{"kind":"web","tier":"cache","target":"developers.apideck.com","scorecard_url":"https://anc.dev/score/developers.apideck.com","markdown_url":"https://anc.dev/score/developers.apideck.com/md","json_url":"https://anc.dev/score/developers.apideck.com/json","freshness":{"cached":true,"scored_at":"2026-09-15T18:58:36.454Z","refresh_after":"2026-09-15T18:59:36.454Z"},"spec_version":"0.5.0","scorecard":{"schema_version":"0.4","spec_version":"0.5.0","target_url":"https://developers.apideck.com/","mcp_endpoint":"https://developers.apideck.com/mcp","mcp_discovery":[{"source":"/.well-known/mcp/server-card.json","endpoint":"https://mcp.apideck.dev/mcp","blocked":"off-origin endpoint declaration"},{"source":"/mcp","endpoint":"https://developers.apideck.com/mcp","probed":"initialize"}],"tool":{"name":"developers.apideck.com","url":"https://developers.apideck.com/"},"audience":null,"audit_profile":null,"site_type":null,"public_listing":true,"summary":{"pass":31,"noncompliant":0,"broken":4,"absent":14,"n_a":16,"skip":0,"error":0},"coverage_summary":{"must":{"total":4,"verified":2},"should":{"total":37,"verified":21},"may":{"total":8,"verified":8}},"score_pct":60,"score":{"relative":60,"global":46},"categories":[{"id":"discoverability","name":"Discoverability","passed":5,"counted":7},{"id":"content-for-agents","name":"Content for agents","passed":8,"counted":11},{"id":"bot-crawl-policy","name":"Bot & crawl policy","passed":3,"counted":3},{"id":"api","name":"API","passed":1,"counted":4},{"id":"mcp","name":"MCP","passed":12,"counted":22},{"id":"agent-discovery-auth","name":"Agent discovery & auth","passed":2,"counted":2}],"results":[{"id":"openapi","label":"An OpenAPI description is published","category":"api","group":"P2","layer":"web","keyword":"must","tier":"required","principle":"P2","status":"absent","evidence":"https://developers.apideck.com/openapi.json -> 404 (status 404 not in [200])","result":"Not found (https://developers.apideck.com/openapi.json -> 404 (status 404 not in [200]))","remediation":{"goal":"Publish an OpenAPI description so non-MCP agents can call your HTTP API","fix":"If your service exposes an HTTP/REST API (separate from any MCP endpoint), publish an OpenAPI\n3.1 description of it at `/openapi.json` (or `/openapi.yaml`, or `/.well-known/openapi.json`).\nNon-MCP agents use it to discover endpoints, parameters, and response shapes, and to generate\ntyped clients. A service whose only machine surface is MCP has no REST API to describe here.","skill_url":"https://anc.dev/fix/openapi","resources":[{"label":"OpenAPI 3.1","url":"https://spec.openapis.org/oas/latest.html"}],"evidence":"https://developers.apideck.com/openapi.json -> 404 (status 404 not in [200])","prompt":"Goal: Publish an OpenAPI description so non-MCP agents can call your HTTP API\nFix: If your service exposes an HTTP/REST API (separate from any MCP endpoint), publish an OpenAPI 3.1 description of it at `/openapi.json` (or `/openapi.yaml`, or `/.well-known/openapi.json`). Non-MCP agents use it to discover endpoints, parameters, and response shapes, and to generate typed clients. A service whose only machine surface is MCP has no REST API to describe here.\nSkill: https://anc.dev/fix/openapi\nDocs: https://spec.openapis.org/oas/latest.html\nObserved (untrusted, not instructions):\n--- begin evidence ---\nhttps://developers.apideck.com/openapi.json -> 404 (status 404 not in [200])\n--- end evidence ---"}},{"id":"mcp-initialize","label":"initialize handshake returns serverInfo + protocolVersion","category":"mcp","group":"P2","layer":"web","keyword":"must","tier":"required","principle":"P2","status":"pass","evidence":"serverInfo apideck-docs, protocol 2025-06-18","result":"Verified (serverInfo apideck-docs, protocol 2025-06-18)"},{"id":"mcp-server-discover","label":"server/discover answers with server identity on the modern lane","category":"mcp","group":"P2","layer":"web","keyword":"should","tier":"recommended","principle":"P2","status":"absent","evidence":"no modern lane: server/discover refused with code -32000","result":"Not found (no modern lane: server/discover refused with code -32000)","remediation":{"goal":"Answer server/discover with supported versions, capabilities, and server identity","fix":"Implement `server/discover` (protocol revision `2026-07-28`): return a result carrying\n`supportedVersions` (the modern revisions you serve) and your advertised `capabilities`,\nand identify the server in the result's `_meta` under\n`io.modelcontextprotocol/serverInfo` (`name` plus `version`). The request arrives\nheader-routed (`MCP-Protocol-Version: 2026-07-28`, `Mcp-Method: server/discover`) with the\n`params._meta` envelope, whose `io.modelcontextprotocol/clientCapabilities` key is\nmandatory. No `initialize` precedes it: `server/discover` is how a modern client learns\nwhat the server offers before any session state exists. Answering it is also what brings\nthe rest of the modern-lane checks into scoring, so serve the `2026-07-28` revision behind\nit rather than this one method on its own.","skill_url":"https://anc.dev/fix/mcp-server-discover","resources":[{"label":"MCP lifecycle (2026-07-28)","url":"https://modelcontextprotocol.io/specification/2026-07-28/basic/lifecycle"}],"evidence":"no