Cloudflare has introduced a tool that scans websites to assess their readiness for AI agents. The service evaluates how websites align with emerging AI interaction standards, covering multiple protocols from robots.txt to more advanced frameworks like MCP and OAuth. This tool comes as businesses increasingly prepare their digital properties for AI-driven automation and intelligent agent interactions.

The scanner examines five key categories: Discoverability checks robots.txt and sitemap accessibility; Content Accessibility evaluates Markdown negotiation capabilities; Bot Access Control assesses AI bot rules; Discovery looks for MCP Server Cards and Agent Skills; and Commerce checks for x402 and UCP protocols. Each category provides specific recommendations for optimization.

Cloudflare suggests starting with basic improvements like publishing valid robots.txt files with AI bot rules and ensuring homepage exposure of useful discovery headers. While the tool offers AI-generated recommendations, users are advised to apply professional judgment as these suggestions come with no liability protection. This tool reflects the growing importance of preparing websites for increasingly sophisticated AI agents that will interact with web content autonomously.