# Central Garden & Pet scores 34 out of 100 on the Agent Readiness Index

Central Garden & Pet reaches level 2, Legible. Web experience is the strongest area at 87 out of 100. Protocol access is the weakest at 0.

Central Garden & Pet was scanned on October 14, 2026. Its score is 34 out of 100, level 2, Legible. An agent can read and cite your content. To reach level 3, Connectable: Offer a programmatic path: a live MCP server, a data sharing program with OAuth metadata, or a verified Poppy file.

Website: [central.com](https://www.central.com)

## Score by area

| Area | Score | What it asks |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Discoverability | 72 out of 100, worth 15 points | Can an agent find and read your pages? |
| Protocol access | 0 out of 100, worth 20 points | Can an agent connect to you through MCP or an API? |
| Identity and delegation | 0 out of 100, worth 20 points | Can a customer give an agent limited access without sharing a password? |
| Web experience | 87 out of 100, worth 15 points | Does your site work when an agent uses it? |
| Voice and IVR | Not measured yet | What happens when an agent calls your phone line? |
| Policy and governance | 36 out of 100, worth 10 points | Do your terms allow agents that act for customers? |

## What is holding Central Garden & Pet back

1. **MCP server**, 8 points lost. No MCP server, server card or registry entry was found for this organization. Fix: Publish a remote MCP server with OAuth. Start with read only tools such as account status, orders or location search, and publish a server card at /.well known/mcp/server card.
2. **OAuth and OpenID metadata**, 5 points lost. No OAuth or OpenID metadata was found on the 3 hosts that answered. 12 other hosts did not answer the scanner and could not be checked. Agents cannot discover where to send a customer to approve access. Fix: Publish /.well known/oauth authorization server and /.well known/oauth protected resource for the customer facing APIs.
3. **Developer and data sharing program**, 4 points lost. No developer portal or data sharing program was found on public pages. Fix: Document the program, the standard in use for example FDX in US banking, the supported partners and a sandbox.
4. **PKCE and client registration**, 4 points lost. No authorization server metadata, so PKCE and client registration could not be confirmed. Fix: Require PKCE with S256 and support client ID metadata documents or dynamic client registration for approved agent clients.

## What already works

- Content available without running scripts
- Home page for a declared agent
- Same behavior for a declared agent and a standard browser

## How Central Garden & Pet compares

The average score for consumer brands is 40.8 out of 100 across 112 organizations. The average across all 1,424 scored organizations is 42.2 out of 100.

## Similar organizations

- [Kenvue](https://readyindex.ai/kenvue_com), 35 out of 100
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- [Tyson Foods](https://readyindex.ai/tysonfoods_com), 35 out of 100
- [Mondelez](https://readyindex.ai/mondelezinternational_com), 34 out of 100
- [Bunge](https://readyindex.ai/bunge_com), 33 out of 100
- [Coty](https://readyindex.ai/coty_com), 33 out of 100

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Source: https://readyindex.ai/central_com
Updated: 2026-10-14
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