# IndexNow Submit

Check your IndexNow key file, then send your sitemap to Bing, Yandex and 4 more engines. It is free, with no sign-up and no key.

Also known as: IndexNow Submitter, IndexNow Sitemap Submitter, IndexNow Key Checker, Bing URL Submit.

## What it does

IndexNow Submit sends the URLs in your sitemap to every IndexNow search engine and shows each engine's own answer: Microsoft Bing, Yandex, Seznam.cz, Naver, Yep, Amazonbot.

It works only for a site whose IndexNow key file is live and holds exactly the key. The file is read before anything is sent, and a wrong or missing file stops the submit with the exact fix (a 404, an HTML page served in its place, the wrong text, a redirect to another host).

The check reads robots.txt for the sitemap, follows a sitemap index into its children, unpacks gzip, and says which URLs would be sent and why the others are left out: another host such as www, outside the key file's folder, duplicates or too long. It flags tracking parameters and http addresses. changed_since sends only pages whose lastmod moved, and when more than 10,000 qualify the newest go first and batch 2, 3 and on send the rest.

No key yet? The check makes one and gives the file to publish. Free, no sign-up, nothing stored; one submit per site every 60 seconds, and the same batch once every 5 minutes. Accepted means received, not indexed. Google does not use IndexNow. A page at https://tools.openkrill.app/indexnow does the same for people.

- Submits sitemap URLs to 6 IndexNow engines and returns each engine's status and meaning
- Refuses to submit until the site's key file is live and holds exactly the key
- Explains a broken key file: 404, an HTML page in its place, wrong text, a redirect to another host
- Finds the sitemap in robots.txt, follows sitemap indexes and reads gzip sitemaps
- Shows which URLs are left out and why: other host such as www, outside the key folder, duplicates
- Sends only pages changed since a date, newest first, 10,000 per submit in batches
- Makes a new IndexNow key and gives the exact file to publish

## Who it is for

Anyone who asks an AI assistant a question like this one: “Submit the pages that changed this week on my site to IndexNow.”

## Price

IndexNow Submit is free to use. There is no sign-up, no account and no API key. Calls are limited to 60 calls a minute per network and 5000 calls a day per server, shared by all callers. Repeat questions are answered from a cache.

## Tools it offers

- `indexnow_check`: Check IndexNow key file and sitemap
- `indexnow_submit`: Submit sitemap URLs to IndexNow

## Connect

The MCP server is `https://indexnow.openkrill.app/mcp` (streamable HTTP). It needs no key.

Claude Code, in one command:

```
claude mcp add --transport http indexnow https://indexnow.openkrill.app/mcp
```

Hermes Agent, in one command that answers its two setup questions (no key, enable all tools):

```
printf 'n\ny\n' | hermes mcp add indexnow --url https://indexnow.openkrill.app/mcp
```

Or add these lines to `~/.hermes/config.yaml`, under an existing `mcp_servers:` key if the file has one. Start a new Hermes session after either step.

```
mcp_servers:
  indexnow:
    url: https://indexnow.openkrill.app/mcp
```

Any other agent: give it this page's Markdown address, `https://tools.openkrill.app/tools/indexnow.md`, and ask it to connect IndexNow Submit.

Install guides, each checked with a real call: [IndexNow Submit in ChatGPT](https://tools.openkrill.app/integrations/indexnow/chatgpt), [IndexNow Submit in Claude](https://tools.openkrill.app/integrations/indexnow/claude), [IndexNow Submit in Cursor](https://tools.openkrill.app/integrations/indexnow/cursor), [IndexNow Submit in VS Code](https://tools.openkrill.app/integrations/indexnow/vscode), [IndexNow Submit in Pi](https://tools.openkrill.app/integrations/indexnow/pi).

## Job recipes for agents

Step-by-step recipes that walk an agent through 2 jobs with this server's tools:

- Check IndexNow key file and sitemap, with `indexnow_check`
- Submit sitemap URLs to IndexNow, with `indexnow_submit`

[Download the recipes as SKILL.md](https://tools.openkrill.app/skills/indexnow-jobs/SKILL.md). Save it as `indexnow-jobs/SKILL.md` in your agent's skills folder. A connected MCP client gets the same recipes from `prompts/list` on this server.

It is listed under Websites, domains and email in the [full tool list](https://tools.openkrill.app/tools). The same facts in plain text are in [llms.txt](https://tools.openkrill.app/llms.txt).

Source: the IndexNow Submit listing, version 1.0.0. As of 2026-10-18.