Agent Readiness Score

digitalocean.com

38 — 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 digitalocean.com's site and APIs work for AI agents — across 9 dimensions and 45 automated checks.

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Dimensions

Discoverability9.7/24

Content Accessibility12.6/24

Bot Access Control0/12

Protocol & Capability Discovery12.3/41

Authentication & Credentials13.1/19

Documentation Quality5/10

Structured Data I/O2.8/13

Observable State & Reliability2/15

Agent Safety & Trust6.8/11

Checks

Discoverability

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

Subdomain sweepsubdomain-sweepBoth an API-family and a docs-family subdomain are live (api.digitalocean.com, docs.digitalocean.com).Useful

robots.txtrobots-txtrobots.txt at https://digitalocean.com/robots.txt is valid and declares a Sitemap: reference.Useful

sitemap.xmlsitemap-xmlNo valid XML sitemap found at the standard locations.Not detected

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

API catalogapi-catalogNo RFC 9727 API Catalog found at /.well-known/api-catalog.Not detected

API versioningapi-versioningA versioning-related page exists at https://docs.digitalocean.com/support/how-do-i-fix-the-pg_dump-aborting-because-of-server-version-mismatch-error/, but it doesn't describe a versioning scheme or deprecation policy. (source: docs)Parseable

Content Accessibility

llms.txtllms-txtA curated llms.txt index is published on a non-top subdomain at https://docs.digitalocean.com/llms.txt: 298 links across 9 sections. Its credit is capped at useful because it is not published on the main domain.Useful

Freshness signalsfreshness-signalsNo freshness signals found (no Last-Modified, ETag, or sitemap lastmod).Not detected

Crawl-cost estimatecrawl-cost-estimateInformational — not scoredNo crawl-cost signals found (no sitemap URL inventory or Crawl-delay directive).Not detected

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

llms-full.txtllms-full-txtNo llms-full.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 substantial visible text.Cross-verified

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

MCP descriptormcp-descriptorInformational — not scoredNo MCP descriptor 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 Server Cardmcp-server-cardNo MCP Server Card 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

GraphQL surfacegraphql-surfaceNo GraphQL transport surface found at conventional paths (GET-only; no introspection issued).Not detected

DNS-AIDdns-aidNo DNS-AID index found at _index._agents.digitalocean.com.Not detected

MCP supportmcp-supportA first-party MCP support page exists at https://docs.digitalocean.com/reference/mcp/, 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-headersNo RFC 8288 Link headers found on any probed response.Not detected

OpenAPI specificationopenapi-specValid OpenAPI 3.0.0 spec at https://docs.digitalocean.com/reference/api/reference/openapi.json: 659 operations, 902 schemas, 100% response coverage, servers declared.Cross-verified

SDK availabilitysdk-availabilitySDK libraries page at https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/spaces/reference/aws-sdks/: 2 GitHub repos, 0 registry links, 5 install commands (7 pointers).Cross-verified

Rate limit documentationrate-limit-docsRate limiting is mentioned at https://docs.digitalocean.com/platform/resource-limits/, but not on a page dedicated to documenting it.Detected

WebMCPwebmcpInformational — not scoredWebMCP browser probing is not yet available in this scanner release.Couldn't verify

Authentication & Credentials

Sandbox environmentsandbox-environmentA test environment is documented at https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/guides/agents/sandboxes with the detail an agent needs to start testing (test credentials or a test base URL). To reach the top level, it would need a full test workflow and separately documented test credentials.Useful

Credential managementcredential-managementCredential management is documented at https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/vector-databases/weaviate/how-to/rotate-credentials/, covering how to rotate or revoke credentials. To reach the top level, it would need rotation, revocation, and scoping/expiry all documented.Useful

Programmatic auth flowprogrammatic-auth-flowA programmatic auth flow is fully documented at https://docs.digitalocean.com/reference/api/oauth/, with a non-interactive grant, token endpoint, scopes, and token expiry/refresh.Cross-verified

Auth documentationauth-documentationAn authentication documentation page exists at https://docs.digitalocean.com/support/how-do-i-fix-the-authentication-error-when-connecting-to-mysql/, but it doesn't name a specific method or show how a request is authenticated.Parseable

Documentation Quality

API reference depthapi-reference-depthAPI reference documentation lacks depth or was not found.Not detected

Changelog presencechangelog-presenceA changelog is published at https://docs.digitalocean.com/release-notes/ with multiple recent dated entries, indicating it is actively maintained.Cross-verified

Structured Data I/O

Structured data I/Ostructured-data-ioThe spec at https://docs.digitalocean.com/reference/api/reference/openapi.json declares response schemas, but typed responses are not the norm (22% of operations). (source: spec)Parseable

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.digitalocean.com/ (HTTP 200).Detected

Webhook documentationwebhook-documentationA webhook documentation page exists at https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/guides/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

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://digitalocean.com/.well-known/security.txt publishes a Contact address.Useful

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