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title: "AR-READ-10 removed from the spec and retired | Agent Ready Checklist"
description: "Commit 8f5cb02 removed the AR-READ-10 requirement for AGENTS.md and SKILLS.md on 26 Aug 2026, and the identifier is retired."
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# AR-READ-10 removed from the spec and retired | Agent Ready Checklist

> Commit 8f5cb02 removed the AR-READ-10 requirement for AGENTS.md and SKILLS.md on 26 Aug 2026, and the identifier is retired.

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# AR-READ-10 (AGENTS.md and SKILLS.md) removed from the spec and retired

2026-08-26

Commit 8f5cb02 removed the AR-READ-10 requirement for AGENTS.md and SKILLS.md on 26 Aug 2026, and the identifier is retired. That is why the pricing requirement added in v2.0 is AR-READ-11, and skills discovery now lives only in Cloudflare's scanner checks.

## What changed

Commit 8f5cb02 removed the MAY-level AR-READ-10 requirement and its open question. The identifier is retired, which is why the pricing requirement added in v2.0 is AR-READ-11. Skills discovery now lives only in the Cloudflare scanner checks.

## Rows and pages it touches

-   [AR-READ-11](https://agentreadychecklist.com/checklist/ar-read-11/)Pricing as first-party HTML

## Sources

-   [github.com/agentready-org/standard/commit/8f5cb02](https://github.com/agentready-org/standard/commit/8f5cb02)read 2026-11-04

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