Agent Readiness Score
32 — Limited. Agents will struggle to discover or use this site without human help.
HonestClaw measured initial public content available from paychex.com to an identified HTTP agent, without browser rendering or login, across 9 dimensions and 42 automated checks. This does not measure access from another agent provider's infrastructure.
7 of 8 scored areas have measured gaps. Permissions & policy is furthest along; Reliability & recovery has the largest measured point gap.
89 additional observations provide context and do not affect the score.
Reachable entry points
No DNS-AID index found at _index._agents.paychex.com.
These are recorded points before the total is normalized to 100.
Public pages; interfaces when present
Clear entry points help agents find the intended site or interface. Multiple hostnames or directory formats may describe the same destination.
These sources inform the check. They do not validate our exact point weights.
Guidance recorded with this scan · 2026-10-15. Recorded scores are unchanged.
No public evidence URL recorded for this check
No RFC 8288 Link headers found on any probed response.
These are recorded points before the total is normalized to 100.
Public pages; interfaces when present
Clear entry points help agents find the intended site or interface. Multiple hostnames or directory formats may describe the same destination.
These sources inform the check. They do not validate our exact point weights.
Guidance recorded with this scan · 2026-10-15. Recorded scores are unchanged.
No public evidence URL recorded for this check
An agent-relevant subdomain is live and serves its expected content kind (developer.paychex.com).
These are recorded points before the total is normalized to 100.
Public pages; interfaces when present
Clear entry points help agents find the intended site or interface. Multiple hostnames or directory formats may describe the same destination.
These sources inform the check. They do not validate our exact point weights.
Guidance recorded with this scan · 2026-10-15. Recorded scores are unchanged.
No public evidence URL recorded for this check
https://www.paychex.com/sitemap.xml is a valid sitemap with lastmod and real (non-homepage) URLs.
These are recorded points before the total is normalized to 100.
Public pages; interfaces when present
Clear entry points help agents find the intended site or interface. Multiple hostnames or directory formats may describe the same destination.
These sources inform the check. They do not validate our exact point weights.
Guidance recorded with this scan · 2026-10-15. Recorded scores are unchanged.
No RFC 9727 API Catalog found at /.well-known/api-catalog.
These are recorded points before the total is normalized to 100.
Public pages; interfaces when present
Clear entry points help agents find the intended site or interface. Multiple hostnames or directory formats may describe the same destination.
These sources inform the check. They do not validate our exact point weights.
Guidance recorded with this scan · 2026-10-15. Recorded scores are unchanged.
Root and www converge on www.paychex.com, with a matching canonical tag.
These are recorded points before the total is normalized to 100.
Public pages; interfaces when present
Clear entry points help agents find the intended site or interface. Multiple hostnames or directory formats may describe the same destination.
These sources inform the check. They do not validate our exact point weights.
Guidance recorded with this scan · 2026-10-15. Recorded scores are unchanged.
A non-owned /.well-known/ descriptor is present and parses.
These are recorded points before the total is normalized to 100.
Public pages; interfaces when present
Clear entry points help agents find the intended site or interface. Multiple hostnames or directory formats may describe the same destination.
These sources inform the check. They do not validate our exact point weights.
Guidance recorded with this scan · 2026-10-15. Recorded scores are unchanged.
No public evidence URL recorded for this check
Attributable ecosystem discovery
Off-domain evidence
The fetched official MCP Registry search page returned no listing attributable to the scanned company.
Measured, but not yet weighted. It adds no points and its absence subtracts none. Scoring requires calibration of reliability, applicability and overlap with existing checks.
Only the relevant verified distribution surface
An attributable directory entry can help agents discover a supported interface. Popularity, company size and directory count do not establish that the interface works.
Guidance recorded with this scan · 2026-10-15. Recorded scores are unchanged.
Off-domain evidence
The fetched GitHub agent-rules repository search page returned no listing attributable to the scanned company.
Measured, but not yet weighted. It adds no points and its absence subtracts none. Scoring requires calibration of reliability, applicability and overlap with existing checks.
Only the relevant verified distribution surface
An attributable directory entry can help agents discover a supported interface. Popularity, company size and directory count do not establish that the interface works.
Guidance recorded with this scan · 2026-10-15. Recorded scores are unchanged.
Off-domain evidence
The fetched GitHub agent-plugin repository search page returned no listing attributable to the scanned company.
Measured, but not yet weighted. It adds no points and its absence subtracts none. Scoring requires calibration of reliability, applicability and overlap with existing checks.
Only the relevant verified distribution surface
An attributable directory entry can help agents discover a supported interface. Popularity, company size and directory count do not establish that the interface works.
Guidance recorded with this scan · 2026-10-15. Recorded scores are unchanged.
Off-domain evidence
skills.sh returned 3 listing(s) attributable to the company. Presence alone is capped at detected.
Measured, but not yet weighted. It adds no points and its absence subtracts none. Scoring requires calibration of reliability, applicability and overlap with existing checks.
Only the relevant verified distribution surface
An attributable directory entry can help agents discover a supported interface. Popularity, company size and directory count do not establish that the interface works.
Guidance recorded with this scan · 2026-10-15. Recorded scores are unchanged.
Off-domain evidence
3 attributable skills.sh listing(s) expose a named source and install metadata. This records directory metadata, not a claim of editorial quality, and is capped at detected.
Measured, but not yet weighted. It adds no points and its absence subtracts none. Scoring requires calibration of reliability, applicability and overlap with existing checks.
Only the relevant verified distribution surface
An attributable directory entry can help agents discover a supported interface. Popularity, company size and directory count do not establish that the interface works.
Guidance recorded with this scan · 2026-10-15. Recorded scores are unchanged.
Off-domain evidence
The fetched official MCP Registry search page returned no listing attributable to the scanned company.
Measured, but not yet weighted. It adds no points and its absence subtracts none. Scoring requires calibration of reliability, applicability and overlap with existing checks.
Only the relevant verified distribution surface
An attributable directory entry can help agents discover a supported interface. Popularity, company size and directory count do not establish that the interface works.
Guidance recorded with this scan · 2026-10-15. Recorded scores are unchanged.
Off-domain evidence
ChatGPT directory lookup was blocked (HTTP 403). Listing unverified; absence was not inferred. This does not affect your score.
Measured, but not yet weighted. It adds no points and its absence subtracts none. Scoring requires calibration of reliability, applicability and overlap with existing checks.
Only the relevant verified distribution surface
An attributable directory entry can help agents discover a supported interface. Popularity, company size and directory count do not establish that the interface works.
Guidance recorded with this scan · 2026-10-15. Recorded scores are unchanged.
Commerce distribution
Off-domain evidence
The fetched x402 Bazaar discovery search returned no listing attributable to the scanned company.
Useful context, outside the readiness score. Adoption, payment support and retrieval cost are not readiness quality by themselves.
Payment-enabled products
A payment directory is useful context. Making it a general ARS requirement would indirectly score a business-model choice.
Guidance recorded with this scan · 2026-10-15. Recorded scores are unchanged.
Content available to the tested client
Moderate-to-strong main content (48% of visible text) is extractable from raw HTML on the homepage.
These are recorded points before the total is normalized to 100.
Public pages; distinguish HTTP and browser clients
Critical content available in the response is a direct prerequisite for the tested client. An extraction ratio alone does not prove that the needed facts were captured.
These sources inform the check. They do not validate our exact point weights.
Guidance recorded with this scan · 2026-10-15. Recorded scores are unchanged.
Equivalent readable representations
No markdown twin found alongside probed docs HTML surfaces.
These are recorded points before the total is normalized to 100.
Only representations the site offers; all sites can satisfy readable-content outcome with HTML
Headers, routes and frontmatter support one readable representation. Plain HTML must be able to receive full content-access credit.
These sources inform the check. They do not validate our exact point weights.
Guidance recorded with this scan · 2026-10-15. Recorded scores are unchanged.
No reachable candidate HTML page declared a text/markdown alternate.
Additional evidence for this capability. It earns no separate points, so observing another related signal does not count twice.
Only representations the site offers; all sites can satisfy readable-content outcome with HTML
Headers, routes and frontmatter support one readable representation. Plain HTML must be able to receive full content-access credit.
These sources inform the check. They do not validate our exact point weights.
Guidance recorded with this scan · 2026-10-15. Recorded scores are unchanged.
No public evidence URL recorded for this check
No reachable candidate page served Markdown to the scanner agent without requiring Accept: text/markdown.
