The Five Dimensions¶
The Agent Readiness Operator scores any web page across five independent dimensions, each worth 20 points for a maximum total of 100. Each dimension measures a distinct signal that AI models and crawlers use to assess whether a service is credible, citable, and worth featuring in responses.
How the scoring model works¶
Every page receives a score from 0–20 per dimension. The five scores are summed to produce an overall Agent Readiness score (0–100). This total determines which of five bands the page falls into:
Critical 0–30Developing 31–55Functional 56–75Strong 76–90Authority 91–100
Pages scoring in the Critical or Developing band require structural fixes before content work. Functional pages are usable but inconsistent. Strong and Authority pages serve as reliable sources for AI responses.
Dimension summary¶
| Dimension | What it measures | Page |
|---|---|---|
| Structured Data | Does the service tell agents what it is, who it's for, and what it contains—in a machine-readable format? | structured-data.md |
| Citability | Can agents extract and quote specific, verifiable claims from this service's content? | citability.md |
| Crawl Signal | Can agents find, access, and trust the technical integrity of this service's pages? | crawl-signal.md |
| Content Freshness | Do agents see this service as a live, maintained source—or a static archive? | content-freshness.md |
| Entity Authority | Can agents resolve this service to a real-world entity they can cross-reference and verify? | entity-authority.md |
Decision conditions¶
| Condition | Route |
|---|---|
| Dimension score ≥ 16/20, OR overall band ≥ Strong (≥76) | SHIP—no action; do not pad |
| Confirmed gap, evidence sufficient, fix is a text artifact I can produce | FIX—generate the artifact |
| Evidence unverifiable (audit-tool gap, no raw source, JS-SPA) OR fix requires action in the world | ESCALATE—four-part flag |