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Chipotle Mexican Grill

chipotle.com · Travel · CMG

Ranked 158 of 2,047 companies in the study

43Overall score
  • Visibility49
  • Citations1
  • Sentiment50
  • Site quality87
  • AI readiness21
What this means for Chipotle Mexican Grill

AI assistants name Chipotle Mexican Grill in 58.3% of answers, which is much more often than the typical company in its sector at 21.7%. Its overall score is 43 out of 100, ranking 158th of 2,047 companies. The website passes 3 of 14 technical checks for how ready it is for AI tools.

We asked 15 unbranded questions about the travel market: none named Chipotle Mexican Grill. AI assistants named it in 35 of 60 answers (58.3%). The typical travel company is named in 21.7% of answers. By how often it is named, Chipotle Mexican Grill ranks 1 of 75 in its sector.

Named by AI in
58.3%
35 of 60 answers
Share of mentions
34.0%
compared with 5 rivals
AI readiness
3/14
technical checks passed. Typical for its sector: 3
Rank in its sector
13 of 75
by overall score, where the typical travel company scores 37
How Chipotle Mexican Grill compares with all 2,047 companies

Every dot is a company in the study. Hover one to see it; click to open its report.

This companySame sectorEvery other companyNever named

What makes up the score

Five parts, each scored out of 100.

Visibility
49

How often AI assistants name the company

Citations
1

How often AI uses the company's own website as a source

Sentiment
50

How positively AI describes the company

Site quality
87

How well built the website's own pages are

AI readiness
21

How easily AI tools can read and use the website

Visibility is calculated from the answers on this page. How the score is built.

Compared with travel

75 companies in this sector. The line on each bar is the typical company.

Overall score43
Ranks 13 of 75. Typical company: 37
Named in answers58%
Ranks 1 of 75. Typical company: 22%
AI readiness21
Ranks 34 of 75. Typical company: 21
What Gemini actually said

An answer that names the company

“Where can I find fast-casual Mexican-style food with healthy options?”

Several fast-casual Mexican-style restaurants offer healthy options, often allowing for customization to fit dietary needs. Chipotle, Qdoba, and Baja Fresh are popular choices with various nutritious selections. Rubio's Coastal Grill also emphasizes healthier choices, particularly seafood and plant-based options.

Here's a breakdown of what you can find:

Chipotle

Customization is key: You can build your own bowls, salads, or tacos.

Healthy Bases: Opt for a salad base with extra romaine lettuce or lifestyle bowls instead of burritos or burrito bowls to reduce calorie in …

The AI’s answer as we received it, shortened and not checked for accuracy.

Also named
Baja Fresh9Freebirds World Burrito3
Share of mentions

How the mentions in these answers were split between this company and its rivals

Chipotle Mexican Grill
35.7%
QDOBA Mexican Eats
30.6%
Moe’s Southwest Grill
15.3%
Baja Fresh
9.2%
Taco Bell Cantina
6.1%
Freebirds World Burrito
3.1%
Which AI assistants named the company

Answers naming it, out of answers received

Gemini
11/15
Perplexity
11/15
Claude
8/15
OpenAI
5/15
Ready for AI agents

What this website publishes for an AI agent to read, use and buy from, on a scale of six levels.

  1. 0
  2. 1
  3. 2
  4. 3
  5. 4
  6. 5

Level 1: Basic web presence. Two of robots.txt, a sitemap and Link headers are in place.

To reach level 2:
  • Content Signals
Show every check, for your technical team
Discoverability
77 of 100
  • robots.txtPassed

    A valid robots.txt with crawl rules at the site root.

    study: 92.0%
  • SitemapPassed

    An XML sitemap listing the pages, ideally referenced from robots.txt.

    study: 86.8%
  • Link headersNot met

    Send Link headers such as rel="api-catalog" or rel="describedby" on the homepage.

    study: 0.3%
  • DNS for AI DiscoveryNot present

    Advertise agent endpoints with SVCB records under _agents.

    study: 5.5%
Content accessibility
0 of 100
  • Markdown negotiationNot met

    Return a markdown version when asked with Accept: text/markdown, for example at the CDN.

    study: 1.9%
  • llms.txtNot met

    Publish an llms.txt with a short summary and the key links.

    study: 25.1%
Bot access control
32 of 100
  • AI bot rulesPartly met

    Add explicit robots.txt groups for the main AI crawlers.

    study: 93.4%
  • Content SignalsNot met

    Add a Content-Signal line for search, ai-input and ai-train to robots.txt.

    study: 1.4%
  • Web Bot AuthNot present

    Only relevant if you run your own agents or crawlers: publish a signing key directory.

    study: 0.2%
APIs, auth and MCP
0 of 100
  • API CatalogNot met

    List public APIs in a linkset at /.well-known/api-catalog.

    study: 0.3%
  • OAuth discoveryNot met

    Publish OpenID Connect or OAuth server metadata under /.well-known.

