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title: "AI21 Labs agent readiness score: 46/100 · Agentrail"
description: "The website is strongest in agent discovery, with a Wikipedia or Wikidata entity presence and discoverable developer resources, but misses checks for a public API with reachable endpoints and the MPP payment protocol."
canonical: "https://www.agentrail.co/agent-readiness/ai21.com"
---

Full report

## See what each check found, and how to fix it.

Evidence, step-by-step fixes and your score over time, for your own site.

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Usability

24 to fix

- Public API with reachable endpointsRequiredHow to fix →
- OAuth 2.0 supportRequiredHow to fix →
- Scoped permissionsRecommendedHow to fix →
- Agent onboarding frictionRecommendedHow to fix →

Fixes unlock with the full report

Where the score comes from

42 of 90 points

How ai21.com scores on each of the four questions agents ask.

Discovery19/20

Access15/30

Usability8/40

Paymentsnot scored yet

Strongest

### Discovery

ARD discovery is missing.

19/20

Most to gain

### Usability

Public API with reachable endpoints, OAuth 2.0 support, and 19 more are missing.

8/40

Most to gain

### Access

Agent discovery file, A2A / agent-card, and 12 more are missing.

15/30

Not scored yet

### Payments ( bonus )

5 checks partly met. Counts when scoring opens.

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Agent path

## How an agent moved through the site

We asked an agent a question about ai21.comand recorded every request it made.

**A**ai21.comAnsweredRan Nov 10, 2026

Question

I want to start using AI21 Labs (ai21.com). Find its setup and getting-started guide.

4

Steps

29s

Duration

4

Pages opened

1

Failed

1 of 2 addresses the agent typed itself didn’t load. Every link it followed loaded.

1. 1ai21.com /Named in the question _→_ **Read**
2. 2/developersTyped by the agent _→_ **Didn’t load · 404**
3. 3ai21.com /Typed by the agent _→_ **Read**
4. 4/docs/sdk.mdA link on a page it read _→_ **Read**

4/4 steps

StepsHow it found itCame back as

Step 4 of 4

`docs.ai21.com/docs/sdk.md`

How it got here

A link on a page it read

Response

200

Came back as

Markdown

75%

Pages that loaded

25%

Followed site links

67%

Read as markdown

How it found each page

Named in the question**1**

A link on a page it read**1**

Typed by the agent**2**

A search result**0**

What it reached

Home page**Step 1**

Pricing**Never reached**

Docs**Step 3**

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Every check

125checks

- Passed**21**
- To fix**41**
- Not in the score**63**

62 checks count toward the score. The other 63 are tracked for later.

