Governance checks
Flowpane assesses eight governance artefact types. Six are fixed text files; Cookies & Consent is a homepage observation; Sitemaps uses a specialised scan/crawl lifecycle.
Artifact types
| Artifact | What it does | Specification |
|---|---|---|
| robots.txt | Controls crawler access | robotstxt.org |
| ads.txt | Declares authorised ad sellers | IAB Tech Lab |
| security.txt | Security contact and disclosure | RFC 9116 |
| llms.txt | Curated site context for language models | llmstxt.org |
| ai.txt | Flowpane-supported declared AI-use preferences | Community convention; not an RFC or enforcement mechanism |
| humans.txt | Credits the people behind the site | humanstxt.org |
| Cookies & Consent | Bounded homepage tracker/CMP discovery evidence | Observation only; not legal-compliance proof |
| Sitemaps | URL inventory for search engines | sitemaps.org |
How checks work
See How checks work for the check pipeline. See Governance scoring for how scores are calculated.