llms.txt saves an agent real tokens, but it won't read it unless you ask

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· Engineering · Artificial Intelligence

Which agent-readiness features actually pay off

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· Engineering · Artificial Intelligence

The State of Agent Readability on the Web

We scored the 50,074 most-visited websites for how well an AI agent can discover, parse, and comprehend them. The median scores 52 of 100, not one scored excellent, and roughly three in four haven't shipped the agent-readability layer that halves what an agent spends to use a site.

· Engineering · Artificial Intelligence

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