--- title: "Netlify: vendor profile: Agent Ready HTML" description: "Netlify, a host or CDN: 1 of 6 standards stated as supported, 11 sourced facts, dated plans and what it does not do. Read 2026-11-05." canonical: https://agentreadyhtml.com/vendors/netlify/ site: "Agent Ready HTML" last_updated: 2026-11-05 section: "Vendors" --- # Netlify: vendor profile: Agent Ready HTML > Netlify, a host or CDN: 1 of 6 standards stated as supported, 11 sourced facts, dated plans and what it does not do. Read 2026-11-05. Source: https://agentreadyhtml.com/vendors/netlify/ Site: Agent Ready HTML Last reviewed: 2026-11-05 # Netlify: vendor profile In short Netlify's prompt template asks a coding agent to add an edge function that converts HTML to markdown for Accept: text/markdown, since Netlify does not convert pages itself. Its Prerender extension takes no third-party API key. A catch-all SPA rewrite makes every unknown path answer 200. Pro lists at $20 a month. ## At a glance **standards.txt** netlify ```text llms-txt = no statement markdown-negotiation = partial markdown-twin = no statement initial-html = partial real-404 = supports vary-accept = no statement ``` 1 supports, 2 partial or announced, 3 no statement. **Netlify** Host, CDN or edge product Web hosting and edge platform. Netlify answers missing paths with a site 404.html when one exists, offers a Prerender extension that hands JavaScript apps to agents as HTML, and publishes an edge-function template for markdown negotiation. Type [Host, CDN or edge product](https://agentreadyhtml.com/vendors/by-type/host-or-cdn/) Headquarters United States Home page [www.netlify.com](https://www.netlify.com/), answered HTTP 200 on 2026-11-05 Last read 5 November 2026 ## What it does for this layer - Netlify says it was founded in 2014 and is a venture-backed software company headquartered in San Francisco. \[primary source\] [source](https://www.netlify.com/about/), read 5 November 2026. - A 404.html file in a Netlify deploy is picked up automatically and shown for any path that does not resolve to a static file, with no redirect rule needed. \[primary source\] [source](https://docs.netlify.com/manage/routing/redirects/redirect-options/), read 5 November 2026. - Netlify redirect rules accept status 404 to show a custom not-found page for a given path while the address bar keeps the requested URL. \[primary source\] [source](https://docs.netlify.com/manage/routing/redirects/redirect-options/), read 5 November 2026. - Netlify documents a catch-all rewrite to /index.html with status 200 for single-page apps that use history pushState, usually listed as the last rule; with that rule every unknown path answers 200. \[primary source\] [source](https://docs.netlify.com/manage/routing/redirects/rewrites-proxies/), read 5 November 2026. - Netlify's prerendering docs say prerendering serves pre-rendered HTML to crawlers, agents and preview services while regular visitors keep the JavaScript application. \[primary source\] [source](https://docs.netlify.com/build/post-processing/prerendering/), read 5 November 2026. - The Netlify Prerender extension runs on Netlify Edge Functions and Functions, needs no third-party API key and requires Node.js 20 or later; the Prerender.io extension is the alternative that needs a Prerender.io key. \[primary source\] [source](https://docs.netlify.com/build/post-processing/prerendering/), read 5 November 2026. - Netlify's Prerender extension replaces a legacy beta prerendering feature that Netlify now marks as deprecated. \[primary source\] [source](https://docs.netlify.com/build/post-processing/prerendering/), read 5 November 2026. - Netlify's markdown-for-agents prompt template, updated on 2026-03-16, asks a coding agent to add an edge function that checks for Accept: text/markdown, converts the origin HTML with Turndown and returns Content-Type: text/markdown; charset=utf-8. \[primary source, 2026-03-16\] [source](https://docs.netlify.com/prompt-templates/netlify/markdown-for-agents/), read 5 November 2026. - The same Netlify template adds an X-Markdown-Tokens header holding an estimated token count computed as string length divided by 4. \[primary source\] [source](https://docs.netlify.com/prompt-templates/netlify/markdown-for-agents/), read 5 November 2026. - Netlify's documentation pages tell agents that the full docs index is in llms.txt and that appending .md to any docs URL returns a markdown