Agent Readiness Score
modal.com
22 — Limited. Agents will struggle to discover or use this site without human help.
HonestClaw measured how well modal.com's site and APIs work for AI agents — across 9 dimensions and 45 automated checks.
Dimensions
Discoverability3.3/24
Content Accessibility13/24
Bot Access Control1.8/12
Protocol & Capability Discovery7.5/41
Authentication & Credentials1.5/19
Documentation Quality5/10
Structured Data I/O0/13
Observable State & Reliability1/15
Agent Safety & Trust3.5/11
Checks
Discoverability
Subdomain sweepsubdomain-sweepAn agent-relevant subdomain is live and serves its expected content kind (docs.modal.com).Parseable
robots.txtrobots-txtrobots.txt at https://modal.com/robots.txt is a valid robots file (no Sitemap: declared).Parseable
sitemap.xmlsitemap-xmlNo valid XML sitemap found at the standard locations.Not detected
Canonical domaincanonical-domainRoot and www converge on a single canonical host (modal.com).Parseable
API existenceapi-existenceNo API endpoint found at common paths (only HTML pages or 404s). Blocked by robots.txt for a generic compliant agent (Disallow: /api/).Not detected
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-versioningVersioning is mentioned at https://modal.com/docs/guide/lifecycle-functions.md, but not on a page dedicated to documenting it. (source: docs)Detected
Content Accessibility
llms.txtllms-txtA curated llms.txt index is published at https://modal.com/llms.txt: 295 links across 3 sections.Cross-verified
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
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 a strong main-content ratio (89% on the homepage).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 declares explicit rules for 1 AI bot(s): bytespider.Parseable
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
Link headerslink-headersLink header(s) present with recognized rel values.Parseable
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.modal.com.Not detected
.well-known indexwell-known-indexNo non-owned /.well-known/ descriptors found.Not detected
MCP supportmcp-supportA first-party MCP support page exists at https://modal.com/docs/examples/mcp_server_stateless.md, but it does not identify a concrete HTTPS MCP endpoint or fully establish a company-operated service.Parseable
MCP Server Cardmcp-server-cardNo MCP Server Card found at the standard locations an agent would check.Not 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
Auth discoveryauth-discoveryNo standardized authentication-discovery surface found.Not detected
SDK availabilitysdk-availabilitySDK libraries page at https://modal.com/docs/guide/sdk-javascript-go.md: 1 GitHub repo, 1 registry link, 1 install command (3 pointers).Cross-verified
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
Credential managementcredential-managementNo credential management documentation found at the standard docs locations an agent would check.Not detected
Programmatic auth flowprogrammatic-auth-flowProgrammatic authentication is mentioned at https://modal.com/docs/guide/webhook-proxy-auth.md, but not on a page dedicated to documenting it.Detected
Auth documentationauth-documentationAuthentication is mentioned at https://modal.com/docs/guide/webhook-proxy-auth.md, but not on a page dedicated to documenting it.Detected
Sandbox environmentsandbox-environmentA test environment is mentioned at https://modal.com/docs/examples/sandbox_pool.md, but not on a page dedicated to documenting it.Detected
Documentation Quality
API reference depthapi-reference-depthAPI reference documentation lacks depth or was not found.Not detected
Changelog presencechangelog-presenceA changelog is published at https://modal.com/docs/sdk/py/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). 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-healthHealth/status endpoint found at https://modal.com/healthz (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: /api/).Not detected
Webhook documentationwebhook-documentationWebhooks are mentioned at https://modal.com/docs/guide/webhook-proxy-auth.md, but not on a page dedicated to documenting them.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
Retry & idempotencyretry-and-idempotencyRetry/idempotency is mentioned at https://modal.com/docs/guide/retries.md, but not on a page dedicated to documenting it.Detected
Agent Safety & Trust
security.txtsecurity-txtNo security.txt found at /.well-known/security.txt or /security.txt.Not detected
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