# Am I Ready for Agents? > An 18-question self-check scored in your browser, eight sector guides, boardroom briefs and scorecards to decide what to ask for as AI agents buy and book. Am I Ready for Agents? is an educational publication for business leaders deciding what to ask for as AI agents search, read, book and buy for customers. It carries an 18-question self-check scored in the browser, eight sector guides with dated examples, boardroom briefs, ten decisions with options, sector scorecards from a crawl of the top websites with CSV and JSON downloads, a glossary and a dated news record. Every fact has a source link and a read date; vendor claims are labelled. The same data is queryable through the MCP server at /mcp, the REST API described at /openapi.json and the NLWeb endpoint at /ask, all read-only and documented at /developers. Every page has a markdown twin at the same path plus /index.md (on the Vercel preview, Accept: text/markdown also returns it; on the production host use the .md path or the page's rel=alternate link). The whole site in one file: https://amireadyforagents.com/llms-full.txt. Sitemap: https://amireadyforagents.com/sitemap.xml. Feed: https://amireadyforagents.com/feed.xml. ## Home - [Is your business ready for AI agents? | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/): An 18-question self-check scored in your browser, eight sector guides, boardroom briefs and scorecards to decide what to ask for as AI agents buy and book. ## Learn - [10 things that won't happen | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/10-things-that-wont-happen): Ten things that will not happen if your business is not agent ready, each with the dated number behind it and a label where the source is a vendor. - [AEO versus agent experience | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/aeo-vs-agent-experience): AEO versus agent experience for business leaders: two different questions, what to budget for each and which vendor does which. Dated prices and facts. - [Best AI readiness tools for 2026: leaders | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/best-ai-readiness-tools-2026): Ora's scan, Cloudflare's scanner, is-agentic.com, Scrunch and an agency scored on five questions a leader can answer without a developer. Read 8 November 2026. - [FAQ: AI agents and your website | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/faq): Thirty plain answers for business leaders on AI agents and your website: bots, checkout, pricing, sectors and standards, each with a dated source. - [Manifesto: how agents experience you | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/manifesto): A dated manifesto in ten short principles for how AI agents experience your business, each backed by a labelled, sourced number. Edition of 4 November 2026. - [Readiness levels, the five-level rubric | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/readiness-levels): The five readiness levels used by the self-check, from Hidden to Prepared: score bands, what each means, how the weakest area caps the result. A worked example. - [Tools that check agent readiness | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/tools-that-check): Three free scanners your web team can run on your site, in one paragraph: Ora, Cloudflare and is-agentic.com. What a scanner cannot decide for you. - [Learn: nine lessons and a glossary | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/university): Nine short lessons and a glossary of 38 terms on AI agents, bots, readable pages, forms, verification and payments, written for business leaders. - [Agent payments and fraud rules | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/university/agent-payments-and-fraud-rules): Agent payments and fraud rules in plain language: merchant of record, payment routes, spending limits and a written position for the fraud team. - [The five areas of agent readiness | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/university/five-areas-of-agent-readiness): The five areas of agent readiness, find, read, act, pay and trust: what each covers, which self-check questions sit in it and the order to work in. - [Forms, sign-in and consent | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/university/forms-sign-in-and-consent): How to let AI agents finish the task: clear form labels, guest checkout, a standard sign-in and consent at the steps that need the customer. - [How to read a scanner report | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/university/how-to-read-a-scanner-report): How to read an agent readiness scanner report: how three scanners group their checks, what a grade is and which failures to act on first. - [How to read your self-check result | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/university/how-to-read-your-self-check-result): How to read the self-check result: the five area scores, the level, the cap and what to do with each no and not sure. A short lesson. - [Making pages readable for agents | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/university/making-pages-readable-for-agents): Making pages readable for AI agents: why the first HTML response matters, what to put in it and where structured data and markdown fit. - [robots.txt and bot rules | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/university/robots-txt-and-bot-rules): robots.txt and bot rules in plain terms: asking versus enforcing, the names of AI visitors and what Cloudflare changed in 2026. - [Verifying agents and bots | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/university/verifying-agents-and-bots): How to verify AI agents and bots in plain English: why a name proves nothing, what signatures and registration do and what to ask your vendor. - [Why agents get stuck on websites | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/university/why-agents-get-stuck): Six common walls that stop AI agents on websites, with Ora's dead-end figures: script, refusals, hidden prices, CAPTCHAs, custom sign-in and no owner. ## About - [About this site and how it works | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/about): Am I Ready for Agents? is an educational site for business leaders: what it covers, how pages are researched and dated, and how to report a mistake. - [Contact | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/contact): Contact Am I Ready for Agents? by email: questions about the site, corrections, privacy requests and copyright notices, each with what to include. - [Cookie policy | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/cookie-policy): This site sets no cookies, uses no browser storage and loads nothing from other companies, so there is no consent banner. - [Corrections | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/corrections): How to report an error on Am I Ready for Agents?, how fast we reply and what a correction looks like. The log starts with the 4 November 2026 edition. - [Copyright and DMCA policy | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/dmca): What to send Am I Ready for Agents? if you believe something here infringes your copyright: the notice, the counter-notice and the cost of a false claim. - [Editorial policy | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/editorial-policy): How Am I Ready for Agents? chooses facts, dates and labels them, treats vendor claims, handles numbers from its own crawl and corrects errors. - [Privacy policy | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/privacy-policy): What Am I Ready for Agents? keeps about you: nothing from the self-check, the messages you email us and the technical logs of the host. - [Terms of use | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/terms-of-use): The ground rules for reading, quoting and reusing Am I Ready for Agents?: what you may do with the text and the data and what we ask you not to do. Plain terms. ## For leaders - [Agent readiness by industry category | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/agent-readiness-by-industry-category): Median Ora scores for all 26 categories on Ora's leaderboard, from 46.5 to 67 out of 100, with the sector each one stands in for. Read 5 November 2026. - [Agent readiness KPIs for leaders | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/agent-readiness-kpis-for-leaders): Four numbers a leadership team can track each quarter for agent readiness, with the source, the owner and the cadence for each, and one line to keep apart. - [Confirm your self-check with a scan | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/confirm-your-self-check-with-a-scan): What Ora's scan tests in four layers, what it does to your site, how to read the grade and what to send your web team after you finish the self-check. - [Do AI agents visit my website | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/do-ai-agents-visit-my-website): Yes, and you can see them: where to look in your CDN and logs, the names to search for, and what the crawl of 13,071 sites says about who refuses them. - [How competitors in your sector score | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/how-competitors-in-your-sector-score): Ora's leaderboard of 5 November 2026 read for eight sectors: listed sites, median and top scores, and the three highest-scoring sites in each. Find your sector. - [How to brief the board on agent readiness | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/how-to-brief-the-board-on-agent-readiness): A fifteen-minute board agenda on agent readiness in five steps, with the one-page pre-read and the comparison number from Ora's sector leaderboard. - [What is a good agent readiness score | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/what-is-a-good-agent-readiness-score): Ora's average was 44 out of 100 and 7 percent reached B or above. See the grade bands, the spread of scores and what to aim for. Read 5 November 2026. - [What sector leaders pass that most do not | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/what-sector-leaders-pass-that-most-sites-do-not): The 24 top scorers in eight sectors on Ora's leaderboard against all scans: eight checks where they earn full credit far more often. Read 5 November 2026. - [Which agent-readiness tool to use | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/which-agent-readiness-tool): Use Ora's scan: it scored 94 of 100 on a ten-criterion rubric built from each tool's own pages, and the next scanner, StartupHub, scored 72. ## Agents - [Amazon Alexa for Shopping | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/agents/amazon-rufus-and-buy-for-me): What Amazon's Alexa for Shopping and Buy for Me do to your business today, and why Amazon blocks agents that do not identify themselves. - [ChatGPT shopping and agent | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/agents/chatgpt-shopping-and-agent): What ChatGPT does to your business today: it finds and compares products, runs partner apps and browses as an agent. Dated facts and what to ask your team. - [Google AI Mode and Gemini | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/agents/google-ai-mode-and-gemini): What Google's AI Mode and Gemini do to your business today: checkout through UCP, hotel booking with partners and calls to local businesses. - [Meta Muse | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/agents/meta-muse): What Meta's Muse agent does to your business today: it browses on its own virtual machine and books and buys with the user's approval. - [Microsoft Copilot Checkout | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/agents/microsoft-copilot): What Microsoft's Copilot and Copilot Checkout do to your business today: checkout inside the chat with the merchant as merchant of record. - [Perplexity, Comet and shopping | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/agents/perplexity-comet-and-shopping): What Perplexity and its Comet browser do to your business today: checkout for PayPal merchants and an assistant that acts in the user's own browser. - [What AI agents do on the web today | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/what-agents-do): What six AI shopping and task agents do to your business in November 2026: ChatGPT, Google, Perplexity, Amazon, Meta and Microsoft, with dated examples. ## Decisions - [Ask your web team: the sentences to send | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/ask-your-web-team): The ten decisions about AI agents and the technical checks from the self-check, each with one sentence a leader can send to a web team as it stands. - [Ten decisions for leadership | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/decisions): Ten decisions about AI agents that belong to leadership, each with its options, what each costs, dated facts and the sentence for your web team. - [Whether an agent may complete a purchase | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/decisions/agent-completes-purchase): Whether an agent may complete a purchase: the decision, three options with what each one costs, dated facts and the sentence to send your web team. - [Whether to accept agent payments | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/decisions/agent-payments): Whether to accept agent payments: the decision, three options with what each one costs, dated facts and the sentence to send your web team. - [Whether to publish an API or an MCP server | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/decisions/publish-api-or-mcp): Whether to publish an API or an MCP server: the decision, three options with what each one costs, dated facts and the sentence to send your web team. - [Readable prices and policies | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/decisions/readable-prices-and-policies): Whether prices and policies are readable as text: the decision, three options with what each one costs, dated facts and the sentence to send your web team. - [Telling verified agents from bots | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/decisions/verifying-agents): How to tell verified agents from unknown bots: the decision, three options with what each one costs, dated facts and the sentence to send your web team. - [What to budget | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/decisions/what-to-budget): What to budget: the decision, three options with what each one costs, dated facts and the sentence to send your web team. For business leaders, not developers. - [What to measure | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/decisions/what-to-measure): What to measure: the decision, three options with what each one costs, dated facts and the sentence to send your web team. For business leaders, not developers. - [What to tell legal | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/decisions/what-to-tell-legal): What to tell legal: the decision, three options with what each one costs, dated facts and the sentence to send your web team. - [Whether to charge AI crawlers | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/decisions/whether-to-charge-crawlers): Whether to charge AI crawlers and agents: the decision, three options with what each one costs, dated facts and the sentence to send your web team. - [Which AI bots and agents to let in | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/decisions/which-bots-to-allow): Which AI bots and agents to let in: the decision, three options with what each one costs, dated facts and the sentence to send your web team. ## 360 checks Section index: https://amireadyforagents.com/blog/llms.txt - [360 checks of the largest companies | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/blog): 66 of the world's largest companies read on Ora's agent-readiness scan: score, door, reading and act layers, three fixes, the editors' read. - [Alibaba Group: 29 of 100 on Ora's scan | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/blog/alibaba-agent-readiness): Alibaba Group scores 29 of 100 on Ora's agent-readiness scan, grade D, read 10 Nov 2026. Three fixes for the web team and the editors' read. - [Alphabet: 17 of 100 on Ora's scan | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/blog/alphabet-agent-readiness): Alphabet scores 17 of 100 on Ora's agent-readiness scan, grade F, read 9 Nov 2026. Three fixes for the web team and the editors' read. - [Amazon: 42 of 100 on Ora's scan | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/blog/amazon-agent-readiness): Amazon scores 42 of 100 on Ora's agent-readiness scan, grade D, read 9 Nov 2026. Robots.txt turns the search agents away, and the D is the price of that choice. - [Apple: 54 of 100 on Ora's scan | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/blog/apple-agent-readiness): Apple scores 54 of 100 on Ora's agent-readiness scan, grade C, read 9 Nov 2026. Four agents in, a full developer portal, and no sign-in an agent can use. - [AT&T: 34 of 100 on Ora's scan | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/blog/att-agent-readiness): AT&T scores 34 of 100 on Ora's agent-readiness scan, grade D, read 9 Nov 2026. The door, the reading layer, three fixes for the web team and the editors' read. - [Bank of America: 48 of 100 on Ora's scan | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/blog/bank-of-america-agent-readiness): Bank of America scores 48 of 100 on Ora's agent-readiness scan, grade C, read 9 Nov 2026. Three fixes for the web team and the editors' read. - [Berkshire Hathaway: 46 of 100 on Ora's scan | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/blog/berkshire-hathaway-agent-readiness): Berkshire Hathaway scores 46 of 100 on Ora's agent-readiness scan, grade D, read 9 Nov 2026. Three fixes for the web team and the editors' read. - [Boeing: 66 of 100 on Ora's scan | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/blog/boeing-agent-readiness): Boeing scores 66 of 100 on Ora's agent-readiness scan, grade C, read 9 Nov 2026. The door open, the sitemap full, and a search for boeing that does not find it. - [Cencora: 43 of 100 on Ora's scan | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/blog/cencora-agent-readiness): Cencora scores 43 of 100 on Ora's agent-readiness scan, grade D, read 9 Nov 2026. Three fixes for the web team and the editors' read. - [Centene: 50 of 100 on Ora's scan | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/blog/centene-agent-readiness): Centene scores 50 of 100 on Ora's agent-readiness scan, grade C, read 9 Nov 2026. Three fixes for the web team and the editors' read. - [Chevron: 18 of 100 on Ora's scan | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/blog/chevron-agent-readiness): Chevron scores 18 of 100 on Ora's agent-readiness scan, grade F, read 9 Nov 2026. Six agents blocked, a 403 at robots.txt and an Access layer of 0 of 41. - [The Cigna Group: 64 of 100 on Ora's scan | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/blog/cigna-agent-readiness): The Cigna Group scores 64 of 100 on Ora's agent-readiness scan, grade C, read 9 Nov 2026. Three fixes for the web team and the editors' read. - [Cisco: 32 of 100 on Ora's scan | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/blog/cisco-agent-readiness): Cisco scores 32 of 100 on Ora's agent-readiness scan, grade D, read 14 Nov 2026. Three fixes for the web team and the editors' read. - [Citigroup: 44 of 100 on Ora's scan | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/blog/citigroup-agent-readiness): Citigroup