Guide

What is agent readiness

Agent readiness is the quality of your public site as a working input for assistants and autonomous agents. A good page does not just rank; it gives models one clear source, one clear interpretation path, and one clear next action.

Good input
Stable public pages
Bad input
Conflicting or thin pages
Best next step
Run a scan or use a checklist

Definition

Think beyond ranking

Traditional SEO asks whether a page can be found and ranked. Agent readiness asks an additional question: once a model lands on your public surface, can it confidently understand and use it?

Can it find the canonical page for a topic?
Can it tell which pages are references and which are campaign or preview pages?
Can it understand what the product does from homepage, docs, pricing, and trust pages together?
Can it complete the next action without guessing?

Signals

The most common signals behind the concept

Architecture
clear hubs
stable leaf pages
no orphan pages
Public files
robots.txt
sitemap.xml
llms.txt
Trust surface
pricing
legal pages
about or proof pages
Action design
scan
sign-up
contact
docs navigation

Use the concept

How to tell the concept is failing on a real site

The homepage sounds polished, but docs, pricing, or trust pages are still hard to find.
Multiple pages compete to explain the same topic, so no page feels clearly canonical.
Agents can read the site, but they still cannot tell what action should come next.
Public files exist, but they point into a site structure that still feels fragmented.

Related pages

Continue through the cluster

Next step

Turn the definition into a page-level review

Once the concept is clear, the next step is not more theory. Use the comparison page if the boundary between files is unclear, or move into the checklist pages and review the live domain.