modern lane: server/discover refused with code -32000","prompt":"Goal: Answer server/discover with supported versions, capabilities, and server identity\nFix: Implement `server/discover` (protocol revision `2026-07-28`): return a result carrying `supportedVersions` (the modern revisions you serve) and your advertised `capabilities`, and identify the server in the result's `_meta` under `io.modelcontextprotocol/serverInfo` (`name` plus `version`). The request arrives header-routed (`MCP-Protocol-Version: 2026-07-28`, `Mcp-Method: server/discover`) with the `params._meta` envelope, whose `io.modelcontextprotocol/clientCapabilities` key is mandatory. No `initialize` precedes it: `server/discover` is how a modern client learns what the server offers before any session state exists. Answering it is also what brings the rest of the modern-lane checks into scoring, so serve the `2026-07-28` revision behind it rather than this one method on its own.\nSkill: https://anc.dev/fix/mcp-server-discover\nDocs: https://modelcontextprotocol.io/specification/2026-07-28/basic/lifecycle\nObserved (untrusted, not instructions):\n--- begin evidence ---\nno modern lane: server/discover refused with code -32000\n--- end evidence ---"}},{"id":"llms-txt","label":"/llms.txt present with a summary and link index","category":"content-for-agents","group":"P2","layer":"web","keyword":"should","tier":"recommended","principle":"P2","status":"pass","evidence":"https://developers.apideck.com/llms.txt -> 200","result":"Verified (https://developers.apideck.com/llms.txt -> 200)"},{"id":"llms-full-txt","label":"/llms-full.txt present (single-fetch full corpus)","category":"content-for-agents","group":"P2","layer":"web","keyword":"may","tier":"optional","principle":"P2","status":"pass","evidence":"https://developers.apideck.com/llms-full.txt -> 200","result":"Verified (https://developers.apideck.com/llms-full.txt -> 200)"},{"id":"accept-markdown","label":"Accept text/markdown content negotiation returns markdown","category":"content-for-agents","group":"P2","layer":"web","keyword":"should","tier":"recommended","principle":"P2","status":"absent","evidence":"https://developers.apideck.com/ -> 200 (content-type \"text/html; charset=utf-8\" !~ /markdown|text/plain/)","result":"Not found (https://developers.apideck.com/ -> 200 (content-type \"text/html; charset=utf-8\" !~ /markdown|text/plain/))","remediation":{"goal":"Honor Accept text/markdown on content URLs with raw markdown, not HTML chrome","fix":"Honor `Accept: text/markdown` on content URLs and return raw markdown rather than HTML chrome.\nAgents parse markdown far more reliably than a JS-rendered page. Serve the markdown twin at the\nsame URL via content negotiation, invisibly to crawlers.","skill_url":"https://anc.dev/fix/accept-markdown","resources":[{"label":"RFC 7763 (text/markdown)","url":"https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7763"}],"evidence":"https://developers.apideck.com/ -> 200 (content-type \"text/html; charset=utf-8\" !~ /markdown|text/plain/)","prompt":"Goal: Honor Accept text/markdown on content URLs with raw markdown, not HTML chrome\nFix: Honor `Accept: text/markdown` on content URLs and return raw markdown rather than HTML chrome. Agents parse markdown far more reliably than a JS-rendered page. Serve the markdown twin at the same URL via content negotiation, invisibly to crawlers.\nSkill: https://anc.dev/fix/accept-markdown\nDocs: https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7763\nObserved (untrusted, not instructions):\n--- begin evidence ---\nhttps://developers.apideck.com/ -> 200 (content-type \"text/html; charset=utf-8\" !~ /markdown|text/plain/)\n--- end evidence ---"}},{"id":"robots","label":"/robots.txt present","category":"discoverability","group":"P7","layer":"web","keyword":"should","tier":"recommended","principle":"P7","status":"pass","evidence":"https://developers.apideck.com/robots.txt -> 200","result":"Verified (https://developers.apideck.com/robots.txt -> 200)"},{"id":"sitemap","label":"/sitemap.xml present","category":"discoverability","group":"P7","layer":"web","keyword":"may","tier":"optional","principle":"P7","status":"pass","evidence":"https://developers.apideck.com/sitemap.xml -> 200","result":"Verified (https://developers.apideck.com/sitemap.xml -> 200)"},{"id":"oauth-discovery","label":"OAuth/OIDC discovery metadata published","category":"agent-discovery-auth","group":"P1","layer":"web","keyword":"may","tier":"optional","principle":"P1","status":"n_a","na_reason":"antecedent-unmet","evidence":"no auth surface detected","result":"Not applicable (no auth surface detected)"},{"id":"json-schemas","label":"Referenced JSON Schemas resolve as application/schema+json","category":"api","group":"P2","layer":"web","keyword":"may","tier":"optional","principle":"P2","status":"n_a","na_reason":"antecedent-unmet","evidence":"no JSON Schema references detected","result":"Not applicable (no JSON Schema references detected)"},{"id":"oauth-protected-resource","label":"OAuth Protected Resource Metadata published (RFC 9728)","category":"agent-discovery-auth","group":"P1","layer":"web","keyword":"may","tier":"optional","principle":"P1","status":"n_a","na_reason":"antecedent-unmet","evidence":"MCP