scores 44 of 100 on Ora's agent-readiness scan, grade D, read 9 Nov 2026. Open to every agent, with 854 characters waiting inside. - [Comcast: 12 of 100 on Ora's scan | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/blog/comcast-agent-readiness): Comcast scores 12 of 100 on Ora's agent-readiness scan, grade F, read 9 Nov 2026. Three fixes for the web team and the editors' read. - [Costco: 39 of 100 on Ora's scan | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/blog/costco-agent-readiness): Costco scores 39 of 100 on Ora's agent-readiness scan, grade D, read 9 Nov 2026. A door opening onto 414 characters, on a shop the scan did not read as one. - [CVS Health: 54 of 100 on Ora's scan | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/blog/cvs-health-agent-readiness): CVS Health scores 54 of 100 on Ora's agent-readiness scan, grade C, read 9 Nov 2026. Three fixes for the web team and the editors' read. - [Dell Technologies: 74 of 100 on Ora's scan | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/blog/dell-agent-readiness): Dell Technologies scores 74 of 100 on Ora's agent-readiness scan, grade B, read 9 Nov 2026. Three fixes for the web team and the editors' read. - [The Walt Disney Company: 60 of 100 | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/blog/disney-agent-readiness): The Walt Disney Company scores 60 of 100 on Ora's agent-readiness scan, grade C, read 9 Nov 2026. Three fixes for the web team and the editors' read. - [Elevance Health: 56 of 100 on Ora's scan | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/blog/elevance-health-agent-readiness): Elevance Health scores 56 of 100 on Ora's agent-readiness scan, grade C, read 9 Nov 2026. A full home page whose canonical tag still points at a staging host. - [ExxonMobil: 71 of 100 on Ora's scan | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/blog/exxonmobil-agent-readiness): ExxonMobil scores 71 of 100 on Ora's agent-readiness scan, grade B, read 9 Nov 2026. An oil company with a live MCP server at its support desk, and a B. - [Fannie Mae: 26 of 100 on Ora's scan | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/blog/fannie-mae-agent-readiness): Fannie Mae scores 26 of 100 on Ora's agent-readiness scan, grade F, read 9 Nov 2026. A challenge at the door and a Usability layer of 3 of 44 behind it. - [FedEx: 42 of 100 on Ora's scan | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/blog/fedex-agent-readiness): FedEx scores 42 of 100 on Ora's agent-readiness scan, grade D, read 9 Nov 2026. Every agent in, 314 characters of home page, and a portal the shield hides. - [Ford Motor Company: 31 of 100 on Ora's scan | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/blog/ford-agent-readiness): Ford Motor Company scores 31 of 100 on Ora's agent-readiness scan, grade D, read 9 Nov 2026. Three fixes for the web team and the editors' read. - [Foxconn: 31 of 100 on Ora's scan | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/blog/foxconn-agent-readiness): Foxconn scores 31 of 100 on Ora's agent-readiness scan, grade D, read 9 Nov 2026. Three fixes for the web team and the editors' read. - [General Motors: 27 of 100 on Ora's scan | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/blog/general-motors-agent-readiness): General Motors scores 27 of 100 on Ora's agent-readiness scan, grade F, read 9 Nov 2026. A 403 for every agent and an Access layer of 1 of 51. - [Glencore: 41 of 100 on Ora's scan | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/blog/glencore-agent-readiness): Glencore scores 41 of 100 on Ora's agent-readiness scan, grade D, read 12 Nov 2026. A 733-entry sitemap, no JSON-LD, and Usability at 1 of 10. - [Goldman Sachs: 26 of 100 on Ora's scan | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/blog/goldman-sachs-agent-readiness): Goldman Sachs scores 26 of 100 on Ora's agent-readiness scan, grade F, read 9 Nov 2026. Six agents blocked in front of a page the reading checks mostly pass. - [HCA Healthcare: 33 of 100 on Ora's scan | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/blog/hca-healthcare-agent-readiness): HCA Healthcare scores 33 of 100 on Ora's agent-readiness scan, grade D, read 9 Nov 2026. Three fixes for the web team and the editors' read. - [Hitachi: 15 of 100 on Ora's scan | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/blog/hitachi-agent-readiness): Hitachi scores 15 of 100 on Ora's agent-readiness scan, grade F, read 9 Nov 2026. A home page that returned nothing and a Usability layer of 0 of 30. - [The Home Depot: 24 of 100 on Ora's scan | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/blog/home-depot-agent-readiness): The Home Depot scores 24 of 100 on Ora's agent-readiness scan, grade F, read 9 Nov 2026. Three fixes for the web team and the editors' read. - [Honda: 66 of 100 on Ora's scan | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/blog/honda-agent-readiness): Honda scores 66 of 100 on Ora's agent-readiness scan, grade C, read 9 Nov 2026. A C on a short denominator, with no robots.txt and no sitemap to find. - [Humana: 33 of 100 on Ora's scan | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/blog/humana-agent-readiness): Humana scores 33 of 100 on Ora's agent-readiness scan, grade D, read 9 Nov 2026. A front door that did not open, over a developer portal with live OAuth. - [Hyundai Motor: 44 of 100 on Ora's scan | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/blog/hyundai-motor-agent-readiness): Hyundai Motor scores 44 of 100 on Ora's agent-readiness scan, grade D, read 9 Nov 2026. Three fixes for the web team and the editors' read. - [IBM: 27 of 100 on Ora's scan | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/blog/ibm-agent-readiness): IBM scores 27 of 100 on Ora's agent-readiness scan, grade F, read 9 Nov 2026. Four agents blocked at the door of a company that sells agent platforms. - [Intel: 16 of 100 on Ora's scan | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/blog/intel-agent-readiness): Intel scores 16 of 100 on Ora's agent-readiness scan, grade F, read 13 Nov 2026. Three fixes for the web team and the editors' read. - [Johnson & Johnson: 16 of 100 on Ora's scan | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/blog/johnson-and-johnson-agent-readiness): Johnson & Johnson scores 16 of 100 on Ora's agent-readiness scan, grade F, read 9 Nov 2026. Three fixes for the web team and the editors' read. - [JPMorgan Chase: 35 of 100 on Ora's scan | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/blog/jpmorgan-chase-agent-readiness): JPMorgan Chase scores 35 of 100 on Ora's agent-readiness scan, grade D, read 9 Nov 2026. Three fixes for the web team and the editors' read. - [Kroger: 20 of 100 on Ora's scan | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/blog/kroger-agent-readiness): Kroger scores 20 of 100 on Ora's agent-readiness scan, grade F, read 9 Nov 2026. A home page that would not open, scored on denominators of 29 and 7. - [Lockheed Martin: 40 of 100 on Ora's scan | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/blog/lockheed-martin-agent-readiness): Lockheed Martin scores 40 of 100 on Ora's agent-readiness scan, grade D, read 9 Nov 2026. Two JSON files that will not parse, one of them an MCP manifest. - [Marathon Petroleum: 28 of 100 on Ora's scan | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/blog/marathon-petroleum-agent-readiness): Marathon Petroleum scores 28 of 100 on Ora's agent-readiness scan, grade D, read 9 Nov 2026. Three fixes for the web team and the editors' read. - [McKesson: 67 of 100 on Ora's scan | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/blog/mckesson-agent-readiness): McKesson scores 67 of 100 on Ora's agent-readiness scan, grade C, read 9 Nov 2026. Three fixes for the web team and the editors' read. - [Meta: 51 of 100 on Ora's scan | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/blog/meta-agent-readiness): Meta scores 51 of 100 on Ora's agent-readiness scan, grade C, read 9 Nov 2026. The maker of Muse shows an agent 296 characters of its own home page. - [Microsoft: 62 of 100 on Ora's scan | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/blog/microsoft-agent-readiness): Microsoft scores 62 of 100 on Ora's agent-readiness scan, grade C, read 9 Nov 2026. Three fixes for the web team and the editors' read. - [Mitsubishi Corporation: 12 of 100 | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/blog/mitsubishi-corporation-agent-readiness): Mitsubishi Corporation scores 12 of 100 on Ora's agent-readiness scan, grade F, read 9 Nov 2026. Three fixes for the web team and the editors' read. - [NTT: 68 of 100 on Ora's scan | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/blog/ntt-agent-readiness): NTT scores 68 of 100 on Ora's agent-readiness scan, grade C, read 10 Nov 2026. A clean door, a 0.8 percent home page, and one fix worth 14 points. - [Nvidia: 77 of 100 on Ora's scan | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/blog/nvidia-agent-readiness): Nvidia scores 77 of 100 on Ora's agent-readiness scan, grade B, read 9 Nov 2026. Three fixes for the web team and the editors' read. - [Oracle: 22 of 100 on Ora's scan | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/blog/oracle-agent-readiness): Oracle scores 22 of 100 on Ora's agent-readiness scan, grade F, read 15 Nov 2026. Three fixes for the web team and the editors' read. - [PepsiCo: 44 of 100 on Ora's scan | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/blog/pepsico-agent-readiness): PepsiCo scores 44 of 100 on Ora's agent-readiness scan, grade D, read 9 Nov 2026. A door that opens onto 510 characters and a developer portal that is a PDF. - [Pfizer: 27 of 100 on Ora's scan | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/blog/pfizer-agent-readiness): Pfizer scores 27 of 100 on Ora's agent-readiness scan, grade F, read 9 Nov 2026. A challenge for every agent, with sign-in and a GraphQL endpoint behind it. - [Phillips 66: 45 of 100 on Ora's scan | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/blog/phillips-66-agent-readiness): Phillips 66 scores 45 of 100 on Ora's agent-readiness scan, grade D, read 9 Nov 2026. Three fixes for the web team and the editors' read. - [Procter & Gamble: 40 of 100 on Ora's scan | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/blog/procter-and-gamble-agent-readiness): Procter & Gamble scores 40 of 100 on Ora's agent-readiness scan, grade D, read 9 Nov 2026. Three fixes for the web team and the editors' read. - [Reliance Industries: 37 of 100 on Ora's scan | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/blog/reliance-industries-agent-readiness): Reliance Industries scores 37 of 100 on Ora's agent-readiness scan, grade D, read 9 Nov 2026. Three fixes for the web team and the editors' read. - [Samsung Electronics: 62 of 100 on Ora's scan | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/blog/samsung-electronics-agent-readiness): Samsung Electronics scores 62 of 100 on Ora's agent-readiness scan, grade C, read 9 Nov 2026. Three fixes for the web team and the editors' read. - [Sony: 24 of 100 on Ora's scan | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/blog/sony-agent-readiness): Sony scores 24 of 100 on Ora's agent-readiness scan, grade F, read 9 Nov 2026. Six agents blocked, a portal behind them, and a brand search that lost the brand. - [Tencent: 36 of 100 on Ora's scan | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/blog/tencent-agent-readiness): Tencent scores 36 of 100 on Ora's agent-readiness scan, grade D, read 10 Nov 2026. Three fixes for the web team and the editors' read. - [Tesla: 25 of 100 on Ora's scan | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/blog/tesla-agent-readiness): Tesla scores 25 of 100 on Ora's agent-readiness scan, grade F, read 9 Nov 2026. A 403 for every agent at the carmaker that sells software over the air. - [Toyota: 16 of 100 on Ora's scan | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/blog/toyota-agent-readiness): Toyota scores 16 of 100 on Ora's agent-readiness scan, grade F, read 9 Nov 2026. The world's largest carmaker asks every assistant to prove it is human first. - [Trafigura: 56 of 100 on Ora's scan | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/blog/trafigura-agent-readiness): Trafigura scores 56 of 100 on Ora's agent-readiness scan, grade C, read 11 Nov 2026. Open to every agent, well labelled, and nothing yet for an agent to do. - [UnitedHealth Group: 64 of 100 on Ora's scan | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/blog/unitedhealth-group-agent-readiness): UnitedHealth Group scores 64 of 100 on Ora's agent-readiness scan, grade C, read 9 Nov 2026. Three fixes for the web team and the editors' read. - [UPS: 37 of 100 on Ora's scan | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/blog/ups-agent-readiness): UPS scores 37 of 100 on Ora's agent-readiness scan, grade D, read 9 Nov 2026. A robots.txt, an llms.txt and an MCP manifest, each answering in the wrong format. - [Valero Energy: 62 of 100 on Ora's scan | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/blog/valero-agent-readiness): Valero Energy scores 62 of 100 on Ora's agent-readiness scan, grade C, read 9 Nov 2026. Three fixes for the web team and the editors' read. - [Verizon: 48 of 100 on Ora's scan | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/blog/verizon-agent-readiness): Verizon scores 48 of 100 on Ora's agent-readiness scan, grade C, read 9 Nov 2026. Open to every agent, with SDKs and a portal and no sign-in for agents. - [Walgreens: 28 of 100 on Ora's scan | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/blog/walgreens-agent-readiness): Walgreens scores 28 of 100 on Ora's agent-readiness scan, grade D, read 9 Nov 2026. Three fixes for the web team and the editors' read. - [Walmart: 59 of 100 on Ora's scan | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/blog/walmart-agent-readiness): Walmart scores 59 of 100 on Ora's agent-readiness scan, grade C, read 9 Nov 2026. A live MCP server at the developer portal, and a home page at 2 percent text. - [Wells Fargo: 61 of 100 on Ora's scan | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/blog/wells-fargo-agent-readiness): Wells Fargo scores 61 of 100 on Ora's agent-readiness scan, grade C, read 9 Nov 2026. A bank within reach of a B, held back by two files that answer in HTML. ## Boardroom brief Section index: https://amireadyforagents.com/brief/llms.txt - [Boardroom brief generator | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/brief): Pick a sector and company size, answer six questions and get a one-page board brief: what agents do, three decisions, three asks and the numbers. - [Boardroom brief: bookings and travel | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/brief/bookings): A one-page brief on AI agents for bookings and travel: dated examples, three decisions and three asks for the web team. Written to paste into a deck. - [Boardroom brief: ecommerce | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/brief/ecommerce): A one-page brief on AI agents for ecommerce: dated examples, three decisions and three asks for the web team. Includes the numbers that frame the risk. - [Boardroom brief: financial services | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/brief/finance): A one-page brief on AI agents for financial services: dated examples, three decisions and three asks for the web team. Includes the numbers that frame the risk. - [Boardroom brief: healthcare | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/brief/healthcare): A one-page brief on AI agents for healthcare: dated examples, three decisions and three asks for the web team. Includes the numbers that frame the risk. - [Boardroom brief: local business | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/brief/local): A one-page brief on AI agents for local business: dated examples, three decisions and three asks for the web team. Includes the numbers that frame the risk. - [Boardroom brief: publishing | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/brief/publishers): A one-page brief on AI agents for publishing: dated examples, three decisions and three asks for the web team. Includes the numbers that frame the risk. - [Boardroom brief: software | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/brief/saas): A one-page brief on AI agents for software: dated examples, three decisions and three asks for the web team. Includes the numbers that frame the risk. - [Boardroom brief: professional services | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/brief/services): A one-page brief on AI agents for professional services: dated examples, three decisions and three asks for the web team. Written to paste into a deck. ## Guides - [Guides and briefings for leaders | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/briefings): Twelve guides and eight briefings for business leaders on AI agents: how to brief an agency, read a scanner, report to a board and pick which bots to let in. - [Agent readiness in 2026: what changed | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/briefings/agent-readiness-2026-what-changed): Agent readiness in 2026: three changes between August and November, each dated and sourced, and what a leader should do about them. From the news record. - [llms.txt explained for business leaders | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/briefings/llms-txt-version-2-explained): llms.txt explained in plain language: what the file is, what it does not do, what Ora's experiment found and four questions to decide whether to publish one. - [MCP, WebMCP and A2A in plain words | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/briefings/mcp-webmcp-and-a2a-explained): MCP, WebMCP and A2A in one paragraph each, for business leaders: what each is for, who already offers one and when it matters. - [A 30-minute agent readiness review | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/briefings/run-a-30-minute-agent-readiness-review): A 30-minute agenda for an agent readiness review: who to invite, what to do beforehand, five timed blocks and the three decisions to leave with. - [A two-week agent readiness trial | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/briefings/run-a-two-week-agent-readiness-trial): A two-week trial of agent readiness on one task: the success test, the team self-check, two scanners, an agent run and a one-page write-up. - [Six myths about AI agents and your site | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/briefings/six-myths-about-ai-agents-and-your-website): Six common myths about AI agents and your website, each checked against dated, sourced facts. What to do instead, one line each. - [What agent readiness tools cost | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/briefings/what-agent-readiness-tools-cost): What agent readiness tools cost, as published on 4 November 2026: free scanners, Cloudflare's controls, Scrunch's plans and the questions to ask before paying. - [Memo: which AI bots to let in | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/briefings/which-ai-bots-to-let-in): A decision memo to send to the owner of your website: four kinds of AI visitor, a written position on each and a request to confirm the settings match. - [How agents change SEO and AEO budgets | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/guides/how-agents-change-seo-budgets): How