Additional evidence for this capability. It earns no separate points, so observing another related signal does not count twice.
Only representations the site offers; all sites can satisfy readable-content outcome with HTML
Headers, routes and frontmatter support one readable representation. Plain HTML must be able to receive full content-access credit.
These sources inform the check. They do not validate our exact point weights.
Guidance recorded with this scan · 2026-10-15. Recorded scores are unchanged.
No public evidence URL recorded for this check
No direct .md or /index.md representation was found for reachable candidate pages.
Additional evidence for this capability. It earns no separate points, so observing another related signal does not count twice.
Only representations the site offers; all sites can satisfy readable-content outcome with HTML
Headers, routes and frontmatter support one readable representation. Plain HTML must be able to receive full content-access credit.
These sources inform the check. They do not validate our exact point weights.
Guidance recorded with this scan · 2026-10-15. Recorded scores are unchanged.
No public evidence URL recorded for this check
No reachable candidate page negotiated from HTML to Markdown.
Additional evidence for this capability. It earns no separate points, so observing another related signal does not count twice.
Only representations the site offers; all sites can satisfy readable-content outcome with HTML
Headers, routes and frontmatter support one readable representation. Plain HTML must be able to receive full content-access credit.
These sources inform the check. They do not validate our exact point weights.
Guidance recorded with this scan · 2026-10-15. Recorded scores are unchanged.
No public evidence URL recorded for this check
No readable Markdown representation began with YAML frontmatter.
Additional evidence for this capability. It earns no separate points, so observing another related signal does not count twice.
Only representations the site offers; all sites can satisfy readable-content outcome with HTML
Headers, routes and frontmatter support one readable representation. Plain HTML must be able to receive full content-access credit.
These sources inform the check. They do not validate our exact point weights.
Guidance recorded with this scan · 2026-10-15. Recorded scores are unchanged.
No public evidence URL recorded for this check
Observed client access
9 of 9 completed identified HTTP probes returned substantive initial content across 3 sampled page(s). This is HonestClaw's network observation, not access from vendor infrastructure.
These are recorded points before the total is normalized to 100.
Up to three first-party pages; ChatGPT-User, Claude-User and Perplexity-User token markers on an explicitly identified HonestClaw client
One combined access contribution measures substantive initial content in completed identified HonestClaw HTTP probes. Refusals and incomplete observations remain unknown. This does not establish access from vendor infrastructure.
These sources inform the check. They do not validate our exact point weights.
Guidance recorded with this scan · 2026-10-15. Recorded scores are unchanged.
9 of 9 completed identified HTTP probes returned substantive initial content across 3 sampled page(s). This is HonestClaw's network observation, not access from vendor infrastructure.
Additional evidence for this capability. It earns no separate points, so observing another related signal does not count twice.
The same named public HTTP sample and network vantage as the access check
Reuses the scored public HTTP sample to explain denials, challenges and degraded content. The same responses earn no second contribution.
These sources inform the check. They do not validate our exact point weights.
Guidance recorded with this scan · 2026-10-15. Recorded scores are unchanged.
Retrieval cost
Sitemap index declares 5 child sitemap(s) — crawl cost is not directly observable from the index alone.
Useful context, outside the readiness score. Adoption, payment support and retrieval cost are not readiness quality by themselves.
Measured retrieval path
Tokens, bytes and elapsed time explain retrieval cost and tradeoffs. They are context and do not affect the readiness score.
Guidance recorded with this scan · 2026-10-15. Recorded scores are unchanged.
Accessibility-tree operability signals
Accessibility-tree probe unavailable (deep_scan_only): Accessibility-tree checks are deep-scan only to avoid always-on browser probe cost.
Measured, but not yet weighted. It adds no points and its absence subtracts none. Scoring requires calibration of reliability, applicability and overlap with existing checks.
Deep scans with an available browser accessibility tree snapshot
Accessible names, form labels, document structure and native semantics are direct operability signals for agents acting through accessibility trees. The current reading is deep-scan gated and intentionally unweighted pending calibration.
These sources inform the check. They do not validate our exact point weights.
Guidance recorded with this scan · 2026-10-15. Recorded scores are unchanged.
Accessibility-tree probe unavailable (deep_scan_only): Accessibility-tree checks are deep-scan only to avoid always-on browser probe cost.
Measured, but not yet weighted. It adds no points and its absence subtracts none. Scoring requires calibration of reliability, applicability and overlap with existing checks.
Deep scans with an available browser accessibility tree snapshot
Accessible names, form labels, document structure and native semantics are direct operability signals for agents acting through accessibility trees. The current reading is deep-scan gated and intentionally unweighted pending calibration.
These sources inform the check. They do not validate our exact point weights.
Guidance recorded with this scan · 2026-10-15. Recorded scores are unchanged.
Accessibility-tree probe unavailable (deep_scan_only): Accessibility-tree checks are deep-scan only to avoid always-on browser probe cost.
Measured, but not yet weighted. It adds no points and its absence subtracts none. Scoring requires calibration of reliability, applicability and overlap with existing checks.
Deep scans with an available browser accessibility tree snapshot
Accessible names, form labels, document structure and native semantics are direct operability signals for agents acting through accessibility trees. The current reading is deep-scan gated and intentionally unweighted pending calibration.
These sources inform the check. They do not validate our exact point weights.
Guidance recorded with this scan · 2026-10-15. Recorded scores are unchanged.
Accessibility-tree probe unavailable (deep_scan_only): Accessibility-tree checks are deep-scan only to avoid always-on browser probe cost.
Measured, but not yet weighted. It adds no points and its absence subtracts none. Scoring requires calibration of reliability, applicability and overlap with existing checks.
Deep scans with an available browser accessibility tree snapshot
Accessible names, form labels, document structure and native semantics are direct operability signals for agents acting through accessibility trees. The current reading is deep-scan gated and intentionally unweighted pending calibration.
These sources inform the check. They do not validate our exact point weights.
Guidance recorded with this scan · 2026-10-15. Recorded scores are unchanged.
Reachable critical content
Static same-site links led to substantive HTML content two crawl hops from the homepage.
Measured, but not yet weighted. It adds no points and its absence subtracts none. Scoring requires calibration of reliability, applicability and overlap with existing checks.
Sites with linked public content
Bounded path traversal can explain missing content. Absolute clicks from the homepage is not a validated universal quality scale.
Guidance recorded with this scan · 2026-10-15. Recorded scores are unchanged.
Clear and consistent publisher policy
robots.txt at https://paychex.com/robots.txt declares a sitemap. Declared sitemap https://www.paychex.com/sitemap.xml resolves as valid XML.
These are recorded points before the total is normalized to 100.
Published policy for the relevant use: indexing, training or user retrieval
Different policy syntaxes and business permissions are not independent readiness capabilities. Blocking training should not imply that an agent cannot use a public API.
These sources inform the check. They do not validate our exact point weights.
Guidance recorded with this scan · 2026-10-15. Recorded scores are unchanged.
Explicit access policy covers 3 of 3 user-directed tokens, including applicable wildcard rules. Allow and deny receive the same legibility credit. Training preferences receive no credit.
These are recorded points before the total is normalized to 100.
ChatGPT-User, Claude-User and Perplexity-User access declarations
A small legibility contribution for explicit user-directed access rules, including wildcard defaults. Permission and denial earn equal legibility; training-only groups add no points.
These sources inform the check. They do not validate our exact point weights.
Guidance recorded with this scan · 2026-10-15. Recorded scores are unchanged.
robots.txt is readable but declares no Content-Signal line.
Useful context, outside the readiness score. Adoption, payment support and retrieval cost are not readiness quality by themselves.
Publisher-declared policy; no obligation to permit training, indexing or licensing
Published licensing, indexing and training preferences remain inspectable without separate readiness points. User-directed policy legibility is measured once; observed public HTTP access is separate.
These sources inform the check. They do not validate our exact point weights.
Guidance recorded with this scan · 2026-10-15. Recorded scores are unchanged.
robots.txt is readable but declares no RSL License directive.
Useful context, outside the readiness score. Adoption, payment support and retrieval cost are not readiness quality by themselves.
Publisher-declared policy; no obligation to permit training, indexing or licensing
Published licensing, indexing and training preferences remain inspectable without separate readiness points. User-directed policy legibility is measured once; observed public HTTP access is separate.
These sources inform the check. They do not validate our exact point weights.
Guidance recorded with this scan · 2026-10-15. Recorded scores are unchanged.
