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Agent readiness calculator: a what-if planner for your five areas

Enter your answer counts, set your priorities, and see what would move you up a level.

Am I Ready for Agents? editors · Reviewed September 2026

The short of it

This calculator uses the same rubric as the self-check, but takes answer counts per area instead of 18 separate answers, so you can test what-if scenarios quickly. It shows your level, how it was reached, a view weighted by your own priorities, and the fewest answers you would need to change to reach the level above. Nothing you enter is stored or sent.

WHAT THIS IS
A planning aid for the self-check rubric. It does not scan your site and does not measure traffic, sales or search visibility. The weighted view is yours, not ours: the published level always uses equal weights.

1. How did you answer in each area?

For each area, enter how many questions you answered yes and how many not sure. The rest count as no. If you have not taken the self-check yet, take it first, or start from the worked example below.

Find

Can agents find you?

4 questions

No: 0 · Points 8 of 8 · 100%

Read

Can agents read you?

4 questions

No: 0 · Points 6 of 8 · 75%

Act

Can agents act on your site?

4 questions

No: 2 · Points 3 of 8 · 38%

Pay

Can agents pay?

3 questions

No: 2 · Points 1 of 6 · 17%

Trust

Can agents be trusted, and trust you?

3 questions

No: 0 · Points 4 of 6 · 67%

2. How much does each area matter to you?

Optional. Our published level counts every area equally. If one area matters more to your business (pay for a store, find for a publisher), set your own weights to see a second, weighted view. Each slider runs from 0 to 10; 5 for every area is our published equal weighting.

3. Your result

PUBLISHED LEVEL

Level 2 of 5: Found

Agents can probably reach you, but much of what they need is missing or unclear.

Overall 59 · Find 100% · Read 75% · Act 38% · Pay 17% · Trust 67%

How we got there

  1. Area scores: Find 8 of 8 = 100%, Read 6 of 8 = 75%, Act 3 of 8 = 38%, Pay 1 of 6 = 17%, Trust 4 of 6 = 67%
  2. Overall: (100.0 + 75.0 + 37.5 + 16.7 + 66.7) ÷ 5 = 59.2, which rounds to 59.
  3. Band: 59 falls in the Readable band (45–64), Level 3.
  4. Weakest area: Pay at 17% would be Level 1 (Hidden) on its own, so the weakest-area rule caps you at Level 2.
  5. Result: Level 2: Found.
YOUR WEIGHTS, NOT OUR RUBRIC

Weighted: Level 2 of 5: Found

Weighted overall 59

(100.0 × 5 + 75.0 × 5 + 37.5 × 5 + 16.7 × 5 + 66.7 × 5) ÷ 25 = 59

The weakest-area rule still applies: Pay caps this view at Level 2.

WHAT WOULD MOVE YOU UP A LEVEL?

Change 1 answer to reach Level 3: Readable

New overall 66 · capped by Act

This is the arithmetic shortest path, not advice on what is easiest to fix. The questions behind each area are on the self-check.

What formula does the calculator use?

Area score = (2 × yes + 1 × not sure + 0 × no) ÷ (2 × questions in the area) × 100.

Published overall = (Find + Read + Act + Pay + Trust) ÷ 5, rounded to a whole number. Level bands: Hidden 0–24, Found 25–44, Readable 45–64, Actionable 65–84, Prepared 85–100.

Weakest-area rule: final level = the lower of the band level and one above the level of your lowest area score.

Weighted overall = (Find × w1 + Read × w2 + Act × w3 + Pay × w4 + Trust × w5) ÷ (w1 + w2 + w3 + w4 + w5), with the same bands and the same weakest-area rule.

The rubric and weights are our editorial judgement, published on the readiness levels page. The calculator scores what you enter; it does not check your site. Your inputs stay in this browser tab. Nothing is stored or sent. Reviewed September 2026.

Common questions

How is this different from the self-check?
The self-check asks 18 questions one by one. The calculator takes the totals per area, which makes it quicker to test scenarios such as what happens if two pay answers become yes. Both use the same rubric, so the same answers give the same level.
Why does changing the weights not change my published level?
Because the published rubric counts every area equally. The weighted view is there to show how the picture changes if one area matters more to your business, for example pay for a store. It is labelled as your view, not ours.
Why is the fewest-changes answer sometimes an area I think is hard to fix?
The calculator finds the arithmetic shortest path to the level above. Because the weakest area caps your level, that path usually runs through your lowest area. Whether it is the easiest fix is a question for your web team.
Is anything I enter saved?
No. Inputs live only in this browser tab. There is no storage, no submission and no tracking, and reloading the page resets the calculator to the worked example.

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