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title: "Plain fetch: glossary: Agent Ready HTML"
description: "Plain fetch defined: An HTTP GET that reads the response body without executing scripts, the way most agent web tools and curl read pages."
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last_updated: 2026-11-04
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# Plain fetch: glossary: Agent Ready HTML

> Plain fetch defined: An HTTP GET that reads the response body without executing scripts, the way most agent web tools and curl read pages.

Source: https://agentreadyhtml.com/glossary/plain-fetch/
Site: Agent Ready HTML
Last reviewed: 2026-11-04

# Plain fetch

In short

An HTTP GET that reads the response body without executing scripts, the way most agent web tools and curl read pages. Example: The Vercel and Ora guide tests access with curl -iL -A Claude-User/1.0 against a page URL. Related terms: Initial HTML, Prerendering, Optional section.

## Source of the example

The example in the summary above is from [vercel.com](https://vercel.com/kb/guide/make-your-site-readable-by-ai-agents), read 4 November 2026.

## Where it shows up on this site

-   [Plain Fetch viewer](https://agentreadyhtml.com/viewer/)
-   [Guide: see your site as plain fetch](https://agentreadyhtml.com/guides/see-your-site-as-plain-fetch/)

## Neighbouring terms

-   [Initial HTML](https://agentreadyhtml.com/glossary/initial-html/): The HTML document a server returns for a URL before any JavaScript runs.
-   [Prerendering](https://agentreadyhtml.com/glossary/prerendering/): Rendering pages to static HTML at build time so every request gets finished content.
-   [Optional section](https://agentreadyhtml.com/glossary/optional-section/): An H2 named Optional in llms.txt that holds secondary links.

## Sources

1.  [vercel.com](https://vercel.com/kb/guide/make-your-site-readable-by-ai-agents) https://vercel.com/kb/guide/make-your-site-readable-by-ai-agents, read 4 November 2026

Last reviewed 4 November 2026

Edition

Crawl

2026-11-04

Page updated

2026-11-04

Method

How the viewer reads a page, how a file is graded and how a platform is scored: [the method page](https://agentreadyhtml.com/method/).