Discovery19 of 201 to fix5 passed

ARD discoveryRequired0 / 1

Developer resource discoverabilityRecommended3 / 3

Brand name discoverabilityRequired3 / 3

Wikipedia / Wikidata entity presenceRecommended4 / 4

robots.txt AI crawler policyRequired2 / 2

NPM/PyPI SDK packageRecommended1 / 1

\+ 9 checks not in the score

AI Catalog discoveryRecommendedNot counted

ARD entry validityRecommendedNot counted

ARD trust manifestRecommendedNot counted

Category share of voiceRecommendedNot counted

Listed in MCP registriesRecommendedNot counted

Agent platform configsEmergingNot counted

Agent Plugins manifestEmergingNot counted

Registry brandingEmergingNot counted

ChatGPT app listedRecommendedNot counted

Access15 of 3010 to fix4 partly13 passed

Agent discovery fileRequired0 / 2

A2A / agent-cardRecommended0 / 2

MCP well-known discoveryRecommended0 / 2

Pricing info accessibleRequired0 / 3

Public API/docs linked from homepageRequired0 / 3

Trust anchor pagesRequired0 / 2

OpenAPI spec publishedRequired0 / 7

Developer portalRecommended0 / 6

API catalog (RFC 9727)Required0 / 2

Markdown content negotiation (acceptmarkdown.com)Recommended0 / 1

JSON-LD structured dataRequired2 / 4

Organization schema completenessRecommended1 / 2

Schema type breadthRecommended1 / 2

llms.txt links resolveRecommended1 / 2

Sitemap existsRequired2 / 2

Content without JavaScriptRequired3 / 3

Not blocked by bot detectionRequired2 / 2

HTTP Link headers (RFC 8288)Required1 / 1

Sitemap freshness (lastmod)Recommended1 / 1

robots.txt agent-user policyRequired2 / 2

llms.txt existsRequired1 / 1

llms.txt formattingRecommended2 / 2

JSON-LD entity linking (sameAs)Recommended2 / 2

Metadata completenessRequired2 / 2

Redirect hygieneRecommended1 / 1

Page token budgetRecommended1 / 1

Agent crawler reachabilityRecommended2 / 2

\+ 15 checks not in the score

Agent Skills index conformance (v0.2.0)EmergingNot counted

Listed on skills.shEmergingNot counted

pricing.md existsEmergingNot counted

NLWeb Schema FeedsEmergingNot counted

Agent mode viewEmergingNot counted

Markdown URL fallbackEmergingNot counted

Modular llms.txt per product areaEmergingNot counted

Agent instruction / when-to-useRequiredNot counted

Skills.sh skill qualityEmergingNot counted

Markdown alternate linkEmergingNot counted

Markdown frontmatter metadataEmergingNot counted

Code fence validityEmergingNot counted

Content behind authRecommendedNot counted

Markdown agent docsEmergingNot counted

Bot-UA markdown servingEmergingNot counted

Usability8 of 4020 to fix1 partly3 passed

Public API with reachable endpointsRequired0 / 7

OAuth 2.0 supportRequired0 / 5

Scoped permissionsRecommended0 / 5

Agent onboarding frictionRecommended0 / 2

OAuth Protected Resource metadata (RFC 9728)Required0 / 2

auth.md existsRequired0 / 2

auth.md structureRecommended0 / 2

Agent auth discovery metadataRecommended0 / 3

Agent auth WWW-Authenticate hintRecommended0 / 1

agent\_auth endpoints reachableRecommended0 / 2

MCP server / manifestRequired0 / 6

Rate limit response headersRecommended0 / 2

Idempotency-Key supportRecommended0 / 3

REST typed error modelRecommended0 / 3

REST async-job patternRecommended0 / 2

Sandbox / test environmentRecommended0 / 2

REST batch / bulk endpointRecommended0 / 2

Accessible document structureRecommended0 / 3

API schema complexity analysisRecommended0 / 2

Function calling compatibilityRecommended0 / 2

Agent-friendly 404sRecommended1 / 2

JSON error responsesRequired4 / 4

CLI tool availableRecommended3 / 3

Accessible names on controlsRecommended2 / 2

\+ 38 checks not in the score

MCP tool descriptionsRecommendedNot counted

MCP parameter schemasRecommendedNot counted

MCP server identityRecommendedNot counted

MCP tool listingRecommendedNot counted

MCP tool namingRecommendedNot counted

MCP auth mechanismRecommendedNot counted

MCP OAuth metadataRecommendedNot counted

MCP PKCE S256 supportRecommendedNot counted

Web Bot Auth directoryEmergingNot counted

auth.md walkthrough simulationRecommendedNot counted

MCP error handlingRecommendedNot counted

MCP modern transportRecommendedNot counted

WebMCP supportRequiredNot counted

REST versioning / deprecation policyRecommendedNot counted

REST pagination patternRecommendedNot counted

Multi-language SDK packagesRecommendedNot counted

NLWeb /ask endpointEmergingNot counted

NLWeb streaming supportEmergingNot counted

REST response schema coverageRecommendedNot counted

MCP tool annotationsRecommendedNot counted

MCP server-card.jsonRecommendedNot counted

Product + docs MCP coverageRecommendedNot counted

MCP resources exposedRecommendedNot counted

GraphQL typed error modelRecommendedNot counted

GraphQL versioning / deprecation policyRecommendedNot counted

GraphQL pagination patternRecommendedNot counted

GraphQL async-job patternRecommendedNot counted

GraphQL schema description coverageRecommendedNot counted

GraphQL batch mutationsRecommendedNot counted

Native interactive controlsRecommendedNot counted

Form control labelingRecommendedNot counted

Accessibility-tree injection safety (bonus)RecommendedNot counted

MCP Apps supportRecommendedNot counted

A2UI / generative UI supportEmergingNot counted

MCP Apps UI qualityRecommendedNot counted

MCP App view reachableRecommendedNot counted

MCP App view CSPRecommendedNot counted

MCP resource qualityRecommendedNot counted

PaymentsNot scored yet5 partly

MPP payment protocolRequired0 / 2

x402 payment protocolRequired0 / 2

UCP - Universal Commerce ProtocolRequired0 / 3

ACP - Agentic Commerce ProtocolRequired0 / 3

AP2 - Agent Payments ProtocolRecommended0 / 3

\+ 1 check not in the score

ACP delegate paymentRecommendedNot counted