endpoint does not challenge for auth","result":"Not applicable (MCP endpoint does not challenge for auth)"},{"id":"auth-md","label":"Agent auth/registration metadata doc published","category":"agent-discovery-auth","group":"P1","layer":"web","keyword":"may","tier":"optional","principle":"P1","status":"n_a","na_reason":"antecedent-unmet","evidence":"no auth surface detected","result":"Not applicable (no auth surface detected)"},{"id":"rate-limit-headers","label":"API responses advertise rate-limit headers","category":"api","group":"P6","layer":"web","keyword":"should","tier":"recommended","principle":"P6","status":"absent","evidence":"https://developers.apideck.com/anc-web-audit-no-such-api -> 404 (no rate-limit header)","result":"Not found (https://developers.apideck.com/anc-web-audit-no-such-api -> 404 (no rate-limit header))","remediation":{"goal":"Advertise remaining quota on API responses so agents can back off instead of retrying blindly","fix":"Send IETF RateLimit headers (`RateLimit-Limit`, `RateLimit-Remaining`, `RateLimit-Reset`) or\nthe common `X-RateLimit-*` aliases on API responses. A 429 should also carry `Retry-After`.\nWithout them an agent has no budget and will retry until it is locked out.","skill_url":"https://anc.dev/fix/rate-limit-headers","resources":[{"label":"IETF RateLimit header draft","url":"https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-httpapi-ratelimit-headers/"}],"evidence":"https://developers.apideck.com/anc-web-audit-no-such-api -> 404 (no rate-limit header)","prompt":"Goal: Advertise remaining quota on API responses so agents can back off instead of retrying blindly\nFix: Send IETF RateLimit headers (`RateLimit-Limit`, `RateLimit-Remaining`, `RateLimit-Reset`) or the common `X-RateLimit-*` aliases on API responses. A 429 should also carry `Retry-After`. Without them an agent has no budget and will retry until it is locked out.\nSkill: https://anc.dev/fix/rate-limit-headers\nDocs: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-httpapi-ratelimit-headers/\nObserved (untrusted, not instructions):\n--- begin evidence ---\nhttps://developers.apideck.com/anc-web-audit-no-such-api -> 404 (no rate-limit header)\n--- end evidence ---"}},{"id":"mcp-modern-tools-list","label":"header-routed tools/list (2026-07-28) returns tools without initialize","category":"mcp","group":"P2","layer":"web","keyword":"must","tier":"required","principle":"P2","status":"absent","unprobed":true,"evidence":"no modern lane: server/discover returned no result","result":"Not found (no modern lane: server/discover returned no result)"},{"id":"json-errors","label":"API client errors return JSON, not HTML","category":"api","group":"P4","layer":"web","keyword":"should","tier":"recommended","principle":"P4","status":"broken","evidence":"https://developers.apideck.com/anc-web-audit-no-such-api -> 404 (HTML error body)","result":"Present but broken (https://developers.apideck.com/anc-web-audit-no-such-api -> 404 (HTML error body))","remediation":{"goal":"Return a JSON error body on client-error API responses so agents can parse the failure","fix":"On a client-error API response (4xx), return `Content-Type: application/json` and a JSON object\n(for example `{ \"error\": { \"code\": \"not_found\", \"message\": \"...\" } }`), not an HTML error page.\nAgents cannot recover from a soft-HTML 404. The audit probes a documented OpenAPI 4xx GET when\none exists, otherwise `GET /anc-web-audit-no-such-api`.","skill_url":"https://anc.dev/fix/json-errors","resources":[{"label":"RFC 9457 (problem+json)","url":"https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9457"}],"evidence":"https://developers.apideck.com/anc-web-audit-no-such-api -> 404 (HTML error body)","prompt":"Goal: Return a JSON error body on client-error API responses so agents can parse the failure\nFix: On a client-error API response (4xx), return `Content-Type: application/json` and a JSON object (for example `{ \"error\": { \"code\": \"not_found\", \"message\": \"...\" } }`), not an HTML error page. Agents cannot recover from a soft-HTML 404. The audit probes a documented OpenAPI 4xx GET when one exists, otherwise `GET /anc-web-audit-no-such-api`.\nSkill: https://anc.dev/fix/json-errors\nDocs: https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9457\nObserved (untrusted, not instructions):\n--- begin evidence ---\nhttps://developers.apideck.com/anc-web-audit-no-such-api -> 404 (HTML error body)\n--- end evidence ---"}},{"id":"api-catalog","label":"/.well-known/api-catalog published (RFC 9727)","category":"api","group":"P8","layer":"web","keyword":"may","tier":"optional","principle":"P8","status":"pass","evidence":"https://developers.apideck.com/.well-known/api-catalog -> 200","result":"Verified (https://developers.apideck.com/.well-known/api-catalog -> 200)"},{"id":"mcp-tools-list","label":"tools/list returns a tools array with input schemas","category":"mcp","group":"P2","layer":"web","keyword":"must","tier":"required","principle":"P2","status":"pass","evidence":"3 tools, 3 with input schema","result":"Verified (3 tools, 3 with input schema)"},{"id":"mcp-capabilities","label":"initialize advertises capabilities (tools / resources / prompts)","category":"mcp","group":"P2","layer":"web","keyword":"should","tier":"recommended","principle":"P2","status":"pass","evidence":"serverInfo apideck-docs, protocol 2025-06-18","result":"Verified (serverInfo apideck-docs, protocol 2025-06-18)"},{"id":"mcp-modern-unknown-method","label":"an unknown method on the modern lane returns -32601","category":"mcp","group":"P4","layer":"web","keyword":"should","tier":"recommended","principle":"P4","status":"absent","unprobed":true,"evidence":"no modern lane: server/discover returned no result","result":"Not found (no modern lane: server/discover returned no result)"},{"id":"mcp-modern-clientcaps","label":"_meta missing clientCapabilities is rejected (-32602 or -32600)","category":"mcp","group":"P4","layer":"web","keyword":"should","tier":"recommended","principle":"P4","status":"absent","unprobed":true,"evidence":"no modern lane: server/discover returned no result","result":"Not found (no modern lane: server/discover returned no result)"},{"id":"mcp-modern-header-mismatch","label":"an Mcp-Method header disagreeing with the body method draws -32020","category":"mcp","group":"P4","layer":"web","keyword":"should","tier":"recommended","principle":"P4","status":"absent","unprobed":true,"evidence":"no modern lane: server/discover returned no result","result":"Not found (no modern lane: server/discover returned no result)"},{"id":"mcp-modern-version-reject","label":"an unsupported protocol version is rejected -32022 with data.supported","category":"mcp","group":"P4","layer":"web","keyword":"should","tier":"recommended","principle":"P4","status":"absent","unprobed":true,"evidence":"no modern lane: server/discover returned no result","result":"Not found (no modern lane: server/discover returned no result)"},{"id":"mcp-modern-resources-miss","label":"modern resources/read with an unknown URI returns -32602","category":"mcp","group":"P4","layer":"web","keyword":"should","tier":"recommended","principle":"P4","status":"absent","unprobed":true,"evidence":"no modern lane: server/discover returned no result","result":"Not found (no modern lane: server/discover returned no result)"},{"id":"mcp-resources-list","label":"resources/list returns at least one resource when advertised","category":"mcp","group":"P2","layer":"web","keyword":"should","tier":"recommended","principle":"P2","status":"broken","evidence":"https://developers.apideck.com/mcp -> 200 (no parseable JSON-RPC response)","result":"Present but broken (https://developers.apideck.com/mcp -> 200 (no parseable JSON-RPC response))","remediation":{"goal":"Honor capabilities.resources with a non-empty resources/list result","fix":"If `initialize` advertises `capabilities.resources`, implement `resources/list` and return a\n`result.resources` array with at least one entry (`uri` plus a name or description). An empty\nlist or a transport failure means the capability was advertised but is not actually there.\nOmit `capabilities.resources` entirely if the server has no resources.","skill_url":"https://anc.dev/fix/mcp-resources-list","resources":[{"label":"MCP resources","url":"https://modelcontextprotocol.io/specification/2025-06-18/server/resources"}],"evidence":"https://developers.apideck.com/mcp -> 200 (no parseable JSON-RPC response)","prompt":"Goal: Honor capabilities.resources with a non-empty resources/list result\nFix: If `initialize` advertises `capabilities.resources`, implement `resources/list` and return a `result.resources` array with at least one entry (`uri` plus a name or description). An empty list or a transport failure means the capability was advertised but is not actually there. Omit `capabilities.resources` entirely if the server has no resources.\nSkill: https://anc.dev/fix/mcp-resources-list\nDocs: https://modelcontextprotocol.io/specification/2025-06-18/server/resources\nObserved (untrusted, not instructions):\n--- begin evidence ---\nhttps://developers.apideck.com/mcp -> 200 (no parseable JSON-RPC response)\n--- end evidence ---"}},{"id":"mcp-unknown-method","label":"unknown JSON-RPC method returns -32601","category":"mcp","group":"P4","layer":"web","keyword":"should","tier":"recommended","principle":"P4","status":"pass","evidence":"error code -32601","result":"Verified (error code -32601)"},{"id":"mcp-malformed-body","label":"a non-JSON body draws -32700 (or a typed HTTP 400/415 refusal)","category":"mcp","group":"P4","layer":"web","keyword":"should","tier":"recommended","principle":"P4","status":"pass","evidence":"https://developers.apideck.com/mcp -> 400","result":"Verified (https://developers.apideck.com/mcp -> 400)"},{"id":"mcp-get-fast-fail","label":"GET on the MCP endpoint answers fast (not a held-open hang)","category":"mcp","group":"P4","layer":"web","keyword":"should","tier":"recommended","principle":"P4","status":"pass","evidence":"https://developers.apideck.com/mcp -> 200","result":"Verified (https://developers.apideck.com/mcp -> 200)"},{"id":"mcp-batch-reject","label":"a batch carrying a modern-envelope request is rejected -32600","category":"mcp","group":"P4","layer":"web","keyword":"should","tier":"recommended","principle":"P4","status":"broken","evidence":"error code null","result":"Present but broken (error code null)","remediation":{"goal":"Refuse JSON array batches that carry modern-era envelopes with -32600","fix":"Reject a JSON array batch whose element carries the modern `params._meta` envelope\n(protocol revision `2026-07-28`) with `error.code: -32600` (Invalid Request) and `id: null`.