Agent Readiness Score
paylocity.com
19 — Limited. Agents will struggle to discover or use this site without human help.
HonestClaw measured how well paylocity.com's site and APIs work for AI agents — across 9 dimensions and 45 automated checks.
Dimensions
Discoverability12.3/24
Content Accessibility5.9/24
Bot Access Control0/12
Protocol & Capability Discovery4.2/41
Authentication & Credentials1/19
Documentation Quality0.5/10
Structured Data I/O0/13
Observable State & Reliability5.5/15
Agent Safety & Trust2.1/11
Checks
Discoverability
Subdomain sweepsubdomain-sweepAn agent-relevant subdomain is live (docs.paylocity.com).Detected
Canonical domaincanonical-domainRoot and www converge on a single canonical host (www.paylocity.com).Parseable
robots.txtrobots-txtrobots.txt at https://paylocity.com/robots.txt declares a sitemap. Declared sitemap https://www.paylocity.com/sitemap.xml resolves as valid XML.Cross-verified
sitemap.xmlsitemap-xmlhttps://www.paylocity.com/sitemap.xml is a dated sitemap whose URLs include docs/pricing/api surfaces.Cross-verified
API existenceapi-existenceNo API endpoint found at common paths (only HTML pages or 404s).Not detected
API catalogapi-catalogAPI Catalog found at https://developer.paylocity.com/.well-known/api-catalog (application/linkset+json).Detected
API versioningapi-versioningThe API version lifecycle is documented at https://developer.paylocity.com/integrations/reference/versioning, including deprecation/sunset. (source: docs)Cross-verified
Content Accessibility
Markdown twinmarkdown-twinA markdown twin is published at https://developer.paylocity.com/integrations/docs/getting-started.md alongside the docs HTML surface (https://developer.paylocity.com/integrations/docs/getting-started).Parseable
Freshness signalsfreshness-signalsA single freshness signal is present (sitemap lastmod).Parseable
Crawl-cost estimatecrawl-cost-estimateInformational — not scoredSitemap declares 2633 page URLs — moderate crawl cost; agents should budget accordingly.Parseable
llms.txtllms-txtAn llms.txt index is published at https://developer.paylocity.com/llms.txt with 20 links under 1 section(s). To reach the top level, it would need a fuller index (more links across multiple sections) or an llms-full.txt.Useful
llms-full.txtllms-full-txtA non-HTML file exists at https://paylocity.com/llms-full.txt, but it has no H1 title — not a structured llms-full.txt.Detected
ai.txtai-txtNo ai.txt file found (HTML pages at .txt paths do not qualify).Not detected
Raw content extractabilityraw-content-extractabilityThe homepage is a JS-rendered shell with no meaningful content in the initial HTML — content is behind JavaScript.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
.well-known indexwell-known-indexA non-owned /.well-known/ descriptor is present and parses.Parseable
MCP supportmcp-supportA first-party MCP support page exists at https://developer.paylocity.com/mcp, 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.paylocity.com.Not detected
SDK availabilitysdk-availabilityNo SDK or client library documentation found.Not detected
Auth discoveryauth-discoveryNo standardized authentication-discovery surface found.Not detected
Link headerslink-headersNo RFC 8288 Link headers found on any probed response.Not detected
OpenAPI specificationopenapi-specNo OpenAPI/Swagger specification found.Not detected
GraphQL surfacegraphql-surfaceNo GraphQL transport surface found at conventional paths (GET-only; no introspection issued).Not detected
Rate limit documentationrate-limit-docsA rate-limit documentation page exists at https://developer.paylocity.com/integrations/reference/rate-limits, 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
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
Auth documentationauth-documentationAuthentication is mentioned at https://developer.paylocity.com/integrations/docs/getting-started, but not on a page dedicated to documenting it.Detected
Sandbox environmentsandbox-environmentA test environment is mentioned at https://developer.paylocity.com/integrations/docs/getting-started, but not on a page dedicated to documenting it.Detected
Documentation Quality
API reference depthapi-reference-depthAPI reference content is mentioned at https://developer.paylocity.com/integrations/reference/authentication, but not on a dedicated reference page.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-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://developer.paylocity.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: /).Not detected
Webhook documentationwebhook-documentationA webhook documentation page exists at https://developer.paylocity.com/integrations/docs/synchronization-webhooks, 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-documentationErrors are documented at https://developer.paylocity.com/integrations/reference/errors with specific codes or a documented response shape. To reach the top level, it would need recovery guidance and a machine-readable error format, or corroboration against the API spec.Useful
Agent Safety & Trust
security.txtsecurity-txtsecurity.txt at https://paylocity.com/.well-known/security.txt publishes a Contact address.Useful
Org identity signalsorg-identityNo org-identity signals detected on the homepage.Not detected
Metadata consistencymetadata-consistencyInsufficient homepage metadata to assess consistency.Not detected
Legal policy pageslegal-pagesNo terms, privacy, or data-use policy pages found at conventional paths.Not detected