Agent Readiness Score
mercor.com
24 — Limited. Agents will struggle to discover or use this site without human help.
HonestClaw measured how well mercor.com's site and APIs work for AI agents — across 9 dimensions and 45 automated checks.
Dimensions
Discoverability10.8/24
Content Accessibility11.9/24
Bot Access Control7/12
Protocol & Capability Discovery0.3/31
Authentication & Credentials0/19
Documentation Quality0/10
Structured Data I/O0/13
Observable State & Reliability0/15
Agent Safety & Trust8.1/11
Checks
Discoverability
Subdomain sweepsubdomain-sweepAn agent-relevant subdomain is live and serves its expected content kind (docs.mercor.com).Parseable
Canonical domaincanonical-domainRoot and www converge on www.mercor.com, with a matching canonical tag.Cross-verified
robots.txtrobots-txtrobots.txt at https://mercor.com/robots.txt declares a sitemap. Declared sitemap https://www.mercor.com/sitemap.xml resolves as valid XML.Cross-verified
sitemap.xmlsitemap-xmlhttps://www.mercor.com/sitemap.xml is a dated sitemap whose URLs include docs/pricing/api surfaces.Cross-verified
API existenceapi-existenceA real API surface at https://docs.mercor.com/mcp answered HTTP 403 with non-HTML JSON. (source: live)Parseable
API catalogapi-catalogNo RFC 9727 API Catalog found at /.well-known/api-catalog. Blocked by robots.txt for a generic compliant agent (Disallow: /api/).Not detected
API versioningapi-versioningNo versioning signal found (no spec info.version, version header, /vN API surface, or versioning docs). Blocked by robots.txt for a generic compliant agent (Disallow: /api/).Not detected
Content Accessibility
llms.txtllms-txtA curated llms.txt index is published at https://www.mercor.com/llms.txt: 26 links across 5 sections.Cross-verified
Freshness signalsfreshness-signalsA single freshness signal is present (sitemap lastmod).Parseable
Crawl-cost estimatecrawl-cost-estimateInformational — not scoredA manageable sitemap (202 page URLs) helps agents estimate crawl cost.Useful
llms-full.txtllms-full-txtA comprehensive llms-full.txt is published at https://mercor.com/llms-full.txt with 66,842 chars across 5 sections.Cross-verified
ai.txtai-txtNo ai.txt file found (HTML pages at .txt paths do not qualify).Not detected
Raw content extractabilityraw-content-extractabilitySome main content (0% ratio) is present in raw HTML, but navigation chrome or JS shells limit extractability.Parseable
Markdown twinmarkdown-twinNo markdown twin found alongside probed docs HTML surfaces. Blocked by robots.txt for a generic compliant agent (Disallow: /api/).Not detected
Bot Access Control
AI bot rulesai-bot-rulesrobots.txt declares explicit rules for 6 AI bot(s): gptbot, oai-searchbot, chatgpt-user, claudebot, perplexitybot, google-extended.Cross-verified
Content signalscontent-signalsrobots.txt declares 3 recognized Content Signal(s) with a valid value: ai-train, search, ai-input.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
Link headerslink-headersNo RFC 8288 Link headers found on any probed response. Blocked by robots.txt for a generic compliant agent (Disallow: /api/).Not detected
OpenAPI specificationopenapi-specNo OpenAPI/Swagger specification found. Blocked by robots.txt for a generic compliant agent (Disallow: /api/).Not detected
A2A Agent Carda2a-agent-cardNo A2A Agent Card found at the standard well-known locations.Not detected
DNS-AIDdns-aidNo DNS-AID index found at _index._agents.mercor.com.Not detected
.well-known indexwell-known-indexNo non-owned /.well-known/ descriptors found.Not detected
MCP descriptormcp-descriptorInformational — not scoredAn MCP server is described at https://docs.mercor.com/.well-known/mcp.json, but the description doesn't include a web address for the server.Parseable
MCP Server Cardmcp-server-cardA file exists at https://docs.mercor.com/.well-known/mcp/server-card.json, but it doesn't contain the fields that describe an MCP Server Card.Detected
GraphQL surfacegraphql-surfaceNo GraphQL transport surface found at conventional paths (GET-only; no introspection issued). Blocked by robots.txt for a generic compliant agent (Disallow: /api/).Not detected
SDK availabilitysdk-availabilityNo SDK or client library documentation found.Not detected
Rate limit documentationrate-limit-docsNo rate limit documentation found at the standard docs locations an agent would check.Not detected
WebMCPwebmcpInformational — not scoredWebMCP browser probing is not yet available in this scanner release.Couldn't verify
Auth discoveryauth-discoveryCould not conclusively check for an auth-discovery surface (unreachable, rate-limited, or behind auth).Couldn't verify
MCP supportmcp-supportCould not conclusively check first-party MCP support documentation and likely endpoints.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). Blocked by robots.txt for a generic compliant agent (Disallow: /api/).Not detected
Machine-readable pricingmachine-readable-pricingNo machine-readable pricing endpoint found (HTML pricing pages do not qualify). Blocked by robots.txt for a generic compliant agent (Disallow: /api/).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-healthNo health or status endpoint found. Blocked by robots.txt for a generic compliant agent (Disallow: /api/).Not detected
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: /api/).Not 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. Blocked by robots.txt for a generic compliant agent (Disallow: /api/).Not detected
Agent Safety & Trust
security.txtsecurity-txtsecurity.txt at https://mercor.com/security.txt publishes a Contact address.Useful
Org identity signalsorg-identityHomepage exposes legal name, address, support contact, and social profile links.Cross-verified
Metadata consistencymetadata-consistencyHomepage metadata (canonical, Open Graph, schema) is present and consistent.Cross-verified
Legal policy pageslegal-pagesNo terms, privacy, or data-use policy pages found at conventional paths.Not detected