Agent Readiness Score
getdbt.com
29 — Limited. Agents will struggle to discover or use this site without human help.
HonestClaw measured how well getdbt.com's site and APIs work for AI agents — across 9 dimensions and 45 automated checks.
Dimensions
Discoverability12.1/24
Content Accessibility14.4/24
Bot Access Control0/12
Protocol & Capability Discovery5.3/41
Authentication & Credentials3.5/19
Documentation Quality5/10
Structured Data I/O0/13
Observable State & Reliability4.8/15
Agent Safety & Trust3.5/11
Checks
Discoverability
Subdomain sweepsubdomain-sweepAn agent-relevant subdomain is live and serves its expected content kind (docs.getdbt.com).Parseable
Canonical domaincanonical-domainRoot and www converge on www.getdbt.com, with a matching canonical tag.Cross-verified
robots.txtrobots-txtrobots.txt at https://getdbt.com/robots.txt declares a sitemap. Declared sitemap https://www.getdbt.com/sitemap.xml resolves as valid XML.Cross-verified
sitemap.xmlsitemap-xmlhttps://www.getdbt.com/sitemap.xml is a valid sitemap (1 location(s)), but without lastmod or non-homepage URLs.Parseable
API existenceapi-existenceNo API endpoint found at common paths (only HTML pages or 404s).Not detected
API catalogapi-catalogNo RFC 9727 API Catalog found at /.well-known/api-catalog.Not detected
API versioningapi-versioningThe API version lifecycle is documented at https://docs.getdbt.com/blog/deprecation-of-dbt-server, including deprecation/sunset. (source: docs)Cross-verified
Content Accessibility
Raw content extractabilityraw-content-extractabilityReadable content is extractable without JavaScript on 2 probed surface(s) with a strong main-content ratio (72% on the homepage).Cross-verified
Freshness signalsfreshness-signalsA single freshness signal is present (ETag header).Parseable
Crawl-cost estimatecrawl-cost-estimateInformational — not scoredSitemap index declares 1 child sitemap(s) — crawl cost is not directly observable from the index alone.Parseable
llms.txtllms-txtA curated llms.txt index is published at https://www.getdbt.com/llms.txt: 1338 links across 8 sections.Cross-verified
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
Markdown twinmarkdown-twinA twin exists at https://docs.getdbt.com/index.md but the body is not clearly markdown-structured.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
Link headerslink-headersNo RFC 8288 Link headers found on any probed response.Not detected
OpenAPI specificationopenapi-specNo OpenAPI/Swagger specification found.Not detected
MCP descriptormcp-descriptorInformational — not scoredNo MCP descriptor found at the standard locations an agent would check.Not detected
DNS-AIDdns-aidNo DNS-AID index found at _index._agents.getdbt.com.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
SDK availabilitysdk-availabilityNo SDK or client library documentation found.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-discoveryNo standardized authentication-discovery surface found. Blocked by robots.txt for a generic compliant agent (Disallow: /).Not detected
MCP supportmcp-supportA first-party MCP support page exists at https://docs.getdbt.com/blog/building-the-remote-dbt-mcp-server, but it does not identify a concrete HTTPS MCP endpoint or fully establish a company-operated service.Parseable
Rate limit documentationrate-limit-docsRate limits are documented at https://docs.getdbt.com/docs/dbt-apis/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
Programmatic auth flowprogrammatic-auth-flowAn authentication page exists at https://docs.getdbt.com/docs/dbt-apis/authentication, but it doesn't document a programmatic grant with a token endpoint.Parseable
Credential managementcredential-managementNo credential management documentation found at the standard docs locations an agent would check.Not detected
Auth documentationauth-documentationAn authentication documentation page exists at https://docs.getdbt.com/docs/dbt-apis/authentication, but it doesn't name a specific method or show how a request is authenticated.Parseable
Sandbox environmentsandbox-environmentNo sandbox or test environment 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-presenceA changelog is published at https://docs.getdbt.com/docs/dbt-versions/2022-release-notes with multiple recent dated entries, indicating it is actively maintained.Cross-verified
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.getdbt.com/api/v2/status.json (HTTP 200).Detected
Webhook documentationwebhook-documentationA webhook documentation page exists at https://docs.getdbt.com/tags/webhooks, but it doesn't list specific event types with their payload shape.Parseable
Retry & idempotencyretry-and-idempotencyA retry/idempotency page exists at https://docs.getdbt.com/reference/commands/retry, but it doesn't document an idempotency-key mechanism or a concrete retry strategy.Parseable
Error documentationerror-documentationAn error documentation page exists at https://docs.getdbt.com/guides/debug-errors, but it doesn't enumerate specific error codes or a documented error response shape.Parseable
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 one org-identity signal (social).Detected
Metadata consistencymetadata-consistencyHomepage metadata (canonical, Open Graph, schema) is present and consistent.Cross-verified
Legal policy pageslegal-pagesAt least one legal policy page is discoverable.Detected