Agent Readiness Score
anthropic.com
25 — Limited. Agents will struggle to discover or use this site without human help.
HonestClaw measured how well anthropic.com's site and APIs work for AI agents — across 9 dimensions and 45 automated checks.
Dimensions
Discoverability9.9/24
Content Accessibility14.7/24
Bot Access Control0/12
Protocol & Capability Discovery8.2/41
Authentication & Credentials1.8/19
Documentation Quality0/10
Structured Data I/O0/13
Observable State & Reliability0.2/15
Agent Safety & Trust7.7/11
Checks
Discoverability
Subdomain sweepsubdomain-sweepAn agent-relevant subdomain is live and serves its expected content kind (docs.anthropic.com).Parseable
Canonical domaincanonical-domainRoot and www converge on www.anthropic.com, with a matching canonical tag.Cross-verified
robots.txtrobots-txtrobots.txt at https://anthropic.com/robots.txt declares a sitemap. Declared sitemap https://www.anthropic.com/sitemap.xml resolves as valid XML.Cross-verified
sitemap.xmlsitemap-xmlhttps://www.anthropic.com/sitemap.xml is a valid sitemap with lastmod and real (non-homepage) URLs.Useful
API existenceapi-existenceA real API surface at https://api.anthropic.com/v1/messages/batches answered HTTP 401 with non-HTML JSON. (source: live)Parseable
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-twinA markdown twin is published at https://code.claude.com/docs/index.md alongside the docs HTML surface (https://code.claude.com/docs).Parseable
Freshness signalsfreshness-signalsFreshness signals present: Last-Modified header, sitemap lastmod.Useful
Crawl-cost estimatecrawl-cost-estimateInformational — not scoredA manageable sitemap (515 page URLs) helps agents estimate crawl cost.Useful
llms.txtllms-txtA curated llms.txt index is published on a non-top subdomain at https://platform.claude.com/llms.txt: 567 links across 3 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
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 (100% 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
SDK availabilitysdk-availabilitySDK libraries page at https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/cli-sdks-libraries/overview: 2 GitHub repos, 0 registry links, 0 install commands (2 pointers).Cross-verified
.well-known indexwell-known-indexA non-owned /.well-known/ descriptor is present and parses.Parseable
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
DNS-AIDdns-aidNo DNS-AID index found at _index._agents.anthropic.com.Not detected
MCP supportmcp-supportA first-party MCP support page exists at https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/agents-and-tools/mcp-connector, 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
Link headerslink-headersLink header(s) present with recognized rel values.Parseable
OpenAPI specificationopenapi-specNo OpenAPI/Swagger specification found.Not detected
GraphQL surfacegraphql-surfaceNo GraphQL transport surface found at conventional paths (GET-only; no introspection issued).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
Sandbox environmentsandbox-environmentA sandbox/testing page exists at https://code.claude.com/docs/en/sandbox-environments, but it doesn't show how to obtain test credentials or a test base URL.Parseable
Credential managementcredential-managementNo credential management documentation found at the standard docs locations an agent would check.Not detected
Programmatic auth flowprogrammatic-auth-flowNo programmatic authentication 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
Status & health endpointsstatus-and-healthStatus page found at https://status.claude.com/ (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
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-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-txtsecurity.txt at https://anthropic.com/.well-known/security.txt includes Contact, a future Expires date, and Encryption or Policy.Cross-verified
Org identity signalsorg-identityHomepage exposes one org-identity signal (social).Detected
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