---
title: "AgentReady defined | Agent Ready Checklist"
description: "AgentReady: Open, MIT-licensed spec of what a site or product implements so agents can find, read and act on it. It defines requirements, not scores."
canonical: https://agentreadychecklist.com/glossary/agentready
site: "Agent Ready Checklist"
last_updated: 2026-11-05
section: "Glossary"
---

# AgentReady defined | Agent Ready Checklist

> AgentReady: Open, MIT-licensed spec of what a site or product implements so agents can find, read and act on it. It defines requirements, not scores.

Source: https://agentreadychecklist.com/glossary/agentready
Site: Agent Ready Checklist
Last reviewed: 2026-11-05
Agent endpoints: https://agentreadychecklist.com/llms.txt (index), https://agentreadychecklist.com/openapi.json (API), https://agentreadychecklist.com/mcp (MCP server), https://agentreadychecklist.com/ask (search)
Access: https://agentreadychecklist.com/auth.md (no key). Pricing: https://agentreadychecklist.com/pricing.md (free).

# AgentReady

Open, MIT-licensed spec of what a site or product implements so agents can find, read and act on it. Requirements carry AR-\* identifiers at MUST, SHOULD or MAY. It defines requirements, not scores. The FAQ asks: What is the minimum a site needs to pass AgentReady?

## Definition

Open, MIT-licensed spec of what a site or product implements so agents can find, read and act on it. Requirements carry AR-\* identifiers at MUST, SHOULD or MAY. It defines requirements, not scores.

## Example

```text
AR-FIND-01 | MUST | The site MUST NOT block agent and crawler access to public content
```

## Asked about it

### What is the minimum a site needs to pass AgentReady?

Meet every MUST that applies. For an informational site that is three: do not block agents (AR-FIND-01), put the answer in the initial HTML (AR-READ-01) and return real status codes (AR-READ-02). A product agents act on adds AR-ACT-10, an MCP server or a CLI.

### How many requirements are in the current AgentReady spec?

Version 2.0 (October 2026) has 24 live identifiers: 4 MUST, 14 SHOULD and 6 MAY, split across AR-FIND (4), AR-READ (10) and AR-ACT (10). AR-READ-10 is retired and its number is not reused.

## Sources

-   [github.com/agentready-org/standard/blob/main/spec/spec.md](https://github.com/agentready-org/standard/blob/main/spec/spec.md)read 2026-11-04

Last reviewed 2026-11-05. AgentReady v2.0, read 2026-11-04.