Agent Readiness Score
alation.com
28 — Limited. Agents will struggle to discover or use this site without human help.
HonestClaw measured how well alation.com's site and APIs work for AI agents — across 9 dimensions and 45 automated checks.
Dimensions
Discoverability9.4/24
Content Accessibility13.3/24
Bot Access Control0/12
Protocol & Capability Discovery6.8/41
Authentication & Credentials8.5/19
Documentation Quality5.5/10
Structured Data I/O0/13
Observable State & Reliability0.2/15
Agent Safety & Trust4.3/11
Checks
Discoverability
Subdomain sweepsubdomain-sweepAn agent-relevant subdomain is live and serves its expected content kind (docs.alation.com).Parseable
Canonical domaincanonical-domainRoot and www converge on www.alation.com, with a matching canonical tag.Cross-verified
robots.txtrobots-txtrobots.txt at https://alation.com/robots.txt declares a sitemap. Declared sitemap https://www.alation.com/sitemap.xml resolves as valid XML.Cross-verified
sitemap.xmlsitemap-xmlhttps://www.alation.com/sitemap.xml is a dated sitemap whose URLs include docs/pricing/api surfaces.Cross-verified
API existenceapi-existenceNo API endpoint found at common paths (only HTML pages or 404s). Blocked by robots.txt for a generic compliant agent (Disallow: /api/).Not detected
API catalogapi-catalogAPI Catalog found at https://developer.alation.com/.well-known/api-catalog (application/linkset+json).Detected
API versioningapi-versioningNo versioning signal found (no spec info.version, version header, /vN API surface, or versioning docs). Blocked by robots.txt for a generic compliant agent (Disallow: /api/).Not detected
Content Accessibility
llms.txtllms-txtNo llms.txt file found (HTML pages at .txt paths do not qualify).Not detected
Freshness signalsfreshness-signalsFreshness signals present: ETag header, sitemap lastmod.Useful
Crawl-cost estimatecrawl-cost-estimateInformational — not scoredA manageable sitemap (880 page URLs) helps agents estimate crawl cost.Useful
llms-full.txtllms-full-txtAn llms-full.txt with substantial inline content is published at https://alation.com/llms-full.txt (7,543 chars). To reach the top level, it would need more comprehensive inline coverage.Useful
Markdown twinmarkdown-twinA markdown twin is published at https://developer.alation.com/dev.md alongside the docs HTML surface (https://developer.alation.com/dev).Parseable
ai.txtai-txtNo ai.txt file found (HTML pages at .txt paths do not qualify).Not detected
Raw content extractabilityraw-content-extractabilityReadable content is extractable without JavaScript on 2 probed surface(s) with a strong main-content ratio (80% on the homepage).Cross-verified
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
.well-known indexwell-known-indexNo non-owned /.well-known/ descriptors found.Not detected
MCP Server Cardmcp-server-cardNo MCP Server Card found at the standard locations an agent would check.Not detected
A2A Agent Carda2a-agent-cardNo A2A Agent Card found at the standard well-known locations.Not detected
GraphQL surfacegraphql-surfaceNo GraphQL transport surface found at conventional paths (GET-only; no introspection issued). Blocked by robots.txt for a generic compliant agent (Disallow: /api/).Not detected
DNS-AIDdns-aidNo DNS-AID index found at _index._agents.alation.com.Not detected
MCP supportmcp-supportA first-party MCP support page exists at https://developer.alation.com/dev, but it does not identify a concrete HTTPS MCP endpoint or fully establish a company-operated service.Parseable
Auth discoveryauth-discoveryNo standardized authentication-discovery surface found.Not detected
SDK availabilitysdk-availabilitySDK libraries page at https://developer.alation.com/dev/docs/alation-data-quality-sdk-developer-guide: 2 GitHub repos, 1 registry link, 0 install commands (3 pointers).Cross-verified
Link headerslink-headersNo RFC 8288 Link headers found on any probed response. Blocked by robots.txt for a generic compliant agent (Disallow: /api/).Not detected
OpenAPI specificationopenapi-specNo OpenAPI/Swagger specification found. Blocked by robots.txt for a generic compliant agent (Disallow: /api/).Not detected
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
Programmatic auth flowprogrammatic-auth-flowA programmatic auth flow is documented at https://developer.alation.com/dev/docs/authentication-into-alation-apis, naming a non-interactive grant and a token endpoint. To reach the top level, it would need scopes and token expiry/refresh documented.Useful
Sandbox environmentsandbox-environmentNo sandbox or test environment documentation found at the standard docs locations an agent would check.Not detected
Auth documentationauth-documentationAuthentication is fully documented at https://developer.alation.com/dev/docs/authentication-into-alation-apis, 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 content is mentioned at https://developer.alation.com/dev/reference/refresh-access-token-overview, but not on a dedicated reference page.Detected
Changelog presencechangelog-presenceA changelog is published at https://docs.alation.com/en/latest/OpenConnectorFramework/OCFReleaseNotes/index.html with multiple recent dated entries, indicating it is actively maintained.Cross-verified
Structured Data I/O
Structured data I/Ostructured-data-ioNo published structured-data contract found (no typed spec response schemas). Blocked by robots.txt for a generic compliant agent (Disallow: /api/).Not detected
Machine-readable pricingmachine-readable-pricingNo machine-readable pricing endpoint found (HTML pricing pages do not qualify). Blocked by robots.txt for a generic compliant agent (Disallow: /api/).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-healthHealth/status endpoint found at https://developer.alation.com/healthz (HTTP 200).Detected
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. Blocked by robots.txt for a generic compliant agent (Disallow: /api/).Not detected
Webhook documentationwebhook-documentationNo webhook or event documentation found at the standard docs locations an agent would check.Not detected
Retry & idempotencyretry-and-idempotencyNo retry or idempotency documentation found at the standard docs locations an agent would check.Not detected
Error documentationerror-documentationNo error documentation found at the standard docs locations an agent would check. Blocked by robots.txt for a generic compliant agent (Disallow: /api/).Not detected
Agent Safety & Trust
security.txtsecurity-txtNo security.txt found at /.well-known/security.txt or /security.txt.Not detected
Org identity signalsorg-identityHomepage exposes two org-identity signal types (legal_name, social).Parseable
Metadata consistencymetadata-consistencyHomepage metadata (canonical, Open Graph, schema) is present and consistent.Cross-verified
Legal policy pageslegal-pagesAt least one legal policy page is discoverable.Detected