Agent Readiness Score

assemblyai.com

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

45 of 45 checks conclusive · Confidence High · Evidence coverage 100%

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

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Dimensions

Discoverability11.5/24

Content Accessibility17.1/24

Bot Access Control0/12

Protocol & Capability Discovery12.3/41

Authentication & Credentials1.8/19

Documentation Quality2.3/10

Structured Data I/O8/13

Observable State & Reliability5.8/15

Agent Safety & Trust4.4/11

Checks

Discoverability

Subdomain sweepsubdomain-sweepNo agent-relevant conventional subdomain (api.*, docs.*) is live.Not detected

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

robots.txtrobots-txtrobots.txt at https://assemblyai.com/robots.txt declares a sitemap. Declared sitemap https://www.assemblyai.com/sitemap.xml resolves as valid XML.Cross-verified

sitemap.xmlsitemap-xmlhttps://www.assemblyai.com/sitemap.xml is a dated sitemap whose URLs include docs/pricing/api surfaces.Cross-verified

API existenceapi-existenceA real API surface is declared at https://www.assemblyai.com/docs/openapi.json: the spec lists servers and paths. (source: spec)Parseable

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: /.well-known).Not detected

API versioningapi-versioningThe API version is declared in the spec (info.version) at https://www.assemblyai.com/docs/openapi.json. (source: spec)Parseable

Content Accessibility

Markdown twinmarkdown-twinA markdown twin is published at https://www.assemblyai.com/index.md alongside the docs HTML surface (https://www.assemblyai.com/).Parseable

llms.txtllms-txtA curated llms.txt index is published at https://www.assemblyai.com/llms.txt: 31 links across 5 sections.Cross-verified

Freshness signalsfreshness-signalsMultiple freshness signals present (Last-Modified header, ETag header, sitemap lastmod) with sitemap entries updated within 90 days.Cross-verified

Crawl-cost estimatecrawl-cost-estimateInformational — not scoredA manageable sitemap (1576 page URLs) helps agents estimate crawl cost.Useful

llms-full.txtllms-full-txtNo llms-full.txt file found (HTML pages at .txt paths do not qualify). Blocked by robots.txt for a generic compliant agent (Disallow: /.well-known).Not detected

ai.txtai-txtNo ai.txt file found (HTML pages at .txt paths do not qualify). Blocked by robots.txt for a generic compliant agent (Disallow: /.well-known).Not detected

Raw content extractabilityraw-content-extractabilityReadable content is extractable without JavaScript on 2 probed surface(s) with substantial visible text.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

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: /.well-known).Not detected

RSL licensingrslrobots.txt is readable but declares no RSL License directive.Not detected

Protocol & Capability Discovery

.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: /.well-known).Not detected

MCP descriptormcp-descriptorInformational — not scoredNo MCP descriptor found at the standard locations an agent would check. Blocked by robots.txt for a generic compliant agent (Disallow: /.well-known).Not detected

MCP Server Cardmcp-server-cardNo MCP Server Card found at the standard locations an agent would check. Blocked by robots.txt for a generic compliant agent (Disallow: /.well-known).Not detected

A2A Agent Carda2a-agent-cardCould not conclusively check for an A2A Agent Card (endpoints unreachable, rate-limited, or behind auth). Blocked by robots.txt for a generic compliant agent (Disallow: /.well-known).Not detected

MCP supportmcp-supportMCP is mentioned at https://www.assemblyai.com/blog/mcp-voice-agent-openai-livekit, but not on a dedicated first-party MCP page.Detected

DNS-AIDdns-aidNo DNS-AID index found at _index._agents.assemblyai.com.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. Blocked by robots.txt for a generic compliant agent (Disallow: /.well-known).Not detected

Link headerslink-headersNo RFC 8288 Link headers found on any probed response. Blocked by robots.txt for a generic compliant agent (Disallow: /.well-known).Not detected

OpenAPI specificationopenapi-specValid OpenAPI 3.1.0 spec at https://www.assemblyai.com/docs/openapi.json: 10 operations, 57 schemas, 100% response coverage, servers declared.Cross-verified

SDK availabilitysdk-availabilityGetting-started page at https://www.assemblyai.com/blog/announcing-the-assemblyai-go-sdk: 1 GitHub repo, 0 registry links, 1 install command (2 pointers).Cross-verified

Rate limit documentationrate-limit-docsA rate-limit documentation page exists at https://www.assemblyai.com/docs/llm-gateway/rate-limits, but it doesn't state a concrete limit alongside a rate-limit response header.Parseable

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-flowNo programmatic authentication 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-documentationAn authentication documentation page exists at https://www.assemblyai.com/docs/faq/is-multi-factor-authentication-enforced-for-all-access-to-scoped-systems-and-data, but it doesn't name a specific method or show how a request is authenticated.Parseable

Documentation Quality

API reference depthapi-reference-depthAn API reference page exists at https://www.assemblyai.com/docs/voice-agents/voice-agent-api/events-reference, but it doesn't show parameters with example requests and responses.Parseable

Changelog presencechangelog-presenceA changelog is mentioned at https://www.assemblyai.com/changelog.md, but not on a page dedicated to publishing release history.Detected

Structured Data I/O

Structured data I/Ostructured-data-ioThe spec at https://www.assemblyai.com/docs/openapi.json declares typed, consistent response schemas (90% of operations) with a pagination pattern and a structured error envelope. (source: spec)Cross-verified

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.assemblyai.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: /.well-known).Not detected

Retry & idempotencyretry-and-idempotencyRetry/idempotency is documented at https://www.assemblyai.com/docs/pre-recorded-audio/guides/retry-server-error with an idempotency-key mechanism or a concrete retry strategy. To reach the top level, it would need an idempotency key and backoff/retry guidance together.Useful

Webhook documentationwebhook-documentationA webhook documentation page exists at https://www.assemblyai.com/docs/pre-recorded-audio/webhooks, but it doesn't list specific event types with their payload shape.Parseable

Error documentationerror-documentationAn error documentation page exists at https://www.assemblyai.com/docs/streaming/common-session-errors-and-closures, but it doesn't enumerate specific error codes or a documented error response shape.Parseable

Agent Safety & Trust

security.txtsecurity-txtNo security.txt found at /.well-known/security.txt or /security.txt. Blocked by robots.txt for a generic compliant agent (Disallow: /.well-known).Not detected

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-pagesBoth privacy and terms policies are discoverable with substantive content.Useful