Agent Readiness Score
microsoft.com
21 — Limited. Agents will struggle to discover or use this site without human help.
HonestClaw measured how well microsoft.com's site and APIs work for AI agents — across 9 dimensions and 45 automated checks.
Dimensions
Discoverability9.2/24
Content Accessibility5.6/24
Bot Access Control0/12
Protocol & Capability Discovery6.8/41
Authentication & Credentials5.5/19
Documentation Quality1.8/10
Structured Data I/O0/13
Observable State & Reliability0.2/15
Agent Safety & Trust6.5/11
Checks
Discoverability
Canonical domaincanonical-domainRoot and www converge on www.microsoft.com, with a matching canonical tag.Cross-verified
Subdomain sweepsubdomain-sweepAn agent-relevant subdomain is live and serves its expected content kind (docs.microsoft.com).Parseable
robots.txtrobots-txtrobots.txt at https://microsoft.com/robots.txt declares a sitemap. Declared sitemap https://www.microsoft.com/store/sitemap-index.xml resolves as valid XML.Cross-verified
sitemap.xmlsitemap-xmlhttps://www.microsoft.com/en-us/surface/surface.index.xml is a valid sitemap with lastmod and real (non-homepage) URLs.Useful
API existenceapi-existenceA conventional API path at https://www.microsoft.com/api returned an auth challenge (HTTP 403). (source: live)Detected
API catalogapi-catalogNo RFC 9727 API Catalog found at /.well-known/api-catalog. Blocked by robots.txt for a generic compliant agent (Disallow:/).Not detected
API versioningapi-versioningVersioning is mentioned at https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/architecture/ai-ml/guide/manage-foundation-models-lifecycle?toc=/azure/developer/ai/toc.json&bc=/azure/developer/ai/breadcrumb/toc.json, but not on a page dedicated to documenting it. (source: docs)Detected
Content Accessibility
llms.txtllms-txtNo llms.txt file found (HTML pages at .txt paths do not qualify).Not detected
llms-full.txtllms-full-txtNo llms-full.txt file found (HTML pages at .txt paths do not qualify).Not detected
Freshness signalsfreshness-signalsNo freshness signals found (no Last-Modified, ETag, or sitemap lastmod).Not detected
Crawl-cost estimatecrawl-cost-estimateInformational — not scoredNo crawl-cost signals found (no sitemap URL inventory or Crawl-delay directive).Not detected
ai.txtai-txtNo ai.txt file found (HTML pages at .txt paths do not qualify).Not detected
Raw content extractabilityraw-content-extractabilityModerate-to-strong main content (71% of visible text) is extractable from raw HTML on the homepage.Useful
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
.well-known indexwell-known-indexNo non-owned /.well-known/ descriptors found.Not detected
SDK availabilitysdk-availabilityGetting-started page at https://devblogs.microsoft.com/visualstudio/visual-studio-july-update-meet-the-new-agent-powered-by-copilot-sdk/: 4 GitHub repos, 0 registry links, 0 install commands (4 pointers).Cross-verified
MCP descriptormcp-descriptorInformational — not scoredNo MCP descriptor found at the standard locations an agent would check. Blocked by robots.txt for a generic compliant agent (Disallow:/).Not detected
MCP supportmcp-supportA first-party MCP support page exists at https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/developer/ai/build-mcp-server-ts, but it does not identify a concrete HTTPS MCP endpoint or fully establish a company-operated service.Parseable
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.microsoft.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
Link headerslink-headersCould not conclusively check for Link headers (endpoints unreachable, rate-limited, or behind auth). Blocked by robots.txt for a generic compliant agent (Disallow:/).Not detected
OpenAPI specificationopenapi-specCould not conclusively check for an OpenAPI/Swagger specification (endpoints unreachable, rate-limited, or behind auth). Blocked by robots.txt for a generic compliant agent (Disallow:/).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
Authentication & Credentials
Programmatic auth flowprogrammatic-auth-flowProgrammatic authentication is mentioned at https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/developer/ai/get-started-securing-your-ai-app, but not on a page dedicated to documenting it.Detected
Credential managementcredential-managementNo credential management 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-documentationAuthentication is fully documented at https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/developer/ai/get-started-securing-your-ai-app, naming complete method(s) and how they are sent, corroborated across surfaces or covering multiple methods.Cross-verified
Documentation Quality
API reference depthapi-reference-depthAPI reference documentation lacks depth or was not found.Not detected
Changelog presencechangelog-presenceA changelog page exists at https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/changelog, but it doesn't list dated entries describing actual changes.Parseable
Structured Data I/O
Structured data I/Ostructured-data-ioCould not conclusively check for a structured-data contract (endpoints unreachable, rate-limited, or behind auth). Blocked by robots.txt for a generic compliant agent (Disallow:/).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-healthHealth/status endpoint found at https://docs.microsoft.com/health (HTTP 200).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:/).Not detected
Retry & idempotencyretry-and-idempotencyNo retry or idempotency documentation found at the standard docs locations an agent would check.Not detected
Webhook documentationwebhook-documentationNo webhook or event 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
security.txtsecurity-txtsecurity.txt at https://microsoft.com/.well-known/security.txt includes Contact, a future Expires date, and Encryption or Policy.Cross-verified
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
Legal policy pageslegal-pagesAt least one legal policy page is discoverable.Detected