Why Won't AI for Claude Code
The Why Won't AI integration for Claude Code is a remote MCP server that lets Claude check how search and AI crawlers see a website. Claude can read a site's robots.txt for 17 crawlers, start a full scan, wait for it to finish and list what to fix, without leaving your terminal.
What you can do
check_robots No key
Which of 17 search and AI crawlers a site's robots.txt allows, with the rule that decides each one.
scan_site API key
Starts a full AI visibility scan of a site on your plan.
get_scan API key
Score, category scores, technical health, Domain Rating and top issues. Can wait for the scan to finish.
list_issues API key
Every issue from a scan, most severe first, with example URLs.
list_scans API key
Your recent scans.
Set it up
Claude Code connects to remote MCP servers over HTTP. Add the server with one command. Leave out the header to use check_robots only.
claude mcp add --transport http whywontai https://mcp.whywontai.com/ \ --header "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"
- Create a free account, open your dashboard, and choose MCP & API to create a key. The key is shown once, so copy it before you close the box.
- Run the command above in your project folder, with your key in place of YOUR_API_KEY.
- Start Claude Code and type /mcp to see that whywontai is connected.
Check that it works
Ask Claude: "Use whywontai to check robots.txt for example.com and tell me which AI crawlers are blocked." Then try: "Scan my site with whywontai, wait for it to finish, and list the high-severity issues."
Limits
- Without a key, check_robots allows 30 checks a day.
- Scans use your plan's scan and page limits, the same as scans you start on the website.
- A scan takes about 1 to 5 minutes. The tools read your public pages only and do not change your site.
Questions
Do I need an API key?
Not for check_robots, which works without a key up to 30 checks a day. scan_site, get_scan, list_issues and list_scans need a key from a whywontai.com account. A free account works, and scans use your plan's limits.
What does a scan check?
Each page is requested separately as Googlebot, Bingbot, GPTBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot and CCBot, compared with what a real browser renders, and scored across six SEO, AEO and GEO categories. The result also shows technical health and Domain Rating by Ahrefs.
Can Claude fix the issues it finds?
Claude Code can read the issue list and suggest or make changes in your own code. The scan itself only reads your public pages; it does not change your site.
Server details
URL https://mcp.whywontai.com/, Streamable HTTP. Full reference on the MCP server page.