=amireadyforagents.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=glossary), read 4 Nov 2026
    

## Where it matters

It is a backstop, since agents mostly arrive by following links.

-   [Self-check question 3](https://amireadyforagents.com/self-check#q3)

## 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.
-   [robots.txt](https://amireadyforagents.com/glossary/robots-txt)A public text file at the root of a site that tells automated visitors which parts they may visit.

## Sources

1.  [AgentReady.org guide](https://agentready.org/?utm_source=amireadyforagents.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=glossary) (agentready.org), read 4 Nov 2026. Vendor claim.

Last reviewed 4 November 2026

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