AAO (Assistive Agent Optimization)

Introduced by Jason Barnard. Addresses the autonomous-agent layer — optimisation for AI agents acting on behalf of users. Names the agentic frontier as distinct from visibility to user-facing assistants. Difference from AVO: AVO v1.0 does not specify agentic eligibility; a future AVO version (anticipated v2.0 of the methodology) is expected to address it as an additional measurement layer rather than as a replacement for AS and VS.