No TDMRep policy found at /.well-known/tdmrep.json.
Useful context, outside the readiness score. Adoption, payment support and retrieval cost are not readiness quality by themselves.
Publisher-declared policy; no obligation to permit training, indexing or licensing
Published licensing, indexing and training preferences remain inspectable without separate readiness points. User-directed policy legibility is measured once; observed public HTTP access is separate.
These sources inform the check. They do not validate our exact point weights.
Guidance recorded with this scan · 2026-10-15. Recorded scores are unchanged.
No ai.txt file found (HTML pages at .txt paths do not qualify).
Useful context, outside the readiness score. Adoption, payment support and retrieval cost are not readiness quality by themselves.
Publisher-declared policy; no obligation to permit training, indexing or licensing
Published licensing, indexing and training preferences remain inspectable without separate readiness points. User-directed policy legibility is measured once; observed public HTTP access is separate.
These sources inform the check. They do not validate our exact point weights.
Guidance recorded with this scan · 2026-10-15. Recorded scores are unchanged.
Usable API reference and examples
API reference documentation lacks depth or was not found.
These are recorded points before the total is normalized to 100.
A documented API or tool interface
Reference depth and valid fenced examples contribute to the same documentation outcome. Parsing an example is weaker than executing it successfully.
These sources inform the check. They do not validate our exact point weights.
Guidance recorded with this scan · 2026-10-15. Recorded scores are unchanged.
No fenced code blocks were found across 1 readable Markdown document(s).
Additional evidence for this capability. It earns no separate points, so observing another related signal does not count twice.
A documented API or tool interface
Reference depth and valid fenced examples contribute to the same documentation outcome. Parsing an example is weaker than executing it successfully.
These sources inform the check. They do not validate our exact point weights.
Guidance recorded with this scan · 2026-10-15. Recorded scores are unchanged.
No public evidence URL recorded for this check
Usable documentation entry and references
No llms-full.txt file found (HTML pages at .txt paths do not qualify).
These are recorded points before the total is normalized to 100.
Public documentation; llms files optional
An index, full text and modular files offer different routes to documentation. Useful content and working references matter more than the number of formats. This check has no external governing spec; its weight is product judgment.
Guidance recorded with this scan · 2026-10-15. Recorded scores are unchanged.
A curated llms.txt index is published at https://www.paychex.com/llms.txt: 30 links across 6 sections.
These are recorded points before the total is normalized to 100.
Public documentation; llms files optional
An index, full text and modular files offer different routes to documentation. Useful content and working references matter more than the number of formats.
These sources inform the check. They do not validate our exact point weights.
Guidance recorded with this scan · 2026-10-15. Recorded scores are unchanged.
No scoped llms.txt was found.
Additional evidence for this capability. It earns no separate points, so observing another related signal does not count twice.
Public documentation; llms files optional
An index, full text and modular files offer different routes to documentation. Useful content and working references matter more than the number of formats.
Guidance recorded with this scan · 2026-10-15. Recorded scores are unchanged.
No public evidence URL recorded for this check
5/5 sampled on-domain llms.txt links resolved to real, non-shell content.
Additional evidence for this capability. It earns no separate points, so observing another related signal does not count twice.
Public documentation; llms files optional
An index, full text and modular files offer different routes to documentation. Useful content and working references matter more than the number of formats.
Guidance recorded with this scan · 2026-10-15. Recorded scores are unchanged.
Machine-readable facts
No machine-readable pricing endpoint found (HTML pricing pages do not qualify).
These are recorded points before the total is normalized to 100.
Facts relevant to the product; pricing only when there is a price to disclose
Structured facts can help agents interpret a page. Markup volume and the number of schema types alone do not establish accuracy, consistency or task success. This check has no external governing spec; its weight is product judgment.
Guidance recorded with this scan · 2026-10-15. Recorded scores are unchanged.
Observed 1 JSON-LD script(s); 1 parsed as JSON-LD objects.
Additional evidence for this capability. It earns no separate points, so observing another related signal does not count twice.
Facts relevant to the product; pricing only when there is a price to disclose
Structured facts can help agents interpret a page. Markup volume and the number of schema types alone do not establish accuracy, consistency or task success.
Guidance recorded with this scan · 2026-10-15. Recorded scores are unchanged.
Observed 0 resolvable identifier(s) and 0 verified entity link(s).
Additional evidence for this capability. It earns no separate points, so observing another related signal does not count twice.
Facts relevant to the product; pricing only when there is a price to disclose
Structured facts can help agents interpret a page. Markup volume and the number of schema types alone do not establish accuracy, consistency or task success.
Guidance recorded with this scan · 2026-10-15. Recorded scores are unchanged.
Observed 4 Schema.org type(s): aggregaterating, contactpoint, corporation, softwareapplication; 2 meaningfully populated.
Additional evidence for this capability. It earns no separate points, so observing another related signal does not count twice.
Facts relevant to the product; pricing only when there is a price to disclose
Structured facts can help agents interpret a page. Markup volume and the number of schema types alone do not establish accuracy, consistency or task success.
Guidance recorded with this scan · 2026-10-15. Recorded scores are unchanged.
Document freshness evidence
Freshness signals present: Last-Modified header, sitemap lastmod.
These are recorded points before the total is normalized to 100.
Resources whose currency can be assessed
A timestamp or ETag supports freshness provenance; it does not by itself prove factual accuracy or current behavior.
These sources inform the check. They do not validate our exact point weights.
Guidance recorded with this scan · 2026-10-15. Recorded scores are unchanged.
Usable agent guidance
No v0.2.0 index could be read.
Additional evidence for this capability. It earns no separate points, so observing another related signal does not count twice.
Only a declared agent-guide surface
Alternative guide files may help agents locate instructions; file presence is supporting evidence and must not be required in every format.
Guidance recorded with this scan · 2026-10-15. Recorded scores are unchanged.
No usable Agent Skills discovery index was found.
Additional evidence for this capability. It earns no separate points, so observing another related signal does not count twice.
Only a declared agent-guide surface
Alternative guide files may help agents locate instructions; file presence is supporting evidence and must not be required in every format.
Guidance recorded with this scan · 2026-10-15. Recorded scores are unchanged.
No public evidence URL recorded for this check
The guidance is structured, but lacks both specific when-to-use and invocation guidance.
Additional evidence for this capability. It earns no separate points, so observing another related signal does not count twice.
Only a declared agent-guide surface
Alternative guide files may help agents locate instructions; file presence is supporting evidence and must not be required in every format.
Guidance recorded with this scan · 2026-10-15. Recorded scores are unchanged.
Explicit product purpose
An explicit answer was detected in the bounded initial HTML sample. This is published source material, not a verified product claim.
Measured, but not yet weighted. It adds no points and its absence subtracts none. Scoring requires calibration of reliability, applicability and overlap with existing checks.
At most six first-party pages under the public HTTP profile; documented English extraction rules. Incomplete or unsupported-language absence is unknown.
A bounded, source-linked answer from non-rendered first-party HTML. It is published source material, not independently verified truth or agent comprehension. Scoring remains staged pending precision, language, overlap and weight calibration.
Guidance recorded with this scan · 2026-10-15. Recorded scores are unchanged.
Explicit intended audience
No explicit answer matched the documented English extraction rules in the complete bounded initial HTML sample.
Measured, but not yet weighted. It adds no points and its absence subtracts none. Scoring requires calibration of reliability, applicability and overlap with existing checks.
At most six first-party pages under the public HTTP profile; documented English extraction rules. Incomplete or unsupported-language absence is unknown.
A bounded, source-linked answer from non-rendered first-party HTML. It is published source material, not independently verified truth or agent comprehension. Scoring remains staged pending precision, language, overlap and weight calibration.
Guidance recorded with this scan · 2026-10-15. Recorded scores are unchanged.
Published plan terms
No explicit answer matched the documented English extraction rules in the complete bounded initial HTML sample.
Measured, but not yet weighted. It adds no points and its absence subtracts none. Scoring requires calibration of reliability, applicability and overlap with existing checks.
At most six first-party pages under the public HTTP profile; documented English extraction rules. Incomplete or unsupported-language absence is unknown.
A bounded, source-linked answer from non-rendered first-party HTML. It is published source material, not independently verified truth or agent comprehension. Scoring remains staged pending precision, language, overlap and weight calibration.
Guidance recorded with this scan · 2026-10-15. Recorded scores are unchanged.
