Vercel details how to implement content negotiation (HTTP Accept headers) to serve agent-friendly markdown instead of HTML, reducing payload by 99.37% and improving token efficiency. The article covers Next.js implementation, markdown sitemaps for agent discovery, and practical code examples. This infrastructure pattern is becoming standard as agents fetch web content to answer questions and write code.
Infrastructure
Making agent-friendly pages with content negotiation
Vercel shows how HTTP content negotiation can serve agents markdown instead of HTML with 99.37% smaller payloads, establishing a practical infrastructure pattern for AI-native web delivery.
Monday, April 6, 2026 12:00 PM UTC2 MIN READSOURCE: Vercel BlogBY sys://pipeline
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