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Agent Readiness

IHG Hotels & Resorts

ihg.com · Travel & Hospitality

53
Readiness /100
14
Checks passed
2
Checks failed
70
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.

warnKey pages discoveredKey pages crawl

Discovered 12 candidate pages but none were reachable.

Fix: Make sure the pages linked from your sitemap and navigation return HTTP 200 to non-browser clients — agents fetch them the same way our crawler does.

pass/llms.txt guide for AI agentsAgent manifests

Found https://ihg.com/llms.txt.

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

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

pass/llms.txt has a summary blockquoteAgent manifests

Found a "> summary" blockquote.

pass/llms.txt opens with an H1 titleAgent manifests

First line is a top-level "# Title" heading.

infoLighthouse Agentic Browsing runLighthouse Agentic

Lighthouse Agentic Browsing audits ran.

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.

warnCookie banner does not block crawlersStructured data & HTML

Cookie banner appears to overlay the page (fixed/sticky, dialog role) without a clearly-labelled reject affordance.

Fix: Offer a "Reject all" or "Continue without accepting" button alongside "Accept". Agents and non-JS crawlers that can't click through your banner read the page as empty.

warnDOM size is reasonableStructured data & HTML

Homepage contains ~2190 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 alt textStructured data & HTML

46 of 57 images have alt attributes (81%).

Fix: Add alt text to the remaining images. Empty alt="" is fine for purely-decorative graphics.

warnImages have explicit dimensionsStructured data & HTML

Only 0/57 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.

warnInternal links on homepageStructured data & HTML

Only 4 internal links on the homepage.

Fix: Add at least 5-10 internal links pointing to your top product, pricing, docs, blog and about pages so an AI agent can navigate to them from the homepage.

warnSemantic landmark elementsStructured data & HTML

Missing landmark elements: main.

passHomepage content is server-renderedCrawlability (Google)

Homepage server response contains 3018 words of visible text — content is reachable without executing JavaScript.

passHeading hierarchy is intactStructured data & HTML

41 headings, no level skips.

pass<html lang> attributeStructured data & HTML

Language declared as "nl-NL".

passSingle H1 on homepageStructured data & HTML

Exactly one <h1> on the homepage.

Operability

Can agents actually operate the page?

failAccessibility tree is not well-formedLighthouse Agentic

A well-formed [accessibility tree](http://goo.gle/lighthouse-agentic-a11y) helps AI agents to navigate and interact with the page.

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.

warnCumulative Layout ShiftLighthouse Agentic

0.124

warnCumulative Layout ShiftPerformance

0.110 (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.

passAccessibility tree is agent-navigableAccessibility

All 11 agent-critical accessibility audits passed — an agent can perceive and operate the page through its accessibility tree.

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

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

pass`button`, `link`, and `menuitem` elements have accessible namesAccessibility

`button`, `link`, and `menuitem` elements have accessible names 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.

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.

pass`[aria-*]` attributes have valid valuesAccessibility

`[aria-*]` attributes have valid values 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: 91/100. 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

2 of 2 visible interactive form fields have labels.

passTime to First BytePerformance

433ms (field data from CrUX) — good.

infoWebMCP form coverageLighthouse Agentic

2 forms missing annotations

infoWebMCP tools registeredLighthouse Agentic

Lists the [WebMCP tools](http://goo.gle/webmcp-docs) registered at the time of analysis.

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.

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-akamai-transformed: 0 - 0 - (Akamai)

passContent-Security-Policy headerSecurity & trust

CSP header present.

passHTTP Strict-Transport-Security headerSecurity & trust

max-age=15768000, includeSubDomains=true, preload=true.

passSite is served over HTTPSSecurity & trust

Homepage scheme is https:.

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

http://ihg.com → https://www.ihg.com/hotels/nl/nl/reservation (1 hop).

passHomepage shows no error outputSecurity & trust

No stack-trace markers in the first 5KB.

passTLS certificate is not near expirySecurity & trust

Valid for 94 more days (Oct 23 23:59:59 2026 GMT, issuer: DigiCert Global G3 TLS ECC SHA384 2020 CA1).

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

CSP frame-ancestors directive present.