# Check if a site looks AI-made

> Spot the tells of AI-made web design, from default fonts and purple gradients to icon card grids, then check any site free and get a fix prompt.

Canonical page: https://sitepeel.dev/guides/check-if-website-looks-ai-generated/

Look for defaults nobody chose: one stock font, purple gradients, glows, emoji icons, icon card grids and vague copy. Several together make a page read as generated.

Published: 2026-10-24

Tool used in this guide: [Website prompt generator](https://sitepeel.dev/website-prompt-generator/index.md)

## How to use it

1. **Paste the link** Paste the page’s link into the free AI slop checker. Sitepeel opens the page and measures what is really there.
2. **Read the score** See a 0–100 score, the tells that drive it, and each tell marked where it appears on the page.
3. **Copy the fix prompt** Paste it into Cursor, Claude Code, Lovable, v0 or Bolt. It keeps your colors and copy.
4. **Check the page again** Run the checker on the updated page to confirm the fixed tells are gone.

## The common tells, by area

Tells of generated web design and where to look

| Tell | Area | What to look for |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Default font | Type | Inter or the browser’s default font on every heading and paragraph |
| Accent word | Type | One headline word in another color, a gradient or italics |
| Stock purple | Color | Indigo-to-violet buttons, often Tailwind’s untouched default shades |
| Gradient text | Effects | Headings filled with a color gradient |
| Glows and blobs | Effects | Colored halos around buttons, blurred color blobs behind sections |
| Frosted glass | Effects | Cards with a blurred, see-through background |
| Default hero | Layout | A pill badge, a centered headline, one line and two buttons |
| Icon card grid | Layout | An icon, a title and one sentence, repeated in an even grid |
| Emoji icons | Layout | Emoji in headings, cards and bullet lists |
| Generic copy | Copy | A headline that could sell anything, “Build. Ship. Scale.”, “Not just X, it’s Y” |
| Unsourced numbers | Copy | 10K+, 99.9% and 24/7 with no unit, date or source |
| No real pictures | Pictures | Stock photos, generated avatars and no screenshot of the product |

## Why a score isn’t proof

The score measures how generic a design looks. Templates, UI kits and hand-built sites share the same defaults, so a person can make a high-scoring page and a well-briefed AI can make a low one.

- Some tells, like Inter or icon card grids, appear on great sites too, so they count lightly.
- Weak signals only count next to stronger ones.
- Builder traces, such as a Lovable badge, are shown separately as facts.

## Check a page by hand in DevTools

Right-click a heading, choose Inspect, and look for these in the Styles and Computed panes.

- font-family, and Rendered Fonts under Computed, for headings and body text.
- background-clip: text on headings: that is gradient text.
- box-shadow with a colored value: that is a glow.
- backdrop-filter on cards: that is frosted glass.
- filter: blur() on shapes behind sections: those are blobs.
- Then read the headline aloud. If it could sell any product, it is generic.

## Fix the strongest tells first

The checker’s fix prompt lists every fix with where it was found, and ends with rules your coding tool can check its work against.

Common tells and their fixes

| Tell | Fix |
| --- | --- |
| Gradient text | Solid headings in your text color; use weight or size for emphasis |
| Glows and blobs | Delete them; use a neutral shadow or a 1px border for depth |
| Stock purple | A brand color chosen on purpose, set once as a token |
| Icon card grid | A screenshot with callouts, a short demo or a list with real numbers |
| Vague headline | Say what the product does and who it is for |
| Emoji icons | Remove them, or use plain icons only where they help |

- [Make a generic AI website specific to your product](https://sitepeel.dev/guides/fix-generic-ai-website-design/index.md)

## Questions and answers

### What is AI slop in web design?

Design that looks generic because nobody made choices: default fonts and colors, stock effects, template layouts and filler copy. The term is aimed at AI-made pages, but hand-built templates can look the same.

### Can you tell if a website was made with AI?

Not for certain from the design alone. You can see whether it uses the defaults AI builders favor. Firmer evidence is a trace the builder left, such as a “Made with” badge or a starter page title.

### Is using Inter a sign of AI design?

Not on its own. Inter is a well-made font used by many hand-built sites. It reads as a default when it is the only font on every heading and paragraph, next to other tells.

### Is the AI slop checker free?

Yes. It is a free website tool with no install. Paste a link to get a score, the tells marked on the page and a fix prompt.

## Related pages

- [Fix a generic AI website](https://sitepeel.dev/guides/fix-generic-ai-website-design/index.md): Why AI-made websites look generic, and how to fix yours: one real user task, your real copy, references with a job and rules you can check.
- [Website prompt generator](https://sitepeel.dev/website-prompt-generator/index.md): Turn an existing website into a structured design prompt. Capture layout, typography and visual details for an AI website project with Sitepeel.
- [DESIGN.md with v0, Lovable, Bolt, Replit](https://sitepeel.dev/guides/design-md-app-builders/index.md): Where v0, Lovable, Bolt and Replit keep project instructions, how to add DESIGN.md to each, and a short prompt you can paste into any of them.
- [Find what a site is built with](https://sitepeel.dev/guides/what-is-a-website-built-with/index.md): Find a website’s framework, CMS or site builder, hosting and libraries from the traces in its code and headers, and learn what no checker can see.