Agent Readiness Score
ancestry.com
13 — Limited. Agents will struggle to discover or use this site without human help.
HonestClaw measured how well ancestry.com's site and APIs work for AI agents — across 9 dimensions and 45 automated checks.
Dimensions
Discoverability6.4/24
Content Accessibility6.7/24
Bot Access Control1.8/12
Protocol & Capability Discovery0/41
Authentication & Credentials0/19
Documentation Quality0/10
Structured Data I/O0/13
Observable State & Reliability0.2/15
Agent Safety & Trust6.2/11
Checks
Discoverability
Subdomain sweepsubdomain-sweepAn agent-relevant subdomain is live (api.ancestry.com).Detected
Canonical domaincanonical-domainRoot and www converge on www.ancestry.com, with a matching canonical tag.Cross-verified
robots.txtrobots-txtrobots.txt at https://ancestry.com/robots.txt declares a sitemap. Declared sitemap https://www.ancestry.com/smp/fam-facts/sitemaps/index.xml resolves as valid XML.Cross-verified
sitemap.xmlsitemap-xmlhttps://www.ancestry.com/smp/fam-facts/sitemaps/index.xml is a valid sitemap (11 location(s)), but without lastmod or non-homepage URLs.Parseable
API existenceapi-existenceNo API endpoint found at common paths (only HTML pages or 404s).Not detected
API catalogapi-catalogNo RFC 9727 API Catalog found at /.well-known/api-catalog.Not detected
API versioningapi-versioningNo versioning signal found (no spec info.version, version header, /vN API surface, or versioning docs).Not detected
Content Accessibility
Markdown twinmarkdown-twinNo markdown twin found alongside probed docs HTML surfaces.Not detected
Raw content extractabilityraw-content-extractabilitySubstantial visible text (27,951 chars) is readable without JavaScript on at least one probed page.Useful
Freshness signalsfreshness-signalsA single freshness signal is present (Last-Modified header).Parseable
Crawl-cost estimatecrawl-cost-estimateInformational — not scoredNo crawl-cost signals found (no sitemap URL inventory or Crawl-delay directive).Not detected
llms.txtllms-txtNo llms.txt file found (HTML pages at .txt paths do not qualify).Not detected
llms-full.txtllms-full-txtNo llms-full.txt file found (HTML pages at .txt paths do not qualify).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 declares explicit rules for 1 AI bot(s): google-extended.Parseable
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
SDK availabilitysdk-availabilityNo SDK or client library documentation found.Not detected
Link headerslink-headersNo RFC 8288 Link headers found on any probed response.Not detected
OpenAPI specificationopenapi-specNo OpenAPI/Swagger specification found.Not detected
DNS-AIDdns-aidNo DNS-AID index found at _index._agents.ancestry.com.Not detected
A2A Agent Carda2a-agent-cardNo A2A Agent Card found at the standard well-known locations.Not detected
MCP Server Cardmcp-server-cardNo MCP Server Card 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 supportmcp-supportNo first-party MCP support documentation or MCP-specific endpoint response was found.Not detected
GraphQL surfacegraphql-surfaceNo GraphQL transport surface found at conventional paths (GET-only; no introspection issued).Not detected
Auth discoveryauth-discoveryNo standardized authentication-discovery surface found.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
Programmatic auth flowprogrammatic-auth-flowNo programmatic authentication documentation found at the standard docs locations an agent would check.Not detected
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
Auth documentationauth-documentationNo authentication documentation found at the standard docs locations an agent would check.Not detected
Documentation Quality
API reference depthapi-reference-depthAPI reference documentation lacks depth or was not found.Not detected
Changelog presencechangelog-presenceNo changelog or release notes found at the standard docs locations an agent would check.Not detected
Structured Data I/O
Structured data I/Ostructured-data-ioNo published structured-data contract found (no typed spec response schemas).Not detected
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
Retry & idempotencyretry-and-idempotencyNo retry or idempotency documentation found at the standard docs locations an agent would check.Not detected
Status & health endpointsstatus-and-healthHealth/status endpoint found at https://status.ancestry.com/api/v2/status.json (HTTP 200).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
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-txtsecurity.txt at https://ancestry.com/.well-known/security.txt includes Contact, a future Expires date, and Encryption or Policy.Cross-verified
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
Legal policy pageslegal-pagesAt least one legal policy page is discoverable.Detected