FRAMEWORK
Agent Readiness Ladder
A scale from 0 to 4 that tells you how well an AI shopping agent can read, compare, and buy from your store today.
In one line
Five levels of machine-legibility for commerce surfaces.
When to use it
Use it when you sell online and want to know whether agent-driven buying will find you or skip you.
THE FRAMEWORK
Step by step
Level 0: Human-only
Product truth lives in images, PDFs, and marketing copy. An agent can read almost nothing.
Level 1: Structured
Core attributes exist as fields, but coverage is patchy and naming is inconsistent across the catalog.
Level 2: Complete
Every sellable item carries the attributes a buyer would ask about, named the same way every time.
Level 3: Exposed
That catalog is published in a machine-readable feed with live price and availability.
Level 4: Transactable
An agent can check stock, price, and policy, then complete or hand off a purchase without a human parsing your site.
What you end up with
Your current level, the specific gaps holding you there, and what the next level costs to reach.
NEXT STEP
Run this framework on your own business.
Use it yourself, or have us score your stack against it in a two-week audit.