BASF

basf.comIndustry, chemicals and energy

DAX 40

Level: 1; Basic web presence
Agent readiness score: 32
AEO score: 27
AI mention rate: 0%

AI engines name the brand in 0% of answers; BASF is ranked 8th of 13 for AEO score in its industry. BASF's agent readiness score is at level 1 with 32 points, which is above the industry median, but Link-Header, markdown negotiation, llms.txt, content signals and an API catalogue are not yet in place.

The next three steps

1Content Signals
Add a Content-Signal line for search, ai-input and ai-train to robots.txt.
A step toward level 2
2Markdown negotiation
Return a markdown version when asked with Accept: text/markdown, for example at the CDN.
3llms.txt
Publish an llms.txt with a short summary and the key links.

Compared with Industry, chemicals and energy

Agent readiness32
Industry median 24 · rank 4 of 13
AEO score27
Industry median 28 · rank 8 of 13
Mentions in AI answers0
Industry median 2 · rank 10 of 13
Visibility30
Industry median 30 · rank 7 of 13
Citations1
Industry median 1 · rank 4 of 13
Sentiment50
Industry median 50 · rank 7 of 13

Agent readiness level

0Not yet agent-ready
1Basic web presence
2Bot-aware
3Agent-readable
4Agent-integrated
5Agent-native

To reach level 2:

Content Signals

Areas

Discoverability76
Content accessibility0
Bot access control63
APIs, auth and MCP0

Every check

Discoverability

robots.txtPartly met
Publish a valid robots.txt with crawl rules and a Sitemap line.
Top sites: 98%
SitemapPassed
An XML sitemap listing the pages, ideally referenced from robots.txt.
Top sites: 88%
Link headersNot met
Send Link headers such as rel="api-catalog" or rel="describedby" on the homepage.
Top sites: 0%
DNS for AI DiscoveryPassed
SVCB or HTTPS records under _agents that advertise agent endpoints.
Top sites: 5%

Content accessibility

Markdown negotiationNot met
Return a markdown version when asked with Accept: text/markdown, for example at the CDN.
Top sites: 2%
llms.txtNot met
Publish an llms.txt with a short summary and the key links.
Top sites: 15%

Bot access control

AI bot rulesPassed
Explicit robots.txt rules for AI crawlers such as GPTBot, ClaudeBot and PerplexityBot.
Top sites: 99%
Content SignalsNot met
Add a Content-Signal line for search, ai-input and ai-train to robots.txt.
Top sites: 2%
Web Bot AuthNot present
Only relevant if you run your own agents or crawlers: publish a signing key directory.
Top sites: 0%

APIs, auth and MCP

API CatalogNot met
List public APIs in a linkset at /.well-known/api-catalog.
Top sites: 0%
OAuth discoveryNot met
Publish OpenID Connect or OAuth server metadata under /.well-known.
Top sites: 1%
OAuth Protected ResourceNot met
Serve protected resource metadata at /.well-known/oauth-protected-resource.
Top sites: 1%
auth.mdNot met
Publish an auth.md describing how agents sign in.
Top sites: 0%
MCP Server CardNot met
Offer an MCP server and publish its server card under /.well-known.
Top sites: 0%
A2A Agent CardNot met
Publish an agent card at /.well-known/agent-card.json.
Top sites: 0%
Agent SkillsNot met
Publish a skills index with the main tasks agents can do.
Top sites: 0%
WebMCPNot met
Register key actions such as search or cart as WebMCP tools.
Top sites: 1%
ARD manifestNot met
Publish an ai-catalog.json listing every agent interface.
Top sites: 0%

AI crawler rules (robots.txt)

Training

GPTBotallowed
ClaudeBotallowed
Anthropic-AIallowed
Google-Extendedallowed
GoogleOtherallowed
Applebot-Extendedallowed
Meta-ExternalAgentallowed
FacebookBotallowed
Bytespiderallowed
CCBotallowed
AI2Botallowed
Cohere-AIallowed
Claude-Weballowed
Omgilibotallowed
Diffbotallowed

OAI-SearchBotallowed
Claude-SearchBotallowed
PerplexityBotallowed
Applebotallowed
Amazonbotallowed
YouBotallowed
Timpibotallowed

Assistant

ChatGPT-Userallowed
Claude-Userallowed
Perplexity-Userallowed
DuckAssistBotallowed
MistralAI-Userallowed

Agentic commerce

x402Not present
MPPNot present
UCPNot present
ACPNot present
AP2Not present

Protocols that let AI agents shop and pay by themselves. They don't count toward the level.

