Google Lighthouse Adds an “AI Agent Resource Discovery” Audit: What It Really Means (and What SMEs Should Do Next)
Lighthouse 13.5 adds an experimental audit for “Agentic Resource Discovery” (ARD) catalogs—an early signal that the agentic web is becoming testable. But Lighthouse’s checks lag the newest ARD proposal, so you can “fail” (or show Not Applicable) even when you’ve implemented the latest draft. Here’s how to interpret the audit, avoid false negatives, and prepare your site for AI agents without breaking SEO fundamentals.