Am I Ready for Agents?

OpenAPI

In short

OpenAPI is the file that tells an agent what your API does, and agents reach it by link. Whether to publish an API or an MCP server goes into the detail. Ora's lab found 97 percent of openapi.json fetches arrived through a link (October 2026).

Definition

A standard file format that describes an API so software, including agents, can read what it does.

A dated example

  • Read 4 Nov 2026

    Ora's lab found 97 percent of openapi.json fetches arrived through a link (October 2026).

    Vendor claim. AgentReady.org guide, read 4 Nov 2026

Where it matters

It is the file that tells an agent what your API does, and agents reach it by link.

  • APIA documented way for software to ask your systems for data or to do something, without using the web pages.
  • MCP (Model Context Protocol)An open standard for offering an AI agent a set of named actions it can call, such as search providers or book an appointment.

Sources

  1. AgentReady.org guide (agentready.org), read 4 Nov 2026. Vendor claim.

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