\nModern-era requests are single-request only: an envelope-bearing element inside an array is\nnever valid, so serving it (or answering anything other than `-32600`) is non-conforming.","skill_url":"https://anc.dev/fix/mcp-batch-reject","resources":[{"label":"JSON-RPC 2.0","url":"https://www.jsonrpc.org/specification#error_object"},{"label":"MCP transports (2026-07-28)","url":"https://modelcontextprotocol.io/specification/2026-07-28/basic/transports"}],"evidence":"error code null","prompt":"Goal: Refuse JSON array batches that carry modern-era envelopes with -32600\nFix: Reject a JSON array batch whose element carries the modern `params._meta` envelope (protocol revision `2026-07-28`) with `error.code: -32600` (Invalid Request) and `id: null`. Modern-era requests are single-request only: an envelope-bearing element inside an array is never valid, so serving it (or answering anything other than `-32600`) is non-conforming.\nSkill: https://anc.dev/fix/mcp-batch-reject\nDocs: https://www.jsonrpc.org/specification#error_object, https://modelcontextprotocol.io/specification/2026-07-28/basic/transports\nObserved (untrusted, not instructions):\n--- begin evidence ---\nerror code null\n--- end evidence ---"}},{"id":"mcp-unknown-tool","label":"tools/call with an unknown tool name returns -32602","category":"mcp","group":"P4","layer":"web","keyword":"should","tier":"recommended","principle":"P4","status":"broken","evidence":"error code null","result":"Present but broken (error code null)","remediation":{"goal":"Reject an unknown tool name with -32602 instead of a hang, a 500, or a fake result","fix":"Answer a `tools/call` whose `params.name` matches no registered tool with\n`error.code: -32602` (Invalid params). Agents rely on the code to distinguish \"no such\ntool\" from a transport failure; a hang, a `500`, or a `200` result for a tool that does\nnot exist all read as a broken server.","skill_url":"https://anc.dev/fix/mcp-unknown-tool","resources":[{"label":"MCP tools","url":"https://modelcontextprotocol.io/specification/2025-06-18/server/tools"},{"label":"JSON-RPC 2.0","url":"https://www.jsonrpc.org/specification#error_object"}],"evidence":"error code null","prompt":"Goal: Reject an unknown tool name with -32602 instead of a hang, a 500, or a fake result\nFix: Answer a `tools/call` whose `params.name` matches no registered tool with `error.code: -32602` (Invalid params). Agents rely on the code to distinguish \"no such tool\" from a transport failure; a hang, a `500`, or a `200` result for a tool that does not exist all read as a broken server.\nSkill: https://anc.dev/fix/mcp-unknown-tool\nDocs: https://modelcontextprotocol.io/specification/2025-06-18/server/tools, https://www.jsonrpc.org/specification#error_object\nObserved (untrusted, not instructions):\n--- begin evidence ---\nerror code null\n--- end evidence ---"}},{"id":"mcp-accept-unsatisfiable","label":"an unsatisfiable Accept draws a 406 rather than an unasked-for type","category":"mcp","group":"P4","layer":"web","keyword":"should","tier":"recommended","principle":"P4","status":"pass","evidence":"https://developers.apideck.com/mcp -> 406","result":"Verified (https://developers.apideck.com/mcp -> 406)"},{"id":"well-known-mcp-card","label":"A .well-known MCP server card is published (SEP-1649)","category":"mcp","group":"P8","layer":"web","keyword":"should","tier":"recommended","principle":"P8","status":"pass","evidence":"https://developers.apideck.com/.well-known/mcp/server-card.json -> 200","result":"Verified (https://developers.apideck.com/.well-known/mcp/server-card.json -> 200)"},{"id":"webmcp","label":"Root HTML exposes WebMCP browser tools","category":"mcp","group":"P2","layer":"web","keyword":"may","tier":"optional","principle":"P2","status":"n_a","na_reason":"optional-absent","evidence":"https://developers.apideck.com/ -> 200 (no WebMCP markers in root HTML)","result":"Not implemented, optional (https://developers.apideck.com/ -> 200 (no WebMCP markers in root HTML))"},{"id":"llms-txt-format","label":"llms.txt has H1, summary, and a link index","category":"content-for-agents","group":"P2","layer":"web","keyword":"should","tier":"recommended","principle":"P2","status":"pass","evidence":"https://developers.apideck.com/llms.txt -> error","result":"Verified (https://developers.apideck.com/llms.txt -> error)"},{"id":"mcp-cors-actual","label":"POST response carries Access-Control-Allow-Origin","category":"mcp","group":"P6","layer":"web","keyword":"should","tier":"recommended","principle":"P6","status":"pass","evidence":"preflight 204 allow-origin *; post 200 allow-origin *","result":"Verified (preflight 204 allow-origin *; post 200 allow-origin *)"},{"id":"llms-txt-when-to-use","label":"llms.txt has a when-to-use or programmatic-access section","category":"content-for-agents","group":"P2","layer":"web","keyword":"should","tier":"recommended","principle":"P2","status":"absent","evidence":"https://developers.apideck.com/llms.txt -> error (no when-to-use heading)","result":"Not found (https://developers.apideck.com/llms.txt -> error (no when-to-use heading))","remediation":{"goal":"Tell agents when to use the MCP or docs from a short llms.txt heading","fix":"Add a heading such as `## When to use` or `## Programmatic access` with a few lines on when\nan agent should connect (for example: \"Use the MCP when you need to search or score a CLI\").