Advertised account access
An explicit answer was detected in the bounded initial HTML sample. This is published source material, not a verified product claim.
Measured, but not yet weighted. It adds no points and its absence subtracts none. Scoring requires calibration of reliability, applicability and overlap with existing checks.
At most six first-party pages under the public HTTP profile; documented English extraction rules. Incomplete or unsupported-language absence is unknown.
A bounded, source-linked answer from non-rendered first-party HTML. It is published source material, not independently verified truth or agent comprehension. Scoring remains staged pending precision, language, overlap and weight calibration.
Guidance recorded with this scan · 2026-10-15. Recorded scores are unchanged.
Concrete getting-started instructions
No explicit answer matched the documented English extraction rules in the complete bounded initial HTML sample.
Measured, but not yet weighted. It adds no points and its absence subtracts none. Scoring requires calibration of reliability, applicability and overlap with existing checks.
At most six first-party pages under the public HTTP profile; documented English extraction rules. Incomplete or unsupported-language absence is unknown.
A bounded, source-linked answer from non-rendered first-party HTML. It is published source material, not independently verified truth or agent comprehension. Scoring remains staged pending precision, language, overlap and weight calibration.
Guidance recorded with this scan · 2026-10-15. Recorded scores are unchanged.
Usable supported interface
No first-party MCP support documentation or MCP-specific endpoint response was found.
These are recorded points before the total is normalized to 100.
Interface-enabled product; no requirement to implement every protocol
REST, GraphQL, MCP, SDKs and CLIs offer alternative or complementary access paths. The useful choice depends on the task and client; no single format serves every workflow.
These sources inform the check. They do not validate our exact point weights.
Guidance recorded with this scan · 2026-10-15. Recorded scores are unchanged.
No SDK or client library documentation found.
These are recorded points before the total is normalized to 100.
Interface-enabled product; no requirement to implement every protocol
REST, GraphQL, MCP, SDKs and CLIs offer alternative or complementary access paths. The useful choice depends on the task and client; no single format serves every workflow.
These sources inform the check. They do not validate our exact point weights.
Guidance recorded with this scan · 2026-10-15. Recorded scores are unchanged.
No GraphQL transport surface found at conventional paths (GET-only; no introspection issued).
These are recorded points before the total is normalized to 100.
Interface-enabled product; no requirement to implement every protocol
REST, GraphQL, MCP, SDKs and CLIs offer alternative or complementary access paths. The useful choice depends on the task and client; no single format serves every workflow.
These sources inform the check. They do not validate our exact point weights.
Guidance recorded with this scan · 2026-10-15. Recorded scores are unchanged.
A real API surface is declared at https://developer.paychex.com/sites/default/files/apidocument/openapi-merge-develop.213-public.json: the spec lists servers and paths. (source: spec)
These are recorded points before the total is normalized to 100.
Interface-enabled product; no requirement to implement every protocol
REST, GraphQL, MCP, SDKs and CLIs offer alternative or complementary access paths. The useful choice depends on the task and client; no single format serves every workflow.
These sources inform the check. They do not validate our exact point weights.
Guidance recorded with this scan · 2026-10-15. Recorded scores are unchanged.
Valid OpenAPI 3.0.3 spec at https://developer.paychex.com/sites/default/files/apidocument/openapi-merge-develop.213-public.json: 110 operations, 148 schemas, 100% response coverage, servers declared.
These are recorded points before the total is normalized to 100.
Interface-enabled product; no requirement to implement every protocol
REST, GraphQL, MCP, SDKs and CLIs offer alternative or complementary access paths. The useful choice depends on the task and client; no single format serves every workflow.
These sources inform the check. They do not validate our exact point weights.
Guidance recorded with this scan · 2026-10-15. Recorded scores are unchanged.
No command-line tool was mentioned on any page checked.
Additional evidence for this capability. It earns no separate points, so observing another related signal does not count twice.
Interface-enabled product; no requirement to implement every protocol
REST, GraphQL, MCP, SDKs and CLIs offer alternative or complementary access paths. The useful choice depends on the task and client; no single format serves every workflow.
These sources inform the check. They do not validate our exact point weights.
Guidance recorded with this scan · 2026-10-15. Recorded scores are unchanged.
Complete and usable operation contracts
No data export or bulk API documentation found at the standard docs locations an agent would check.
These are recorded points before the total is normalized to 100.
Detected interface; pagination only for collections, async only for long-running jobs, batch only for multi-item operations
Usable schemas and operation patterns can reduce ambiguity for clients. More endpoints or constraints alone do not establish that an operation is easier to use.
These sources inform the check. They do not validate our exact point weights.
Guidance recorded with this scan · 2026-10-15. Recorded scores are unchanged.
The spec at https://developer.paychex.com/sites/default/files/apidocument/openapi-merge-develop.213-public.json declares typed, consistent response schemas (100% of operations) with a pagination pattern and a structured error envelope. (source: spec)
These are recorded points before the total is normalized to 100.
Detected interface; pagination only for collections, async only for long-running jobs, batch only for multi-item operations
Usable schemas and operation patterns can reduce ambiguity for clients. More endpoints or constraints alone do not establish that an operation is easier to use.
These sources inform the check. They do not validate our exact point weights.
Guidance recorded with this scan · 2026-10-15. Recorded scores are unchanged.
Async/job vocabulary appears, but no 202 Accepted response is declared.
Measured, but not yet weighted. It adds no points and its absence subtracts none. Scoring requires calibration of reliability, applicability and overlap with existing checks.
Detected interface; pagination only for collections, async only for long-running jobs, batch only for multi-item operations
Usable schemas and operation patterns can reduce ambiguity for clients. More endpoints or constraints alone do not establish that an operation is easier to use.
These sources inform the check. They do not validate our exact point weights.
Guidance recorded with this scan · 2026-10-15. Recorded scores are unchanged.
An operation accepts an array request body, but it is not explicitly identified as batch or bulk.
Measured, but not yet weighted. It adds no points and its absence subtracts none. Scoring requires calibration of reliability, applicability and overlap with existing checks.
Detected interface; pagination only for collections, async only for long-running jobs, batch only for multi-item operations
Usable schemas and operation patterns can reduce ambiguity for clients. More endpoints or constraints alone do not establish that an operation is easier to use.
These sources inform the check. They do not validate our exact point weights.
Guidance recorded with this scan · 2026-10-15. Recorded scores are unchanged.
109/110 operations have operationIds; some are missing, duplicated, longer than 64 characters, or contain function-unsafe characters.
Measured, but not yet weighted. It adds no points and its absence subtracts none. Scoring requires calibration of reliability, applicability and overlap with existing checks.
Detected interface; pagination only for collections, async only for long-running jobs, batch only for multi-item operations
Usable schemas and operation patterns can reduce ambiguity for clients. More endpoints or constraints alone do not establish that an operation is easier to use.
These sources inform the check. They do not validate our exact point weights.
Guidance recorded with this scan · 2026-10-15. Recorded scores are unchanged.
2094 parameter/request-body leaves across 110 operation(s): 300 machine-checkable (14%), 98 declare an enum (5%), 1470 carry a description (70%), 554 have neither a constraint nor a description (26%).
Measured, but not yet weighted. It adds no points and its absence subtracts none. Scoring requires calibration of reliability, applicability and overlap with existing checks.
Detected interface; pagination only for collections, async only for long-running jobs, batch only for multi-item operations
Usable schemas and operation patterns can reduce ambiguity for clients. More endpoints or constraints alone do not establish that an operation is easier to use.
These sources inform the check. They do not validate our exact point weights.
Guidance recorded with this scan · 2026-10-15. Recorded scores are unchanged.
Emerging interface declarations
No A2A Agent Card found at the standard well-known locations.
These are recorded points before the total is normalized to 100.
Only a positively identified matching protocol
Versioned interface declarations are observable signals. Broad adoption and cross-client utility are not established by declaration presence.
These sources inform the check. They do not validate our exact point weights.
Guidance recorded with this scan · 2026-10-15. Recorded scores are unchanged.
No MCP Server Card found at the standard locations an agent would check.
These are recorded points before the total is normalized to 100.
Only a positively identified matching protocol
Versioned interface declarations are observable signals. Broad adoption and cross-client utility are not established by declaration presence.
These sources inform the check. They do not validate our exact point weights.
Guidance recorded with this scan · 2026-10-15. Recorded scores are unchanged.
WebMCP browser probing is not yet available in this scanner release.
