Agent Readiness Score
harness.io
36 — Limited. Agents will struggle to discover or use this site without human help.
HonestClaw measured how well harness.io's site and APIs work for AI agents — across 9 dimensions and 45 automated checks.
Dimensions
Discoverability12.6/24
Content Accessibility12.6/24
Bot Access Control0/12
Protocol & Capability Discovery15.3/41
Authentication & Credentials6.7/19
Documentation Quality5/10
Structured Data I/O0.1/13
Observable State & Reliability3.5/15
Agent Safety & Trust4.6/11
Checks
Discoverability
Subdomain sweepsubdomain-sweepAn agent-relevant subdomain is live and serves its expected content kind (docs.harness.io).Parseable
Canonical domaincanonical-domainRoot and www converge on www.harness.io, with a matching canonical tag.Cross-verified
robots.txtrobots-txtrobots.txt at https://harness.io/robots.txt declares a sitemap. Declared sitemap https://www.harness.io/sitemap.xml resolves as valid XML.Cross-verified
sitemap.xmlsitemap-xmlhttps://www.harness.io/sitemap.xml is a valid sitemap (2695 location(s)), but without lastmod or non-homepage URLs.Parseable
API existenceapi-existenceA conventional API path at https://api.intellimize.co/ 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-versioningThe API version lifecycle is documented at https://developer.harness.io/3k-docs/internal-developer-portal/environment-management/blueprints/versioning/, including deprecation/sunset. (source: docs)Cross-verified
Content Accessibility
llms.txtllms-txtA curated llms.txt index is published on a non-top subdomain at https://developer.harness.io/llms.txt: 121 links across 11 sections. Its credit is capped at useful because it is not published on the main domain.Useful
Freshness signalsfreshness-signalsA single freshness signal is present (Last-Modified header).Parseable
Crawl-cost estimatecrawl-cost-estimateInformational — not scoredSitemap declares 2695 page URLs — moderate crawl cost; agents should budget accordingly.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
Markdown twinmarkdown-twinNo markdown twin found alongside probed docs HTML surfaces.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
SDK availabilitysdk-availabilitySDK libraries page at https://developer.harness.io/3k-docs/feature-management-experimentation/sdks-and-infrastructure/: 2 GitHub repos, 0 registry links, 0 install commands (2 pointers).Cross-verified
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.harness.io.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
MCP supportmcp-supportA first-party MCP support page exists at https://developer.harness.io/3k-docs/ai/harness-ai-mcp-connectors/, but it does not identify a concrete HTTPS MCP endpoint or fully establish a company-operated service.Parseable
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-docsRate limits are documented at https://developer.harness.io/3k-docs/platform/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://developer.harness.io/3k-docs/cloud-cost-management/oidc-auth/, but it doesn't document a programmatic grant with a token endpoint.Parseable
Auth documentationauth-documentationAn authentication documentation page exists at https://developer.harness.io/3k-docs/category/authentication/, but it doesn't name a specific method or show how a request is authenticated.Parseable
Credential managementcredential-managementA keys/security page exists at https://developer.harness.io/3k-docs/platform/secrets/secrets-management/store-authentication-credentials/, but it doesn't document how to rotate or revoke credentials.Parseable
Sandbox environmentsandbox-environmentA sandbox/testing page exists at https://developer.harness.io/3k-docs/resilience-testing/resources/training/sandbox/, but it doesn't show how to obtain test credentials or a test base URL.Parseable
Documentation Quality
Changelog presencechangelog-presenceA changelog is published at https://developer.harness.io/release-notes/ with multiple recent dated entries, indicating it is actively maintained.Cross-verified
API reference depthapi-reference-depthAPI reference documentation lacks depth or was not found.Not 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-pricingA response at https://harness.io/pricing.json looks JSON-like but did not parse as JSON.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-healthNo health or status endpoint found.Not detected
Webhook documentationwebhook-documentationA webhook documentation page exists at https://developer.harness.io/3k-docs/category/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-documentationAn error documentation page exists at https://developer.harness.io/3k-docs/ai-test-automation/test-execution/test-errors-and-severities/, 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
Legal policy pageslegal-pagesBoth privacy and terms policies are discoverable with substantive content.Useful
Org identity signalsorg-identityHomepage exposes two org-identity signal types (legal_name, social).Parseable
Metadata consistencymetadata-consistencyOne metadata consistency warning: canonical_mismatch.Useful