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title: "Scanner: plain-language definition | Am I Ready for Agents?"
description: "Scanner: A tool that checks a site against agent readiness practices and returns a score and failing checks. What it is, a dated example and where it matters."
canonical: https://amireadyforagents.com/glossary/scanner
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last_updated: 2026-11-04
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# Scanner: plain-language definition | Am I Ready for Agents?

> Scanner: A tool that checks a site against agent readiness practices and returns a score and failing checks. What it is, a dated example and where it matters.

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

# Scanner

## In short

A scanner reports on files and settings and cannot make your decisions for you. Tools that check is the next stop after Scanner. The neighbouring terms are Agent journey and AgentReady. Cloudflare launched its free scanner, isitagentready.com, on 17 April 2026.

## Definition

A tool that checks a site against agent readiness practices and returns a score and failing checks. It checks files and settings, not your business decisions.

## A dated example

-   Read 4 Nov 2026
    
    Cloudflare launched its free scanner, isitagentready.com, on 17 April 2026.
    
    [Cloudflare: Introducing the Agent Readiness score (17 Apr 2026)](https://blog.cloudflare.com/agent-readiness/), read 4 Nov 2026
    

## Where it matters

It reports on files and settings and cannot make your decisions for you.

-   [Tools that check](https://amireadyforagents.com/tools-that-check)
-   [Reading a scanner result](https://amireadyforagents.com/guides/read-a-scanner-result-without-a-developer)

## Related terms

-   [Agent journey](https://amireadyforagents.com/glossary/agent-journey)A recorded run in which an agent is given a real task on a site, with every step, stall and outcome logged.
-   [AgentReady](https://amireadyforagents.com/glossary/agentready)An open, MIT-licensed list of what a product should implement so agents can find, read and act, maintained by Ora with partners.

## Sources

1.  [Cloudflare: Introducing the Agent Readiness score (17 Apr 2026)](https://blog.cloudflare.com/agent-readiness/) (blog.cloudflare.com/agent-readiness), read 4 Nov 2026.

Last reviewed 4 November 2026

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