Agent readiness score 32 · coverage 100% · checked on 19/09/2026 · www.basf.com

Mentions per AI engine

AIOpenAI0/15 · 0%
CClaude0/15 · 0%
PPerplexity0/15 · 0%
GGemini0/15 · 0%

Spotlight: Gemini

0%0 of 15 answers name BASF

„Welche umweltfreundlichen Alternativen existieren zu herkömmlichen Korrosionsschutzmitteln in industriellen Anwendungen?“

Welche umweltfreundlichen Alternativen existieren zu herkömmlichen Korrosionsschutzmitteln in industriellen Anwendungen? In der Industrie wird zunehmend Wert auf Nachhaltigkeit gelegt, um den ökologischen Fußabdruck zu verringern und strengere Umweltauflagen (wie REACH) zu erfüllen. Herkömmliche Korrosionsschutzmittel enthalten oft Schwermetalle (wie Chrom-6 oder Blei) oder flüchtige organische Verbindungen (VOCs), …

AI answer as returned, unverified and shortened.

Gemini names instead

REACH
Schwefelsäure
Ammoniak
Ethylen
Spezialchemikalien
Chrom-6
Blei
VOCs

Sources: stierand-chemie.de, wlw.de, kpmg.com, ewi.uni-koeln.de, klimareporter.de, acs.org

Most cited sources

1.umweltbundesamt.de32
2.chemanager-online.com10
3.sigmaaldrich.com8
4.wlw.de8
5.chemie.de8
6.cordis.europa.eu8
7.bundesumweltministerium.de6
8.umfis.de5

Own domain's share of all citations: 1%

Every question and answer

Question (original German)	AIOpenAI	CClaude	PPerplexity	GGemini
Welche umweltfreundlichen Alternativen existieren zu herkömmlichen Korrosionsschutzmitteln in industriellen Anwendungen?
Wie unterscheiden sich die Preise für Spezialchemikalien zwischen standardisierten und maßgeschneiderten Produkten?
Was ist der Unterschied zwischen massenproduzierten Industriechemikalien und maßgeschneiderten Speziallösungen?
Welche Rolle spielen Spezialchemikalien bei der Verbesserung energieeffizienter Elektronikbauteile?
Mit welchen Kosten muss man bei umweltfreundlichen Industriechemikalien in Deutschland rechnen?
Welche Industriechemikalien eignen sich am besten für nachhaltige Produktionsprozesse in der Automobilbranche?
Was tun, wenn ein Additiv in einem Herstellungsprozess nicht die erwartete Wirkung zeigt?
Wie können chemische Lösungen zur Optimierung von Ertragssteigerung in der Landwirtschaft eingesetzt werden?
Wie unterscheiden sich Spezialchemikalien von klassischen Industriechemikalien hinsichtlich Umweltverträglichkeit?
Lohnt es sich für mittelständische Unternehmen, in nachhaltige Industriechemikalien zu investieren?
Sind umweltfreundliche Spezialchemikalien vergleichbar leistungsfähig wie konventionelle Alternativen?
Welche Alternativen gibt es zu konventionellen Lösungsmitteln für die Produktion von Konsumgütern?
Was sind aktuelle Trends bei Spezialchemikalien für die Bauindustrie in Deutschland?
Was sind nachhaltige Ersatzstoffe für klassische Industrieadditive im Bauwesen?
Wie kann man Probleme mit Rückständen bei industriellen Chemieverfahren effektiv minimieren?

Brand named, positive
Brand named, neutral
Brand named, critical
Only competitors named
Brand not named
No answer

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Audit completed on 19 September 2026. Methodology

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