# The AI Readiness Index: an open standard

> A public standard for whether machines can find, read, trust and use a website. Version 12.0, effective 2026-10-18.
> 72 tests, 100 points, every claim cited. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Created by TEN7; independent of any scanner.

## The standard
- [The standard](https://openstandard.readinessindex.io/standard/): the scoring model, every test and the changelog. Markdown: https://openstandard.readinessindex.io/standard.md
- [All tests](https://openstandard.readinessindex.io/tests/): every test as a plain question, with its evidence label and sources
- [Evidence](https://openstandard.readinessindex.io/evidence/): the evidence register and the crosswalk from Index 11
- [Changelog](https://openstandard.readinessindex.io/changelog/): what changed in each version and why

## Machine-readable
- [tests.json](https://openstandard.readinessindex.io/tests.json), [tests.yaml](https://openstandard.readinessindex.io/tests.yaml), [tests.schema.json](https://openstandard.readinessindex.io/tests.schema.json)
- [evidence.csv](https://openstandard.readinessindex.io/evidence.csv), [evidence.json](https://openstandard.readinessindex.io/evidence.json), [crosswalk.json](https://openstandard.readinessindex.io/crosswalk.json)

## About
- [About this standard](https://openstandard.readinessindex.io/about/): who made it, how it is run, license
- [Contribute](https://openstandard.readinessindex.io/contribute/): propose a test or a correction
- Source and issues: https://github.com/ten7/readinessindex-openstandard