An emerging convention, not a universal requirement. It adds no points and its absence subtracts none. Adoption and reliable testing must justify any future weight.
Only a positively identified matching protocol
Versioned interface declarations are observable signals. Broad adoption and cross-client utility are not established by declaration presence.
These sources inform the check. They do not validate our exact point weights.
Guidance recorded with this scan · 2026-10-15. Recorded scores are unchanged.
MCP discovery evidence
No MCP descriptor found at the standard locations an agent would check.
Additional evidence for this capability. It earns no separate points, so observing another related signal does not count twice.
MCP surface
An MCP descriptor helps clients locate a service. This additional observation does not earn separate points for evidence already represented by the scored MCP check.
These sources inform the check. They do not validate our exact point weights.
Guidance recorded with this scan · 2026-10-15. Recorded scores are unchanged.
Additional GraphQL contract evidence
No GraphQL endpoint was observed in a scanner-fetched declaration or GraphQL-shaped response. GraphQL depth probe: No GraphQL endpoint was observed in a scanner-fetched declaration or GraphQL-shaped response.
Additional evidence for this capability. It earns no separate points, so observing another related signal does not count twice.
GraphQL and relevant operation shape; introspection optional
Additional contract evidence may substantiate an existing capability. Disabled production introspection must not create a penalty.
These sources inform the check. They do not validate our exact point weights.
Guidance recorded with this scan · 2026-10-15. Recorded scores are unchanged.
No public evidence URL recorded for this check
No GraphQL endpoint was observed in a scanner-fetched declaration or GraphQL-shaped response. GraphQL depth probe: No GraphQL endpoint was observed in a scanner-fetched declaration or GraphQL-shaped response.
Additional evidence for this capability. It earns no separate points, so observing another related signal does not count twice.
GraphQL and relevant operation shape; introspection optional
Additional contract evidence may substantiate an existing capability. Disabled production introspection must not create a penalty.
These sources inform the check. They do not validate our exact point weights.
Guidance recorded with this scan · 2026-10-15. Recorded scores are unchanged.
No public evidence URL recorded for this check
No GraphQL endpoint was observed in a scanner-fetched declaration or GraphQL-shaped response. GraphQL depth probe: No GraphQL endpoint was observed in a scanner-fetched declaration or GraphQL-shaped response.
Additional evidence for this capability. It earns no separate points, so observing another related signal does not count twice.
GraphQL and relevant operation shape; introspection optional
Additional contract evidence may substantiate an existing capability. Disabled production introspection must not create a penalty.
These sources inform the check. They do not validate our exact point weights.
Guidance recorded with this scan · 2026-10-15. Recorded scores are unchanged.
No public evidence URL recorded for this check
Usable MCP tools and resources
No first-party HTTPS MCP endpoint was declared, so live tool listing was not detected. Live MCP probe: 2967 ms, 0 protocol request(s).
Measured, but not yet weighted. It adds no points and its absence subtracts none. Scoring requires calibration of reliability, applicability and overlap with existing checks.
Detected MCP server and advertised tool/resource capability
Live listings and contracts help agents discover tools and understand their inputs. These related observations remain unscored pending calibration of their contribution to successful tool use.
These sources inform the check. They do not validate our exact point weights.
Guidance recorded with this scan · 2026-10-15. Recorded scores are unchanged.
No public evidence URL recorded for this check
No first-party HTTPS MCP endpoint was declared, so live tool naming was not detected. Live MCP probe: 2967 ms, 0 protocol request(s).
Measured, but not yet weighted. It adds no points and its absence subtracts none. Scoring requires calibration of reliability, applicability and overlap with existing checks.
Detected MCP server and advertised tool/resource capability
Live listings and contracts help agents discover tools and understand their inputs. These related observations remain unscored pending calibration of their contribution to successful tool use.
These sources inform the check. They do not validate our exact point weights.
Guidance recorded with this scan · 2026-10-15. Recorded scores are unchanged.
No public evidence URL recorded for this check
No first-party HTTPS MCP endpoint was declared, so live tool descriptions was not detected. Live MCP probe: 2967 ms, 0 protocol request(s).
Measured, but not yet weighted. It adds no points and its absence subtracts none. Scoring requires calibration of reliability, applicability and overlap with existing checks.
Detected MCP server and advertised tool/resource capability
Live listings and contracts help agents discover tools and understand their inputs. These related observations remain unscored pending calibration of their contribution to successful tool use.
These sources inform the check. They do not validate our exact point weights.
Guidance recorded with this scan · 2026-10-15. Recorded scores are unchanged.
No public evidence URL recorded for this check
No first-party HTTPS MCP endpoint was declared, so live parameter constraint form was not detected. Live MCP probe: 2967 ms, 0 protocol request(s).
Measured, but not yet weighted. It adds no points and its absence subtracts none. Scoring requires calibration of reliability, applicability and overlap with existing checks.
Detected MCP server and advertised tool capability
Machine-checkable constraints on tool inputs let something other than the model enforce them. The reading claims constraint form only, never that a server rejects bad input, and remains unscored pending calibration against the live MCP panel.
These sources inform the check. They do not validate our exact point weights.
Guidance recorded with this scan · 2026-10-15. Recorded scores are unchanged.
No public evidence URL recorded for this check
No first-party HTTPS MCP endpoint was declared, so live tool annotations was not detected. Live MCP probe: 2967 ms, 0 protocol request(s).
Measured, but not yet weighted. It adds no points and its absence subtracts none. Scoring requires calibration of reliability, applicability and overlap with existing checks.
Detected MCP server and advertised tool/resource capability
Live listings and contracts help agents discover tools and understand their inputs. These related observations remain unscored pending calibration of their contribution to successful tool use.
These sources inform the check. They do not validate our exact point weights.
Guidance recorded with this scan · 2026-10-15. Recorded scores are unchanged.
No public evidence URL recorded for this check
No first-party HTTPS MCP endpoint was declared, so live parameter schemas was not detected. Live MCP probe: 2967 ms, 0 protocol request(s).
Measured, but not yet weighted. It adds no points and its absence subtracts none. Scoring requires calibration of reliability, applicability and overlap with existing checks.
Detected MCP server and advertised tool/resource capability
Live listings and contracts help agents discover tools and understand their inputs. These related observations remain unscored pending calibration of their contribution to successful tool use.
These sources inform the check. They do not validate our exact point weights.
Guidance recorded with this scan · 2026-10-15. Recorded scores are unchanged.
No public evidence URL recorded for this check
No first-party HTTPS MCP endpoint was declared, so live resource listing was not detected. Live MCP probe: 2967 ms, 0 protocol request(s).
Measured, but not yet weighted. It adds no points and its absence subtracts none. Scoring requires calibration of reliability, applicability and overlap with existing checks.
Detected MCP server and advertised tool/resource capability
Live listings and contracts help agents discover tools and understand their inputs. These related observations remain unscored pending calibration of their contribution to successful tool use.
These sources inform the check. They do not validate our exact point weights.
Guidance recorded with this scan · 2026-10-15. Recorded scores are unchanged.
No public evidence URL recorded for this check
No first-party HTTPS MCP endpoint was declared, so live resource quality was not detected. Live MCP probe: 2967 ms, 0 protocol request(s).
Measured, but not yet weighted. It adds no points and its absence subtracts none. Scoring requires calibration of reliability, applicability and overlap with existing checks.
Detected MCP server and advertised tool/resource capability
Live listings and contracts help agents discover tools and understand their inputs. These related observations remain unscored pending calibration of their contribution to successful tool use.
These sources inform the check. They do not validate our exact point weights.
Guidance recorded with this scan · 2026-10-15. Recorded scores are unchanged.
No public evidence URL recorded for this check
No first-party MCP endpoint was declared. Live MCP probe: 2967 ms, 0 protocol request(s).
Measured, but not yet weighted. It adds no points and its absence subtracts none. Scoring requires calibration of reliability, applicability and overlap with existing checks.
Detected MCP server and advertised tool/resource capability
Live listings and contracts help agents discover tools and understand their inputs. These related observations remain unscored pending calibration of their contribution to successful tool use.
These sources inform the check. They do not validate our exact point weights.
Guidance recorded with this scan · 2026-10-15. Recorded scores are unchanged.
No public evidence URL recorded for this check
Compatible MCP transport
No first-party HTTPS MCP endpoint was declared, so live transport modernity was not detected. Live MCP probe: 2967 ms, 0 protocol request(s).
