Agent Readiness Score
tavily.com
42 — Developing. Agents can find parts of this site, but key capabilities are hard to reach.
HonestClaw measured how well tavily.com's site and APIs work for AI agents — across 9 dimensions and 45 automated checks.
Dimensions
Discoverability10.3/24
Content Accessibility14.2/24
Bot Access Control5/12
Protocol & Capability Discovery22.3/41
Authentication & Credentials4.6/19
Documentation Quality2.3/10
Structured Data I/O5.6/13
Observable State & Reliability0.2/15
Agent Safety & Trust6.5/11
Checks
Discoverability
Subdomain sweepsubdomain-sweepAn agent-relevant subdomain is live and serves its expected content kind (docs.tavily.com).Parseable
Canonical domaincanonical-domainRoot and www converge on www.tavily.com, with a canonical tag on the homepage.Useful
robots.txtrobots-txtrobots.txt at https://tavily.com/robots.txt declares a sitemap. Declared sitemap https://tavily.com/sitemap.xml resolves as valid XML.Cross-verified
API catalogapi-catalogAPI Catalog found at https://tavily.com/.well-known/api-catalog (JSON).Detected
sitemap.xmlsitemap-xmlhttps://www.tavily.com/sitemap.xml is a valid sitemap (82 location(s)), but without lastmod or non-homepage URLs.Parseable
API existenceapi-existenceA real API surface is declared at https://www.tavily.com/.well-known/openapi.json: the spec lists servers and paths. (source: spec)Parseable
API versioningapi-versioningThe API version is declared in the spec (info.version) at https://www.tavily.com/.well-known/openapi.json. (source: spec)Parseable
Content Accessibility
Markdown twinmarkdown-twinA markdown twin is published at https://docs.tavily.com/index.md alongside the docs HTML surface (https://docs.tavily.com/).Parseable
Freshness signalsfreshness-signalsA single freshness signal is present (ETag header).Parseable
Crawl-cost estimatecrawl-cost-estimateInformational — not scoredA manageable sitemap (82 page URLs) helps agents estimate crawl cost.Useful
Raw content extractabilityraw-content-extractabilityModerate-to-strong main content (73% of visible text) is extractable from raw HTML on the homepage.Useful
llms.txtllms-txtA curated llms.txt index is published on a non-top subdomain at https://docs.tavily.com/llms.txt: 104 links across 17 sections. Its credit is capped at useful because it is not published on the main domain.Useful
llms-full.txtllms-full-txtA comprehensive llms-full.txt is published at https://tavily.com/llms-full.txt with 789,254 chars across 465 sections.Cross-verified
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 declares explicit rules for 8 AI bot(s): chatgpt-user, perplexitybot, claudebot, applebot-extended, gptbot, google-extended, anthropic-ai, ccbot.Cross-verified
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 supportmcp-supportFirst-party documentation at https://docs.tavily.com/documentation/mcp identifies the MCP endpoint https://mcp.tavily.com/mcp/?tavilyApiKey=<your-api-key> and explains both its capabilities and how clients connect or authenticate.Cross-verified
MCP descriptormcp-descriptorInformational — not scoredAn MCP server is described at https://tavily.com/.well-known/mcp.json, but the description doesn't include a web address for the server.Parseable
MCP Server Cardmcp-server-cardA file exists at https://docs.tavily.com/.well-known/mcp/server-card.json, but it doesn't contain the fields that describe an MCP Server Card.Detected
A2A Agent Carda2a-agent-cardAn A2A Agent Card is described at https://tavily.com/.well-known/agent-card.json, but it is missing required fields (name, description, version, supportedInterfaces, or skills).Parseable
DNS-AIDdns-aidNo DNS-AID index found at _index._agents.tavily.com.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
.well-known indexwell-known-indexNo non-owned /.well-known/ descriptors found.Not detected
Auth discoveryauth-discoveryA drivable auth-discovery descriptor is published.Useful
SDK availabilitysdk-availabilitySDK libraries page at https://docs.tavily.com/sdk/javascript/quick-start: 1 GitHub repo, 1 registry link, 0 install commands (2 pointers).Cross-verified
Link headerslink-headersLink header(s) present with recognized rel values.Parseable
OpenAPI specificationopenapi-specValid OpenAPI 3.0.3 spec at https://www.tavily.com/.well-known/openapi.json: 7 operations, 2 schemas, 100% response coverage, servers declared.Cross-verified
Rate limit documentationrate-limit-docsA rate-limit documentation page exists at https://docs.tavily.com/documentation/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-managementCredential management is documented at https://docs.tavily.com/documentation/best-practices/api-key-management, covering how to rotate or revoke credentials. To reach the top level, it would need rotation, revocation, and scoping/expiry all documented.Useful
Programmatic auth flowprogrammatic-auth-flowNo programmatic authentication documentation found at the standard docs locations an agent would check.Not detected
Auth documentationauth-documentationAn authentication documentation page exists at https://docs.tavily.com/documentation/best-practices/api-key-management, but it doesn't name a specific method or show how a request is authenticated.Parseable
Sandbox environmentsandbox-environmentNo sandbox or test environment documentation found at the standard docs locations an agent would check.Not detected
Documentation Quality
Changelog presencechangelog-presenceA changelog page exists at https://docs.tavily.com/changelog, but it doesn't list dated entries describing actual changes.Parseable
API reference depthapi-reference-depthAPI reference content is mentioned at https://docs.tavily.com/documentation/api-reference/endpoint/crawl, but not on a dedicated reference page.Detected
Structured Data I/O
Structured data I/Ostructured-data-ioThe spec at https://www.tavily.com/.well-known/openapi.json declares typed response schemas as a rule (100% of operations) — no documented pagination pattern. (source: spec)Useful
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://status.tavily.com/api/v2/status.json (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-documentationNo webhook or event documentation found at the standard docs locations an agent would check.Not detected
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. Blocked by robots.txt for a generic compliant agent (Disallow: /api/).Not detected
Agent Safety & Trust
security.txtsecurity-txtNo security.txt found at /.well-known/security.txt or /security.txt.Not detected
Legal policy pageslegal-pagesBoth privacy and terms policies are discoverable with substantive content.Useful
Org identity signalsorg-identityHomepage exposes legal name, address, support contact, and social profile links.Cross-verified
Metadata consistencymetadata-consistencyOne metadata consistency warning: canonical_mismatch.Useful