Agent Readiness Score
konghq.com
43 — Developing. Agents can find parts of this site, but key capabilities are hard to reach.
HonestClaw measured how well konghq.com's site and APIs work for AI agents — across 9 dimensions and 45 automated checks.
Dimensions
Discoverability14.9/24
Content Accessibility16.2/24
Bot Access Control0/12
Protocol & Capability Discovery13.8/41
Authentication & Credentials10.3/19
Documentation Quality6.8/10
Structured Data I/O0/13
Observable State & Reliability3.7/15
Agent Safety & Trust6.5/11
Checks
Discoverability
Subdomain sweepsubdomain-sweepAn agent-relevant subdomain is live and serves its expected content kind (docs.konghq.com).Parseable
robots.txtrobots-txtrobots.txt at https://konghq.com/robots.txt declares a sitemap. Declared sitemap https://konghq.com/sitemap.xml resolves as valid XML.Cross-verified
sitemap.xmlsitemap-xmlhttps://konghq.com/sitemap.xml is a valid sitemap with lastmod and real (non-homepage) URLs.Useful
Canonical domaincanonical-domainRoot and www converge on konghq.com, with a matching canonical tag.Cross-verified
API existenceapi-existenceA real API surface responds at https://api.github.com/ with non-HTML JSON. (source: live)Parseable
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.konghq.com/event-gateway/version-support-policy/, including deprecation/sunset. (source: docs)Cross-verified
Content Accessibility
Markdown twinmarkdown-twinA markdown twin is published at https://developer.konghq.com/index.md alongside the docs HTML surface (https://developer.konghq.com/).Parseable
llms.txtllms-txtA curated llms.txt index is published at https://konghq.com/llms.txt: 39 links across 11 sections.Cross-verified
Freshness signalsfreshness-signalsFreshness signals present: ETag header, sitemap lastmod.Useful
Crawl-cost estimatecrawl-cost-estimateInformational — not scoredSitemap index declares 15 child sitemap(s) — crawl cost is not directly observable from the index alone.Parseable
Raw content extractabilityraw-content-extractabilityReadable content is extractable without JavaScript on 2 probed surface(s) with substantial visible text.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
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://developer.konghq.com/ identifies the MCP endpoint https://mcp.konghq.com/sse and explains both its capabilities and how clients connect or authenticate.Cross-verified
.well-known indexwell-known-indexNo non-owned /.well-known/ descriptors found.Not detected
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.konghq.com.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.Not detected
SDK availabilitysdk-availabilitySDK libraries page at https://developer.konghq.com/how-to/authenticate-openai-sdk-clients-with-key-auth: 2 GitHub repos, 0 registry links, 0 install commands (2 pointers).Cross-verified
OpenAPI specificationopenapi-specNo OpenAPI/Swagger specification found.Not detected
Link headerslink-headersAn agent-relevant Link rel (service-doc) resolves to a live resource at https://developer.konghq.com/api/.Cross-verified
Rate limit documentationrate-limit-docsA rate-limit documentation page exists at https://developer.konghq.com/rate-limiting/, but it doesn't state a concrete limit alongside a rate-limit response header.Parseable
WebMCPwebmcpInformational — not scoredWebMCP browser probing is not yet available in this scanner release.Couldn't verify
Authentication & Credentials
Sandbox environmentsandbox-environmentA sandbox/testing page exists at https://developer.konghq.com/support/error-require-resty-http-not-allowed-within-sandbox/, but it doesn't show how to obtain test credentials or a test base URL.Parseable
Programmatic auth flowprogrammatic-auth-flowA programmatic auth flow is documented at https://developer.konghq.com/event-gateway/configure-mtls-backend-cluster-auth/, naming a non-interactive grant and a token endpoint. To reach the top level, it would need scopes and token expiry/refresh documented.Useful
Auth documentationauth-documentationAuthentication is fully documented at https://developer.konghq.com/dev-portal/auth-strategies/, naming complete method(s) and how they are sent, corroborated across surfaces or covering multiple methods.Cross-verified
Credential managementcredential-managementNo credential management documentation found at the standard docs locations an agent would check.Not detected
Documentation Quality
API reference depthapi-reference-depthAn API reference page exists at https://developer.konghq.com/konnect-reference-platform/, but it doesn't show parameters with example requests and responses.Parseable
Changelog presencechangelog-presenceA changelog is published at https://developer.konghq.com/event-gateway/changelog/ 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-healthStatus page found at https://status.konghq.com/ (HTTP 200).Detected
Webhook documentationwebhook-documentationA webhook documentation page exists at https://developer.konghq.com/how-to/create-a-custom-webhook-slack-with-kong-gateway/, 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.konghq.com/api/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 three org-identity signal types (legal_name, support_email, social).Useful
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