---
type: Article
name: "What is a readiness score?"
id: "https://selfe.ai/insights/glossary/what-is-a-readiness-score"
url: "https://selfe.ai/insights/glossary/what-is-a-readiness-score"
publisher: "did:web:selfe.ai"
description: "A single number summarising how ready a business's facts are for an AI agent to find, trust and act on, measured against the same checks an agent would run."
datePublished: "2026-09-15T16:25:20.643Z"
author: The Selfe team
---

# What is a readiness score?

> A single number summarising how ready a business's facts are for an AI agent to find, trust and act on, measured against the same checks an agent would run.

## In short

- A readiness score summarises how ready a business's facts are for an agent, checked against the same things an agent checks.
- It's a snapshot that moves with the underlying facts, not a fixed certificate.

Good for: Tracking whether a business's facts are improving over time. Not good for: Proving anything to a specific agent in the moment. It's a summary snapshot, not a live check.

It's a snapshot, not a certificate. The score moves as facts change, a stale cancellation policy or an outdated stock count pulls it down, a newly connected, verified fact pulls it up. It's useful as a starting point and a way to track progress, not as something to chase for its own sake, the point was always the underlying facts, the score is just a way of seeing where they stand.

## Good for

Tracking whether a business's facts are improving over time.

## Not good for

Proving anything to a specific agent in the moment. It's a summary snapshot, not a live check.

## Act on this

- [Check whether an agent can buy from you](https://selfe.ai/agentic-commerce/buyability-check) — the free readiness scan.
- [Discover venues](https://selfe.ai/api/registry/discover) — `POST`, semantic browse across the registry.
- [Match a bookable answer](https://selfe.ai/api/registry/match) — `POST` with dates and party size.
- [Verify Selfe's identity](https://selfe.ai/.well-known/did.json) — `did:web:selfe.ai`.
- [Agent card](https://selfe.ai/.well-known/agent-card.json) — how to connect over A2A or MCP.