Section / Protocols

Public signals, measured with evidence.

The registry contains 24 checks across six independent axes. Quick Scan runs 23 by default; the experimental A2A Agent Card check is available but disabled in the default profile.

24 registered23 default6 axesEvidence retained in paid reports
Axis 01 / 4 checks

Technical SEO

Core crawlability and indexation signals exposed by the entry page.

  1. robotsTxtrobots.txt
    Required

    Validate robots.txt availability and syntax. Specification: RFC 9309.

  2. sitemapSitemap
    Required

    Discover and validate XML or text sitemaps.

  3. canonicalCanonical URL
    Required

    Validate the canonical URL declaration on the entry page.

  4. metaSignalsSearch metadata
    Required

    Check title, description, robots directives, and language.

Axis 02 / 3 checks

Content retrieval

Machine-readable structure and alternate ways to retrieve site content.

  1. structuredDataStructured data
    Recommended

    Detect and parse JSON-LD blocks.

  2. llmsTxtllms.txt
    Recommended

    Check whether the site publishes an LLM-readable content index.

  3. markdownNegotiationMarkdown negotiation
    Recommended

    Request the entry page with Accept: text/markdown.

Axis 03 / 3 checks

AI crawler access

Published controls governing crawler access and declared content use.

  1. robotsTxtAiRulesAI bot rules
    Recommended

    Evaluate explicit rules for known AI crawler user agents.

  2. contentSignalsContent Signals
    Experimental

    Parse AI training, search, and input policy signals.

  3. webBotAuthWeb Bot Auth
    Experimental

    Check signed web-bot authentication discovery.

Axis 04 / 6 checks

Agent discovery

Public metadata that lets software agents discover links, tools, and cards.

  1. linkHeadersLink headers
    Recommended

    Inspect HTTP Link headers for discovery metadata. Specification: RFC 8288.

  2. dnsAidDNS for AI Discovery
    Experimental

    Query DNS-AID service and index records. Specification: IETF draft.

  3. mcpServerCardMCP Server Card
    Experimental

    Discover MCP server metadata.

  4. a2aAgentCardA2A Agent Card
    Optional

    Discover an A2A agent card.

  5. agentSkillsAgent Skills
    Experimental

    Discover an Agent Skills index.

  6. webMcpWebMCP
    Experimental

    Detect browser-exposed WebMCP tools.

Axis 05 / 4 checks

API & authentication

Discovery documents for APIs, authorization servers, and protected resources.

  1. apiCatalogAPI Catalog
    Recommended

    Check the well-known API catalog endpoint.

  2. oauthDiscoveryOAuth discovery
    Recommended

    Discover OAuth or OpenID Connect authorization metadata.

  3. oauthProtectedResourceOAuth protected resource
    Recommended

    Check protected-resource authorization metadata. Specification: RFC 9728.

  4. authMdAuth.md
    Recommended

    Check human and agent-readable authentication instructions.

Axis 06 / 4 checks

Agent commerce

Experimental discovery protocols for machine-readable payments and commerce.

  1. x402x402
    Experimental

    Detect HTTP 402 machine-payment flows.

  2. mppMPP
    Experimental

    Detect machine-payment protocol metadata.

  3. ucpUCP
    Experimental

    Discover a Universal Commerce Protocol profile.

  4. acpACP
    Experimental

    Discover an Agentic Commerce Protocol document.

Checks observe publicly reachable resources and protocol declarations at scan time. Experimental protocols are reported with their applicability and do not imply access to private model telemetry, citation frequency, rankings, or provider-side analytics.