AI agents change SEO and AEO budgets: two results, two lines, and the cheap fixes to fund first. With dated numbers and the labels on vendor claims. - [How to brief an agency | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/guides/how-to-brief-an-agency): How to brief an agency on agent readiness: a one-page brief that gets a fixed-scope, checkable proposal. Six items, with the red flags to watch. - [Reporting agent readiness to your board | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/guides/how-to-report-agent-readiness-to-your-board): A one-page quarterly report on agent readiness for the board: two lines, the level, the open decisions and the dated numbers. - [A one-hour audit you can do alone | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/guides/one-hour-audit-a-leader-can-do-alone): A one-hour audit a non-technical leader can run alone with a browser: robots.txt, two free scanners, a page without scripts and the main task as a guest. Timed. - [Questions your CFO will ask | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/guides/questions-your-cfo-will-ask): The questions a CFO will ask about AI agents, cost, revenue, risk and delay, each answered with a dated, sourced number. Vendor claims are labelled. - [Reading a scanner result without a developer | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/guides/read-a-scanner-result-without-a-developer): How a business leader reads a scanner result without a developer: the grade band, the failed checks that matter and what to send the web team. Five steps. - [What ChatGPT does to your business | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/guides/what-chatgpt-agent-does-to-your-business): What ChatGPT does to your business today, in plain terms: comparing products, apps that hand off to your site and who is merchant of record. - [What Cloudflare's AI defaults mean | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/guides/what-cloudflare-ai-defaults-mean-for-you): What Cloudflare's 2026 AI bot defaults mean if your site runs on it: the July controls, the September defaults and what to check today. - [What Perplexity and Comet do to you | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/guides/what-perplexity-comet-does-to-your-business): What Perplexity and its Comet browser do to your business today: shopping checkout for PayPal merchants and an assistant that acts in the user's own browser. - [What Amazon blocking Muse means | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/guides/what-the-amazon-muse-block-means): What Amazon blocking Meta's Muse agent in September 2026 means for your store, the split with Shopify and the decision it puts in front of every retailer. - [What to ask a vendor who says agent ready | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/guides/what-to-ask-a-vendor-who-says-agent-ready): Five questions to ask any vendor who says agent ready, what a good answer sounds like and a weak one. They separate task testing from mention tracking. - [When a platform switches on agent sales | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/guides/when-a-platform-switches-on-an-agent-channel): Which agent sales channels arrive switched on by default on ecommerce platforms, and how a leader decides on each one. Dated, with the admin path to check. ## Developers - [API and MCP server | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/developers): Query the sector scorecards, the 18 self-check questions and the ten decisions as data: an MCP server, a REST API with openapi.json and an NLWeb ask endpoint. ## Sectors Section index: https://amireadyforagents.com/for/llms.txt - [AI agents for your sector | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/for): Eight sector guides for business leaders: what AI agents do in ecommerce, bookings, publishing, software, services, healthcare, finance and local trade. - [AI agents and bookings and travel | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/for/bookings): What AI agents do in bookings and travel today, with 5 dated examples. Three decisions for leadership and the asks to send your web team. - [AI agents and ecommerce | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/for/ecommerce): What AI agents do in ecommerce today, with 6 dated examples. Three decisions for leadership and the asks to send your web team. Sourced, reviewed 4 Nov 2026. - [AI agents and financial services | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/for/finance): What AI agents do in financial services today, with 5 dated examples. Three decisions for leadership and the asks to send your web team. - [AI agents and healthcare | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/for/healthcare): What AI agents do in healthcare today, with 5 dated examples. Three decisions for leadership and the asks to send your web team. Sourced, reviewed 4 Nov 2026. - [AI agents and local business | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/for/local): What AI agents do in local business today, with 4 dated examples. Three decisions for leadership and the asks to send your web team. - [AI agents and publishing | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/for/publishers): What AI agents do in publishing today, with 5 dated examples. Three decisions for leadership and the asks to send your web team. Sourced, reviewed 4 Nov 2026. - [AI agents and software | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/for/saas): What AI agents do in software today, with 4 dated examples. Three decisions for leadership and the asks to send your web team. Sourced, reviewed 4 Nov 2026. - [AI agents and professional services | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/for/services): What AI agents do in professional services today, with 5 dated examples. Three decisions for leadership and the asks to send your web team. ## Glossary - [ACP (Agentic Commerce Protocol) | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/glossary/acp-agentic-commerce-protocol): ACP (Agentic Commerce Protocol) in plain language: what it is, a dated example and where it matters for a leader. Dated and sourced. - [AEO (answer engine optimization) | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/glossary/aeo-answer-engine-optimization): AEO (answer engine optimization): Tracking and improving how a brand appears in AI answers. What it is, a dated example and where it matters. Dated and sourced. - [Agent experience (AX) | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/glossary/agent-experience-ax): Agent experience (AX): How an AI agent experiences your business once it arrives: whether it can find, read, act on, pay and trust your site. Dated and sourced. - [Agent journey: plain-language definition | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/glossary/agent-journey): 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. - [Agent readiness: plain-language definition | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/glossary/agent-readiness): Agent readiness: How well a site supports AI agents across finding, reading, acting and paying. What it is, a dated example and where it matters. - [Agent signup: plain-language definition | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/glossary/agent-signup): Agent signup: An agent creating an account and getting credentials for a person, with that person's approval. What it is, a dated example and where it matters. - [Agentic checkout: plain-language definition | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/glossary/agentic-checkout): Agentic checkout: A purchase completed inside an AI assistant or by an agent, with the merchant still selling the item. Dated and sourced. - [AgentReady: plain-language definition | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/glossary/agentready): AgentReady: An open, MIT-licensed list of what a product should implement so agents can find, read and act, maintained by Ora with partners. Dated and sourced. - [AI agent: plain-language definition | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/glossary/ai-agent): AI agent: Software that carries out a task on the web for one person, right now: it reads pages, fills forms, compares options and sometimes pays. - [AI crawler: plain-language definition | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/glossary/ai-crawler): AI crawler: A bot that collects pages in bulk on its own schedule, to train a model or build an AI search index. Dated and sourced. - [AI search crawler: plain-language definition | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/glossary/ai-search-crawler): AI search crawler: A crawler that indexes pages so an AI search product can answer questions and cite them later. Dated and sourced. - [API: plain-language definition | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/glossary/api): API: A documented way for software to ask your systems for data or to do something, without using the web pages. Dated and sourced. - [Bot management: plain-language definition | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/glossary/bot-management): Bot management: Tools at your CDN, host or firewall that identify automated visitors and allow, challenge or block them. Dated and sourced. - [Buy for Me: plain-language definition | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/glossary/buy-for-me): Buy for Me: Amazon's feature that completes a purchase of an eligible product on another retailer's site for the customer. Dated and sourced. - [Connector: plain-language definition | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/glossary/connector): Connector: A link between