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[deep-report] GEO Optimizer scanner reports false 0-scores for llms.txt/AI-discovery files that are live and working #53787

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— drives repeated duplicate issue filing

Description: Today's GEO Audit Report (discussion #53758) claims llms_txt scores 0/18 with found: false at https://github.github.com/gh-aw/llms.txt, and "No AI Discovery signals" (0/6) on the docs site for /.well-known/ai.txt, /ai/summary.json, /ai/faq.json, /ai/service.json. Live verification during this analysis shows all of these URLs return HTTP 200 with correct, real content:

  • https://github.github.com/gh-aw/llms.txt → 200 (served by the Astro dynamic route docs/src/pages/llms.txt.ts)
  • https://github.github.com/gh-aw/.well-known/ai.txt → 200
  • https://github.github.com/gh-aw/ai/summary.json → 200

The report itself already diagnosed the same class of bug for robots_txt this cycle ("the scanner probes the domain root... rather than the /gh-aw/ project-site base path") but did not extend that root-cause reasoning to the llms_txt/ai_discovery checks, which are also false negatives. This scanner bug is very likely the direct cause of at least 4 currently-open near-duplicate [geo-optimizer] issues asking to "create" files that already exist and work: #53759, #53435, #52534, #52763 — plus at least 3 previously closed AI-discovery issues (#48045, #48046, #48209) that appear to have been legitimately fixed already. A prior dedup-check fix (#48695, closed) has evidently not stopped this recurrence.

Expected Impact: Fixing the scanner's base-URL/path handling for these checks eliminates a recurring source of false-positive findings and wasted duplicate-issue triage across every future GEO audit run. Also close #53759, #53435, #52534, #52763 as invalid once the scanner is fixed (they ask for files that already exist).

Suggested Agent: geo-optimizer workflow maintainer / New Agent for scanner fix

Estimated Effort: Medium (1-4 hours) — includes scanner fix + closing the stale duplicate issues

Data Source: DeepReport analysis, 2026-08-18 18:23Z cycle, cross-referencing discussion #53758 against live curl verification and gh api issue history.

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  • expires on Aug 20, 2026, 10:32 AM UTC-08:00

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