Measured, but not yet weighted. It adds no points and its absence subtracts none. Scoring requires calibration of reliability, applicability and overlap with existing checks.
Detected MCP transport and negotiated version
A compatible negotiated protocol version helps clients and servers communicate. An older supported transport can still be usable.
These sources inform the check. They do not validate our exact point weights.
Guidance recorded with this scan · 2026-10-15. Recorded scores are unchanged.
No public evidence URL recorded for this check
MCP application UI
No first-party HTTPS MCP endpoint was declared. This metadata-only check did not call tools or read app resources.
An emerging convention, not a universal requirement. It adds no points and its absence subtracts none. Adoption and reliable testing must justify any future weight.
Detected application UI surface
An embedded interface can support interactive workflows. Many tools work without a user interface, so its absence is not a general readiness failure.
These sources inform the check. They do not validate our exact point weights.
Guidance recorded with this scan · 2026-10-15. Recorded scores are unchanged.
No public evidence URL recorded for this check
No first-party HTTPS MCP endpoint was declared. This metadata-only check did not call tools or read app resources.
An emerging convention, not a universal requirement. It adds no points and its absence subtracts none. Adoption and reliable testing must justify any future weight.
Detected application UI surface
An embedded interface can support interactive workflows. Many tools work without a user interface, so its absence is not a general readiness failure.
These sources inform the check. They do not validate our exact point weights.
Guidance recorded with this scan · 2026-10-15. Recorded scores are unchanged.
No public evidence URL recorded for this check
No first-party HTTPS MCP endpoint was declared. This metadata-only check did not call tools or read app resources.
An emerging convention, not a universal requirement. It adds no points and its absence subtracts none. Adoption and reliable testing must justify any future weight.
Detected application UI surface
An embedded interface can support interactive workflows. Many tools work without a user interface, so its absence is not a general readiness failure.
These sources inform the check. They do not validate our exact point weights.
Guidance recorded with this scan · 2026-10-15. Recorded scores are unchanged.
No public evidence URL recorded for this check
Payment capabilities
Could not conclusively inspect published API specifications for Agentic Commerce Protocol checkout support.
Useful context, outside the readiness score. Adoption, payment support and retrieval cost are not readiness quality by themselves.
Payment-enabled business model
Payment support describes what the business offers. It must not make a research publication or free public service appear less ready.
Guidance recorded with this scan · 2026-10-15. Recorded scores are unchanged.
Could not conclusively inspect published API specifications for ACP delegated-payment support.
Useful context, outside the readiness score. Adoption, payment support and retrieval cost are not readiness quality by themselves.
Payment-enabled business model
Payment support describes what the business offers. It must not make a research publication or free public service appear less ready.
Guidance recorded with this scan · 2026-10-15. Recorded scores are unchanged.
Could not conclusively inspect the UCP profile and published API specifications for AP2.
Useful context, outside the readiness score. Adoption, payment support and retrieval cost are not readiness quality by themselves.
Payment-enabled business model
Payment support describes what the business offers. It must not make a research publication or free public service appear less ready.
Guidance recorded with this scan · 2026-10-15. Recorded scores are unchanged.
No UCP discovery profile was found at /.well-known/ucp.
Useful context, outside the readiness score. Adoption, payment support and retrieval cost are not readiness quality by themselves.
Payment-enabled business model
Payment support describes what the business offers. It must not make a research publication or free public service appear less ready.
Guidance recorded with this scan · 2026-10-15. Recorded scores are unchanged.
No 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.
Useful context, outside the readiness score. Adoption, payment support and retrieval cost are not readiness quality by themselves.
Payment-enabled business model
Payment support describes what the business offers. It must not make a research publication or free public service appear less ready.
Guidance recorded with this scan · 2026-10-15. Recorded scores are unchanged.
NLWeb support
An NLWeb /ask operation could not be checked conclusively across the shared OpenAPI discovery surface.
An emerging convention, not a universal requirement. It adds no points and its absence subtracts none. Adoption and reliable testing must justify any future weight.
Detected NLWeb service
Useful protocol observations; optional implementation is not universal readiness.
Guidance recorded with this scan · 2026-10-15. Recorded scores are unchanged.
No public evidence URL recorded for this check
NLWeb streaming support could not be checked conclusively across the shared OpenAPI discovery surface.
An emerging convention, not a universal requirement. It adds no points and its absence subtracts none. Adoption and reliable testing must justify any future weight.
Detected NLWeb service
Useful protocol observations; optional implementation is not universal readiness.
Guidance recorded with this scan · 2026-10-15. Recorded scores are unchanged.
No public evidence URL recorded for this check
No valid HTTPS SchemaMap directive was found in robots.txt.
An emerging convention, not a universal requirement. It adds no points and its absence subtracts none. Adoption and reliable testing must justify any future weight.
Detected NLWeb service
Useful protocol observations; optional implementation is not universal readiness.
Guidance recorded with this scan · 2026-10-15. Recorded scores are unchanged.
No public evidence URL recorded for this check
Usable least-privilege authentication
No standardized authentication-discovery surface found. Blocked by robots.txt for a generic compliant agent (Disallow: /).
These are recorded points before the total is normalized to 100.
Protected operations; anonymous access is valid when intended
Discovery, documentation and credential lifecycle jointly support a usable authorization flow. A public read-only service need not require OAuth.
These sources inform the check. They do not validate our exact point weights.
Guidance recorded with this scan · 2026-10-15. Recorded scores are unchanged.
No public evidence URL recorded for this check
No programmatic authentication documentation found at the standard docs locations an agent would check.
These are recorded points before the total is normalized to 100.
Protected operations; anonymous access is valid when intended
Discovery, documentation and credential lifecycle jointly support a usable authorization flow. A public read-only service need not require OAuth.
These sources inform the check. They do not validate our exact point weights.
Guidance recorded with this scan · 2026-10-15. Recorded scores are unchanged.
No authentication documentation found at the standard docs locations an agent would check.
These are recorded points before the total is normalized to 100.
Protected operations; anonymous access is valid when intended
Discovery, documentation and credential lifecycle jointly support a usable authorization flow. A public read-only service need not require OAuth.
These sources inform the check. They do not validate our exact point weights.
Guidance recorded with this scan · 2026-10-15. Recorded scores are unchanged.
No credential management documentation found at the standard docs locations an agent would check.
These are recorded points before the total is normalized to 100.
Protected operations; anonymous access is valid when intended
Discovery, documentation and credential lifecycle jointly support a usable authorization flow. A public read-only service need not require OAuth.
These sources inform the check. They do not validate our exact point weights.
Guidance recorded with this scan · 2026-10-15. Recorded scores are unchanged.
Safe integration environment
No sandbox or test environment documentation found at the standard docs locations an agent would check.
These are recorded points before the total is normalized to 100.
Operations whose side effects or onboarding require a safe test environment
A sandbox helps validate consequential integrations; it is not necessary for every public content site or read-only API.
These sources inform the check. They do not validate our exact point weights.
Guidance recorded with this scan · 2026-10-15. Recorded scores are unchanged.
MCP authorization evidence
No first-party HTTPS MCP endpoint was declared, so live authentication mechanism was not detected. Live MCP probe: 2967 ms, 0 protocol request(s).
Measured, but not yet weighted. It adds no points and its absence subtracts none. Scoring requires calibration of reliability, applicability and overlap with existing checks.
Protected HTTP MCP; OAuth/PKCE only for applicable flow
Authentication metadata and challenges help clients understand how to obtain access. Observing a declaration does not prove that credentials can be issued or used successfully.
These sources inform the check. They do not validate our exact point weights.
Guidance recorded with this scan · 2026-10-15. Recorded scores are unchanged.
No public evidence URL recorded for this check
No first-party HTTPS MCP endpoint was declared, so live OAuth metadata was not detected. Live MCP probe: 2967 ms, 0 protocol request(s).
Measured, but not yet weighted. It adds no points and its absence subtracts none. Scoring requires calibration of reliability, applicability and overlap with existing checks.
Protected HTTP MCP; OAuth/PKCE only for applicable flow
Authentication metadata and challenges help clients understand how to obtain access. Observing a declaration does not prove that credentials can be issued or used successfully.
These sources inform the check. They do not validate our exact point weights.
Guidance recorded with this scan · 2026-10-15. Recorded scores are unchanged.
No public evidence URL recorded for this check
No first-party HTTPS MCP endpoint was declared, so live PKCE support was not detected. Live MCP probe: 2967 ms, 0 protocol request(s).
