What does the agent readiness check test?

Real protocol probes of .well-known files (openapi.json, mcp.json, ai-plugin.json, security.txt), a live MCP initialize handshake, A2A agent-card validation, a 20-user-agent crawler audit, and a JS-parity check.

Is hotter.com ready for AI agents?

AI agent readiness report · platform: Custom · checked 2026-10-22 · log in to re-run

13%

Readiness

1/8

Verified (readable)

Custom

Platform

Not agent-ready

Mcp

Webmcp

A2a

Anp

Ucp

Ap2

Openapi

Llms Txt

Wikidata

0/18 AI crawlers reached the homepage18 blocked

Ranks above 31% of 127 sites checkedcorpus avg 24/100

Not agent-ready

hotter.com has 1 of 8 readable agent standards in place; missing Mcp, Webmcp, A2a, Anp, Ucp, Ap2, Llms Txt. 1 could not be read because the site refused our request (Openapi), so they are not counted.

Assessment

1 of 8 readable agent-readiness checks verified (1 could not be read: the site refused our request). 18 AI crawler user-agent(s) got an error at the edge although robots.txt allows them. See per-protocol drawers for evidence and fix-it files.

Per-protocol verdicts

Mcpno /.well-known/mcp.json, /mcp, or /.well-known/mcpNot found

Webmcpno navigator.modelContext.register, <script type="webmcp">, or <link rel="modelcontext"> in HTMLNot found

A2ano /.well-known/agent.json or /.well-known/agent-card.jsonNot found

Anpno /.well-known/did.jsonNot found

Ucpno /.well-known/ucpNot found

Ap2no /.well-known/ap2.jsonNot found

Openapicould not read /api/openapi.json (500) - the site refused our request, so this is not a findingCould not read

Llms Txtno /llms.txtNot found

WikidataWikidata entity Q91919346 (Hotter)Verified

.well-known files

.well-known/mcp.jsonnot found404

Mcp Well Known Altnot found404

/mcp endpointnot found404

Ai Plugin Legacynot found404

.well-known/agent.jsonnot found404

.well-known/agent-card.jsonnot found404

Anp Didnot found404

Openapi Well Knownnot found404

Openapi Rootnot found404

Openapi Apicould not read500

Ucp Profilenot found404

Ap2 Well Knownnot found404

Llms Txtnot found404

Llms Full Txtnot found404

robots.txt390 bytes200

sitemap.xml991 bytes200

AI crawler audit

0 of 18 AI user-agents reached the homepage; 18 returned an error to a request carrying their user-agent string although robots.txt allows it.

9 of 18 were tested with the operator's published user-agent string and the rest with the bare token, since no published string was found. A request that only names a user-agent does not prove the real crawler would be treated the same.

GPTBotHTTP 403Blocked

OAI-SearchBotHTTP 403Blocked

ChatGPT-UserHTTP 403Blocked

anthropic-aiHTTP 403Blocked

ClaudeBotHTTP 403Blocked

Claude-UserHTTP 403Blocked

Claude-SearchBotHTTP 403Blocked

PerplexityBotHTTP 403Blocked

What this means for hotter.com

On hotter.com (Custom), 1 of 8 readable agent standards are in place: Wikidata. Missing: Mcp, Webmcp, A2a, Anp, Ucp, Ap2, Llms Txt.

Without JavaScript, your brand name still appears in the raw HTML, so crawlers that do not run JS can read it.

hotter.com scores higher than 31% of the 127 sites checked here so far; the average readiness score is 24/100.

Make hotter.com agent-ready

Start with the highest-impact gap: Mcp. Publish a working MCP endpoint at /.well-known/mcp.json (the initialize handshake must succeed, not just return 200), add an A2A agent card, and keep the crawler path clean.

Frequently asked questions

Are these real probes or AI guesses?

Real probes. We fetch the actual files, run a real MCP initialize handshake, and validate A2A cards against their schema. No model decides a verdict.

Does hotter.com need every standard to pass?

No. Start with the highest-impact gap above, then add the rest. Most sites win the most by shipping a working MCP endpoint and keeping the crawler path clean.

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Agent readiness on Custom

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