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It came up empty on 6 other checks too. That is enough missing for a machine to give up before it reaches a purchase."},"observations":null,"dimensions":[{"key":"machine_discoverability","audience":"agent","score":90,"summary":"No AI crawler is blocked by robots.txt, a real browser is served the page normally, and the sitemap lists 1168 URLs with 5 schema.org types published on the homepage. Agents can find and index the content.","evidence":{"locked":true,"count":4}},{"key":"programmatic_onboarding","audience":"agent","score":20,"summary":"No API documentation, OpenAPI spec, or developer surface exists. The product itself requires no account, so there is no programmatic path to onboard. Agents cannot integrate with the service.","evidence":{"locked":true,"count":3}},{"key":"pricing_legibility","audience":"agent","score":null,"summary":"Not scored: a business of this kind is not measured on this.","evidence":{"locked":true,"count":0}},{"key":"agent_aware_instrumentation","audience":"agent","score":8,"summary":"No MCP manifest is published at any of the 3 standard paths checked. Agents cannot discover structured capabilities or invoke the product through standard protocols.","evidence":{"locked":true,"count":4}},{"key":"machine_fetchable_trust","audience":"agent","score":40,"summary":"No security.txt or Web Bot Auth signals are published. The homepage answers automated requests, but no trust metadata is available for agents to verify the site's identity or security posture.","evidence":{"locked":true,"count":2}},{"key":"commercial_rails","audience":"agent","score":null,"summary":"Not scored: a business of this kind is not measured on this.","evidence":{"locked":true,"count":0}},{"key":"steps_to_first_value","audience":"human","score":95,"summary":"The product is a quiz that begins immediately at https://quiz.curology.com/sign-up/start/face with no account required. A visitor reaches the content in 2 steps from the homepage CTA.","evidence":{"locked":true,"count":1}},{"key":"required_fields","audience":"human","score":100,"summary":"No form exists on the entry path. The quiz begins without asking for any information, so nothing stands between a visitor and the product.","evidence":{"locked":true,"count":1}},{"key":"verification_walls","audience":"human","score":100,"summary":"No account system exists. There is no email verification, phone verification, or identity check. A visitor proceeds directly to the quiz.","evidence":{"locked":true,"count":1}},{"key":"error_recovery","audience":"human","score":80,"summary":"No form fields mean no validation errors to recover from. The quiz interface itself was not walked, so error handling within the product cannot be scored.","evidence":{"locked":true,"count":1}}],"issues":[{"rank":1,"title":"Agents cannot verify Curology's identity or security practices because no security contact or vulnerability disclosure policy is published.","dimensionKey":"machine_fetchable_trust","evidence":{"locked":true,"count":3},"fix":null},{"rank":2,"title":"Agents cannot invoke or integrate with Curology's services because no API documentation or endpoint specification is published.","dimensionKey":"programmatic_onboarding","evidence":{"locked":true,"count":3},"fix":null},{"rank":3,"title":"Agents cannot retrieve article content from the site because no article structured data is published in the HTML.","dimensionKey":"machine_discoverability","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":"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."]}},{"id":"llms_txt:llms-txt","kind":"llms_txt","title":"llms.txt","path":"/llms.txt","effort":{"minutes":15,"role":"owner"},"outcome":{"dimension":"machine_discoverability","external":["Assistants that read llms.txt get a curated map of the site instead of guessing from the homepage."]}}]},"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":null,"key":"issue:programmatic_onboarding:-"},{"type":"issue","dimensionKey":"machine_discoverability","checkId":"llms_txt","key":"issue:machine_discoverability:llms_txt"}]}}