How To Prepare Your API for AI Agents

AI agents are becoming major API consumers, with traffic from retrieval-augmented generation bots surging 49% in early 2025. To prepare, companies are adopting strategies like creating Model Context Protocol servers, using well-defined OpenAPI specifications, and providing clear error responses. These changes aim to make APIs more "machine legible" and better equipped to handle dynamic, goal-oriented agent behavior. The shift could open new revenue streams for API providers while requiring updates to security, traffic control, and documentation practices.