Agent readiness on BigCommerce

BigCommerce lets you edit robots.txt in the control panel's website settings, under Search Engine Robots; with Multi-Storefront each storefront has its own. The default blocks checkout and account pages, which is fine. Check nobody has added rules blocking AI assistants.

AgentScore checks: robots.txt lets AI assistants and search agents in

Most Stencil themes include basic Product structured data, but often without brand, identifiers or availability. View a product page's source, check what's there, and fill the gaps in your theme's product template.

AgentScore checks: Structured data describes your business and products, Product pages give price and stock in a form agents can read

BigCommerce can let shoppers check out as guests, create an account automatically, or require one. Choose guest checkout unless you truly need accounts; agents can't create one for a shopper.

AgentScore checks: Shoppers can check out without an account, Cart and checkout fields are labelled for agents

As on any platform, icon-only buttons, pop-ups without a labelled close button and option pickers that only work with a mouse stop agents. Rescan after theme or app changes.

AgentScore checks: Buttons and links have names, Pop-ups and banners can be dismissed by agents, Agents can find and press your add-to-cart or sign-up button

If your storefront is headless (for example built on Catalyst or another framework), check that product pages send their content in the HTML rather than building it with JavaScript in the browser.

AgentScore checks: Content loads without JavaScript

We couldn't find a documented storefront setting for llms.txt. Ask BigCommerce support or your agency how to serve a file at /llms.txt; it's a small bonus, not a must-have.

AgentScore checks: llms.txt guide for AI