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AI bot traffic taxonomy showing search crawlers, answer bots, training bots, user-directed agents, and signed agents.

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AI bot traffic taxonomy guide for websites

AI bot traffic taxonomy guide: 8 classes, route risk, signed agents, verification, logs, and policy for crawlers and user agents.

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Jun 29, 202625 min readEditors at CanAgentUse

AI bot traffic taxonomy guide for websites

AI bot traffic taxonomy guide: 8 classes, route risk, signed agents, verification, logs, and policy for crawlers and user agents.

AI botscrawlersGPTBot

Browser-agent view of a web page showing forms, filters, modals, controls, and state changes.

Jun 28, 202624 min readEditors at CanAgentUse

Browser agent UX guide for forms and modals

Browser agent UX guide with 6 signals, 14.41% WebArena baseline, form labels, filter state, modal focus, and durable confirmations.

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Agentic commerce checklist showing product data, cart, checkout, payment, fulfillment, returns, and support.

Jun 27, 202618 min readEditors at CanAgentUse

Agentic commerce readiness for AI shoppers

Agentic commerce readiness guide: product data, carts, checkout, mandates, policy, and support for 8 AI-shopping failure modes.

agentic commerceecommerceAI shoppers

A layered agent protocol map showing MCP for access, A2A for delegation, and UCP for commerce meaning.

Jun 22, 202611 min readEditors at CanAgentUse

The agent protocol soup: what MCP, A2A, UCP ACP etc are really for ?

MCP, A2A, UCP, ACP, and nearby agent protocols are easy to confuse. MCP is access, A2A is delegation, and UCP is commerce meaning.

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Auth.md and DNS-AID setup map connecting OAuth metadata, agent registration, DNS records, and provider dashboards.

Jun 8, 202617 min readEditors at CanAgentUse

Auth.md and DNS-AID: Provider Setup Guide

Set up Auth.md and DNS-AID in 2026 with Cloudflare, Vercel, Netlify, OAuth metadata, HTTPS/SVCB records, DNSSEC, and 8 checks.

Auth.mdDNS-AIDCloudflare

Agent discovery flow from website files to agent card metadata to other AI agents.

Jun 8, 20268 min readEditors at CanAgentUse

Agent Card Discovery: agents.json Checklist

Plan A2A agent card discovery in 2026 with agent-card.json, agent.json, agents.json, mcp.json, OpenAPI links, OAuth scopes, and 8 audit checks.

agent cardagents.jsonA2A

AI bot access flow showing Web Bot Auth identity verification before user authorization and edge policy decisions.

Jun 8, 202613 min readEditors at CanAgentUse

AI Bot Access: Web Bot Auth Audit Guide

Audit AI bot access with Web Bot Auth, signed agents, Cloudflare verified bots, HTTP message signatures, OAuth, API keys, and edge rules.

AI bot accesssigned agentsWeb Bot Auth

AI SEO tools buying checklist comparing visibility tracking, crawler access, schema, API discovery, and remediation signals.

Jun 7, 20267 min readEditors at CanAgentUse

Best AI SEO Tools: 11 Checks Before You Buy

Compare AI SEO tools with 11 checks for crawler access, visibility tracking, schema, llms.txt, OpenAPI, MCP, reporting, remediation, proof, and fixes.

AI SEO toolsAI SEO softwareAI visibility

MCP server SEO architecture showing OpenAPI, MCP tools, OAuth metadata, and AI agent discovery.

Jun 6, 202611 min readEditors at CanAgentUse

MCP Server SEO: Make Your API Discoverable to AI Agents

MCP server SEO is technical discovery: OpenAPI, API catalogs, MCP initialize, tools/list, tools/call, OAuth metadata, safe actions, logs, and auth scopes.

MCP serverMCP toolsOpenAPI

AI crawler audit workflow showing robots.txt policy, edge firewall checks, bot logs, and retrieval outcomes.

Jun 5, 202613 min readEditors at CanAgentUse

AI Crawler Audit: Robots.txt Is Not Enough

Run a 7-layer AI crawler audit across 13 bots, robots.txt, Content-Signal, WAF rules, status codes, logs, IP verification, retrieval proof, and fixes.

AI crawlerGPTBotrobots.txt

Side-by-side AI publishing map comparing llms.txt, robots.txt, ai.txt, and Content-Signal roles.

Jun 4, 20267 min readEditors at CanAgentUse

llms.txt vs robots.txt: The AI SEO Publishing Guide

Compare 4 AI publishing signals: robots.txt, llms.txt, ai.txt, and Content-Signal, with audit steps for crawl access, context, policy, proof, and updates.

llms.txtrobots.txtAI SEO

GEO versus SEO visibility stack showing rank, cite, summarize, and use outcomes.

May 26, 20267 min readEditors at CanAgentUse

GEO vs SEO: AI Visibility Strategy Guide

AI summaries changed search behavior: Pew found 8% click rates with summaries vs 15% without. Build SEO, GEO, AIO, and agent readiness as one measurable system.

GEOSEOAIO

Technical architecture bridge from OpenAPI to OAuth, MCP tools, and AI agents.

May 26, 20267 min readEditors at CanAgentUse

OpenAPI to MCP: Complete Agent API Guide

Agents need more than crawlable pages. Build an action layer with OpenAPI, OAuth, MCP tools, safe confirmation, measurable workflows, and audit logs now.

OpenAPIMCPagent API

AI crawler access control room comparing robots.txt, edge rules, and visibility outcomes.

May 26, 20267 min readEditors at CanAgentUse

AI Crawler Access: Essential 2026 Playbook

OpenAI, Anthropic, and Perplexity split training, search, and user-fetch bots. Allow AI visibility without losing control of training access or edge security.

AI crawlersrobots.txtGEO

AI agent readiness operating stack with crawler access, machine-readable content, APIs, MCP, and conversion layers.

May 26, 20267 min readEditors at CanAgentUse

AI Agent Readiness: Complete 2026 Playbook

AI summaries cut search clicks from 15% to 8%. Learn the agent-readiness checks that help AI systems crawl, cite, use, and convert on your site in 2026.

AI agent readinessGEOAIO