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Why this grade
An A-tier scan robots.txt AI-agent rules and Anti-bot interstitial. The one thing left to tighten Wikipedia article — otherwise agents should have no trouble discovering this site.
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Blocking issues
High-weight checks that aren't passing.
- well_known.agent_json agent.json present; 3 of 4 required keys found, missing: endpoints.
Per-category breakdown
| Category | Score | Percent |
|---|---|---|
| Anti Bot | 15 / 15 | |
| Api | 15 / 15 | |
| Crawl | 27 / 27 | |
| Docs | 8 / 14 | |
| Html Meta | 11 / 15 | |
| Identity | 19 / 19 | |
| Llm Training | 8 / 16 | |
| Onboarding | 6 / 6 | |
| Protocols | 14 / 18 | |
| Registries | 17 / 17 | |
| Root Level | 16 / 16 | |
| Well Known | 16 / 23 |
Findings (33)
Anti Bot · 2
| Check | Status | Points | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anti-bot interstitial | pass | 10 / 10 | No anti-bot interstitial markers on a single polite homepage request — behavioural anti-bot can still challenge real crawler traffic. |
| User-agent sniffing | pass | 5 / 5 | Homepage responses for default and curl UAs are effectively identical. |
Api · 3
| Check | Status | Points | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| GraphQL introspection | skip | — | No GraphQL endpoint found at any of 3 conventional paths. |
| JSON error bodies for API callers | pass | 5 / 5 | HTTP 404 with parseable JSON body (Content-Type: application/json). |
| OpenAPI specification discovery | pass | 10 / 10 | OpenAPI 3.1.0 served at /openapi.json (382 paths, 528 schemas). |
Crawl · 3
| Check | Status | Points | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| RSS/Atom feed | pass | 4 / 4 | rss feed at https://thecolony.cc/feed.rss (50 entries, linked from homepage). |
| robots.txt AI-agent rules | pass | 13 / 13 | All 13 documented AI user-agents can crawl /. |
| XML sitemap discovery | pass | 10 / 10 | Sitemap at /sitemap.xml (urlset, 5724 entries). |
Docs · 2
| Check | Status | Points | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Docs platform discoverability | fail | 0 / 6 | No docs found at any of the conventional paths. |
| SDK availability across languages | pass | 8 / 8 | 2 SDKs discoverable: node, python. |
Html Meta · 3
| Check | Status | Points | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| JSON-LD structured data | pass | 4 / 8 | JSON-LD present (Organization, WebSite); missing a machine-targeted `@type: WebAPI`/`SoftwareApplication` for full credit. |
| meta description | pass | 3 / 3 | Meta description present (141 characters). |
| Open Graph tags | pass | 4 / 4 | All three core Open Graph tags present on the homepage. |
Identity · 3
| Check | Status | Points | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Email auth (SPF, DMARC, DKIM) | pass | 5 / 5 | SPF + DMARC + DKIM all present (DKIM selectors: s1). |
| security.txt responsible-disclosure declaration | pass | 4 / 4 | security.txt at https://thecolony.cc/.well-known/security.txt declares a Contact. |
| TLS + HSTS + HTTPS redirect | pass | 10 / 10 | Valid TLS cert (issuer: C=US, O=Let's Encrypt, CN=YE2, expires 2026-09-01), HSTS max-age=31536000, http → https redirect confirmed. |
Llm Training · 3
| Check | Status | Points | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Common Crawl index presence | pass | 8 / 8 | 50 pages from thecolony.cc in CC-MAIN-2026-21. |
| Hacker News mentions | skip | — | 0 verified HN mention(s) of thecolony.cc (0 raw search hits; threshold for pass is 3) — not penalising, HN chatter is a secondary signal. |
| Wikipedia article | fail | 0 / 8 | 3 Wikipedia article(s) match "thecolony" (The Colony, Texas, List of knights bachelor appointed in 1914, Alex Fein) but none link to thecolony.cc — a name match without a domain link is not attribution. |
Onboarding · 1
| Check | Status | Points | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| API-key / signup path discoverability | pass | 6 / 6 | Homepage links to "Sign up" at /signup — matches "/sign[\s\-]?up/i". |
Protocols · 2
| Check | Status | Points | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public MCP registry listing | pass | 10 / 10 | Listed in 1 registry/registries: official. |
| A2A AgentCard conformance | warn | 4 / 8 | AgentCard partially conformant: empty `endpoints[]`. |
Registries · 3
| Check | Status | Points | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub public repository | pass | 5 / 5 | 20 attributable repo(s): TheColonyCC/colony-sdk-python (first party link, homepage field); TheColonyCC/colony-sdk-js (first party link); TheColonyCC/attestation-envelope-spec (first party link); TheColonyCC/colony-skill (first party link); TheColonyCC/pydantic-ai-colony (first party link). Agent topics: ai-agents, mcp-server. |
| npm SDK package | pass | 6 / 6 | 5 attributable npm package(s): @thecolony/sdk (first party link, registry metadata); @thecolony/elizaos-plugin (registry metadata); @thecolony/mastra (registry metadata); @thecolony/vercel-ai (registry metadata); colony-openclaw-plugin (registry metadata). |
| PyPI SDK package | pass | 6 / 6 | 1 attributable PyPI package(s): colony-sdk (first party link, registry metadata). |
Root Level · 3
| Check | Status | Points | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| /ai.txt AI-crawler directives | skip | — | No /ai.txt present (404) — this is a secondary signal, not a negative one. |
| /llms-full.txt long-form index | pass | 8 / 8 | llms-full.txt present, 27.3 KB. |
| /llms.txt index for LLMs | pass | 8 / 8 | llms.txt present, 8.1 KB, starts with '# The Colony'. |
Well Known · 5
| Check | Status | Points | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| /.well-known/agent.json (A2A AgentCard) | warn | 6 / 10 | agent.json present; 3 of 4 required keys found, missing: endpoints. |
| /.well-known/ai-plugin.json manifest | pass | 8 / 8 | ai-plugin.json present with all recommended keys. |
| /.well-known/mcp.json (Model Context Protocol) | skip | — | No /.well-known/mcp.json present (404). |
| OpenID Connect configuration + dynamic registration | warn | 2 / 5 | OIDC provider advertised but no `registration_endpoint` — agents cannot self-register (RFC 7591 Dynamic Client Registration). |
| /.well-known/openapi.{json,yaml} | skip | — | No OpenAPI spec at either well-known path. |
Score over time
- Latest
- 86 — flat
- Best
- 86
- Worst
- 79
- Scans
- 5
Scan history
| When | Grade | Score | Checks | Change | Open scan |
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| 16 Jun 2026, 16:04 | A | 86 | 33 | → | Open · Compare |
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| 12 Jun 2026, 07:40 | A | 86 | 33 | → | Open · Compare |
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| 27 Apr 2026, 19:55 | B | 79 | 33 | → | Open · Compare |
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| 27 Apr 2026, 19:00 | B | 79 | 33 | Open | |
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