Agent readiness report

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25/ 100

FNot ready
Rank
#26 of 27
Last 7 days
New
Scanned
Oct 13, 2026
What the scan found
The site is strong on agent discovery, with Wikipedia and Wikidata entity presence and discoverable developer resources, but it lacks an MCP server or manifest and scoped permissions.

Where the score comes from

  1. /01Discovery17/ 20Can an agent find you?
  2. /02Access0/ 30Can an agent read you?
  3. /03Usability5/ 40Can an agent work with you?
  4. /04PaymentsNo check appliedCan an agent pay you?

Every check

Each check the scan ran, by layer. Checks it couldn’t check are listed too; they are left out of the score.

Checks passed
5
Checks to fix
27
Not in the score
93
/01Discovery17 / 201 Failed4 Passed
  • Failedrobots.txt AI crawler policyRequired0 / 2
  • PassedDeveloper resource discoverabilityRecommended3 / 3
  • PassedBrand name discoverabilityRequired3 / 3
  • PassedWikipedia / Wikidata entity presenceRecommendedBonus4 / 4
  • PassedNPM/PyPI SDK packageRecommended1 / 1
10 checks not in the score
  • Couldn’t checkARD discoveryRequiredNot counted
  • Couldn’t checkAI Catalog discoveryRecommendedBonusNot counted
  • Couldn’t checkCategory share of voiceRecommendedBetaNot counted
  • Couldn’t checkAgent platform configsEmergingNot counted
  • Couldn’t checkAgent Plugins manifestEmergingBonusNot counted
  • Couldn’t checkChatGPT app listedRecommendedBonusNot counted
  • Not applicableARD entry validityRecommendedBonusNot counted
  • Not applicableARD trust manifestRecommendedBonusNot counted
  • Not applicableListed in MCP registriesRecommendedNot counted
  • Not applicableRegistry brandingEmergingNot counted
/02Access0 / 3014 Failed
  • FailedContent without JavaScriptRequired0 / 3
  • FailedNot blocked by bot detectionRequired0 / 2
  • FailedMCP well-known discoveryRecommendedBonus0 / 2
  • FailedHTTP Link headers (RFC 8288)RequiredBonus0 / 1
  • Failedrobots.txt agent-user policyRequired0 / 2
  • FailedJSON-LD structured dataRequired0 / 4
  • FailedPricing info accessibleRequired0 / 3
  • FailedJSON-LD entity linking (sameAs)Recommended0 / 2
  • FailedMetadata completenessRequired0 / 2
  • FailedOrganization schema completenessRecommended0 / 2
  • FailedSchema type breadthRecommended0 / 2
  • FailedTrust anchor pagesRequired0 / 2
  • FailedMarkdown content negotiation (acceptmarkdown.com)RecommendedBonus0 / 1
  • FailedAgent crawler reachabilityRecommended0 / 2
28 checks not in the score
  • FailedListed on skills.shEmergingNot counted
  • FailedNLWeb Schema FeedsEmergingNot counted
  • FailedAgent mode viewEmergingBonusNot counted
  • FailedSkills.sh skill qualityEmergingNot counted
  • FailedMarkdown agent docsEmergingNot counted
  • FailedBot-UA markdown servingEmergingBonusNot counted
  • Couldn’t checkSitemap existsRequiredNot counted
  • Couldn’t checkAgent discovery fileRequiredNot counted
  • Couldn’t checkAgent Skills index conformance (v0.2.0)EmergingBonusNot counted
  • Couldn’t checkA2A / agent-cardRecommendedBonusNot counted
  • Couldn’t checkpricing.md existsEmergingNot counted
  • Couldn’t checkMarkdown URL fallbackEmergingBonusNot counted
  • Couldn’t checkModular llms.txt per product areaEmergingBonusNot counted
  • Couldn’t checkllms.txt existsRequiredNot counted
  • Couldn’t checkllms.txt formattingRecommendedNot counted
  • Couldn’t checkPublic API/docs linked from homepageRequiredNot counted
  • Couldn’t checkAgent instruction / when-to-useRequiredNot counted
  • Couldn’t checkContent behind authRecommendedNot counted
  • Couldn’t checkOpenAPI spec publishedRequiredNot counted
  • Couldn’t checkDeveloper portalRecommendedNot counted
  • Couldn’t checkAPI catalog (RFC 9727)RequiredBonusNot counted
  • Not applicableSitemap freshness (lastmod)RecommendedBonusNot counted
  • Not applicablellms.txt links resolveRecommendedNot counted
  • Not applicableMarkdown alternate linkEmergingBonusNot counted
  • Not applicableMarkdown frontmatter metadataEmergingNot counted
  • Not applicableRedirect hygieneRecommendedNot counted
  • Not applicablePage token budgetRecommendedNot counted
  • Not applicableCode fence validityEmergingNot counted
/03Usability5 / 406 Failed1 Passed
  • FailedScoped permissionsRecommended0 / 5
  • FailedAgent auth WWW-Authenticate hintRecommendedBonus0 / 1
