Agent Readiness Score
ahrefs.com
35 — Limited. Agents will struggle to discover or use this site without human help.
HonestClaw measured how well ahrefs.com's site and APIs work for AI agents — across 9 dimensions and 45 automated checks.
Dimensions
Discoverability8.7/24
Content Accessibility9.1/24
Bot Access Control0/12
Protocol & Capability Discovery17/41
Authentication & Credentials5.5/19
Documentation Quality5/10
Structured Data I/O5.6/13
Observable State & Reliability1.8/15
Agent Safety & Trust6.5/11
Checks
Discoverability
Subdomain sweepsubdomain-sweepAn agent-relevant subdomain is live and serves its expected content kind (docs.ahrefs.com).Parseable
robots.txtrobots-txtrobots.txt at https://ahrefs.com/robots.txt is a valid robots file (no Sitemap: declared).Parseable
sitemap.xmlsitemap-xmlhttps://ahrefs.com/sitemap.xml is a valid sitemap (6 location(s)), but without lastmod or non-homepage URLs.Parseable
Canonical domaincanonical-domainRoot and www converge on ahrefs.com, with a matching canonical tag.Cross-verified
API existenceapi-existenceA real API surface is declared at https://docs.ahrefs.com/openapi.json: the spec lists servers and paths. (source: spec)Parseable
API catalogapi-catalogNo RFC 9727 API Catalog found at /.well-known/api-catalog.Not detected
API versioningapi-versioningA versioning-related page exists at https://docs.ahrefs.com/en/api/reference/web-analytics/get-browser-versions, but it doesn't describe a versioning scheme or deprecation policy. (source: docs)Parseable
Content Accessibility
llms.txtllms-txtA curated llms.txt index is published on a non-top subdomain at https://docs.ahrefs.com/llms.txt: 76 links across 8 sections. Its credit is capped at useful because it is not published on the main domain.Useful
llms-full.txtllms-full-txtNo llms-full.txt file found (HTML pages at .txt paths do not qualify).Not detected
Freshness signalsfreshness-signalsNo freshness signals found (no Last-Modified, ETag, or sitemap lastmod).Not detected
Crawl-cost estimatecrawl-cost-estimateInformational — not scoredSitemap index declares 6 child sitemap(s) — crawl cost is not directly observable from the index alone.Parseable
Raw content extractabilityraw-content-extractabilitySubstantial visible text (12,639 chars) is readable without JavaScript on at least one probed page.Useful
Markdown twinmarkdown-twinNo markdown twin found alongside probed docs HTML surfaces.Not detected
ai.txtai-txtNo ai.txt file found (HTML pages at .txt paths do not qualify).Not detected
Bot Access Control
AI bot rulesai-bot-rulesrobots.txt is readable but declares no AI-bot-specific rules.Not detected
Content signalscontent-signalsrobots.txt is readable but declares no Content-Signal line.Not detected
RSL licensingrslrobots.txt is readable but declares no RSL License directive.Not detected
TDM reservationtdmrepNo TDMRep policy found at /.well-known/tdmrep.json.Not detected
Protocol & Capability Discovery
MCP descriptormcp-descriptorInformational — not scoredNo MCP descriptor found at the standard locations an agent would check.Not detected
MCP supportmcp-supportFirst-party documentation at https://docs.ahrefs.com/en/mcp/docs/chatgpt-web identifies the MCP endpoint https://api.ahrefs.com/mcp/mcp and explains both its capabilities and how clients connect or authenticate.Cross-verified
MCP Server Cardmcp-server-cardNo MCP Server Card found at the standard locations an agent would check.Not detected
SDK availabilitysdk-availabilityNo SDK or client library documentation found.Not detected
A2A Agent Carda2a-agent-cardNo A2A Agent Card found at the standard well-known locations.Not detected
DNS-AIDdns-aidNo DNS-AID index found at _index._agents.ahrefs.com.Not detected
.well-known indexwell-known-indexNo non-owned /.well-known/ descriptors found.Not detected
GraphQL surfacegraphql-surfaceNo GraphQL transport surface found at conventional paths (GET-only; no introspection issued).Not detected
Auth discoveryauth-discoveryAgent-native auth discovery: a valid RFC 9728 PRM (via challenge) or a PRM plus a valid AS/OIDC descriptor.Cross-verified
OpenAPI specificationopenapi-specValid OpenAPI 3.2.0 spec at https://docs.ahrefs.com/openapi.json: 148 operations, 144 schemas, 100% response coverage, servers declared.Cross-verified
Link headerslink-headersAn agent-relevant Link rel (service-desc) resolves to a live resource at https://docs.ahrefs.com/openapi.json.Cross-verified
Rate limit documentationrate-limit-docsNo rate limit documentation found at the standard docs locations an agent would check.Not detected
WebMCPwebmcpInformational — not scoredWebMCP browser probing is not yet available in this scanner release.Couldn't verify
Authentication & Credentials
Credential managementcredential-managementNo credential management documentation found at the standard docs locations an agent would check.Not detected
Sandbox environmentsandbox-environmentNo sandbox or test environment documentation found at the standard docs locations an agent would check.Not detected
Programmatic auth flowprogrammatic-auth-flowProgrammatic authentication is mentioned at https://docs.ahrefs.com/en/api/docs/api-keys-creation-and-management, but not on a page dedicated to documenting it.Detected
Auth documentationauth-documentationAuthentication is fully documented at https://docs.ahrefs.com/en/api/docs/api-keys-creation-and-management, naming complete method(s) and how they are sent, corroborated across surfaces or covering multiple methods.Cross-verified
Documentation Quality
API reference depthapi-reference-depthAPI reference documentation lacks depth or was not found.Not detected
Changelog presencechangelog-presenceA changelog is published at https://docs.ahrefs.com/en/api/docs/changelog with multiple recent dated entries, indicating it is actively maintained.Cross-verified
Structured Data I/O
Structured data I/Ostructured-data-ioThe spec at https://docs.ahrefs.com/openapi.json declares typed response schemas as a rule (100% of operations) — no structured error envelope. (source: spec)Useful
Machine-readable pricingmachine-readable-pricingNo machine-readable pricing endpoint found (HTML pricing pages do not qualify).Not detected
Data export APIdata-export-apiNo data export or bulk API documentation found at the standard docs locations an agent would check.Not detected
Observable State & Reliability
Status & health endpointsstatus-and-healthNo health or status endpoint found.Not detected
Retry & idempotencyretry-and-idempotencyNo retry or idempotency documentation found at the standard docs locations an agent would check.Not detected
Webhook documentationwebhook-documentationNo webhook or event documentation found at the standard docs locations an agent would check.Not detected
Error documentationerror-documentationAn error documentation page exists at https://docs.ahrefs.com/en/looker-studio/docs/errors, but it doesn't enumerate specific error codes or a documented error response shape.Parseable
Machine payments (x402/MPP)x402-or-mpp-supportInformational — not scoredNo machine-payment signal observed (no HTTP 402, no payment-required response header, and no /.well-known/x402.json manifest). Payment support cannot be ruled out from an unauthenticated probe.Couldn't verify
Agent Safety & Trust
security.txtsecurity-txtNo security.txt found at /.well-known/security.txt or /security.txt.Not detected
Org identity signalsorg-identityHomepage exposes three org-identity signal types (legal_name, address, social).Useful
Metadata consistencymetadata-consistencyHomepage metadata (canonical, Open Graph, schema) is present and consistent.Cross-verified
Legal policy pageslegal-pagesBoth privacy and terms policies are discoverable with substantive content.Useful