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Built-in integration tooView abilitiescitelayer abilities, governed through the Bridge
An agent can read this site's AI-readiness score, llms.txt status, AI bot analytics, referral stats, Schema.org status and SEO-plugin compatibility status, and, once read-only mode is turned off, can trigger a fresh readiness scan or set whether a given post is excluded from llms.txt.
- Abilities
- 97 read2 write
- Active installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 0% (0 ratings)
- Version
- 1.13.3
- Requires
- WP 6.4+, PHP 7.4+
- Last updated
- 2026-09-28 6:07pm GMT
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What has to be true first
Needs WordPress 6.9 or later for the Abilities API (the plugin itself supports 6.4+), the plugin active, and its abilities option left on (default). Every ability checks manage_options; the run-readiness-scan and set-llms-txt-exclusion abilities also require read-only mode to be turned off, and set-llms-txt-exclusion additionally checks edit_post on the target post.
- a global enabled option (citelayer_enable_abilities, default on) must be on for any ability to register
- a separate read-only-mode option (citelayer_abilities_read_only, default ON) keeps the two write abilities (run-readiness-scan, set-llms-txt-exclusion) from registering at all until an admin turns read-only mode off; the seven read abilities register regardless of this setting
A note on the count below
9 ability definitions exist in source; only 7 (the read ones) register by default because citelayer_abilities_read_only defaults to on and hides the two write abilities from the registry entirely.
The 9 citelayer abilities
Grouped by what each one can change. Every one starts off until you enable it.
Read 7
- Read
Get AI readiness score
Returns the site's AI readiness score.
- Read
Get llms.txt status
Returns whether llms.txt exists and its current state.
- Read
Get bot analytics
Returns analytics on AI-bot traffic to the site.
- Read
Get AI blind spots
Returns content areas an AI crawler cannot see or index.
- Read
Get referral stats
Returns referral traffic statistics attributed to AI answer engines.
- Read
Get Schema.org status
Returns the site's current structured-data (Schema.org) status.
- Read
Get compatibility status
Returns which SEO plugin is detected and citelayer's compatibility mode with it.
Write 2
- Write
Run readiness scan
Triggers a fresh AI-readiness scan of the site. Only registered when read-only mode is off.
- Write
Set llms.txt exclusion
Sets whether a given post is excluded from llms.txt. Only registered when read-only mode is off.
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How to switch these on
Four steps from two active plugins to a governed connection.
Install citelayer and Agent Abilities for MCP
Both plugins need to be active on the same WordPress site. citelayer registers its own abilities; this plugin discovers and governs them.
Open the Other plugins screen
In Agent Abilities for MCP, open the Bridge tab (labeled "Other plugins" in the admin). Abilities from every registered plugin appear there, grouped by the plugin that registered them.
Enable one ability at a time
Every ability from citelayer starts off. Turn on only the ones you want an agent to reach, or enable the whole set in one click.
Connect as a least-privilege user
Approve the connection as a WordPress account scoped to what you actually want the agent to do. Each call still re-checks that account’s capability before it runs.
Read more in how bridging works or the full documentation.
Frequently asked questions
Does citelayer work with the Bridge?
Yes. It registers up to nine abilities directly in the core Abilities API with no MCP server of its own, so the Bridge is the only way an agent reaches them; by default seven of the nine are actually registered.
What has to be true for citelayer's abilities to register?
a global enabled option (citelayer_enable_abilities, default on) must be on for any ability to register. a separate read-only-mode option (citelayer_abilities_read_only, default ON) keeps the two write abilities (run-readiness-scan, set-llms-txt-exclusion) from registering at all until an admin turns read-only mode off; the seven read abilities register regardless of this setting.
Does citelayer need anything special to work with the Bridge?
Needs WordPress 6.9 or later for the Abilities API (the plugin itself supports 6.4+), the plugin active, and its abilities option left on (default). Every ability checks manage_options; the run-readiness-scan and set-llms-txt-exclusion abilities also require read-only mode to be turned off, and set-llms-txt-exclusion additionally checks edit_post on the target post.
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Bridge citelayer, keep the same control.
Every ability starts off, is scoped to the user you connect, and is written to the same audit log as core. Turn on only what you need.
Off by default. Capability checked on every call.