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It came up empty on 3 other checks too."},"observations":null,"dimensions":[{"key":"machine_discoverability","audience":"agent","score":100,"summary":"No AI crawler is blocked by robots.txt, a real browser is served the page normally, key pages render without JavaScript, a sitemap lists 1382 URLs, 6 schema.org types appear on the homepage, comparison pages are listed and readable without.","evidence":{"locked":true,"count":4}},{"key":"programmatic_onboarding","audience":"agent","score":50,"summary":"A machine readable OpenAPI spec is published at developer.close.com/openapi.json, but the signup page is protected by automated traffic detection that blocks browser automation, preventing agents from obtaining API credentials without.","evidence":{"locked":true,"count":3}},{"key":"pricing_legibility","audience":"agent","score":96,"summary":"33 prices are readable without JavaScript on the pricing page, with plans named Solo/Essentials, Growth, and Scale at $9, $35, $99, and $139 per seat. An enterprise tier routes to sales, which is standard practice.","evidence":{"locked":true,"count":1}},{"key":"agent_aware_instrumentation","audience":"agent","score":28,"summary":"A machine readable API spec is published, but no MCP manifest exists at the 3 standard paths checked, and no ai-plugin.json is published. OAuth authorization metadata and pricing.md are also absent, limiting machine-driven integration.","evidence":{"locked":true,"count":4}},{"key":"machine_fetchable_trust","audience":"agent","score":40,"summary":"No security.txt is published at /.well-known/security.txt, and the homepage answers automated requests without a trust signal. 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The site answered the automated browser with a traffic challenge, so the form itself could not be read.","evidence":{"locked":true,"count":1}},{"key":"required_fields","audience":"human","score":null,"summary":"Could not verify: this scan did not reach the pages that would show it.","evidence":{"locked":true,"count":1}},{"key":"verification_walls","audience":"human","score":null,"summary":"Could not verify: this scan did not reach the pages that would show it.","evidence":{"locked":true,"count":1}},{"key":"error_recovery","audience":"human","score":null,"summary":"Could not verify: this scan did not reach the pages that would show it.","evidence":{"locked":true,"count":1}}],"issues":[{"rank":1,"title":"No security.txt is published, leaving no machine readable contact point for security issues or agent integration questions.","dimensionKey":"machine_fetchable_trust","evidence":{"locked":true,"count":3},"fix":null},{"rank":2,"title":"Signup page blocks automated browsers with a traffic challenge, preventing agents from obtaining API credentials without human intervention.","dimensionKey":"programmatic_onboarding","evidence":{"locked":true,"count":3},"fix":null},{"rank":3,"title":"No MCP manifest is published at any of the 3 standard paths, preventing agents from discovering integration capabilities without reading documentation.","dimensionKey":"agent_aware_instrumentation","evidence":{"locked":true,"count":3},"fix":null}],"fixArtifacts":{"locked":true,"count":4,"summaries":[{"id":"robots_search_bots:robots-txt","kind":"robots_search_bots","title":"robots.txt rules for AI crawlers","path":"/robots.txt","effort":{"minutes":10,"role":"owner"},"outcome":{"dimension":"machine_discoverability","external":["The assistants' search crawlers read and cite the site to buyers; training stays the owner's decision."]}},{"id":"interfaces_note:notes","kind":"interfaces_note","title":"Machine interfaces: where you stand","path":"notes","effort":{"minutes":10,"role":"owner"},"outcome":{"dimension":"agent_aware_instrumentation","external":["The developer surface is built in an order where every published pointer answers."]}},{"id":"pricing_md:pricing-md","kind":"pricing_md","title":"pricing.md","path":"/pricing.md","effort":{"minutes":20,"role":"owner"},"outcome":{"dimension":"agent_aware_instrumentation","external":["Agents read the price list directly instead of rendering the pricing page."]}},{"id":"security_txt:well-known-security-txt","kind":"security_txt","title":"security.txt","path":"/.well-known/security.txt","effort":{"minutes":10,"role":"owner"},"outcome":{"dimension":"machine_fetchable_trust","external":["Researchers and automated scanners find a disclosure address instead of guessing one."]}}]},"feedback":{"endpoint":"/api/feedback","mcpTool":"rate_fix","targets":[{"type":"report","key":"report"},{"type":"dimension","dimensionKey":"machine_discoverability","key":"dimension:machine_discoverability"},{"type":"dimension","dimensionKey":"programmatic_onboarding","key":"dimension:programmatic_onboarding"},{"type":"dimension","dimensionKey":"pricing_legibility","key":"dimension:pricing_legibility"},{"type":"dimension","dimensionKey":"agent_aware_instrumentation","key":"dimension:agent_aware_instrumentation"},{"type":"dimension","dimensionKey":"machine_fetchable_trust","key":"dimension:machine_fetchable_trust"},{"type":"dimension","dimensionKey":"commercial_rails","key":"dimension:commercial_rails"},{"type":"dimension","dimensionKey":"steps_to_first_value","key":"dimension:steps_to_first_value"},{"type":"dimension","dimensionKey":"required_fields","key":"dimension:required_fields"},{"type":"dimension","dimensionKey":"verification_walls","key":"dimension:verification_walls"},{"type":"dimension","dimensionKey":"error_recovery","key":"dimension:error_recovery"},{"type":"issue","dimensionKey":"machine_fetchable_trust","checkId":"security_txt","key":"issue:machine_fetchable_trust:security_txt"},{"type":"issue","dimensionKey":"programmatic_onboarding","checkId":"entry_path","key":"issue:programmatic_onboarding:entry_path"},{"type":"issue","dimensionKey":"agent_aware_instrumentation","checkId":null,"key":"issue:agent_aware_instrumentation:-"}]}}