Structured Data for AI Agents: What to Use Beyond Schema.org (2026 Guide)
Structured data for AI agents means giving machines facts they can check and actions they can take safely. It mixes Schema.org markup, trusted entity signals, live feeds and APIs. Product , Offer , Review , Article and FAQPage markup still matters. But AI agents introduce a harder requirement. They do not simply need to understand a product. They may need to compare it, verify its availability, check its price and eventually take an action. Structured data for AI agents is the combination of semantic markup, authoritative entity signals and machine-accessible data or actions that allows AI systems to understand, verify and use information reliably. That is a bigger job than adding JSON-LD to a product template. Why isn't Schema.org enough for AI agents? Schema.org remains an important foundation. In March 2026, Schema.org released version 30.0 , adding equivalence annotations and Digital Product Passport examples. However, Schema.org generally describes information. It does...