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What is an agent-ready website?

An agent-ready website is a site AI agents can discover, understand, and safely act on without brittle scraping or blind browser automation.

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Definition

Agent-ready means structured, permissioned, and auditable.

A normal website asks a human to interpret the page. An agent-ready website gives software a safe way to understand what exists and what can happen next.

Structured discovery

Agents can find your capabilities, docs, resources, pricing, and workflows without guessing from page layout.

Clear permissions

Read-only, draft-only, approval-required, and blocked actions are explicit instead of implied.

Reliable action paths

Actions are exposed as governed tools, not fragile clicks through popups and JavaScript flows.

Readiness signals

The 7 signals Arachne checks.

Arachne uses a practical readiness lens based on the things agents need to call a website deterministically.

MCP endpoint

A native tool interface for agents to call capabilities.

OpenAPI

Machine-readable API structure where available.

llms.txt

A map that helps language models understand your public resources.

sitemap.xml

Basic discoverability for pages and resources.

robots.txt

Crawler guidance and public access boundaries.

JSON-LD

Structured data for entities, products, services, FAQs, and organizations.

Semantic forms

Forms agents can interpret without guessing field meaning.

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FAQ

Quick answers

Short answers for teams evaluating agent-readiness, MCP, and hosted Shadow APIs.

Is agent-readiness the same as SEO?

No. SEO helps search engines index and rank your site. Agent-readiness helps agents understand and safely use your site.

Does this mean bots can do anything?

No. The point is governed access, explicit permissions, approval gates, and audit logs.

Who needs this first?

Businesses with public workflows around pricing, booking, purchasing, support, eligibility, docs, or onboarding.

Make your site agent-ready

Start with the score. Then decide if Arachne should compile the interface.

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