State of Agent Readiness: May 2026

We audited 322 of the web's top sites across 6 categories. Here's what the data shows.

Key Findings

The average AI readiness grade is C (54/100)
Only 75% of top websites serve an llms.txt file
Technical scores 89/100 on average, but Agent Auth lags at just 30
surrealdb.com leads the rankings with 88/100
Communication & Support leads by industry with an average score of 66/100
2% of sites scored an F — failing AI readiness

Grade Distribution

Out of 322 sites audited, not a single one earned an A grade. The majority cluster in the C and D range.

A
4 sites (1%)
B
98 sites (30%)
C
151 sites (47%)
D
61 sites (19%)
F
8 sites (2%)

Category Averages

Sites perform unevenly across categories. Technical infrastructure is solid; agent discovery and protocol adoption lag far behind.

Technical
89
Bot Accessibility
77
Content Quality
68
Structured Data
54
Agent Protocols
42
Agent Discovery
36
Agent Auth
30

Protocol Adoption

Agent-readiness protocols remain almost entirely unadopted. llms.txt is the only signal with meaningful presence.

75%
llms.txt
1%
agent-card.json
22%
MCP server

What's New in Rubric v2.0

May 2026 is the first edition scored under rubric v2.0, which introduces a new Auth & Access category (20% of total score, 16 checks across 4 buckets).

The category evaluates whether a site can serve authenticated agents: login-wall detection, session/token flows, OAuth support, and API key provisioning. Early results show the vast majority of sites score near 0 — most web infrastructure wasn't built with agent authentication in mind.

This is the frontier. Sites that invest early in agent-compatible auth will have a structural advantage as AI agent traffic grows.

Top 10 Sites

#DomainCategoryGradeScore
1surrealdb.comData & AnalyticsA88
2postman.comDeveloper ToolsA77
3context7.comAgent ToolsA77
4telnyx.comCommunication & SupportA76
5openrouter.aiAgent ToolsB75
6render.comInfrastructure & DevOpsB75
7monday.comSaaSB74
8crewai.comAI & TechB74
9circleci.comDeveloper ToolsB73
10clerk.comIdentity & AuthB73

Category Leaders

Highest-scoring site per industry.

Data & Analytics
surrealdb.com
A
Developer Tools
postman.com
A
Agent Tools
context7.com
A
Communication & Support
telnyx.com
A
Infrastructure & DevOps
render.com
B
AI & Tech
crewai.com
B
Identity & Auth
clerk.com
B
Payments & Fintech
razorpay.com
B
AI & ML
heygen.com
B
Sales & Marketing
digits.com
B
Productivity
clickup.com
B
Documentation
mistral.ai
B
E-Commerce
vkusvill.ru
B
Media & Content
substack.com
C
Finance
intuit.com
C
Government
gov.uk
C
E-Commerce
nike.com
D
Local Business
zillow.com
D

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