- Visibility8
- Citations1
- Sentiment70
- Site quality87
- AI readiness29
AI assistants name True Value in 8.3% of answers, which is a bit more often than the typical company in the retail sector at 6.7%. Its overall score is 34 out of 100, ranking 917th of 2,047 companies in the study. Its website passes 4 out of 14 technical checks for AI tool readiness.
We asked 15 unbranded questions about the retail market: none named True Value. AI assistants named it in 5 of 60 answers (8.3%). The typical retail company is named in 6.7% of answers. By how often it is named, True Value ranks 279 of 640 in its sector.
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Five parts, each scored out of 100.
How often AI assistants name the company
How often AI uses the company's own website as a source
How positively AI describes the company
How well built the website's own pages are
How easily AI tools can read and use the website
Visibility is calculated from the answers on this page. How the score is built.
640 companies in this sector. The line on each bar is the typical company.
An answer that names the company
“What are the best places to buy home improvement supplies for DIY projects in the US?”
Here are some of the best places to buy home improvement supplies for DIY projects in the US:
Big-Box Home Improvement Stores:
Home Depot - One of the largest home improvement retailers with extensive product selection, competitive pricing, and numerous locations nationwide
Lowe's - Another major chain offering a wide variety of tools, materials, and supplies with good customer service
Menards - Primarily located in the Midwest and surrounding regions, known for competitive pricing and frequent sales
Specialty Retailers:
Ace Hardware - Local and regional hardw …
The AI’s answer as we received it, shortened and not checked for accuracy.
How the mentions in these answers were split between this company and its rivals
Answers naming it, out of answers received
What this website publishes for an AI agent to read, use and buy from, on a scale of six levels.
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Level 1: Basic web presence. Two of robots.txt, a sitemap and Link headers are in place.
- Content Signals
We could not tell. The website turned away our requests for the files an agent would read. An agent arriving by itself is turned away the same way.
- UCPCould not check
- ACPCould not check
- AP2Not present
- x402Not present
- MPPNot present
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- study: 92.0%robots.txtPassed
A valid robots.txt with crawl rules at the site root.
- study: 86.8%SitemapPassed
An XML sitemap listing the pages, ideally referenced from robots.txt.
- study: 0.3%Link headersNot met
Send Link headers such as rel="api-catalog" or rel="describedby" on the homepage.
- study: 5.5%DNS for AI DiscoveryNot present
Advertise agent endpoints with SVCB records under _agents.
- study: 1.9%Markdown negotiationNot met
Return a markdown version when asked with Accept: text/markdown, for example at the CDN.
- study: 25.1%llms.txtNot met
Publish an llms.txt with a short summary and the key links.
- study: 93.4%AI bot rulesPassed
Explicit robots.txt rules for AI crawlers such as GPTBot, ClaudeBot and PerplexityBot.
- study: 1.4%Content SignalsNot met
Add a Content-Signal line for search, ai-input and ai-train to robots.txt.
- study: 0.2%Web Bot AuthCould not check
Only relevant if you run your own agents or crawlers: publish a signing key directory.
- study: 0.3%API CatalogCould not check
List public APIs in a linkset at /.well-known/api-catalog.
- study: 11.8%OAuth discoveryCould not check
Publish OpenID Connect or OAuth server metadata under /.well-known.
- study: 10.3%OAuth Protected ResourceCould not check
Serve protected resource metadata at /.well-known/oauth-protected-resource.
- study: 0.0%auth.mdNot met
Publish an auth.md describing how agents sign in.
- study: 0.2%MCP Server CardCould not check
Offer an MCP server and publish its server card under /.well-known.
- study: 0.1%A2A Agent CardCould not check
Publish an agent card at /.well-known/agent-card.json.
- study: 0.2%Agent SkillsCould not check
Publish a skills index with the main tasks agents can do.
- study: 33.7%WebMCPCould not check
Register key actions such as search or cart as WebMCP tools.
- study: 0.1%ARD manifestCould not check
Publish an ai-catalog.json listing every agent interface.
Score 46 of 100 · 65% of checks could run · checked on October 5, 2026 · www.truevalue.com · 2,047 companies scanned
4 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.
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- Passedrobots.txt publishedstudy: 85.0%
- PassedXML sitemapstudy: 73.2%
- Not metHTTP Link headers (RFC 8288)study: 29.0%
- Not metMarkdown content negotiationstudy: 8.3%
- Not metllms.txt publishedstudy: 21.7%
- PassedToken budget (page weight)study: 95.2%
- PassedExplicit AI bot rulesstudy: 13.0%
- 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%
This website sets rules for 6 AI crawlers by name. All others follow its general rules.
- GPTBotpartly
- ClaudeBot*allowed
- Anthropic-AIpartly
- Google-Extendedpartly
- Applebot-Extendedpartly
- Meta-ExternalAgentpartly
- FacebookBot*allowed
- Bytespiderpartly
- CCBotpartly
- Diffbotpartly
- Omgilibotpartly
- OAI-SearchBotpartly
- Claude-SearchBot*allowed
- PerplexityBot*allowed
- Applebotpartly
- Amazonbotpartly
- YouBotpartly
- ChatGPT-Userpartly
- Claude-User*allowed
- Perplexity-User*allowed
- 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.
How many times each website was listed as a source in these answers
In the study as NRF Top 100 retailers. Number 67 on the NRF Top 100 Retailers 2026 list, ranked by US retail sales.
- What are the best places to buy home improvement supplies for DIY projects in the US?
- What options exist for renting tools instead of buying from a traditional hardware store?
- How do local hardware stores compare to big-box retailers for paint and painting supplies?
- Are home improvement products cheaper at independent retailers or large chains?
- Which stores offer the widest selection of power tools for homeowners?
- How much should I expect to pay for painting supplies at a hardware store?
- What should I do if my spreader isn’t distributing fertilizer evenly?
- Garden cart vs wheelbarrow: which is better for yard work projects?
- How can I fix a leaky kitchen faucet with basic hardware store supplies?
- Where can I find eco-friendly cleaning supplies besides hardware retailers?
- Best outdoor decor options for small patios on a budget?
- What are good alternatives to buying appliances at a hardware store?
- Are premium lawn care products really better than standard options for home gardeners?
- What are must-have tools for first-time homeowners tackling home maintenance?
- Is it worth investing in cordless power tools for home repairs?
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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