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Agent Readiness

Coursera

coursera.org · Education & Reference

59
Readiness /100
16
Checks passed
2
Checks failed
65
Checks run

Discoverability

Can agents find your site and its capabilities?

failWebMCP / agent-protocol tools discoveredAgent manifests

The page registers no tools via the WebMCP browser API (navigator.modelContext).

Fix: Expose your actions to AI agents with the WebMCP browser API: register tools via navigator.modelContext.registerTool. Optionally also publish a /.well-known/webmcp.json tool catalog as a discovery signpost.

warn/llms.txt has a summary blockquoteAgent manifests

Per llmstxt.org, follow the H1 with a "> short summary" blockquote.

Fix: Add a "> One-sentence description of your site." blockquote under the H1.

warn/llms.txt opens with an H1 titleAgent manifests

Per llmstxt.org, /llms.txt should open with a single "# Project name" H1.

Fix: Make the first line of /llms.txt a "# Your site name" H1.

pass/llms.txt guide for AI agentsAgent manifests

Found https://coursera.org/llms.txt.

pass/llms.txt lists key pages as markdown linksAgent manifests

Found at least one "[name](url)" markdown link.

passKey pages discoveredKey pages crawl

Crawled 6 of 12 discovered pages beyond the homepage.

infoWebsite platformplatform

Could not identify a known website platform (custom stack or unrecognised).

Understanding

Can agents understand your content?

warnMarkdown content negotiationOpen agent protocols

Homepage ignored Accept: text/markdown and returned HTML.

Fix: Serve a markdown version of high-value pages when the client asks for text/markdown. AI summarisers, chatbots and IDE agents prefer markdown — fewer tokens, no DOM noise.

warnDOM size is reasonableStructured data & HTML

Homepage contains ~1837 elements — heavy.

Fix: Aim for under 1500 elements on the homepage. Heavier DOMs slow first paint and overflow some AI crawlers' parse buffers.

warnImages have explicit dimensionsStructured data & HTML

Only 10/36 images have width+height — large CLS risk.

Fix: Set width and height on every <img> so the browser reserves space before the image loads. A layout that shifts while loading makes an AI agent mis-click the element it targeted.

warnSemantic landmark elementsStructured data & HTML

Missing landmark elements: header.

passHomepage content is server-renderedCrawlability (Google)

Homepage server response contains 1393 words of visible text — content is reachable without executing JavaScript.

passHeading hierarchy is intactStructured data & HTML

38 headings, no level skips.

pass<html lang> attributeStructured data & HTML

Language declared as "en".

passImages have alt textStructured data & HTML

36 of 36 <img> tags have alt attributes.

passInternal links on homepageStructured data & HTML

43 internal links found.

passSingle H1 on homepageStructured data & HTML

Exactly one <h1> on the homepage.

passKey pages have <title> and <h1>Key pages crawl

All 6 reachable key pages have both a <title> and <h1>.

passKey pages are server-renderedKey pages crawl

All 6 pages return ≥80 words of visible text without JavaScript.

Operability

Can agents actually operate the page?

fail`[aria-*]` attributes do not have valid valuesAccessibility

Lighthouse flagged this audit — agents may be unable to perceive or operate the affected elements.

Fix: Fix invalid values on aria-* attributes.

failTime to First BytePerformance

2.11s (field data from CrUX) — poor.

Fix: Every request an AI agent makes pays this server latency, and agents make many requests per task. Reduce TTFB with edge caching, a CDN, and shipping less server-side work per request.

failWebMCP tools registered with the browserWebMCP tools

The page registers no tools via the navigator.modelContext browser API, so an AI agent has no structured way to operate it.

Fix: Expose your site’s actions to AI agents with the WebMCP browser API: call navigator.modelContext.registerTool({ name, description, inputSchema, execute }) from your page so an agent can invoke them. Implement it directly, or with a library like the @mcp-b polyfill (https://mcp-b.ai). Spec: https://github.com/webmachinelearning/webmcp.

warnAccessibility tree is agent-navigableAccessibility

1 of 12 agent-critical accessibility audits failed (`[aria-*]` attributes do not have valid values) — an agent may be unable to identify or operate the affected elements.

Fix: Fix the failing agent-accessibility audits listed below (accessible names on controls, valid ARIA roles/relationships, nothing interactive hidden from the tree).

warnCumulative Layout ShiftPerformance

0.120 (field data from CrUX) — needs improvement.

