arcteryx.com

Machine discoverability

Whether a retrieval system can find and read you at all.

Robots.txt names 14 AI crawlers and allows them all. A real browser is served normally. No user agent rule refuses declared crawler names. The sitemap lists 2895 URLs including products.

4 observations recorded.

Programmatic onboarding

Whether an agent can get working access without a human.

No API documentation is linked from the homepage. No OpenAPI spec exists at any of the 6 standard paths. No MCP manifest at the 3 standard paths checked. An agent has no published route to integrate with this store.

3 observations recorded.

Pricing legibility

Whether total cost can be computed from published numbers.

8 prices appear in the homepage HTML. 22 prices across 2 product pages without JavaScript. Product structured data publishes price in USD and currency code. Availability is published. A GTIN identifies each product.

2 observations recorded.

Agent-aware instrumentation

Whether you publish anything built for machine callers.

Robots.txt names 14 AI crawlers and allows them. Product markup carries brand, GTIN, SKU, MPN, price, currency, availability and return policy. No MCP manifest published. No AI plugin manifest.

4 observations recorded.

Machine-fetchable trust

Whether terms, security and status are readable as text.

Security.txt is published with a contact route for machines. The shipping policy reads as text. The return policy page does not render as readable text, but the return policy is published in structured data on product pages with 30 days.

3 observations recorded.

Commercial rails

Whether a purchase can complete without a sales call.

Product markup carries price, currency, GTIN, brand and return policy. The sitemap lists products. No checkout manifest is published. A guest can add a product to basket and proceed without an account. Klarna is accepted as a wallet.

4 observations recorded.

Steps to first value

How far a new visitor travels before something useful happens.

A product with its price ($1,200.00) and an add-to-basket control is two steps from the homepage. One size or colour chooser is present on the product page. No account is required to reach checkout.

1 observation recorded.

Required fields

How much you ask for before you give anything back.

The product page does not demand an account before buying. No form fields are required to add a product to basket. Klarna and other wallets skip the form entirely.

1 observation recorded.

Verification walls

How many gates stand between intent and access.

No sign-in requirement appears on the product page. The product page does not block a guest from adding to basket. Email verification or other checks at checkout are unobserved, as the walk did not complete the purchase.

1 observation recorded.

Error recovery

What happens when someone gets it wrong.

One size or colour chooser on the product page lets a shopper correct a choice before buying. 23 live regions are present for dynamic updates. No inline error containers were found, so error messages may not be recoverable without page.

1 observation recorded.