version. \[primary source\] [source](https://docs.netlify.com/manage/routing/redirects/redirect-options/), read 5 November 2026. - Netlify's Free plan carries a 300-credit monthly limit, and the Pro plan lists $20 a month with Pro tiers from 3,000 to 20,000 credits a month. \[primary source, 2026-11-05\] [source](https://www.netlify.com/pricing/), read 5 November 2026. ## Products and plans | Product | What it is | Price | As of | Source | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Netlify hosting and Edge Functions | Git-based deploys of static and server-rendered sites, with redirect rules, custom headers and edge functions that can read the Accept header. | Free tier, paid plans above it; Free plan with a 300-credit monthly limit; Pro listed at 20 USD a month with 3,000 to 20,000 credits | 2026-11-05 | source | | Netlify Prerender extension | Serves pre-rendered HTML of JavaScript apps to crawlers, agents and link-preview services, built on Netlify Edge Functions. | No price on the pages read | | | ## Standards | Standard | Status | What the vendor's pages say | Source | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | llms-txt | no statement | Netlify hosts whatever llms.txt a site deploys; no generator for customer sites is documented in the pages read. | none | | markdown-negotiation | partial | A Netlify prompt template builds an edge function that answers Accept: text/markdown; nothing is on by default. | source | | markdown-twin | no statement | Netlify's own docs offer .md URLs; no .md feature for customer sites was found. | none | | initial-html | partial | The Prerender extension serves pre-rendered HTML to agents for JavaScript apps once installed. | source | | real-404 | supports | A deployed 404.html is shown automatically for failed paths; a 200 SPA rewrite overrides that when added. | source | | vary-accept | no statement | The markdown template lists Content-Type and X-Markdown-Tokens headers; Vary is not named in the template text read. | none | ## Checks on its own site | Reading | Result | Date | | --- | --- | --- | | Home page request | HTTP 200; H1 in the initial HTML: yes; 1,277 words; 1 JSON-LD block | 2026-11-05 | | Request with Accept: text/markdown | HTTP 200, text/markdown, Vary: Accept-Encoding, Accept | 2026-11-05 | | /llms.txt at the host root | HTTP 200, text/plain, 2.9 KB, starts with an H1 | 2026-11-05 | | A made-up path | HTTP 404 | 2026-11-05 | | Ora score, cached | 90, grade A | 2026-11-04 | | Cloudflare keyless scan | 67, L5 Agent-Native | 2026-11-05 | | Shared crawl row | Tranco rank 3,927; home page HTTP 200; H1 in the HTML: yes; 1,578 words; JSON-LD types: Organization, WebSite, WebPage, BreadcrumbList, SoftwareApplication, ItemList; answers markdown: yes; made-up path HTTP 404; llms.txt valid: yes | 2026-11-04 | ## What it does not do - Netlify does not convert HTML to markdown for customer sites unless the site adds an edge function such as the one in its prompt template. ## Related pages on this site - [Hosts, CDNs and edge products in this section](https://agentreadyhtml.com/vendors/by-type/host-or-cdn/) - [The Plain Fetch viewer](https://agentreadyhtml.com/viewer/) ## Sources 1. [Netlify: home page](https://www.netlify.com/) https://www.netlify.com/, read 5 November 2026 2. [About Netlify](https://www.netlify.com/about/) https://www.netlify.com/about/, read 5 November 2026 3. [Redirect options | Netlify Docs](https://docs.netlify.com/manage/routing/redirects/redirect-options/) https://docs.netlify.com/manage/routing/redirects/redirect-options/, read 5 November 2026 4. [Rewrites and proxies | Netlify Docs](https://docs.netlify.com/manage/routing/redirects/rewrites-proxies/) https://docs.netlify.com/manage/routing/redirects/rewrites-proxies/, read 5 November 2026 5. [Prerendering | Netlify Docs](https://docs.netlify.com/build/post-processing/prerendering/) https://docs.netlify.com/build/post-processing/prerendering/, read 5 November 2026 6. [markdown-for-agents | Netlify Docs](https://docs.netlify.com/prompt-templates/netlify/markdown-for-agents/) https://docs.netlify.com/prompt-templates/netlify/markdown-for-agents/, read 5 November 2026 7. [Pricing and Plans | Netlify](https://www.netlify.com/pricing/) https://www.netlify.com/pricing/, read 5 November 2026 Last reviewed 5 November 2026 Edition Crawl 2026-11-04 Page updated 2026-11-05 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/).