{
  "index": "Agentic Shelf Index",
  "publisher": "The Future Collective",
  "instrument": "Orqestra",
  "benchmark": "uk-retail-readiness",
  "version": 2,
  "wave": 3,
  "probed": "2026-08-04/2026-08-05",
  "vantage": "one UK network vantage, three disclosed client profiles (identified audit agent, browser-like client, generic shopping assistant)",
  "aggregates": {
    "retailers_probed": 53,
    "robots_txt_withheld_from_identified_audit_client": 12,
    "robots_txt_naming_and_restricting_ai_agents": 5,
    "shelves_comparable_like_for_like": 19,
    "comparable_shelves_answering_same_url_differently_by_client": 2,
    "comparable_shelves_answering_alike_and_readable": 9,
    "retailers_publishing_agent_facing_guidance": 1,
    "retailers_unresponsive_in_probe_windows": 7,
    "retailers_with_complete_four_pillar_evidence": 11,
    "retailers_ungraded_for_incomplete_evidence": 42
  },
  "claims_discipline": "Refusal findings describe our requests from one vantage, not any retailer's policy. No retailer is claimed to block AI agents. No league table is published at this coverage; ranked claims require near-complete coverage and second review under the published method. Named evidence is disclosed to the retailer concerned.",
  "next_wave": "2026-11",
  "contact": "matt@future-collective.co.uk"
}