  • FailedMCP server / manifestRequired0 / 6
  • FailedRate limit response headersRecommended0 / 2
  • FailedJSON error responsesRequired0 / 4
  • FailedAgent-friendly 404sRecommended0 / 2
  • PassedCLI tool availableRecommended3 / 3
55 checks not in the score
  • FailedNLWeb /ask endpointEmergingNot counted
  • FailedNLWeb streaming supportEmergingNot counted
  • Couldn’t checkPublic API with reachable endpointsRequiredNot counted
  • Couldn’t checkOAuth 2.0 supportRequiredNot counted
  • Couldn’t checkAgent onboarding frictionRecommendedNot counted
  • Couldn’t checkWeb Bot Auth directoryEmergingBonusNot counted
  • Couldn’t checkOAuth Protected Resource metadata (RFC 9728)RequiredBonusNot counted
  • Couldn’t checkauth.md existsRequiredBonusNot counted
  • Couldn’t checkauth.md structureRecommendedBonusNot counted
  • Couldn’t checkauth.md walkthrough simulationRecommendedBonusNot counted
  • Couldn’t checkAgent auth discovery metadataRecommendedBonusNot counted
  • Couldn’t checkagent_auth endpoints reachableRecommendedBonusNot counted
  • Couldn’t checkWebMCP supportRequiredNot counted
  • Couldn’t checkIdempotency-Key supportRecommendedNot counted
  • Couldn’t checkREST typed error modelRecommendedNot counted
  • Couldn’t checkREST versioning / deprecation policyRecommendedNot counted
  • Couldn’t checkREST async-job patternRecommendedNot counted
  • Couldn’t checkMulti-language SDK packagesRecommendedNot counted
  • Couldn’t checkProduct + docs MCP coverageRecommendedBonusNot counted
  • Couldn’t checkSandbox / test environmentRecommendedBonusNot counted
  • Couldn’t checkREST batch / bulk endpointRecommendedBonusNot counted
  • Couldn’t checkGraphQL typed error modelRecommendedNot counted
  • Couldn’t checkGraphQL versioning / deprecation policyRecommendedNot counted
  • Couldn’t checkGraphQL pagination patternRecommendedNot counted
  • Couldn’t checkGraphQL async-job patternRecommendedNot counted
  • Couldn’t checkGraphQL schema description coverageRecommendedBonusNot counted
  • Couldn’t checkGraphQL batch mutationsRecommendedBonusNot counted
  • Couldn’t checkNative interactive controlsRecommendedBonusNot counted
  • Couldn’t checkForm control labelingRecommendedBonusNot counted
  • Couldn’t checkAccessibility-tree injection safety (bonus)RecommendedBonusNot counted
  • Couldn’t checkA2UI / generative UI supportEmergingNot counted
  • Couldn’t checkAPI schema complexity analysisRecommendedNot counted
  • Couldn’t checkFunction calling compatibilityRecommendedNot counted
  • Not applicableMCP tool descriptionsRecommendedBonusNot counted
  • Not applicableMCP parameter schemasRecommendedBonusNot counted
  • Not applicableMCP server identityRecommendedBonusNot counted
  • Not applicableMCP tool listingRecommendedBonusNot counted
  • Not applicableMCP tool namingRecommendedBonusNot counted
  • Not applicableMCP auth mechanismRecommendedBonusNot counted
  • Not applicableMCP OAuth metadataRecommendedBonusNot counted
  • Not applicableMCP PKCE S256 supportRecommendedBonusNot counted
  • Not applicableMCP error handlingRecommendedBonusNot counted
  • Not applicableMCP modern transportRecommendedBonusNot counted
  • Not applicableREST pagination patternRecommendedNot counted
  • Not applicableREST response schema coverageRecommendedNot counted
  • Not applicableMCP tool annotationsRecommendedBonusNot counted
  • Not applicableMCP server-card.jsonRecommendedBonusNot counted
  • Not applicableMCP resources exposedRecommendedNot counted
  • Not applicableAccessible document structureRecommendedBonusNot counted
  • Not applicableAccessible names on controlsRecommendedBonusNot counted
  • Not applicableMCP Apps supportRecommendedNot counted
  • Not applicableMCP Apps UI qualityRecommendedBonusNot counted
  • Not applicableMCP App view reachableRecommendedNot counted
  • Not applicableMCP App view CSPRecommendedNot counted
  • Not applicableMCP resource qualityRecommendedNot counted
/04PaymentsNo check applied6 Partly
  • PartlyMPP payment protocolRequiredBonus0 / 2
  • Partlyx402 payment protocolRequiredBonus0 / 2
  • PartlyUCP - Universal Commerce ProtocolRequiredBonus0 / 3
  • PartlyACP - Agentic Commerce ProtocolRequiredBonus0 / 3
  • PartlyACP delegate paymentRecommendedBonus0 / 3
  • PartlyAP2 - Agent Payments ProtocolRecommendedBonus0 / 3

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