a personal agent and a service, so the agent can use that service directly with the user's permission. Dated and sourced. - [Content Signals: plain-language definition | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/glossary/content-signals): Content Signals: A line in robots.txt that states how your content may be used, for example for search, AI input or training. Dated and sourced. - [Grounded answer: plain-language definition | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/glossary/grounded-answer): Grounded answer: An agent's answer built from the business's own pages rather than from search results or other sites. Dated and sourced. - [HTTP status code: plain-language definition | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/glossary/http-status-code): HTTP status code: The three-digit code a server returns with every page, such as 200 for found and 403 for forbidden. Dated and sourced. - [Initial HTML: plain-language definition | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/glossary/initial-html): Initial HTML: The page as your server first sends it, before any scripts run. What it is, a dated example and where it matters. Dated and sourced. - [JavaScript rendering | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/glossary/javascript-rendering): JavaScript rendering: Building page content in the visitor's browser with scripts after the page loads. What it is, a dated example and where it matters. - [llms.txt: plain-language definition | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/glossary/llms-txt): llms.txt: A proposed plain-text file that points AI tools to a site's most useful pages, written for language models. Dated and sourced. - [Markdown negotiation | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/glossary/markdown-negotiation): Markdown negotiation: A site returning a plain markdown version of a page when an agent asks for one with the header Accept: text/markdown. Dated and sourced. - [MCP (Model Context Protocol) | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/glossary/mcp-model-context-protocol): MCP (Model Context Protocol) in plain language: what it is, a dated example and where it matters for a leader. What it is, a dated example and where it matters. - [Merchant of record: plain-language definition | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/glossary/merchant-of-record): Merchant of record: The business legally selling the item, responsible for payment, refunds and customer service. Dated and sourced. - [Mixed-use crawler: plain-language definition | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/glossary/mixed-use-crawler): Mixed-use crawler: One crawler that does both search indexing and AI training, so refusing one used to mean refusing the other. Dated and sourced. - [OpenAPI: plain-language definition | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/glossary/openapi): OpenAPI: A standard file format that describes an API so software, including agents, can read what it does. What it is, a dated example and where it matters. - [Pay per crawl: plain-language definition | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/glossary/pay-per-crawl): Pay per crawl: Charging AI crawlers a fee for each page they fetch, collected through your CDN. What it is, a dated example and where it matters. - [robots.txt: plain-language definition | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/glossary/robots-txt): robots.txt: A public text file at the root of a site that tells automated visitors which parts they may visit. What it is, a dated example and where it matters. - [Scanner: plain-language definition | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/glossary/scanner): 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. - [Sitemap: plain-language definition | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/glossary/sitemap): Sitemap: A file that lists the pages you want automated visitors to find. What it is, a dated example and where it matters. Dated and sourced. - [Structured data (JSON-LD) | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/glossary/structured-data-json-ld): Structured data (JSON-LD) in plain language: what it is, a dated example and where it matters for a leader. What it is, a dated example and where it matters. - [Training crawler: plain-language definition | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/glossary/training-crawler): Training crawler: A crawler that takes pages to train or fine-tune an AI model. What it is, a dated example and where it matters. Dated and sourced. - [UCP (Universal Commerce Protocol) | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/glossary/ucp-universal-commerce-protocol): UCP (Universal Commerce Protocol) in plain language: what it is, a dated example and where it matters for a leader. Dated and sourced. - [User agent: plain-language definition | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/glossary/user-agent): User agent: The name a browser or bot gives itself with each request. What it is, a dated example and where it matters. Dated and sourced. - [Verified bot: plain-language definition | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/glossary/verified-bot): Verified bot: A bot whose operator has proven its identity to your CDN or bot vendor, through signatures, published IP ranges or a directory. Dated and sourced. - [Web Bot Auth: plain-language definition | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/glossary/web-bot-auth): Web Bot Auth: A proposed standard in which an agent signs its requests so a site can check who operates it, rather than trusting the name it claims. - [WebMCP: plain-language definition | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/glossary/webmcp): WebMCP in plain language: what it is, a dated example and where it matters for a leader. What it is, a dated example and where it matters. Dated and sourced. - [x402: plain-language definition | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/glossary/x402): x402: A way for a site to ask for payment inside the web request itself, so an agent can pay a small amount and retry without an account. Dated and sourced. - [AI agent glossary in plain English | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/university/glossary): 38 terms about AI agents, bots and agent readiness in plain English, each with a dated, sourced example and a page of its own. Alphabetical. ## News Section index: https://amireadyforagents.com/news/llms.txt - [AI agent news for business leaders | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/news): 18 dated news items on AI agents from August to November 2026: checkout, booking, bot rules and the first lab evidence, each with its source. Newest first. - [Cloudflare's agentic internet | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/news/2026-08-06-cloudflare-frames-the-agentic-internet-as-readable): Cloudflare frames the agentic internet as readable, discoverable, callable and payable, 6 Aug 2026. The source and the date it was read are given. - [Zocdoc inside Gemini | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/news/2026-08-12-zocdoc-becomes-the-first-health-appointments-app-inside): Zocdoc becomes the first health appointments app inside Gemini, 12 Aug 2026. The source and the date it was read are given. Sourced and dated. - [is-agentic.com launches | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/news/2026-08-20-vercel-and-ora-launch-is-agentic-com-for-content-websites): Vercel and Ora launch is-agentic.com for content websites, 20 Aug 2026. The source and the date it was read are given. Sourced and dated. - [Cloudflare syncs bot choices | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/news/2026-08-21-cloudflare-syncs-ai-bot-choices-into-robots-txt): Cloudflare syncs AI bot choices into robots.txt, 21 Aug 2026. The source and the date it was read are given. Why it matters to a leader and what to check. - [Experian cards inside ChatGPT | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/news/2026-08-27-experian-puts-credit-card-comparison-inside-chatgpt): Experian puts credit card comparison inside ChatGPT, 27 Aug 2026. The source and the date it was read are given. Why it matters to a leader and what to check. - [Hotel booking inside AI Mode | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/news/2026-08-27-google-starts-hotel-booking-inside-ai-mode-in-the-us): Google starts hotel booking inside AI Mode in the US, 27 Aug 2026. The source and the date it was read are given. Why it matters to a leader and what to check. - [Meta launches Muse | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/news/2026-09-08-meta-launches-muse-a-personal-agent-with-its-own-browser): Meta launches Muse, a personal agent with its own browser, 8 Sep 2026. The source and the date it was read are given. Sourced and dated. - [Refuse AI training, stay in search | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/news/2026-09-15-cloudflare-lets-sites-refuse-ai-training-while-staying-in): Cloudflare lets sites refuse AI training while staying in search, 15 Sep 2026. The source and the date it was read are given. Sourced and dated. - [Google UCP covers more brands | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/news/2026-09-16-google-says-ucp-checkout-covers-hundreds-of-thousands-of): Google says UCP checkout covers hundreds of thousands of brands, 16 Sep 2026. The source and the date it was read are given. Sourced and dated. - [Amazon blocks Muse | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/news/2026-09-22-amazon-blocks-metas-muse-shopify-keeps-checkout-open): Amazon blocks Meta's