Agent Readiness Score
buffer.com
33 — Limited. Agents will struggle to discover or use this site without human help.
HonestClaw measured how well buffer.com's site and APIs work for AI agents — across 9 dimensions and 45 automated checks.
Dimensions
Discoverability10.8/24
Content Accessibility11.2/24
Bot Access Control0/12
Protocol & Capability Discovery11.8/41
Authentication & Credentials10/19
Documentation Quality2.3/10
Structured Data I/O0/13
Observable State & Reliability3.7/15
Agent Safety & Trust5.5/11
Checks
Discoverability
Subdomain sweepsubdomain-sweepAn agent-relevant subdomain is live and serves its expected content kind (developers.buffer.com).Parseable
robots.txtrobots-txtrobots.txt at https://buffer.com/robots.txt declares a sitemap. Declared sitemap https://buffer.com/sitemap.xml resolves as valid XML.Cross-verified
Canonical domaincanonical-domainRoot and www converge on buffer.com, with a matching canonical tag.Cross-verified
sitemap.xmlsitemap-xmlhttps://buffer.com/sitemap.xml is a dated sitemap whose URLs include docs/pricing/api surfaces.Cross-verified
API existenceapi-existenceA real API surface at https://api.buffer.com/ 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://developers.buffer.com/index.md alongside the docs HTML surface (https://developers.buffer.com/).Parseable
llms.txtllms-txtA curated llms.txt index is published on a non-top subdomain at https://developers.buffer.com/llms.txt: 50 links across 4 sections. Its credit is capped at useful because it is not published on the main domain.Useful
Raw content extractabilityraw-content-extractabilityModerate-to-strong main content (67% of visible text) is extractable from raw HTML on the homepage.Useful
Freshness signalsfreshness-signalsA single freshness signal is present (sitemap lastmod).Parseable
Crawl-cost estimatecrawl-cost-estimateInformational — not scoredA manageable sitemap (223 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).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 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
SDK availabilitysdk-availabilityNo SDK or client library documentation found.Not detected
MCP supportmcp-supportFirst-party documentation at https://developers.buffer.com/guides/integrations/mcp.md identifies the MCP endpoint https://mcp.buffer.com/mcp%60 and explains both its capabilities and how clients connect or authenticate.Cross-verified
MCP descriptormcp-descriptorInformational — not scoredNo MCP descriptor 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
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.buffer.com.Not detected
.well-known indexwell-known-indexNo non-owned /.well-known/ descriptors found.Not detected
GraphQL surfacegraphql-surfaceNo GraphQL transport surface found at conventional paths (GET-only; no introspection issued).Not detected
Auth discoveryauth-discoveryAgent-native auth discovery: a valid RFC 9728 PRM (via challenge) or a PRM plus a valid AS/OIDC descriptor.Cross-verified
Link headerslink-headersNo RFC 8288 Link headers found on any probed response.Not detected
OpenAPI specificationopenapi-specNo OpenAPI/Swagger specification found.Not detected
Rate limit documentationrate-limit-docsA rate-limit documentation page exists at https://developers.buffer.com/guides/api-limits.html, 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
Sandbox environmentsandbox-environmentNo sandbox or test environment 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. Blocked by robots.txt for a generic compliant agent (Disallow: /).Not detected
Programmatic auth flowprogrammatic-auth-flowA programmatic auth flow is fully documented at https://developers.buffer.com/guides/authentication.html, with a non-interactive grant, token endpoint, scopes, and token expiry/refresh.Cross-verified
Auth documentationauth-documentationAuthentication is fully documented at https://developers.buffer.com/guides/authentication.html, naming complete method(s) and how they are sent, corroborated across surfaces or covering multiple methods.Cross-verified
Documentation Quality
API reference depthapi-reference-depthAn API reference page exists at https://developers.buffer.com/guides/graphql-intro.html, but it doesn't show parameters with example requests and responses.Parseable
Changelog presencechangelog-presenceA changelog is mentioned at https://developers.buffer.com/changelog.md, but not on a page dedicated to publishing release history.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-healthHealth/status endpoint found at https://status.buffer.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
Retry & idempotencyretry-and-idempotencyNo retry or idempotency documentation found at the standard docs locations an agent would check.Not detected
Error documentationerror-documentationErrors are documented at https://developers.buffer.com/guides/error-handling.html with specific codes or a documented response shape. To reach the top level, it would need recovery guidance and a machine-readable error format, or corroboration against the API spec.Useful
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-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-pagesBoth privacy and terms policies are discoverable with substantive content.Useful