Agent Readiness Score

alibaba.com

11 — Limited. Agents will struggle to discover or use this site without human help.

44 of 45 checks conclusive · Confidence High · Evidence coverage 98%

HonestClaw measured how well alibaba.com's site and APIs work for AI agents — across 9 dimensions and 45 automated checks.

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Dimensions

Discoverability4.1/24

Content Accessibility5.6/24

Bot Access Control3.5/12

Protocol & Capability Discovery0.6/36

Authentication & Credentials0/19

Documentation Quality0/10

Structured Data I/O0.4/13

Observable State & Reliability0.2/15

Agent Safety & Trust3/11

Checks

Discoverability

Subdomain sweepsubdomain-sweepAn agent-relevant subdomain is live and serves its expected content kind (developer.alibaba.com).Parseable

robots.txtrobots-txtrobots.txt at https://alibaba.com/robots.txt is a valid robots file (no Sitemap: declared).Parseable

Canonical domaincanonical-domainRoot and www converge on www.alibaba.com, with a matching canonical tag.Cross-verified

sitemap.xmlsitemap-xmlCould not conclusively check for a sitemap (unreachable, rate-limited, or behind auth). Blocked by robots.txt for a generic compliant agent (Disallow: /).Not detected

API existenceapi-existenceCould not conclusively check for an API endpoint (endpoints unreachable, rate-limited, or behind auth). Blocked by robots.txt for a generic compliant agent (Disallow: /).Not detected

API catalogapi-catalogCould not conclusively check for an API Catalog (endpoint unreachable, rate-limited, or behind auth). Blocked by robots.txt for a generic compliant agent (Disallow: /).Not 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: /).Not detected

Content Accessibility

llms.txtllms-txtCould not conclusively check for an llms.txt file (endpoints unreachable, rate-limited, or behind auth). Blocked by robots.txt for a generic compliant agent (Disallow: /).Not detected

llms-full.txtllms-full-txtCould not conclusively check for an llms-full.txt file (endpoints unreachable, rate-limited, or behind auth). Blocked by robots.txt for a generic compliant agent (Disallow: /).Not detected

ai.txtai-txtCould not conclusively check for an ai.txt file (endpoints unreachable, rate-limited, or behind auth). Blocked by robots.txt for a generic compliant agent (Disallow: /).Not detected

Markdown twinmarkdown-twinNo markdown twin found alongside probed docs HTML surfaces. Blocked by robots.txt for a generic compliant agent (Disallow: /).Not detected

Raw content extractabilityraw-content-extractabilitySubstantial visible text (131,538 chars) is readable without JavaScript on at least one probed page.Useful

Crawl-cost estimatecrawl-cost-estimateInformational — not scoredNo crawl-cost signals found (no sitemap URL inventory or Crawl-delay directive). Blocked by robots.txt for a generic compliant agent (Disallow: /).Not detected

Freshness signalsfreshness-signalsNo freshness signals found (no Last-Modified, ETag, or sitemap lastmod). Blocked by robots.txt for a generic compliant agent (Disallow: /).Not detected

Bot Access Control

AI bot rulesai-bot-rulesrobots.txt declares explicit rules for 2 AI bot(s): gptbot, google-extended.Useful

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 reservationtdmrepCould not conclusively check for a TDMRep policy (unreachable, rate-limited, or behind auth). Blocked by robots.txt for a generic compliant agent (Disallow: /).Not detected

Protocol & Capability Discovery

MCP descriptormcp-descriptorInformational — not scoredA file exists at https://developer.alibaba.com/.well-known/mcp.json, but it doesn't contain the fields that describe an MCP server.Detected

SDK availabilitysdk-availabilityNo SDK or client library documentation found. Blocked by robots.txt for a generic compliant agent (Disallow: /).Not detected

Link headerslink-headersCould not conclusively check for Link headers (endpoints unreachable, rate-limited, or behind auth). Blocked by robots.txt for a generic compliant agent (Disallow: /).Not detected

OpenAPI specificationopenapi-specCould not conclusively check for an OpenAPI/Swagger specification (endpoints unreachable, rate-limited, or behind auth). Blocked by robots.txt for a generic compliant agent (Disallow: /).Not detected

