Site agents · 15 articles

Agentic website basics

An agentic website answers and sells to people and their AI agents. These articles define the term, explain the difference between a site agents can read and one they can ask, and walk through the checklists and audits that show where your site stands today.

The agentic website checklist: what to ship at each layer, and who actually reads it today
Agent-Ready Web October 16, 2026

The agentic website checklist: what to ship at each layer, and who actually reads it today

A checklist for an agentic website, layer by layer: what to ship, the effort, what you get and the evidence on who reads it today. Most of the work sits above the readable layer.

What is an agentic website? A working definition and a five-layer model
Agent-Ready Web October 14, 2026

What is an agentic website? A working definition and a five-layer model

An agentic website answers and sells to people and their AI agents. A sourced definition, a five-layer model mapped to real standards, and an honest column on who reads each layer today.

Cloudflare's one-switch WebMCP: any website can expose agent tools from the edge
Agent-Ready Web August 7, 2026

Cloudflare's one-switch WebMCP: any website can expose agent tools from the edge

Cloudflare launched a developer preview that injects a WebMCP bridge at the edge, so any site exposes callable agent tools from one dashboard switch. What it solves, and what it leaves open.

You passed the agent-readiness score. Agents still bail at your pricing page
B2B Agents July 24, 2026

You passed the agent-readiness score. Agents still bail at your pricing page

An agent-readiness score grades the readable layer of your site. New July 2026 data shows agents still fail at pricing. Here is what to fix after the score.

Alibaba's PageAgent lets agents operate your website, not just read it. Who are they acting for?
Agent Networking July 3, 2026

Alibaba's PageAgent lets agents operate your website, not just read it. Who are they acting for?

Alibaba open-sourced PageAgent, an in-page JavaScript agent that drives a website's own UI with natural language. What in-page agents change, and the identity layer they leave open.

Chrome's Lighthouse now audits your site for AI agents: what it scores and misses
Agent-Ready Web June 28, 2026

Chrome's Lighthouse now audits your site for AI agents: what it scores and misses

Chrome 150 added an Agentic Browsing category to Lighthouse and shipped DevTools for Agents. Here is what the audit actually checks, why it is informational, and the gap it does not close.

Turn your website into an AI agent: the three things people mean (and which one makes money)
B2B Agents June 13, 2026

Turn your website into an AI agent: the three things people mean (and which one makes money)

Turn your website into an AI agent means three things in 2026: a site built by AI, a site agents can read, or one agents can talk to. Only the last, an addressable agent, makes money.

Your buyer is an agent now: what agentic browsers change for your website
B2B Agents June 12, 2026

Your buyer is an agent now: what agentic browsers change for your website

Bot traffic passed human traffic in 2026, and agentic browsers like Comet and ChatGPT's agent mode now research vendors for their humans. What that changes for your website, and what to do this quarter.

Visa's Agent Score and Agentic Directory: payment networks start verifying AI agents
Agent Networking June 11, 2026

Visa's Agent Score and Agentic Directory: payment networks start verifying AI agents

Visa unveiled Agent Score and an Agentic Directory on June 10, 2026: sites get scored on whether AI agents can complete tasks, and Visa verifies agents and merchants. What shipped, and the trust gap it leaves.

How to Tell If a Relocation or Immigration Service Is Agent-Ready in 2026: A Buyer's Checklist
Agent-Ready Web June 9, 2026

How to Tell If a Relocation or Immigration Service Is Agent-Ready in 2026: A Buyer's Checklist

A plain checklist for spotting an agent-ready relocation or immigration service in 2026: five questions a buyer can ask, real examples, and what most firms still miss.

How to Tell If a SaaS Is Agent-Ready in 2026: A Buyer's Checklist
Agent-Ready Web June 8, 2026

How to Tell If a SaaS Is Agent-Ready in 2026: A Buyer's Checklist

A plain checklist for spotting an agent-ready SaaS in 2026: five questions a buyer can ask, real examples, and why a 90% scorer result can still be useless.

Is Your Site Agent-Ready? The Audit Checklist and What the Tools Miss
Agent-Ready Web June 5, 2026

Is Your Site Agent-Ready? The Audit Checklist and What the Tools Miss

An honest agent-readiness audit: the four scored Cloudflare buckets and its commerce checks, what third-party scorers measure well, and the identity row they leave out.

Your website is agent-readable. That is not the same as agent-addressable.
B2B Agents June 5, 2026

Your website is agent-readable. That is not the same as agent-addressable.

Agent-readable (llms.txt, WebMCP) lets machines parse your site. Agent-addressable adds a Site Agent that converses, qualifies fit, and routes to a human, discoverable by other agents.

How to Make Your Website Agent-Ready in 2026
Agent-Ready Web June 4, 2026

How to Make Your Website Agent-Ready in 2026

A practical 2026 guide to making a website agent-ready: the five honest layers, what the evidence supports, and the 60-minute version for site owners.

Does llms.txt Actually Work? An Honest Read of the 2026 Evidence
AI Agents 101 May 30, 2026

Does llms.txt Actually Work? An Honest Read of the 2026 Evidence

Evidence-led look at whether llms.txt drives AI citations, covering the SE Ranking 300k-domain study, Google's stated position, the Wix counterpoint, and what to ship.