Measured, but not yet weighted. It adds no points and its absence subtracts none. Scoring requires calibration of reliability, applicability and overlap with existing checks.
Protected HTTP MCP; OAuth/PKCE only for applicable flow
Authentication metadata and challenges help clients understand how to obtain access. Observing a declaration does not prove that credentials can be issued or used successfully.
These sources inform the check. They do not validate our exact point weights.
Guidance recorded with this scan · 2026-10-15. Recorded scores are unchanged.
No public evidence URL recorded for this check
Emerging authentication guidance
The root auth.md document does not satisfy the structured criteria.
An emerging convention, not a universal requirement. It adds no points and its absence subtracts none. Adoption and reliable testing must justify any future weight.
Detected emerging authentication scheme
An auth.md file is one possible guide. Reachable metadata and bounded simulation are not proof that credentials can be issued successfully.
These sources inform the check. They do not validate our exact point weights.
Guidance recorded with this scan · 2026-10-15. Recorded scores are unchanged.
The root auth.md document does not satisfy the exists criteria.
An emerging convention, not a universal requirement. It adds no points and its absence subtracts none. Adoption and reliable testing must justify any future weight.
Detected emerging authentication scheme
An auth.md file is one possible guide. Reachable metadata and bounded simulation are not proof that credentials can be issued successfully.
These sources inform the check. They do not validate our exact point weights.
Guidance recorded with this scan · 2026-10-15. Recorded scores are unchanged.
The root auth.md document does not satisfy the walkthrough criteria.
An emerging convention, not a universal requirement. It adds no points and its absence subtracts none. Adoption and reliable testing must justify any future weight.
Detected emerging authentication scheme
An auth.md file is one possible guide. Reachable metadata and bounded simulation are not proof that credentials can be issued successfully.
These sources inform the check. They do not validate our exact point weights.
Guidance recorded with this scan · 2026-10-15. Recorded scores are unchanged.
API challenge headers could not be observed conclusively. Blocked by robots.txt for a generic compliant agent (Disallow: /). This protocol's availability cannot be inferred from crawler policy.
An emerging convention, not a universal requirement. It adds no points and its absence subtracts none. Adoption and reliable testing must justify any future weight.
Detected emerging authentication scheme
An auth.md file is one possible guide. Reachable metadata and bounded simulation are not proof that credentials can be issued successfully.
These sources inform the check. They do not validate our exact point weights.
Guidance recorded with this scan · 2026-10-15. Recorded scores are unchanged.
No public evidence URL recorded for this check
No conforming public Agent Auth discovery document was found.
An emerging convention, not a universal requirement. It adds no points and its absence subtracts none. Adoption and reliable testing must justify any future weight.
Detected emerging authentication scheme
An auth.md file is one possible guide. Reachable metadata and bounded simulation are not proof that credentials can be issued successfully.
These sources inform the check. They do not validate our exact point weights.
Guidance recorded with this scan · 2026-10-15. Recorded scores are unchanged.
No conforming public Agent Auth discovery document was found.
An emerging convention, not a universal requirement. It adds no points and its absence subtracts none. Adoption and reliable testing must justify any future weight.
Detected emerging authentication scheme
An auth.md file is one possible guide. Reachable metadata and bounded simulation are not proof that credentials can be issued successfully.
These sources inform the check. They do not validate our exact point weights.
Guidance recorded with this scan · 2026-10-15. Recorded scores are unchanged.
Actionable limits
No rate limit documentation found at the standard docs locations an agent would check.
These are recorded points before the total is normalized to 100.
An interface with quotas or throttling
Published limits and response headers help clients pace requests and recover from throttling. They describe related aspects of the same service constraint.
These sources inform the check. They do not validate our exact point weights.
Guidance recorded with this scan · 2026-10-15. Recorded scores are unchanged.
No confirmed live API response was available for rate-limit header inspection. Blocked by robots.txt for a generic compliant agent (Disallow: /).
Additional evidence for this capability. It earns no separate points, so observing another related signal does not count twice.
An interface with quotas or throttling
Published limits and response headers help clients pace requests and recover from throttling. They describe related aspects of the same service constraint.
These sources inform the check. They do not validate our exact point weights.
Guidance recorded with this scan · 2026-10-15. Recorded scores are unchanged.
No public evidence URL recorded for this check
Change and compatibility information
No changelog or release notes found at the standard docs locations an agent would check.
These are recorded points before the total is normalized to 100.
Maintained interface or evolving product
Version identifiers and change records help clients manage compatibility as an interface evolves.
These sources inform the check. They do not validate our exact point weights.
Guidance recorded with this scan · 2026-10-15. Recorded scores are unchanged.
The API version is declared in the spec (info.version) at https://developer.paychex.com/sites/default/files/apidocument/openapi-merge-develop.213-public.json. (source: spec)
These are recorded points before the total is normalized to 100.
Maintained interface or evolving product
Version identifiers and change records help clients manage compatibility as an interface evolves.
These sources inform the check. They do not validate our exact point weights.
Guidance recorded with this scan · 2026-10-15. Recorded scores are unchanged.
Observable outcomes and recovery
No webhook or event documentation found at the standard docs locations an agent would check.
These are recorded points before the total is normalized to 100.
Detected interface; idempotency for repeatable writes, webhooks only for event-driven workflows
Observable state and actionable errors help recovery. A status page or error schema does not prove successful repair.
These sources inform the check. They do not validate our exact point weights.
Guidance recorded with this scan · 2026-10-15. Recorded scores are unchanged.
No error documentation found at the standard docs locations an agent would check.
These are recorded points before the total is normalized to 100.
Detected interface; idempotency for repeatable writes, webhooks only for event-driven workflows
Observable state and actionable errors help recovery. A status page or error schema does not prove successful repair.
These sources inform the check. They do not validate our exact point weights.
Guidance recorded with this scan · 2026-10-15. Recorded scores are unchanged.
No retry or idempotency documentation found at the standard docs locations an agent would check.
These are recorded points before the total is normalized to 100.
Detected interface; idempotency for repeatable writes, webhooks only for event-driven workflows
Observable state and actionable errors help recovery. A status page or error schema does not prove successful repair.
These sources inform the check. They do not validate our exact point weights.
Guidance recorded with this scan · 2026-10-15. Recorded scores are unchanged.
No health or status endpoint found.
These are recorded points before the total is normalized to 100.
Detected interface; idempotency for repeatable writes, webhooks only for event-driven workflows
Observable state and actionable errors help recovery. A status page or error schema does not prove successful repair.
These sources inform the check. They do not validate our exact point weights.
Guidance recorded with this scan · 2026-10-15. Recorded scores are unchanged.
The missing-page probe returned HTTP 0; missing-page behavior is inconclusive.
Additional evidence for this capability. It earns no separate points, so observing another related signal does not count twice.
Detected interface; idempotency for repeatable writes, webhooks only for event-driven workflows
Observable state and actionable errors help recovery. A status page or error schema does not prove successful repair.
These sources inform the check. They do not validate our exact point weights.
Guidance recorded with this scan · 2026-10-15. Recorded scores are unchanged.
No first-party HTTPS MCP endpoint was declared, so live error handling was not detected. Live MCP probe: 2967 ms, 0 protocol request(s).
Additional evidence for this capability. It earns no separate points, so observing another related signal does not count twice.
Detected interface; idempotency for repeatable writes, webhooks only for event-driven workflows
Observable state and actionable errors help recovery. A status page or error schema does not prove successful repair.
These sources inform the check. They do not validate our exact point weights.
Guidance recorded with this scan · 2026-10-15. Recorded scores are unchanged.
No public evidence URL recorded for this check
Additional GraphQL recovery evidence
No GraphQL endpoint was observed in a scanner-fetched declaration or GraphQL-shaped response. GraphQL depth probe: No GraphQL endpoint was observed in a scanner-fetched declaration or GraphQL-shaped response.
Additional evidence for this capability. It earns no separate points, so observing another related signal does not count twice.
GraphQL service; schema evidence obtainable under permitted scope
GraphQL error definitions and evolution policies help clients recover and manage compatibility. Disabled production introspection does not establish a defect.
These sources inform the check. They do not validate our exact point weights.
Guidance recorded with this scan · 2026-10-15. Recorded scores are unchanged.
No public evidence URL recorded for this check
No GraphQL endpoint was observed in a scanner-fetched declaration or GraphQL-shaped response. GraphQL depth probe: No GraphQL endpoint was observed in a scanner-fetched declaration or GraphQL-shaped response.
