HonestClaw
What is Agent Readiness?

Agent Readiness Score

shiphero.com

24 — Limited. Agents will struggle to discover or use this site without human help.

45 of 45 checks conclusive · Confidence High · Evidence coverage 100%

HonestClaw measured how well shiphero.com's site and APIs work for AI agents — across 9 dimensions and 45 automated checks.

Dimensions

Discoverability8.1/24
Content Accessibility10.2/24
Bot Access Control0/12
Protocol & Capability Discovery5/41
Authentication & Credentials0/19
Documentation Quality8.5/10
Structured Data I/O0/13
Observable State & Reliability1.8/15
Agent Safety & Trust6.5/11

Checks

Discoverability

Canonical domaincanonical-domainRoot and www converge on www.shiphero.com, with a matching canonical tag.Cross-verified
Subdomain sweepsubdomain-sweepAn agent-relevant subdomain is live (docs.shiphero.com).Detected
robots.txtrobots-txtrobots.txt at https://shiphero.com/robots.txt declares a sitemap. Declared sitemap https://www.shiphero.com/sitemap.xml resolves as valid XML.Cross-verified
sitemap.xmlsitemap-xmlhttps://www.shiphero.com/sitemap.xml is a valid sitemap (784 location(s)), but without lastmod or non-homepage URLs.Parseable
API existenceapi-existenceA real API surface at https://api.ipinfo.io/lite/me?token answered HTTP 403 with non-HTML JSON. (source: live)Parseable
API catalogapi-catalogNo RFC 9727 API Catalog found at /.well-known/api-catalog.Not detected
API versioningapi-versioningNo versioning signal found (no spec info.version, version header, /vN API surface, or versioning docs).Not detected

Content Accessibility

Raw content extractabilityraw-content-extractabilitySubstantial visible text (5,664 chars) is readable without JavaScript on at least one probed page.Useful
Freshness signalsfreshness-signalsA single freshness signal is present (Last-Modified header).Parseable
Crawl-cost estimatecrawl-cost-estimateInformational — not scoredA manageable sitemap (784 page URLs) helps agents estimate crawl cost.Useful
llms.txtllms-txtA curated llms.txt index is published on a non-top subdomain at https://developer.shiphero.com/llms.txt: 42 links across 4 sections. Its credit is capped at useful because it is not published on the main domain.Useful
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
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

MCP descriptormcp-descriptorInformational — not scoredNo MCP descriptor found at the standard locations an agent would check.Not detected
SDK availabilitysdk-availabilityNo SDK or client library documentation found.Not detected
MCP supportmcp-supportThe endpoint https://mcp.shiphero.com/mcp returned an MCP-specific protocol or authorization response (HTTP 401).Cross-verified
A2A Agent Carda2a-agent-cardNo A2A Agent Card found at the standard well-known locations.Not detected
.well-known indexwell-known-indexNo non-owned /.well-known/ descriptors found.Not detected
DNS-AIDdns-aidNo DNS-AID index found at _index._agents.shiphero.com.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
MCP Server Cardmcp-server-cardNo MCP Server Card found at the standard locations an agent would check.Not detected
Auth discoveryauth-discoveryNo standardized authentication-discovery surface found. Blocked by robots.txt for a generic compliant agent (Disallow: /).Not detected
GraphQL surfacegraphql-surfaceNo GraphQL transport surface found at conventional paths (GET-only; no introspection issued).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

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-depthThe API reference at https://developer.shiphero.com/graphql-primer/ documents parameters with example requests and responses. To reach the top level, it would need request and response bodies, authentication, pagination, and error codes.Useful
Changelog presencechangelog-presenceA changelog is published at https://www.shiphero.com/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

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
Status & health endpointsstatus-and-healthNo health or status endpoint found.Not detected
Webhook documentationwebhook-documentationA webhook documentation page exists at https://developer.shiphero.com/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-documentationNo error documentation found at the standard docs locations an agent would check.Not 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 three org-identity signal types (legal_name, social, support_email).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