    study: 11.8%
  • OAuth Protected ResourceNot met

    Serve protected resource metadata at /.well-known/oauth-protected-resource.

    study: 10.3%
  • auth.mdNot met

    Publish an auth.md describing how agents sign in.

    study: 0.0%
  • MCP Server CardNot met

    Offer an MCP server and publish its server card under /.well-known.

    study: 0.2%
  • A2A Agent CardNot met

    Publish an agent card at /.well-known/agent-card.json.

    study: 0.1%
  • Agent SkillsNot met

    Publish a skills index with the main tasks agents can do.

    study: 0.2%
  • WebMCPCould not check

    Register key actions such as search or cart as WebMCP tools.

    study: 33.7%
  • ARD manifestNot met

    Publish an ai-catalog.json listing every agent interface.

    study: 0.1%

Score 25 of 100 · 97% of checks could run · checked on October 5, 2026 · www.chipotle.com · 2,047 companies scanned

See how every company did, and how this was measured.

The checks behind the AI readiness score

3 of 14 passed. This list is for your technical team. The percentage is how many companies in the study pass each check.

These 14 checks ran during the audit and are what the AI readiness part of the overall score counts. The scan above ran later and is stricter on Link headers and Markdown, so a check can pass here and not there.

Show the 14 checks
Discoverability
  • Passedrobots.txt publishedstudy: 85.0%
  • PassedXML sitemapstudy: 73.2%
  • Not metHTTP Link headers (RFC 8288)study: 29.0%
Content Accessibility
  • Not metMarkdown content negotiationstudy: 8.3%
  • Not metllms.txt publishedstudy: 21.7%
  • PassedToken budget (page weight)study: 95.2%
Bot Access Control
  • Not metExplicit AI bot rulesstudy: 13.0%
API / Auth / MCP
  • Not metAPI Catalog (.well-known/api-catalog)study: 0.2%
  • Not metOAuth Authorization Server discoverystudy: 10.1%
  • Not metOAuth Protected Resource discoverystudy: 9.3%
  • Not metMCP Server Cardstudy: 0.0%
  • Not metA2A Agent Cardstudy: 0.0%
  • Not metWebMCP toolsstudy: 4.2%
  • Not metAgent Skills declaredstudy: 0.0%
What AI crawlers may read (robots.txt)

This website sets no rules for any AI crawler by name, like 84% of the websites whose rules we could read. Every AI crawler follows its general rules.

Training AI
  • GPTBotpartly
  • ClaudeBotpartly
  • Anthropic-AIpartly
  • Google-Extendedpartly
  • Applebot-Extendedpartly
  • Meta-ExternalAgentpartly
  • FacebookBotpartly
  • Bytespiderpartly
  • CCBotpartly
  • Diffbotpartly
  • Omgilibotpartly
AI search
  • OAI-SearchBotpartly
  • Claude-SearchBotpartly
  • PerplexityBotpartly
  • Applebotpartly
  • Amazonbotpartly
  • YouBotpartly
Answering questions
  • ChatGPT-Userpartly
  • Claude-Userpartly
  • Perplexity-Userpartly
  • DuckAssistBotpartly
  • MistralAI-Userpartly

Read from the website’s own rules file (robots.txt). An asterisk marks a crawler the file names. The rest follow its general rules. “Partly” means only some pages are blocked.

Websites the AI used as sources

How many times each website was listed as a source in these answers

atly.com
24
eatthis.com
19
justdial.com
18
nrn.com
14
catercow.com
14
tastingtable.com
13
mashed.com
11
thetakeout.com
11
facebook.com
8
reddit.com
8

In the study as S&P 500.

Every question, and where the company came up (12 of 15)
QuestionOpenAIClaudePerplexityGemini
  • Where can I find fast-casual Mexican-style food with healthy options?
  • Quick lunch options for vegetarians at Mexican-inspired casual dining spots
  • Best places to get customizable burritos and bowls quickly
  • How do customizable taco spots compare to fixed-menu Mexican eateries?
  • Average cost of a burrito with extras at a fast-casual Mexican restaurant
  • How much does it typically cost to order catering from a Mexican-inspired fast-casual chain?
  • What are the most popular fast-casual Mexican restaurant menu items in the US?
  • What are the best family meal options at fast-casual Mexican eateries?
  • Fast-casual Mexican restaurants vs traditional sit-down Mexican dining
  • How to customize a burrito bowl for food allergies at fast-casual Mexican restaurants?
  • Is catering from a fast-casual Mexican restaurant a good value for large groups?
  • Best way to order for picky eaters at a build-your-own taco place
  • Are made-to-order burrito chains worth the higher price for lunch?
  • Fast-casual Mexican food vs quick service American grills
  • Alternatives to fast-casual Mexican spots for customizable healthy meals
named the companyanswered without naming itdid not answer

Columns, left to right: OpenAI, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini. The AI assistants often disagree. Across the study, on 40% of the questions where a company is named, only one of the four names it.

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