How to run a two-week agent readiness trial on your main task
In short
A useful proof of concept tests one task, not a whole site. Pick the task, take the self-check as a team, run two scanners, watch an agent try the task if you can, and compare it all with what your web team says. Two weeks is enough, and the output is a short list of fixes with owners.
Why one task
A site-wide score hides the step that matters. A customer's agent arrives with one job: buy this, book that, get a quote. If that job fails, a good score elsewhere does not help. A trial built on one task keeps the scope small and the result concrete.
The fourteen days
| Days | Work | Output |
|---|---|---|
| 1 and 2 | Pick the task and write the success test in one line, for example: an agent acting for a guest can find the product, read the total price with delivery and reach the payment step without a person stepping in. | One task, one test. |
| 3 and 4 | The four or five people who own the pieces take the self-check separately, then compare. | The questions where people disagree. |
| 5 to 7 | Run two scanners on the pages the task uses. Compare the failed checks, not the totals, and mark which failures sit on the task's path. | A short list of failures on the path. |
| 8 to 10 | Have an agent attempt the task, or walk it yourself as a guest and note every step where a person would have to step in. | The walls: a CAPTCHA, a price in an image, a mouse-only date picker. |
| 11 and 12 | Ask the web team what robots.txt says about the main AI crawlers, whether a CDN rule is on and whether bot protection can recognise verified agents. | The settings that could explain a failure. |
| 13 and 14 | Write one page: the test and whether it passed, each failure with its area and owner, one decision on tools and a date to repeat. | The write-up. |
What the tools can and cannot show
- Read 4 Nov 2026
Cloudflare's free scanner at isitagentready.com checks discoverability, content accessibility, bot access control, protocol discovery and commerce.
- Read 4 Nov 2026
is-agentic.com, built by Vercel with Ora, weights essential checks for content sites and excludes checks that do not apply.
Scanners work on public URLs, so a checkout or account area behind a login may be out of reach. A scanner shows which files and settings exist; only a run of an agent, or your own walk through as a guest, shows whether the job finished.
What the trial cannot prove
That agent readiness raises traffic or sales. A trial shows whether an agent can complete one task. Your own analytics are the place to look for business effects over time.
Related
- The self-checkEighteen questions scored in your browser.
- Ask your web teamThe sentences to send, grouped by area.
Sources
- Is Your Site Agent-Ready? (Cloudflare, isitagentready.com) (isitagentready.com), read 4 Nov 2026.
- Is Agentic: AI Agent Readiness Score for your Site and App (is-agentic.com), read 4 Nov 2026.
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