Question 1

What is AI agent readiness?

Accepted Answer

AI agent readiness measures how easily autonomous agents and coding tools can discover, read, and act on your website. That includes crawl rules, machine-readable content, bot access policies, and optional capability surfaces like MCP.

Question 2

What does this free scanner check?

Accepted Answer

It probes your origin for discoverability (robots.txt, sitemap, Link headers), content (markdown negotiation, llms.txt), bot access (AI rules and Content Signals), optional capabilities (MCP, OAuth, skills), and commerce signals (x402, UCP, ACP). You get a score, evidence, and coding-agent fix prompts.

Question 3

How is the readiness score calculated?

Accepted Answer

Each scored check is pass (1), warn (0.5), or fail (0). The overall score is the average of scored checks, shown as a value out of 100. Commerce signals are reported but not included in the score. Optional capabilities only affect the score when you enable that toggle.

Question 4

What does the capabilities toggle do?

Accepted Answer

By default the scan focuses on discoverability, content, and bot access. Turn on capabilities to also probe MCP, OAuth protected resource metadata, and related agent surfaces. Those checks can change your score when enabled.

Question 5

Is the Agent Readiness Scanner free?

Accepted Answer

Yes. It is a free public tool from Listable Labs. Usage is rate limited to keep the service available (20 scans per hour per client). Create a free Listable Labs account if you hit the limit and need more capacity.

Question 6

How is this different from robots.txt or llms.txt alone?

Accepted Answer

robots.txt controls crawler access. llms.txt gives models a curated content index. Agent readiness looks at both plus markdown negotiation, bot policies, and optional agent protocols, then scores them together with evidence you can act on.

Question 7

What should I do with the fix prompts?

Accepted Answer

Each failed or warning check can include a prompt you can paste into a coding agent (Cursor, Claude Code, Codex, and similar). The prompt describes the issue and a concrete fix so you can update your site without starting from scratch.

Question 8

Does agent readiness improve traditional SEO rankings?

Accepted Answer

Not directly. Traditional search rankings still depend on content quality, links, and page experience. Agent readiness improves how AI agents and tools understand and use your site, which complements SEO and AI search visibility work.

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