A2A Agent Carda2a-agent-cardA file exists at https://developer.alibaba.com/.well-known/agent-card.json, but it doesn't contain the fields that describe an A2A Agent Card.Detected

DNS-AIDdns-aidNo DNS-AID index found at _index._agents.alibaba.com.Not detected

MCP Server Cardmcp-server-cardA file exists at https://developer.alibaba.com/.well-known/mcp/server-card.json, but it doesn't contain the fields that describe an MCP Server Card.Detected

GraphQL surfacegraphql-surfaceCould not conclusively check for GraphQL (endpoints unreachable, rate-limited, or behind auth). Blocked by robots.txt for a generic compliant agent (Disallow: /).Not detected

.well-known indexwell-known-indexCould not conclusively check /.well-known/ descriptors (unreachable, rate-limited, or behind auth). Blocked by robots.txt for a generic compliant agent (Disallow: /).Not detected

Auth discoveryauth-discoveryNo standardized authentication-discovery surface found. Blocked by robots.txt for a generic compliant agent (Disallow: /).Not detected

Rate limit documentationrate-limit-docsNo rate limit documentation found at the standard docs locations an agent would check. Blocked by robots.txt for a generic compliant agent (Disallow: /).Not detected

MCP supportmcp-supportCould not conclusively discover or check first-party MCP support documentation and likely endpoints. Blocked by robots.txt for a generic compliant agent (Disallow: /). This protocol's availability cannot be inferred from crawler policy.Couldn't verify

WebMCPwebmcpInformational — not scoredWebMCP browser probing is not yet available in this scanner release.Couldn't verify

Authentication & Credentials

Programmatic auth flowprogrammatic-auth-flowNo programmatic authentication documentation found at the standard docs locations an agent would check. Blocked by robots.txt for a generic compliant agent (Disallow: /).Not detected

Credential managementcredential-managementNo credential management documentation found at the standard docs locations an agent would check. Blocked by robots.txt for a generic compliant agent (Disallow: /).Not detected

Sandbox environmentsandbox-environmentNo sandbox or test environment documentation found at the standard docs locations an agent would check. Blocked by robots.txt for a generic compliant agent (Disallow: /).Not detected

Auth documentationauth-documentationNo authentication documentation found at the standard docs locations an agent would check. Blocked by robots.txt for a generic compliant agent (Disallow: /).Not detected

Documentation Quality

API reference depthapi-reference-depthAPI reference documentation lacks depth or was not found. Blocked by robots.txt for a generic compliant agent (Disallow: /).Not detected

Changelog presencechangelog-presenceNo changelog or release notes found at the standard docs locations an agent would check. Blocked by robots.txt for a generic compliant agent (Disallow: /).Not detected

Structured Data I/O

Structured data I/Ostructured-data-ioCould not conclusively check for a structured-data contract (endpoints unreachable, rate-limited, or behind auth). Blocked by robots.txt for a generic compliant agent (Disallow: /).Not detected

Machine-readable pricingmachine-readable-pricingValid JSON is served at https://developer.alibaba.com/pricing.json, but it has no recognizable pricing shape (no plan entries carry a price).Parseable

Data export APIdata-export-apiNo data export or bulk API documentation found at the standard docs locations an agent would check. Blocked by robots.txt for a generic compliant agent (Disallow: /).Not detected

Observable State & Reliability

Status & health endpointsstatus-and-healthHealth/status endpoint found at https://alibaba.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: /).Not detected

Webhook documentationwebhook-documentationNo webhook or event 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.Not detected

Retry & idempotencyretry-and-idempotencyNo retry or idempotency documentation found at the standard docs locations an agent would check.Not detected

Agent Safety & Trust

Org identity signalsorg-identityNo org-identity signals detected on the homepage.Not detected

Metadata consistencymetadata-consistencyHomepage metadata (canonical, Open Graph, schema) is present and consistent.Cross-verified

security.txtsecurity-txtNo security.txt found at /.well-known/security.txt or /security.txt.Not detected

Legal policy pageslegal-pagesNo terms, privacy, or data-use policy pages found at conventional paths.Not detected