Agent-Ready Verified

The blue checkmark for the agentic economy.

Agent-Ready Verified is a 0–100 score measuring whether a local business has the infrastructure AI agents need to recommend and book it: presence on the directories AI cites, AI crawler access, schema markup, reviews, online booking, and consistent contact data. A business earns it — it cannot be bought.

70–100Verified
40–69Developing
0–39Unverified

What the score measures

Every signal is verifiable from primary sources — no opinions, no self-reported data. The weighting reflects how AI assistants actually decide what to recommend: third-party consensus matters far more than a business's own website.

Third-party consensus

45 pts

The strongest signal. AI weights what the rest of the web says about a business far more than its own marketing. Measures presence on the directories AI actually cites, review strength, and a consistent social footprint.

  • Directory citation coverage20

    Is the business present on the third-party sources (Yelp, Healthgrades, RealSelf) that AI cites for this market?

  • Review strength15

    Volume and rating of verified reviews.

  • Directory presence10

    Consistent, reachable profiles across review and social platforms.

AI accessibility

25 pts

Can AI systems even read the business? The most common reason for zero AI recommendations is that AI crawlers are blocked or the site has no structured data.

  • AI crawler access15

    robots.txt allows GPTBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot and other AI crawlers.

  • Schema markup10

    Structured data (JSON-LD) AI can parse to understand the business.

Site readiness

20 pts

Can a customer act once AI sends them? Booking, service depth, and complete contact information.

  • Online booking8

    A way to book or schedule directly.

  • Service depth7

    Dedicated pages for the services offered.

  • NAP consistency5

    Name, address, and phone consistent across sources — verified by reconciliation, not just presence.

Hygiene

10 pts

Table-stakes technical signals that establish a business is real and current.

  • HTTPS4

    Secure connection.

  • Mobile-ready3

    Responsive site.

  • Title & meta3

    Basic SEO tags present.

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Frequently asked questions

What is Agent-Ready Verified?

Agent-Ready Verified is a 0–100 score that measures whether a local business has the technical and reputational infrastructure AI assistants need to confidently recommend and book it. It evaluates third-party directory presence, AI crawler access, schema markup, reviews, online booking, and consistent contact information.

How is Agent-Ready different from an AI visibility score?

AI visibility measures what AI recommends right now — how often a business is named. Agent-Ready measures whether a business is built to be recommended — the verifiable infrastructure behind it. A business can be invisible today but Agent-Ready, or popular today but missing the signals AI agents will increasingly require. The two scores are calculated independently and never influence each other.

Why does third-party consensus matter most?

AI assistants weight external sources more heavily than a business’s own website — roughly half to three-quarters of AI citations come from third-party sources. A business present on the directories AI trusts is far more likely to be recommended than one relying on its own marketing, which is why third-party consensus is weighted at 45 of 100 points.

How do I improve my Agent-Ready score?

The highest-leverage steps are: get listed on the directories AI cites for your category, allow AI crawlers in your robots.txt, add LocalBusiness schema to your site, keep your name/address/phone identical everywhere, and add online booking. Foundly shows the specific gaps for your business.

Can a business pay to be Agent-Ready Verified?

No. The score is earned through verifiable signals only. Businesses can pay to display the badge once verified, but no payment changes the underlying score.