ARO · Operational

Agent Skills

Agent Skills is an Agent Readiness Optimization check in the Protocol discovery group.

Version agent-readiness-2026-10

What is this benchmark?

Agent Skills is an Agent Readiness Optimization check in the Protocol discovery group.

Why it matters

A skills index is optional. Missing it does not change the score.

How SiteGlue evaluates it

HTTP request to a well-known or published URL. Spec: https://agentskills.io/. Catalog agent-readiness-2026-10.

Passing criteria: The published signal for Agent Skills is present and readable.
Failing criteria: The scan requested the signal and it was missing, blocked, or malformed.
Not verified: The check was not selected, the probe did not run, or evidence was inconclusive. Not verified is never scored as 0.
Not applicable: Optional checks can be recorded without changing the ARO score.

Scoring weight: 0. Evidence: Public HTTP, HTML, or DNS evidence for Agent Skills. No private credentials.

Example results

Pass

Agents can read a valid Agent Skills signal on the public site.

Fail

Agent Skills is missing, blocked, or not machine-readable.

Recommended fixes

An Agent Skills index is optional. A product decision on publishing one is still open, so this row has no generator.

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Frequently asked questions

Does a missing optional check lower my ARO score?

No. Weight 0 checks are recorded and shown. They do not change the score.

No. ARO is a website audit. Optional live walks are Test With AI Agents.