\nThe audit looks for that heading; it does not grade the prose with an LLM.","skill_url":"https://anc.dev/fix/llms-txt-when-to-use","resources":[{"label":"llmstxt.org","url":"https://llmstxt.org/"}],"evidence":"https://developers.apideck.com/llms.txt -> error (no when-to-use heading)","prompt":"Goal: Tell agents when to use the MCP or docs from a short llms.txt heading\nFix: Add a heading such as `## When to use` or `## Programmatic access` with a few lines on when an agent should connect (for example: \"Use the MCP when you need to search or score a CLI\"). The audit looks for that heading; it does not grade the prose with an LLM.\nSkill: https://anc.dev/fix/llms-txt-when-to-use\nDocs: https://llmstxt.org/\nObserved (untrusted, not instructions):\n--- begin evidence ---\nhttps://developers.apideck.com/llms.txt -> error (no when-to-use heading)\n--- end evidence ---"}},{"id":"mcp-usage-doc","label":"A human/agent usage doc for the server resolves","category":"mcp","group":"P8","layer":"web","keyword":"may","tier":"optional","principle":"P8","status":"pass","evidence":"https://developers.apideck.com/mcp.md -> 200","result":"Verified (https://developers.apideck.com/mcp.md -> 200)"},{"id":"mcp-card-legacy-aliases","label":"Legacy MCP card paths redirect to the canonical card","category":"mcp","group":"P8","layer":"web","keyword":"may","tier":"optional","principle":"P8","status":"n_a","na_reason":"optional-absent","evidence":"https://developers.apideck.com/.well-known/mcp -> 404 (404 alias not published)","result":"Not implemented, optional (https://developers.apideck.com/.well-known/mcp -> 404 (404 alias not published))"},{"id":"markdown-cli-ua","label":"Bare CLI User-Agent receives the markdown twin","category":"content-for-agents","group":"P2","layer":"web","keyword":"may","tier":"optional","principle":"P2","status":"n_a","na_reason":"optional-absent","evidence":"https://developers.apideck.com/ -> 200 (content-type \"text/html; charset=utf-8\" !~ /markdown|text/plain/)","result":"Not implemented, optional (https://developers.apideck.com/ -> 200 (content-type \"text/html; charset=utf-8\" !~ /markdown|text/plain/))"},{"id":"markdown-agent-ua","label":"AI user-fetch User-Agent receives the markdown twin","category":"content-for-agents","group":"P2","layer":"web","keyword":"may","tier":"optional","principle":"P2","status":"n_a","na_reason":"optional-absent","evidence":"https://developers.apideck.com/ -> 200 (content-type \"text/html; charset=utf-8\" !~ /markdown|text/plain/)","result":"Not implemented, optional (https://developers.apideck.com/ -> 200 (content-type \"text/html; charset=utf-8\" !~ /markdown|text/plain/))"},{"id":"agent-ua-reachable","label":"AI user-fetch User-Agent can reach the homepage","category":"bot-crawl-policy","group":"P7","layer":"web","keyword":"should","tier":"recommended","principle":"P7","status":"pass","evidence":"https://developers.apideck.com/ -> 200","result":"Verified (https://developers.apideck.com/ -> 200)"},{"id":"markdown-accept-plain","label":"Accept text/plain returns the markdown twin","category":"content-for-agents","group":"P2","layer":"web","keyword":"may","tier":"optional","principle":"P2","status":"n_a","na_reason":"optional-absent","evidence":"https://developers.apideck.com/ -> 406 (content-type \"\" !~ /markdown|text/plain/)","result":"Not implemented, optional (https://developers.apideck.com/ -> 406 (content-type \"\" !~ /markdown|text/plain/))"},{"id":"markdown-vary","label":"Negotiated responses carry Vary Accept, User-Agent","category":"content-for-agents","group":"P2","layer":"web","keyword":"should","tier":"recommended","principle":"P2","status":"absent","evidence":"https://developers.apideck.com/ -> 200 (header vary no match /(?=.*accept(?!-))(?=.*user-agent)/)","result":"Not found (https://developers.apideck.com/ -> 200 (header vary no match /(?=.*accept(?!-))(?=.*user-agent)/))","remediation":{"goal":"Emit Vary Accept, User-Agent so shared caches never serve one client the wrong variant","fix":"When the same URL serves HTML or markdown depending on the request, emit\n`Vary: Accept, User-Agent` on every response. Without it a shared cache (a CDN or a corporate\nproxy) can store the markdown twin under the bare URL and then hand it to a browser, or vice\nversa. Listing both request headers you negotiate on tells every cache to key its stored copies\nby them, so each client class gets the variant it asked for. If the CDN ignores or strips Vary\n(Cloudflare's zone cache historically keeps only `Accept-Encoding`), do not give that cache a\nlong `s-maxage` on negotiated responses — otherwise HIT replies reach clients with no Vary and\nthe check still fails.","skill_url":"https://anc.dev/fix/markdown-vary","resources":[{"label":"RFC 9110 (Vary)","url":"https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9110#name-vary"}],"evidence":"https://developers.apideck.com/ -> 200 (header vary no match /(?