AI agents have a budget and no eyes.Can they buy from you?
A client found NexAI because he asked ChatGPT who to hire and it cited our audit page. More buyers now hand that errand to an AI agent — to research options, compare delivered prices, check availability and request a quote. I run 10 real buyer tasks against your business across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude and Google AI Mode, show you where agents get blocked or confused, and fix what keeps them from choosing you. Starting at $500.
An AI agent is loyal to whatever worked last time. Here is what we check.
An agent does not notice your homepage video or your countdown banner. It reads your services, prices, turnaround times, compatibility rules and policies — and if it gets stuck on your site, it quietly moves to the next business without you ever knowing.
01 · The 10-question live agent test
I pull 10 real buying or booking questions from your support inbox and call logs and give each one to ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude and Google AI Mode. We record where the agent completes the task, where it gets stuck on your site, and when it picks a competitor instead.
02 · Accidental bot and firewall blocking
Many businesses turned on anti-scraping rules in Cloudflare, WAF or robots.txt years ago and now block personal AI assistants by accident. I audit your edge rules so what you block and what you welcome is a deliberate decision, not a misconfiguration.
03 · Making your offer readable ("no eyes" check)
An AI agent is a customer with no eyes: it ignores your hero video and visual layout and reads plain text. If your compatibility rules sit inside a PDF or your delivery date only appears on the last checkout step, the agent skips you. I make prices, turnaround times, service areas and return policies readable.
04 · Making your real advantage readable
If your service costs more than the cheapest competitor because you show up tomorrow instead of in three weeks, an agent that can only see the price will pass you over. I put your speed, warranty, licensing and real reviews in structured text and Schema.org markup that agents cite.
05 · Internal agent permissions & approval gates
If your team already uses AI agents or MCP connectors across your CRM, inbox or database, I review what those agents can read and write, ensure sensitive actions require a human OK before money or customer messages move, and check that failures fail closed.
You do not have to block every agent or let every agent spend money.
Many businesses make the mistake of blocking all automated traffic because they worry about unauthorized orders on step three, accidentally cutting themselves off from step one and step two. We set clear rules for each rung.
- Step 01
Rung 1 · Research (Open)
Let outside AI agents read your services, starting prices, service area, compatibility, availability and policies without friction. Blocking research means disappearing from AI answers.
- Step 02
Rung 2 · Prepare (Structured intake)
Let agents assemble a cart, check calendar slots, or submit a structured quote request with all the details your team needs to say yes.
- Step 03
Rung 3 · Pay & commit (Human in the loop)
Require explicit customer authorization or a human approval step before money moves, a binding appointment is locked, or an internal agent sends an external message.
Evidence from real agent runs, not a generic SEO checklist.
Pricing: $500 single-site 10-question agent test · $1,500 full multi-workflow & internal agent readiness audit.
- Side-by-side results of 10 real customer buying or booking tasks across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude and Google AI Mode
- Screen recordings and logs showing the exact step where an agent succeeded, hallucinated, or hit a wall on your site and on two competitors' sites
- A firewall, robots.txt and CDN bot-protection review distinguishing harmful scrapers from customer-authorized AI assistants
- A plain-text readability rewrite list: which prices, delivery windows, service areas, compatibility details and policies need to come out of PDFs or scripts
- Structured Schema.org markup (Organization, Service, Product, FAQPage) ready to paste into your site
- If you run internal AI agents: a permissions and fail-closed safety checklist showing where human approval gates belong
From fit call to a prioritized fix plan.
- Step 01
15-minute fit call
Tell me what your business sells, how customers buy or book today, and whether you are focused on customer-facing AI agents finding you, internal AI agents working safely on your tools, or both.
- Step 02
Mutual NDA & fixed-price scope
If the audit touches internal workflows, repositories or analytics, we sign a Mutual Confidentiality Agreement via SignWell first. Single-site 10-question agent audits start at $500; full multi-workflow and internal agent audits are quoted at a fixed price before work begins.
- Step 03
10-task agent run & technical audit
I run 10 real buyer scenarios across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude and Google AI Mode, inspect your robots.txt, CDN/WAF rules, structured data and checkout/booking flow, and record screen-by-screen evidence of where agents succeed or stall.
- Step 04
Written scorecard & prioritized fix plan
You get a plain-English report ranking every blocker by revenue impact: what each AI agent answered, which competitor pages it cited, what is hidden in PDFs or scripts, and the exact copy, schema and firewall changes to fix it.
- Step 05
Fix it yourself or hire me at a fixed price
The report is yours to keep and hand to your team. Or hire me at a fixed price to implement the plain-text offer updates, Schema.org markup, agent intake endpoints and approval gates.
What is an AI agent readiness audit?
It is a practical review of two things: first, whether personal AI assistants (like ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity and Google AI Mode) can reach your website, read your prices and availability, and book or request a quote without getting blocked or confused; second, whether the internal AI agents your team uses have clean data and human approval gates before they touch customer records or money.
How much does an AI agent readiness audit cost?
It starts at $500 ($500 single-site 10-question agent test · $1,500 full multi-workflow & internal agent readiness audit). You get a fixed written number on our 15-minute fit call before any work begins, and the report is yours to keep.
Why did ChatGPT recommend a competitor instead of my business?
AI agents are loyal to whatever worked and was easiest to verify. When a business hides its pricing, service area, turnaround time or booking steps behind pop-ups, PDFs, or aggressive bot blockers, the agent moves on to a competitor whose facts are stated in plain text.
Is this a trick to game AI search results?
No. Tricks like hidden prompt text or keyword stuffing stop working quickly. Making your actual services, prices, delivery windows, policies and reviews clear and machine-readable keeps working because it helps the agent do its job accurately.
How is this different from the AI Staff Assessment or the AI App Audit?
The AI Staff Assessment ($500) decides which internal job in your business to hand to an AI hire first. The Production-Ready Review audits the code and security of a software app built with AI coding tools. This AI Agent Readiness Audit tests how AI agents interact with your live business website, booking flow and operational tools.
Looking for a broader review of which job in your business to hand to an AI hire first? See the $500 AI readiness assessment. Want a deeper review of internal agent security and fail-closed guardrails? See the AI safety & permissions review.
See what happens when an AI agent tries to hire you.
Send your website on a 15-minute fit call. I will run the first customer question live with you and confirm whether the $500 audit is worth your money.