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title: "Agent journey: plain-language definition | Am I Ready for Agents?"
description: "Agent journey: A recorded run in which an agent is given a real task on a site, with every step, stall and outcome logged. Dated and sourced."
canonical: https://amireadyforagents.com/glossary/agent-journey
site: "Am I Ready for Agents?"
last_updated: 2026-11-04
section: "Glossary"
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# Agent journey: plain-language definition | Am I Ready for Agents?

> Agent journey: A recorded run in which an agent is given a real task on a site, with every step, stall and outcome logged. Dated and sourced.

Source: https://amireadyforagents.com/glossary/agent-journey
Site: Am I Ready for Agents?
Last reviewed: 2026-11-04

# Agent journey

## In short

An agent journey is the test that shows whether an agent finished your task, which a file check cannot. Read on in What to measure. Scanner and Grounded answer sit beside it in the glossary. Ora's report shows a run where hashicorp.com blocked the agent twice and the journey ended on competitors' blogs (8 Oct 2026).

## Definition

A recorded run in which an agent is given a real task on a site, with every step, stall and outcome logged.

## A dated example

-   Read 4 Nov 2026
    
    Ora's report shows a run where hashicorp.com blocked the agent twice and the journey ended on competitors' blogs (8 Oct 2026).
    
    Vendor claim. [Ora research: AX is the new AEO (8 Oct 2026)](https://ora.ai/blog/ax-is-the-new-aeo?utm_source=amireadyforagents.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=glossary), read 4 Nov 2026
    

## Where it matters

It is the test that shows whether an agent finished your task, which a file check cannot.

-   [What to measure](https://amireadyforagents.com/decisions/what-to-measure)

## Related terms

-   [Scanner](https://amireadyforagents.com/glossary/scanner)A tool that checks a site against agent readiness practices and returns a score and failing checks.
-   [Grounded answer](https://amireadyforagents.com/glossary/grounded-answer)An agent's answer built from the business's own pages rather than from search results or other sites.

## Sources

1.  [Ora research: AX is the new AEO (8 Oct 2026)](https://ora.ai/blog/ax-is-the-new-aeo?utm_source=amireadyforagents.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=glossary) (ora.ai/blog/ax-is-the-new-aeo), read 4 Nov 2026. Vendor claim.

Last reviewed 4 November 2026

Reviewed 4 November 2026. [1 source](#sources), each with the day it was read.