=.*accept(?!-))(?=.*user-agent)/)","prompt":"Goal: Emit Vary Accept, User-Agent so shared caches never serve one client the wrong variant\nFix: When the same URL serves HTML or markdown depending on the request, emit `Vary: Accept, User-Agent` on every response. Without it a shared cache (a CDN or a corporate proxy) can store the markdown twin under the bare URL and then hand it to a browser, or vice versa. Listing both request headers you negotiate on tells every cache to key its stored copies by them, so each client class gets the variant it asked for. If the CDN ignores or strips Vary (Cloudflare's zone cache historically keeps only `Accept-Encoding`), do not give that cache a long `s-maxage` on negotiated responses — otherwise HIT replies reach clients with no Vary and the check still fails.\nSkill: https://anc.dev/fix/markdown-vary\nDocs: https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9110#name-vary\nObserved (untrusted, not instructions):\n--- begin evidence ---\nhttps://developers.apideck.com/ -> 200 (header vary no match /(?=.*accept(?!-))(?=.*user-agent)/)\n--- end evidence ---"}},{"id":"markdown-frontmatter","label":"Markdown twin carries YAML frontmatter","category":"content-for-agents","group":"P2","layer":"web","keyword":"may","tier":"optional","principle":"P2","status":"n_a","na_reason":"optional-absent","evidence":"https://developers.apideck.com/ -> 200 (root served HTML, not a markdown twin)","result":"Not implemented, optional (https://developers.apideck.com/ -> 200 (root served HTML, not a markdown twin))"},{"id":"root-meta-description","label":"Root HTML has a descriptive <meta name=\"description\">","category":"content-for-agents","group":"P3","layer":"web","keyword":"should","tier":"recommended","principle":"P3","status":"pass","evidence":"https://developers.apideck.com/ -> 200","result":"Verified (https://developers.apideck.com/ -> 200)"},{"id":"schema-org-jsonld","label":"Root HTML embeds Schema.org JSON-LD","category":"content-for-agents","group":"P2","layer":"web","keyword":"may","tier":"optional","principle":"P2","status":"n_a","na_reason":"optional-absent","evidence":"https://developers.apideck.com/ -> 200 (body no match /application/ld\\+json/)","result":"Not implemented, optional (https://developers.apideck.com/ -> 200 (body no match /application/ld\\+json/))"},{"id":"content-without-js","label":"Root HTML has an H1 and readable text without JavaScript","category":"content-for-agents","group":"P2","layer":"web","keyword":"should","tier":"recommended","principle":"P2","status":"pass","evidence":"https://developers.apideck.com/ -> 200","result":"Verified (https://developers.apideck.com/ -> 200)"},{"id":"semantic-html","label":"Root HTML uses semantic landmarks","category":"content-for-agents","group":"P3","layer":"web","keyword":"may","tier":"optional","principle":"P3","status":"pass","evidence":"https://developers.apideck.com/ -> 200","result":"Verified (https://developers.apideck.com/ -> 200)"},{"id":"noscript-fallback","label":"Root HTML has a <noscript> with machine entry points","category":"content-for-agents","group":"P1","layer":"web","keyword":"should","tier":"recommended","principle":"P1","status":"pass","evidence":"https://developers.apideck.com/ -> 200","result":"Verified (https://developers.apideck.com/ -> 200)"},{"id":"agent-friendly-404","label":"Unknown paths return HTTP 404 or 410","category":"discoverability","group":"P8","layer":"web","keyword":"should","tier":"recommended","principle":"P8","status":"pass","evidence":"https://developers.apideck.com/anc-web-audit-no-such-page -> 404","result":"Verified (https://developers.apideck.com/anc-web-audit-no-such-page -> 404)"},{"id":"agent-friendly-404-md","label":"404 body is markdown with a recovery link","category":"discoverability","group":"P8","layer":"web","keyword":"should","tier":"recommended","principle":"P8","status":"absent","evidence":"https://developers.apideck.com/anc-web-audit-no-such-page -> 404 (content-type \"text/html; charset=utf-8\" !~ /markdown|text/plain/)","result":"Not found (https://developers.apideck.com/anc-web-audit-no-such-page -> 404 (content-type \"text/html; charset=utf-8\" !~ /markdown|text/plain/))","remediation":{"goal":"Serve a short markdown 404 that links at least one agent recovery surface","fix":"When `Accept: text/markdown` hits an unknown path, return 404 or 410 with a short markdown\nbody that includes at least one recovery link: sitemap, `llms.txt`, a docs index, or an\nequivalent same-origin href. Linking both sitemap and `llms.txt` as absolute URLs is the\nstronger pattern. Zero links is a miss even when the status is correct.","skill_url":"https://anc.dev/fix/agent-friendly-404-md","resources":[{"label":"llmstxt.org","url":"https://llmstxt.org/"}],"evidence":"https://developers.apideck.com/anc-web-audit-no-such-page -> 404 (content-type \"text/html; charset=utf-8\" !~ /markdown|text/plain/)","prompt":"Goal: Serve a short markdown 404 that links at least one agent recovery surface\nFix: When `Accept: text/markdown` hits an unknown path, return 404 or 410 with a short markdown body that includes at least one recovery link: sitemap, `llms.txt`, a docs index, or an equivalent same-origin href. Linking both sitemap and `llms.txt` as absolute URLs is the stronger pattern. Zero links is a miss even when the status is correct.