Agent Readiness Score
hootsuite.com
24 — Limited. Agents will struggle to discover or use this site without human help.
HonestClaw measured how well hootsuite.com's site and APIs work for AI agents — across 9 dimensions and 45 automated checks.
Dimensions
Discoverability12.2/24
Content Accessibility8.4/24
Bot Access Control7/12
Protocol & Capability Discovery7/36
Authentication & Credentials0/19
Documentation Quality0/10
Structured Data I/O0.4/13
Observable State & Reliability0.2/15
Agent Safety & Trust4.7/11
Checks
Discoverability
Subdomain sweepsubdomain-sweepBoth an API-family and a docs-family subdomain are live (api.hootsuite.com, developer.hootsuite.com).Useful
Canonical domaincanonical-domainRoot and www converge on www.hootsuite.com, with a matching canonical tag.Cross-verified
robots.txtrobots-txtrobots.txt at https://hootsuite.com/robots.txt declares a sitemap. Declared sitemap https://www.hootsuite.com/sitemap.xml resolves as valid XML.Cross-verified
API catalogapi-catalogAPI Catalog found at https://hootsuite.com/.well-known/api-catalog (application/linkset+json).Detected
sitemap.xmlsitemap-xmlhttps://www.hootsuite.com/sitemap.xml is a dated sitemap whose URLs include docs/pricing/api surfaces.Cross-verified
API existenceapi-existenceA real API surface responds at https://api.hootsuite.com/ with non-HTML JSON. (source: live)Parseable
API versioningapi-versioningNo versioning signal found (no spec info.version, version header, /vN API surface, or versioning docs).Not detected
Content Accessibility
Raw content extractabilityraw-content-extractabilityModerate-to-strong main content (79% of visible text) is extractable from raw HTML on the homepage.Useful
Freshness signalsfreshness-signalsA single freshness signal is present (ETag header).Parseable
Crawl-cost estimatecrawl-cost-estimateInformational — not scoredNo crawl-cost signals found (no sitemap URL inventory or Crawl-delay directive).Not detected
Markdown twinmarkdown-twinNo markdown twin found alongside probed docs HTML surfaces.Not detected
llms.txtllms-txtA valid llms.txt header exists at https://www.hootsuite.com/llms.txt, but it lists few or no link sections (99 links, 0 sections).Parseable
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
Bot Access Control
AI bot rulesai-bot-rulesrobots.txt declares explicit rules for 10 AI bot(s): gptbot, chatgpt-user, oai-searchbot, claudebot, perplexitybot, perplexity-user, google-extended, applebot-extended, amazonbot, meta-externalagent.Cross-verified
Content signalscontent-signalsrobots.txt declares 3 recognized Content Signal(s) with a valid value: search, ai-input, ai-train.Cross-verified
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
OpenAPI specificationopenapi-specNo OpenAPI/Swagger specification found.Not detected
DNS-AIDdns-aidNo DNS-AID index found at _index._agents.hootsuite.com.Not detected
Link headerslink-headersAn agent-relevant Link rel (api-catalog) resolves to a live resource at https://www.hootsuite.com/.well-known/api-catalog.Cross-verified
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-discoveryAgent-native auth discovery: a valid RFC 9728 PRM (via challenge) or a PRM plus a valid AS/OIDC descriptor.Cross-verified
Rate limit documentationrate-limit-docsNo rate limit documentation found at the standard docs locations an agent would check.Not detected
MCP supportmcp-supportCould not conclusively discover or check first-party MCP support documentation and likely endpoints.Couldn't verify
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-flowNo programmatic authentication documentation found at the standard docs locations an agent would check.Not detected
Sandbox environmentsandbox-environmentNo sandbox or test environment documentation found at the standard docs locations an agent would check.Not detected
Auth documentationauth-documentationNo authentication 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-presenceNo changelog or release notes found at the standard docs locations an agent would check.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-pricingValid JSON is served at https://hootsuite.com/api/plans, but it has no recognizable pricing shape (no plan entries carry a price).Parseable
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
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
Status & health endpointsstatus-and-healthHealth/status endpoint found at https://api.hootsuite.com/status (HTTP 200).Detected
Webhook documentationwebhook-documentationNo webhook or event documentation found at the standard docs locations an agent would check.Not detected
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
Agent Safety & Trust
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
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