Building an open Agentic Internet: readable, discoverable, callable, and payable
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Cloudflare
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Cloudflare
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Terms in this piece · Glossary
AI agent — An AI system that doesn't just answer once but works toward a goal in a loop — taking actions, reading the results, and deciding what to do next.
Why it matters
It sets out the protocol surface AI agentAn AI system that doesn't just answer once but works toward a goal in a loop — taking actions, reading the results, and deciding what to do next.Full definition → builders and site owners will have to agree on, with traffic evidence for why the current arrangement wastes both sides' effort.
Key quotes
“Agents are here - not as a new kind of software, but as a new kind of visitor to the web.”
“Every request now costs someone money and carries a purpose. Block it and you block your customer.”
“The web was not built for this, and neither were your analytics.”
“How agents read, discover, call, and pay is going to decide whether the Internet stays open or gets closed.”