\nSkill: https://anc.dev/fix/agent-friendly-404-md\nDocs: https://llmstxt.org/\nObserved (untrusted, not instructions):\n--- begin evidence ---\nhttps://developers.apideck.com/anc-web-audit-no-such-page -> 404 (content-type \"text/html; charset=utf-8\" !~ /markdown|text/plain/)\n--- end evidence ---"}},{"id":"link-headers","label":"Homepage sends RFC 8288 Link headers pointing at agent resources","category":"discoverability","group":"P3","layer":"web","keyword":"should","tier":"recommended","principle":"P3","status":"pass","evidence":"https://developers.apideck.com/ -> 200","result":"Verified (https://developers.apideck.com/ -> 200)"},{"id":"root-link-rel","label":"Root HTML links to machine surfaces via <link rel>","category":"discoverability","group":"P3","layer":"web","keyword":"should","tier":"recommended","principle":"P3","status":"absent","evidence":"https://developers.apideck.com/ -> 200 (body no match /rel=[\"'](service-desc|service-doc|alternate)[\"']/)","result":"Not found (https://developers.apideck.com/ -> 200 (body no match /rel=[\"'](service-desc|service-doc|alternate)[\"']/))","remediation":{"goal":"Point link rel elements at your machine surfaces from the root HTML head","fix":"Add `<link rel>` elements in your root HTML head pointing at your machine surfaces:\n`rel=\"service-desc\"` to the OpenAPI doc, `rel=\"service-doc\"` to human docs, and\n`rel=\"alternate\"` to `llms.txt` and the MCP card. An agent that lands on the HTML can then\ndiscover the structured surfaces without scraping.","skill_url":"https://anc.dev/fix/root-link-rel","resources":[{"label":"RFC 8631 (service-desc/doc)","url":"https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8631"}],"evidence":"https://developers.apideck.com/ -> 200 (body no match /rel=[\"'](service-desc|service-doc|alternate)[\"']/)","prompt":"Goal: Point link rel elements at your machine surfaces from the root HTML head\nFix: Add `<link rel>` elements in your root HTML head pointing at your machine surfaces: `rel=\"service-desc\"` to the OpenAPI doc, `rel=\"service-doc\"` to human docs, and `rel=\"alternate\"` to `llms.txt` and the MCP card. An agent that lands on the HTML can then discover the structured surfaces without scraping.\nSkill: https://anc.dev/fix/root-link-rel\nDocs: https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8631\nObserved (untrusted, not instructions):\n--- begin evidence ---\nhttps://developers.apideck.com/ -> 200 (body no match /rel=[\"'](service-desc|service-doc|alternate)[\"']/)\n--- end evidence ---"}},{"id":"dns-aid","label":"DNS for AI Discovery (DNS-AID) records under _agents (IETF draft)","category":"discoverability","group":"P8","layer":"web","keyword":"may","tier":"optional","principle":"P8","status":"pass","evidence":"_index._agents.developers.apideck.com: 1 record(s) via https://cloudflare-dns.com/dns-query","result":"Verified (_index._agents.developers.apideck.com: 1 record(s) via https://cloudflare-dns.com/dns-query)"},{"id":"robots-ai-rules","label":"robots.txt declares AI-crawler rules (RFC 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[200]))"},{"id":"security-txt","label":"/.well-known/security.txt present (RFC 9116)","category":"bot-crawl-policy","group":"P4","layer":"web","keyword":"may","tier":"optional","principle":"P4","status":"n_a","na_reason":"optional-absent","evidence":"https://developers.apideck.com/.well-known/security.txt -> 404 (status 404 not in [200])","result":"Not implemented, optional (https://developers.apideck.com/.well-known/security.txt -> 404 (status 404 not in [200]))"},{"id":"ai-catalog","label":"/.well-known/ai-catalog.json published (ARD)","category":"agent-discovery-auth","group":"P8","layer":"web","keyword":"may","tier":"optional","principle":"P8","status":"n_a","na_reason":"optional-absent","evidence":"https://developers.apideck.com/.well-known/ai-catalog.json -> 404 (status 404 not in [200])","result":"Not implemented, optional (https://developers.apideck.com/.well-known/ai-catalog.json -> 404 (status 404 not in [200]))"},{"id":"a2a-agent-card","label":"A2A Agent Card published for 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(https://developers.apideck.com/llms-full.txt -> 200)"},{"id":"mcp-accept-json","label":"a JSON-only Accept is answered without SSE framing","category":"mcp","group":"P4","layer":"web","keyword":"should","tier":"recommended","principle":"P4","status":"pass","evidence":"https://developers.apideck.com/mcp -> 406","result":"Verified (https://developers.apideck.com/mcp -> 406)"},{"id":"mcp-cors-preflight","label":"CORS preflight (OPTIONS) succeeds with Access-Control-Allow-* headers","category":"mcp","group":"P6","layer":"web","keyword":"should","tier":"recommended","principle":"P6","status":"pass","evidence":"preflight 204 allow-origin *; post 200 allow-origin *","result":"Verified (preflight 204 allow-origin *; post 200 allow-origin *)"}]},"target_url":"https://developers.apideck.com/","score_pct":60,"site_spec_version":"0.5.0","auditor_url":"https://anc.dev/score"}