Fix: A layout that shifts while loading makes an AI agent mis-click the element it targeted. Eliminate CLS by setting explicit width/height on images and embeds, avoiding inserted content above existing content, and reserving space for ad slots.

pass`[aria-*]` attributes match their rolesAccessibility

`[aria-*]` attributes match their roles passed.

pass`[aria-hidden="true"]` is not present on the document `<body>`Accessibility

`[aria-hidden="true"]` is not present on the document `<body>` passed.

pass`[aria-hidden="true"]` elements do not contain focusable descendentsAccessibility

`[aria-hidden="true"]` elements do not contain focusable descendents passed.

pass`[role]`s have all required `[aria-*]` attributesAccessibility

`[role]`s have all required `[aria-*]` attributes passed.

passElements with an ARIA `[role]` that require children to contain a specific `[role]` have all required children.Accessibility

Elements with an ARIA `[role]` that require children to contain a specific `[role]` have all required children. passed.

pass`[role]`s are contained by their required parent elementAccessibility

`[role]`s are contained by their required parent element passed.

pass`[role]` values are validAccessibility

`[role]` values are valid passed.

pass`[aria-*]` attributes are valid and not misspelledAccessibility

`[aria-*]` attributes are valid and not misspelled passed.

passButtons have an accessible nameAccessibility

Buttons have an accessible name passed.

passDocument has a `<title>` elementAccessibility

Document has a `<title>` element passed.

passLinks have a discernible nameAccessibility

Links have a discernible name passed.

passOverall accessibility scoreAccessibility

Lighthouse accessibility score: 96/100. Agents read the page through its accessibility tree, so this is a proxy for how navigable your site is to an AI agent.

passForm fields have labelsStructured data & HTML

1 of 1 visible interactive form fields have labels.

infoTool catalog signpost publishedWebMCP tools

No tool catalog was found at /.well-known/webmcp.json (or /.well-known/webmcp). The catalog is a community convention, not part of the WebMCP standard, so this does not affect WebMCP presence.

Fix: Consider also publishing a tool catalog at /.well-known/webmcp.json: a JSON document with a "spec" of "webmcp/0.1" and a "tools" array, where each tool declares a name and a clear description. It is a community convention (optional, not part of the WebMCP standard) that lets crawlers and agents discover your tools without executing JavaScript.

Trust & Security

Can agents safely transact?

failNo mixed-content referencesSecurity & trust

Found 2 http:// references in the homepage HTML — browsers will block these resources.

Fix: Update every http:// resource URL to https:// (or use protocol-relative `//`). Common offenders: image CDNs and legacy embed snippets.

warnOAuth authorization server metadataOpen agent protocols

/.well-known/oauth-authorization-server returned 404.

Fix: Publish /.well-known/oauth-authorization-server so AI agents discovering your OAuth setup can negotiate flows automatically. Required if your site offers an authenticated API.

warnOAuth protected-resource metadataOpen agent protocols

/.well-known/oauth-protected-resource returned 404.

Fix: Publish /.well-known/oauth-protected-resource so AI agents discovering your OAuth setup can negotiate flows automatically. Required if your site offers an authenticated API.

warnWeb Bot Auth signature headerOpen agent protocols

No Web Bot Auth signature headers — sites can't verify agent identity.

Fix: Web Bot Auth (IETF HTTP Message Signatures over Signature / Signature-Input) lets you cryptographically verify which agent is hitting you. Several CDNs offer turn-key support; otherwise skip until vendor support matures.

warnContent-Security-Policy headerSecurity & trust

No Content-Security-Policy header on the homepage.

Fix: Add a Content-Security-Policy. Even a strict default-src directive cuts XSS blast radius dramatically. Start in report-only mode to find violations.

warnReferrer-Policy headerSecurity & trust

No Referrer-Policy header on the homepage.

Fix: Add `Referrer-Policy: strict-origin-when-cross-origin` so outbound links don't leak full URLs (including query strings) to third parties.

passCDN detectedSecurity & trust

x-amz-cf-id: vTr9fPZPCEGv4zU3xhNdlTiDnxxVoJNh3g6W2Y88 (AWS CloudFront)

passHTTP Strict-Transport-Security headerSecurity & trust

max-age=31536000, includeSubDomains=true, preload=true.

passSite is served over HTTPSSecurity & trust

Homepage scheme is https:.

passhttp:// redirects to https://Security & trust

http://coursera.org → https://www.coursera.org/ (2 hops).

passHomepage shows no error outputSecurity & trust

No stack-trace markers in the first 5KB.

passTLS certificate is not near expirySecurity & trust

Valid for 77 more days (Oct 6 23:59:59 2026 GMT, issuer: Amazon RSA 2048 M01).

passNo tech-stack disclosure in headersSecurity & trust

Server / X-Powered-By headers don't leak product version.

passMIME-sniff protectionSecurity & trust

X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff.

passClick-jacking protectionSecurity & trust

X-Frame-Options: SAMEORIGIN.