Agent Readiness Score
buildkite.com
39 — Limited. Agents will struggle to discover or use this site without human help.
HonestClaw measured how well buildkite.com's site and APIs work for AI agents — across 9 dimensions and 45 automated checks.
Dimensions
Discoverability7.4/24
Content Accessibility15.1/19
Bot Access Control0/12
Protocol & Capability Discovery19.9/41
Authentication & Credentials4/14
Documentation Quality10/10
Structured Data I/O0.4/13
Observable State & Reliability2.5/15
Agent Safety & Trust3.3/11
Checks
Discoverability
Subdomain sweepsubdomain-sweepAn agent-relevant subdomain is live (api.buildkite.com).Detected
robots.txtrobots-txtrobots.txt at https://buildkite.com/robots.txt declares a sitemap. Declared sitemap https://buildkite.com/sitemap-index.xml resolves as valid XML.Cross-verified
Canonical domaincanonical-domainRoot and www converge on buildkite.com, with a matching canonical tag.Cross-verified
sitemap.xmlsitemap-xmlhttps://buildkite.com/sitemap-0.xml is a valid sitemap (1332 location(s)), but without lastmod or non-homepage URLs.Parseable
API existenceapi-existenceA conventional API path at https://buildkite.com/api returned an auth challenge (HTTP 403). (source: live)Detected
API catalogapi-catalogNo RFC 9727 API Catalog found at /.well-known/api-catalog.Not detected
API versioningapi-versioningVersioning is mentioned at https://buildkite.com/resources/changelog/tag/deprecation/, but not on a page dedicated to documenting it. (source: docs)Detected
Content Accessibility
llms.txtllms-txtA curated llms.txt index is published at https://buildkite.com/docs/llms.txt: 532 links across 5 sections.Cross-verified
Raw content extractabilityraw-content-extractabilityReadable content is extractable without JavaScript on 2 probed surface(s) with substantial visible text.Cross-verified
Freshness signalsfreshness-signalsFreshness signals present: Last-Modified header, ETag header.Useful
Crawl-cost estimatecrawl-cost-estimateInformational — not scoredA manageable sitemap (1332 page URLs) helps agents estimate crawl cost.Useful
Markdown twinmarkdown-twinNo markdown twin found alongside probed docs HTML surfaces.Not detected
llms-full.txtllms-full-txtCould not conclusively check for an llms-full.txt file (endpoints unreachable, rate-limited, or behind auth).Couldn't verify
ai.txtai-txtCould not conclusively check for an ai.txt file (endpoints unreachable, rate-limited, or behind auth).Couldn't verify
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 scoredCould not conclusively check for an MCP descriptor (locations unreachable, rate-limited, or behind auth). Blocked by robots.txt for a generic compliant agent (Disallow: /).Not detected
MCP supportmcp-supportFirst-party documentation at https://buildkite.com/docs/apis/mcp-server identifies the MCP endpoint https://mcp.buildkite.com/mcp and explains both its capabilities and how clients connect or authenticate.Cross-verified
MCP Server Cardmcp-server-cardCould not conclusively check for an MCP Server Card (endpoints unreachable, rate-limited, or behind auth). Blocked by robots.txt for a generic compliant agent (Disallow: /).Not detected
A2A Agent Carda2a-agent-cardNo A2A Agent Card found at the standard well-known locations.Not detected
.well-known indexwell-known-indexA non-owned /.well-known/ descriptor is present and parses.Parseable
DNS-AIDdns-aidNo DNS-AID index found at _index._agents.buildkite.com.Not detected
SDK availabilitysdk-availabilityGetting-started page at https://buildkite.com/resources/changelog/336-c-support-for-the-buildkite-sdk/: 1 GitHub repo, 1 registry link, 0 install commands (2 pointers).Cross-verified
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
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-headersLink header(s) present with recognized rel values.Parseable
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
Rate limit documentationrate-limit-docsRate limits are documented at https://buildkite.com/docs/apis/rest-api/rate-limits with a concrete limit and rate-limit response headers. To reach the top level, it would need 429 handling, Retry-After guidance, and tier/plan differences.Useful
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-flowProgrammatic authentication is mentioned at https://buildkite.com/docs/apis/oauth-device-authorization.md, but not on a page dedicated to documenting it.Detected
Auth documentationauth-documentationAuthentication is documented at https://buildkite.com/docs/apis/rest-api with the specific detail an agent needs — the credential and how it is sent. To reach the top level, it would need to corroborate against another surface or document more than one complete method.Useful
Sandbox environmentsandbox-environmentCould not conclusively check for sandbox or test environment documentation (endpoints unreachable, rate-limited, or behind auth).Couldn't verify
Documentation Quality
API reference depthapi-reference-depthThe API reference at https://buildkite.com/docs/apis/rest-api is complete — parameters, example request and response, request/response bodies, authentication, pagination, and error codes.Cross-verified
Changelog presencechangelog-presenceA changelog is published at https://buildkite.com/resources/changelog/ with multiple recent dated entries, indicating it is actively maintained.Cross-verified
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-pricingCould not conclusively check for a machine-readable pricing endpoint (endpoints unreachable, rate-limited, or behind auth). Blocked by robots.txt for a generic compliant agent (Disallow: /).Not detected
Data export APIdata-export-apiData export is mentioned at https://buildkite.com/docs/apis/rest-api, but not on a page dedicated to documenting it.Detected
Observable State & Reliability
Status & health endpointsstatus-and-healthStatus page found at https://www.buildkitestatus.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: /).Not detected
Error documentationerror-documentationError handling is mentioned at https://buildkite.com/docs/apis/rest-api, but not on a page dedicated to documenting it.Detected
Webhook documentationwebhook-documentationA webhook documentation page exists at https://buildkite.com/docs/apis/webhooks, but it doesn't list specific event types with their payload shape.Parseable
Retry & idempotencyretry-and-idempotencyNo retry or idempotency documentation found at the standard docs locations an agent would check.Not detected
Agent Safety & Trust
security.txtsecurity-txtCould not conclusively check for security.txt (unreachable or behind auth). Blocked by robots.txt for a generic compliant agent (Disallow: /).Not detected
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-pagesNo terms, privacy, or data-use policy pages found at conventional paths.Not detected