Agent Readiness Score
smartrecruiters.com
31 — Limited. Agents will struggle to discover or use this site without human help.
HonestClaw measured how well smartrecruiters.com's site and APIs work for AI agents — across 9 dimensions and 45 automated checks.
Dimensions
Discoverability16.9/24
Content Accessibility7.7/24
Bot Access Control0/12
Protocol & Capability Discovery5.3/41
Authentication & Credentials11.3/19
Documentation Quality1/10
Structured Data I/O0/13
Observable State & Reliability5.5/15
Agent Safety & Trust5.5/11
Checks
Discoverability
Subdomain sweepsubdomain-sweepBoth an API-family and a docs-family subdomain are live (api.smartrecruiters.com, developers.smartrecruiters.com).Useful
Canonical domaincanonical-domainRoot and www converge on www.smartrecruiters.com, with a matching canonical tag.Cross-verified
robots.txtrobots-txtrobots.txt at https://smartrecruiters.com/robots.txt declares a sitemap. Declared sitemap https://www.smartrecruiters.com/sitemap.xml resolves as valid XML.Cross-verified
sitemap.xmlsitemap-xmlhttps://www.smartrecruiters.com/sitemap.xml is a dated sitemap whose URLs include docs/pricing/api surfaces.Cross-verified
API existenceapi-existenceA real API surface at https://api.smartrecruiters.com/reporting-api/v201804/reports/ answered HTTP 401 with non-HTML JSON. (source: live)Parseable
API catalogapi-catalogCould not conclusively check for an API Catalog (endpoint unreachable, rate-limited, or behind auth). Blocked by robots.txt for a generic compliant agent (Disallow: /).Not detected
API versioningapi-versioningThe API version lifecycle is documented at https://developers.smartrecruiters.com/docs/deprecation-and-sunset-policies, including deprecation/sunset. (source: docs)Cross-verified
Content Accessibility
Markdown twinmarkdown-twinA markdown twin is published at https://developers.smartrecruiters.com/docs/the-smartrecruiters-platform.md alongside the docs HTML surface (https://developers.smartrecruiters.com/docs/the-smartrecruiters-platform).Parseable
Freshness signalsfreshness-signalsMinimal freshness signaling (sitemap lastmod).Detected
Crawl-cost estimatecrawl-cost-estimateInformational — not scoredA manageable sitemap (1287 page URLs) helps agents estimate crawl cost.Useful
llms.txtllms-txtA curated llms.txt index is published on a non-top subdomain at https://developers.smartrecruiters.com/llms.txt: 451 links across 3 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
Raw content extractabilityraw-content-extractabilitySome main content (2% ratio) is present in raw HTML, but navigation chrome or JS shells limit extractability.Parseable
ai.txtai-txtNo ai.txt file found (HTML pages at .txt paths do not qualify).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-indexNo non-owned /.well-known/ descriptors 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
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.smartrecruiters.com.Not detected
Auth discoveryauth-discoveryNo standardized authentication-discovery surface found. Blocked by robots.txt for a generic compliant agent (Disallow: /).Not detected
MCP supportmcp-supportA first-party MCP support page exists at https://developers.smartrecruiters.com/docs/mcp, 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
SDK availabilitysdk-availabilityNo SDK or client library documentation found.Not detected
GraphQL surfacegraphql-surfaceNo GraphQL transport surface found at conventional paths (GET-only; no introspection issued).Not detected
Rate limit documentationrate-limit-docsRate limits are documented at https://developers.smartrecruiters.com/docs/rate-limiting with a concrete limit and rate-limit response headers. To reach the top level, it would need 429 handling, Retry-After guidance, and tier/plan differences.Useful
WebMCPwebmcpInformational — not scoredWebMCP browser probing is not yet available in this scanner release.Couldn't verify
Authentication & Credentials
Programmatic auth flowprogrammatic-auth-flowA programmatic auth flow is documented at https://developers.smartrecruiters.com/docs/authentication, naming a non-interactive grant and a token endpoint. To reach the top level, it would need scopes and token expiry/refresh documented.Useful
Credential managementcredential-managementCredential management is documented at https://developers.smartrecruiters.com/docs/authentication-api-key, covering how to rotate or revoke credentials. To reach the top level, it would need rotation, revocation, and scoping/expiry all documented.Useful
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://developers.smartrecruiters.com/docs/authentication, 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 content is mentioned at https://developers.smartrecruiters.com/reference/access-groupsall-1.md, but not on a dedicated reference page.Detected
Changelog presencechangelog-presenceA changelog is mentioned at https://developers.smartrecruiters.com/changelog/job-applications-api-consent-requests-and-decisions-for-applications.md, but not on a page dedicated to publishing release history.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-healthStatus page found at https://smartrecruiters.statuspage.io/ (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://developers.smartrecruiters.com/docs/activating-webhook-subscriptions, 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://developers.smartrecruiters.com/docs/error-handling 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-txtNo security.txt found at /.well-known/security.txt or /security.txt.Not detected
Org identity signalsorg-identityHomepage exposes two org-identity signal types (legal_name, social).Parseable
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