Muse; Shopify keeps checkout open, 22 Sep 2026. The source and the date it was read are given. Sourced and dated. - [Muse for small business | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/news/2026-09-29-meta-adds-small-business-connectors-to-muse): Meta adds small-business connectors to Muse, 29 Sep 2026. The source and the date it was read are given. Why it matters to a leader and what to check. - [Agent requests up 1,700 percent | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/news/2026-09-30-cloudflare-ai-agent-requests-up-more-than-1-700-percent-in): Cloudflare: AI agent requests up more than 1,700 percent in a year, 30 Sep 2026. The source and the date it was read are given. Sourced and dated. - [Ora's AX is the new AEO | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/news/2026-10-08-oras-lab-publishes-ax-is-the-new-aeo): Ora's lab publishes "AX is the new AEO", 8 Oct 2026. The source and the date it was read are given. Why it matters to a leader and what to check. - [AgentReady.org launches | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/news/2026-10-19-agentready-org-launches-as-an-open-standard-for-agent): AgentReady.org launches as an open standard for agent readiness, 19 Oct 2026. The source and the date it was read are given. Sourced and dated. - [Muse launches in Singapore | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/news/2026-10-27-muse-launches-in-singapore-with-travel-and-shopping): Muse launches in Singapore with travel and shopping partners, 27 Oct 2026. The source and the date it was read are given. Sourced and dated. - [Zocdoc opens to AI agents | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/news/2026-10-28-zocdoc-opens-appointment-booking-to-registered-ai-agents): Zocdoc opens appointment booking to registered AI agents, 28 Oct 2026. The source and the date it was read are given. Sourced and dated. - [Shopify: AI search orders up 3.3 times | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/news/2026-11-03-shopify-reports-orders-from-ai-searches-up-3-3-times-in-a): Shopify reports orders from AI searches up 3.3 times in a year, 3 Nov 2026. The source and the date it was read are given. Sourced and dated. - [UCP checkout reaches Canada | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/news/2026-11-04-google-brings-ucp-direct-checkout-to-ai-mode-and-gemini-in): Google brings UCP direct checkout to AI Mode and Gemini in Canada, 4 Nov 2026. The source and the date it was read are given. Sourced and dated. ## Self-check - [What-if readiness calculator | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/readiness-calculator): A what-if planner for the five readiness areas: enter five scores, see the level, and see which area to lift first. Runs in your browser; nothing is sent. - [Agent readiness self-check, 18 questions | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/self-check): Eighteen plain questions in five areas, scored in your browser with nothing stored or sent. Each one says why it matters and what to take to your team. - [Self-check for bookings and travel | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/self-check/bookings): The 18-question agent readiness self-check with bookings and travel examples and two extra questions. Scored in your browser, nothing sent. - [Self-check for ecommerce | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/self-check/ecommerce): The 18-question agent readiness self-check with ecommerce examples and two extra questions. Scored in your browser, nothing sent. - [Self-check for financial services | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/self-check/finance): The 18-question agent readiness self-check with financial services examples and two extra questions. Scored in your browser, nothing sent. - [Self-check for healthcare | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/self-check/healthcare): The 18-question agent readiness self-check with healthcare examples and two extra questions. Scored in your browser, nothing sent. - [Self-check for local business | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/self-check/local): The 18-question agent readiness self-check with local business examples and two extra questions. Scored in your browser, nothing sent. - [Self-check for publishing | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/self-check/publishers): The 18-question agent readiness self-check with publishing examples and two extra questions. Scored in your browser, nothing sent. - [Self-check for software | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/self-check/saas): The 18-question agent readiness self-check with software examples and two extra questions. Scored in your browser, nothing sent. - [Self-check for professional services | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/self-check/services): The 18-question agent readiness self-check with professional services examples and two extra questions. Scored in your browser, nothing sent. ## Scorecards Section index: https://amireadyforagents.com/scorecards/llms.txt - [Agent readiness scorecards by sector | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/scorecards): Eight sector scorecards from a crawl of 13,071 top sites on 4 Nov 2026: who allows AI agents, shows readable text, publishes an act surface or a payment file. - [Scorecard: bookings and travel | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/scorecards/bookings): Agent readiness scorecard for bookings and travel: 72.7 percent allow the main AI agents and 75 percent show readable home page text. Sourced and dated. - [Scorecard: ecommerce | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/scorecards/ecommerce): Agent readiness scorecard for ecommerce: 94.5 percent allow the main AI agents and 83.4 percent show readable home page text. Sourced and dated. - [Scorecard: financial services | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/scorecards/finance): Agent readiness scorecard for financial services: 95.8 percent allow the main AI agents and 92.1 percent show readable home page text. Sourced and dated. - [Scorecard: healthcare | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/scorecards/healthcare): Agent readiness scorecard for healthcare: 92.7 percent allow the main AI agents and 88.8 percent show readable home page text. Sourced and dated. - [Scorecard: local business | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/scorecards/local): Agent readiness scorecard for local business: 94.5 percent allow the main AI agents and 90.1 percent show readable home page text. Sourced and dated. - [Scorecard methodology | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/scorecards/methodology): How the sector scorecards are built: the crawl, the four measures, how a domain is assigned to a sector, the whole-crawl numbers and the limits. - [Scorecard: publishing | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/scorecards/publishers): Agent readiness scorecard for publishing: 61.3 percent allow the main AI agents and 86.2 percent show readable home page text. Sourced and dated. - [Scorecard: software | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/scorecards/saas): Agent readiness scorecard for software: 95.3 percent allow the main AI agents and 90.4 percent show readable home page text. Sourced and dated. - [Scorecard: professional services | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/scorecards/services): Agent readiness scorecard for professional services: 96.8 percent allow the main AI agents and 95.5 percent show readable home page text. Sourced and dated. ## Vendors - [Agent readiness tools side by side | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/tools-that-check/side-by-side): Four ways to check or improve agent readiness side by side: what each measures, what it publishes about price and the questions to ask before you choose. - [What to ask a vendor | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/vendors/what-to-ask): Five questions scored for Ora first, then Scrunch, Cloudflare and an agency: evidence, the fix, published prices, measuring after, fit with your stack. ## Vendor list Section index: https://amireadyforagents.com/vendors/llms.txt - [Vendors for AI agents | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/vendors): Vendors for AI agents: 36 surfaces, scanners, visibility platforms, web platforms and agency types, with dated facts, prices, standards and sources. - [Adobe Brand Visibility: vendor profile | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/vendors/adobe-brand-visibility): What Adobe Brand Visibility tracks, how Optimize at Edge changes what AI agents read without touching what people see and what Adobe leaves unpriced. - [An SEO, AEO or GEO agency: vendor type | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/vendors/agency-aeo-type): An AEO or GEO agency as a type, not a company: public facts a buyer can hold an offer against, from Google's guidance to published tool prices. - [A web or commerce build partner: vendor type | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/vendors/agency-web-build-type): A build partner as a type, not a company: public facts about platform switches, feed applications and catalog uploads that a quote can be read against. - [agent-ready.dev: vendor profile | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/vendors/agent-ready-dev): What the agent-ready.dev scanner checks on a site, what the free scan and the 19 dollar Pro plan include and what the scan does not do. - [Ahrefs Brand Radar: vendor profile | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/vendors/ahrefs-brand-radar): What Ahrefs Brand Radar