Can AI agents reach and discover your site? (Bot Access + Discoverability checks)
What is agentic readiness?
Agentic readiness is how well a website or business can be found, read, trusted and bought from by AI agents acting for a person. As assistants like ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Copilot start researching and buying on people's behalf, the businesses they can understand and use are the ones that get chosen.
Four layers
Can they understand what you offer? (Content check)
Can they verify who you are and connect safely? (API & Security check)
Can they complete a purchase or enquiry? (Commerce check)
What to check
AI crawlers aren't blocked in robots.txt; a sitemap exists; key pages load without needing JavaScript tricks.
clear headings, plain-language answers to common questions, structured data describing your business, products and prices.
HTTPS, clear business identity and contact details, published policies, and secure, documented ways for agents to connect.
prices, availability and checkout or booking steps an agent can follow.
Not the same as AI maturity
In New Zealand, "agentic readiness" is sometimes used to mean how ready an organisation is to adopt AI internally. AIready uses it to mean how ready your website and business are to be used by AI agents.
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