Agent Readiness Score
gocardless.com
42 — Developing. Agents can find parts of this site, but key capabilities are hard to reach.
HonestClaw measured how well gocardless.com's site and APIs work for AI agents — across 9 dimensions and 45 automated checks.
Dimensions
Discoverability10.6/24
Content Accessibility14.7/24
Bot Access Control0/12
Protocol & Capability Discovery15.5/41
Authentication & Credentials6.8/19
Documentation Quality6.8/10
Structured Data I/O5.6/13
Observable State & Reliability5.5/15
Agent Safety & Trust5.6/11
Checks
Discoverability
Subdomain sweepsubdomain-sweepAn agent-relevant subdomain is live and serves its expected content kind (docs.gocardless.com).Parseable
robots.txtrobots-txtrobots.txt at https://gocardless.com/robots.txt declares a sitemap. Declared sitemap https://gocardless.com/sitemap-index.xml resolves as valid XML.Cross-verified
sitemap.xmlsitemap-xmlhttps://gocardless.com/sitemap.xml is a valid sitemap (12 location(s)), but without lastmod or non-homepage URLs.Parseable
Canonical domaincanonical-domainRoot and www converge on gocardless.com, with a matching canonical tag.Cross-verified
API existenceapi-existenceA real API surface is declared at https://docs.gocardless.com/openapi-schema-public.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-versioningThe API version is declared in the spec (info.version) at https://docs.gocardless.com/openapi-schema-public.json. (source: spec)Parseable
Content Accessibility
llms.txtllms-txtA curated llms.txt index is published on a non-top subdomain at https://docs.gocardless.com/llms.txt: 122 links across 10 sections. Its credit is capped at useful because it is not published on the main domain.Useful
llms-full.txtllms-full-txtNo llms-full.txt file found (HTML pages at .txt paths do not qualify).Not detected
Freshness signalsfreshness-signalsFreshness signals present: Last-Modified header, ETag header.Useful
Crawl-cost estimatecrawl-cost-estimateInformational — not scoredA manageable sitemap (12 page URLs) helps agents estimate crawl cost.Useful
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
Markdown twinmarkdown-twinA markdown twin is published at https://developer.gocardless.com/index.md alongside the docs HTML surface (https://developer.gocardless.com/).Parseable
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
MCP supportmcp-supportFirst-party documentation at https://docs.gocardless.com/docs/developer-resources/mcp identifies the MCP endpoint https://mcp.gocardless.com/ and explains both its capabilities and how clients connect or authenticate.Cross-verified
SDK availabilitysdk-availabilitySDK libraries page at https://docs.gocardless.com/docs/developer-resources/client-libraries: 9 GitHub repos, 0 registry links, 0 install commands (9 pointers).Cross-verified
A2A Agent Carda2a-agent-cardNo A2A Agent Card found at the standard well-known locations.Not detected
.well-known indexwell-known-indexNo non-owned /.well-known/ descriptors found.Not detected
DNS-AIDdns-aidNo DNS-AID index found at _index._agents.gocardless.com.Not detected
GraphQL surfacegraphql-surfaceNo GraphQL transport surface found at conventional paths (GET-only; no introspection issued).Not detected
MCP Server Cardmcp-server-cardNo MCP Server Card found at the standard locations an agent would check.Not detected
Auth discoveryauth-discoveryNo standardized authentication-discovery surface found. Blocked by robots.txt for a generic compliant agent (Disallow: /).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.gocardless.com/openapi-schema-public.json: 137 operations, 723 schemas, 100% response coverage, servers declared.Cross-verified
Rate limit documentationrate-limit-docsRate limiting is mentioned at https://docs.gocardless.com/docs/api-reference/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
Programmatic auth flowprogrammatic-auth-flowNo programmatic authentication 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.Not detected
Auth documentationauth-documentationAuthentication is fully documented at https://docs.gocardless.com/docs/api-reference/oauth-reference, naming complete method(s) and how they are sent, corroborated across surfaces or covering multiple methods.Cross-verified
Sandbox environmentsandbox-environmentA sandbox/testing page exists at https://docs.gocardless.com/docs/bank-account-data/sandbox, but it doesn't show how to obtain test credentials or a test base URL.Parseable
Documentation Quality
API reference depthapi-reference-depthAn API reference page exists at https://docs.gocardless.com/docs/api-reference, but it doesn't show parameters with example requests and responses.Parseable
Changelog presencechangelog-presenceA changelog is published at https://docs.gocardless.com/docs/api-reference/changelog 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.gocardless.com/openapi-schema-public.json declares typed response schemas as a rule (100% of operations) — no documented pagination pattern. (source: spec)Useful
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://www.gocardless-status.com/api/v2/status.json (HTTP 200).Detected
Webhook documentationwebhook-documentationA webhook documentation page exists at https://docs.gocardless.com/docs/api-reference/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-documentationErrors are documented at https://docs.gocardless.com/docs/api-reference/responses-and-errors 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-txtsecurity.txt at https://gocardless.com/.well-known/security.txt publishes a Contact address.Useful
Org identity signalsorg-identityHomepage exposes one org-identity signal (address).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