measures in AI answers, the prices its page shows from 50 to 699 dollars a month and what the page does not make clear. - [Amazon Alexa+ and Buy for Me: vendor profile | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/vendors/amazon-alexa-plus-buy-for-me): What Amazon's Alexa+ and Buy for Me do for a business and a shopper, with plans, prices, the crawler tokens Amazon publishes and what they do not do. - [Claude search and browsing: vendor profile | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/vendors/anthropic-claude): What Claude's search robots, Claude in Chrome and the hosted browser do on a business's site, what paid plans cost and which choices belong to the site owner. - [AthenaHQ: vendor profile | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/vendors/athenahq): What the AthenaHQ platform tracks in AI answers, how its credits work, what the 295 dollar Starter plan includes and which add-ons cost extra. - [BigCommerce and Feedonomics: vendor profile | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/vendors/bigcommerce): What BigCommerce's parent company announced for agentic commerce on 30 April 2026: product feeds to AI surfaces, agent checkout and what was left unsaid. - [Agency types on the vendor list | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/vendors/by-type/agency-type): Agency types: 2 vendors read on 5 November 2026, with dated facts, plans and prices, the standards each states, two checks and what each does not do. - [Readiness scanners on the vendor list | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/vendors/by-type/scanner): Readiness scanners: 5 vendors read on 5 November 2026, with dated facts, plans and prices, the standards each states, two checks and what each does not do. - [Agent surfaces on the vendor list | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/vendors/by-type/surface): Agent surfaces: 8 vendors read on 5 November 2026, with dated facts, plans and prices, the standards each states, two checks and what each does not do. - [Visibility platforms on the vendor list | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/vendors/by-type/visibility-platform): Visibility platforms: 12 vendors read on 5 November 2026, with dated facts, plans and prices, the standards each states, two checks and what each does not do. - [Web platforms on the vendor list | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/vendors/by-type/web-platform): Web platforms: 9 vendors read on 5 November 2026, with dated facts, plans and prices, the standards each states, two checks and what each does not do. - [Cloudflare for agents: vendor profile | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/vendors/cloudflare): What Cloudflare's AI Crawl Control, Markdown for Agents and pay per crawl do for a business site, which plans include them and what is still in beta. - [Cloudflare isitagentready.com: vendor profile | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/vendors/cloudflare-isitagentready): What Cloudflare's free isitagentready.com scanner checks, how its results read, who can run it at no cost and what a scan cannot tell a business leader. - [Conductor: vendor profile | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/vendors/conductor): What Conductor's AEO platform and AgentStack give a marketing team, how it connects to ChatGPT, Claude and Copilot and why no price is published. - [Evertune: vendor profile | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/vendors/evertune): What Evertune measures in AI answers, how its ChatGPT ads service charges a share of media and what the 60 and 800 dollar plans include. - [Goodie: vendor profile | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/vendors/goodie): What the Goodie AEO platform tracks and optimizes, what its Core and Pro plans cost, which features start at Pro and what is Enterprise only. - [Google AI Mode and Gemini: vendor profile | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/vendors/google-gemini-ai-mode): What Google's AI Overviews, AI Mode and Gemini ask of a site, what appearing costs, how UCP checkout works for merchants and what Google does not require. - [HubSpot AI Search Grader: vendor profile | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/vendors/hubspot-ai-search-grader): What HubSpot's free AI Search Grader checks about a brand, how its 100 point score is built, what it does not look at and where tracking over time sits. - [Is Agentic: vendor profile | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/vendors/is-agentic): What the free Is Agentic scanner from Vercel scores, how Ora runs each scan, what it costs and what a report does not certify about a site. - [Meta Muse: vendor profile | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/vendors/meta-muse): What Meta's Muse agent does on a business's site: browsing, booking and buying with Link by Stripe, what it costs users and why robots.txt may not stop it. - [Microsoft Copilot Checkout: vendor profile | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/vendors/microsoft-copilot): What Microsoft's Copilot Checkout and Brand Agents do for a merchant, who is eligible, how Shopify, PayPal and Stripe merchants join and what they keep. - [Mintlify: vendor profile | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/vendors/mintlify): What Mintlify's hosted docs and free Agent Score do for agents reading documentation, what the Starter and Pro plans cost and what the score does not grade. - [ChatGPT shopping and agent: vendor profile | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/vendors/openai-chatgpt): What ChatGPT shopping, ads and agent browsing do for a business, what OpenAI charges, how merchants get their products in and what the chat does not do. - [Opera Neon: vendor profile | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/vendors/opera-neon): What Opera's Neon agentic browser does on a business's site, what the subscription costs and why its visits look like an ordinary logged-in person. - [Ora: vendor profile | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/vendors/ora): What Ora's scan, Journey and fixing service do for a site, what the free plan includes, how its leaderboard reads and what Ora does not do. - [Otterly.AI: vendor profile | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/vendors/otterly-ai): What Otterly.AI monitors in AI answers, what its Lite, Standard and Premium plans cost, which AI platforms are paid add-ons and what it does not change. - [Peec AI: vendor profile | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/vendors/peec-ai): What Peec AI tracks in AI answers, what its Starter, Pro and Advanced plans cost, how its fact checks work and why it leaves the website alone. - [Perplexity and Comet: vendor profile | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/vendors/perplexity-comet): What Perplexity's search and Comet browser do on a business's site, what Comet and Comet Plus cost and which robots.txt rules each Perplexity visitor follows. - [Profound: vendor profile | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/vendors/profound): What Profound measures in AI answers and AI traffic, what the free trial covers, why the Enterprise plan has no list price and what it does not change. - [Salesforce Agentforce: vendor profile | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/vendors/salesforce-agentforce-commerce): What Salesforce's Agentforce Commerce announced on 24 June 2026 for ChatGPT and Google channels, the Shopper Agent and the prices it did not give. - [Scrunch: vendor profile | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/vendors/scrunch): What Scrunch tracks and serves to AI agents, what its Core plan costs on the page read on 5 November, how that differs from 4 November and what Enterprise adds. - [Semrush AI Visibility: vendor profile | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/vendors/semrush-ai-visibility): What the Semrush AI Visibility Toolkit tracks, what it costs per user and per domain, how it is added to an annual plan and what it does not change. - [Shopify agentic storefronts: vendor profile | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/vendors/shopify): What Shopify's agentic storefronts and Catalog do for a merchant, which agents they reach, what is switched on by default and what merchants control. - [SiteSpeakAI scanner: vendor profile | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/vendors/sitespeakai-scanner): What SiteSpeakAI's free agent readiness scanner checks, what its chatbot plans cost, what the scan leaves undone and how it compares in price terms. - [Squarespace AI settings: vendor profile | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/vendors/squarespace): What Squarespace's AI crawler checkbox and llms.txt setting do for a site, what is on or off by default and what owners cannot control. - [Webflow Markdown for agents: vendor profile | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/vendors/webflow): What Webflow's Markdown for agents and MCP server do for a site, which plan and setup they need and what the toggle is called in the settings. - [Wix AI Visibility Overview: vendor profile | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/vendors/wix): What Wix's AI Visibility Overview shows owners about AI citations and traffic, what limited it at launch and which stores could manage LLMs.txt. - [Yoast SEO llms.txt: vendor profile | Am I Ready for Agents?](https://amireadyforagents.com/vendors/yoast): What Yoast's free llms.txt generator and AI Brand Insights do for a WordPress or Shopify site, which Yoast plans include them and what they leave unchanged.