Additional evidence for this capability. It earns no separate points, so observing another related signal does not count twice.
GraphQL service; schema evidence obtainable under permitted scope
GraphQL error definitions and evolution policies help clients recover and manage compatibility. Disabled production introspection does not establish a defect.
These sources inform the check. They do not validate our exact point weights.
Guidance recorded with this scan · 2026-10-15. Recorded scores are unchanged.
No public evidence URL recorded for this check
Attributable identity and consistent claims
No security.txt found at /.well-known/security.txt or /security.txt.
These are recorded points before the total is normalized to 100.
Public company/service identity; MCP identity only for MCP
These establish provenance, disclosure routes and consistency. They cannot certify prompt-injection resistance or safe transactions.
These sources inform the check. They do not validate our exact point weights.
Guidance recorded with this scan · 2026-10-15. Recorded scores are unchanged.
At least one legal policy page is discoverable.
These are recorded points before the total is normalized to 100.
Public company/service identity; MCP identity only for MCP
These establish provenance, disclosure routes and consistency. They cannot certify prompt-injection resistance or safe transactions.
These sources inform the check. They do not validate our exact point weights.
Guidance recorded with this scan · 2026-10-15. Recorded scores are unchanged.
No public evidence URL recorded for this check
Homepage exposes three org-identity signal types (legal_name, social, address).
These are recorded points before the total is normalized to 100.
Public company/service identity; MCP identity only for MCP
These establish provenance, disclosure routes and consistency. They cannot certify prompt-injection resistance or safe transactions.
These sources inform the check. They do not validate our exact point weights.
Guidance recorded with this scan · 2026-10-15. Recorded scores are unchanged.
Homepage metadata (canonical, Open Graph, schema) is present and consistent.
These are recorded points before the total is normalized to 100.
Public company/service identity; MCP identity only for MCP
These establish provenance, disclosure routes and consistency. They cannot certify prompt-injection resistance or safe transactions.
These sources inform the check. They do not validate our exact point weights.
Guidance recorded with this scan · 2026-10-15. Recorded scores are unchanged.
No first-party HTTPS MCP endpoint was declared, so live server identity was not detected. Live MCP probe: 2967 ms, 0 protocol request(s).
Additional evidence for this capability. It earns no separate points, so observing another related signal does not count twice.
Public company/service identity; MCP identity only for MCP
These establish provenance, disclosure routes and consistency. They cannot certify prompt-injection resistance or safe transactions.
These sources inform the check. They do not validate our exact point weights.
Guidance recorded with this scan · 2026-10-15. Recorded scores are unchanged.
No public evidence URL recorded for this check
Instruction-safe interaction surfaces
Accessibility-tree probe unavailable (deep_scan_only): Accessibility-tree checks are deep-scan only to avoid always-on browser probe cost.
A limited scanner observation, not proof of access from real agent infrastructure. It remains unscored until the probe can support that claim.
Deep scans with an available browser accessibility tree snapshot
Prompt-injection-like instructions in accessibility text are a real manipulation risk for agent operators. This bounded probe can surface risky text but cannot prove complete absence, so it remains unscored.
These sources inform the check. They do not validate our exact point weights.
Guidance recorded with this scan · 2026-10-15. Recorded scores are unchanged.
Application isolation declarations
No first-party HTTPS MCP endpoint was declared. This metadata-only check did not call tools or read app resources.
An emerging convention, not a universal requirement. It adds no points and its absence subtracts none. Adoption and reliable testing must justify any future weight.
Detected MCP application UI
Declared origins and CSP are relevant safeguards for an embedded UI, but declarations alone do not establish effective isolation.
These sources inform the check. They do not validate our exact point weights.
Guidance recorded with this scan · 2026-10-15. Recorded scores are unchanged.
No public evidence URL recorded for this check
No first-party HTTPS MCP endpoint was declared. This metadata-only check did not call tools or read app resources.
An emerging convention, not a universal requirement. It adds no points and its absence subtracts none. Adoption and reliable testing must justify any future weight.
Detected MCP application UI
Declared origins and CSP are relevant safeguards for an embedded UI, but declarations alone do not establish effective isolation.
These sources inform the check. They do not validate our exact point weights.
Guidance recorded with this scan · 2026-10-15. Recorded scores are unchanged.
No public evidence URL recorded for this check
What an AI agent understood from the homepage, checked against supporting pages.
Paychex provides payroll, HR, benefits administration, time and attendance, business insurance, and financial services, including an AI-powered HCM platform and professional employer organization (PEO) solutions.
5 agreeing · 0 conflicting pagesPaychex serves businesses of all sizes, from startups and self-employed to 100-plus-employee enterprises, across industries, plus professional partners like accountants, brokers, and financial advisors.
5 agreeing · 0 conflicting pagesAnalyzed evidence supports the homepage-derived answers.
Paychex: Payroll & HR Solutions
Payroll Services Efficiently pay employees Human Resources HR and compliance guidance Talent Management Recruit, hire, & develop Workforce Planning Time tracking & analytics
Employee Benefits Overview Employee Benefits Improve employee morale, retention, and recruiting with flexible benefit plans.
The homepage clearly communicates that Paychex offers payroll, HR, talent management, workforce planning, benefits, insurance, and financial services. The navigation enumerates each service line explicitly, supporting the expected answer.
Influence was not recorded.
Pay Employees simply, quickly, and accurately | Paychex
Get 3 months free payroll services
Get 2 months free HR support
The sales contact page confirms Paychex offers payroll and HR support services. Promotional copy and page title reinforce the core payroll and HR offering.
Influence was not recorded.
Paychex Corporate Headquarters | Paychex
Payroll Services Efficiently pay employees Human Resources HR and compliance guidance
AI-Powered HCM Intelligence built into every workflow
The corporate page carries the standard navigation listing payroll, HR, benefits, insurance, and the AI-powered HCM platform. This supports the expected answer.
Influence was not recorded.
Paychex Privacy Policy Statement | Paychex
Payroll Services Efficiently pay employees Human Resources HR and compliance guidance
Professional Employer Organization (PEO) An all-in-one HR solution helps you manage employee benefits, HR, payroll, and compliance.
The privacy page carries the full site navigation, which enumerates Paychex's payroll, HR, benefits, insurance, and financial services. This navigation supports the expected answer.
Influence was not recorded.
Compare Payroll Packages & Pricing | Paychex
Payroll options that fit the needs of any business size.
Professional Employer Organization (PEO) An all-in-one HR solution helps you manage employee benefits, HR, payroll, and compliance.
The compare payroll packages page title and navigation confirm Paychex sells payroll plans and broader HR solutions. This supports the expected answer about what the business does.
Influence was not recorded.
For Startups For Self-Employed For 1-19 Employees For 20-99 Employees For 100+ Employees
Restaurants & Hospitality Professional Services Retail Skilled Trades Senior Living Healthcare Manufacturing Nonprofits All Industries
For Professional Partners For businesses that partner with Paychex to provide services for their clients.
The homepage segments its audience by business size, industry, and professional partner type. This clearly communicates who Paychex is for, supporting the expected answer.
Influence was not recorded.
For businesses with fifty (50) or more employees, ask about our special offers.
has between 1–50 employees at the time it commences payroll services
The sales page references businesses with 1-50 and 50-plus employees, indicating Paychex serves businesses across employee counts. This supports the expected business-size audience.
Influence was not recorded.
For Startups For Self-Employed For 1-19 Employees For 20-99 Employees For 100+ Employees
Restaurants & Hospitality Professional Services Retail Skilled Trades Senior Living Healthcare Manufacturing Nonprofits All Industries
The corporate page navigation lists audience segments by business size and industry. This supports the expected answer about who Paychex is for.
Influence was not recorded.
For Startups For Self-Employed For 1-19 Employees For 20-99 Employees For 100+ Employees
For Professional Partners For businesses that partner with Paychex to provide services for their clients.
The privacy page navigation repeats the audience segmentation by business size and professional partner type. This supports the expected answer about who Paychex serves.
Influence was not recorded.
For Startups For Self-Employed For 1-19 Employees For 20-99 Employees For 100+ Employees
Payroll options that fit the needs of any business size.
The compare payroll page emphasizes payroll options for any business size and lists audience segments. This supports the expected business-size audience answer.
Influence was not recorded.
Scanned · scanner v1.70.5Measured by HonestClaw