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Agent Readiness

Metro

metro.co.uk · News & Publishing

60
Readiness /100
14
Checks passed
4
Checks failed
63
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.

passKey pages discoveredKey pages crawl

Crawled 4 of 12 discovered pages beyond the homepage.

infoWebsite platformplatform

Built on WordPress.

Understanding

Can agents understand your content?

failSingle H1 on homepageStructured data & HTML

No <h1> tag found on the homepage.

Fix: Add exactly one <h1> that names the page. AI summarisers use it as the document title.

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 ~3241 elements — well above the 1500-element budget.

Fix: Trim the homepage DOM: an AI agent has to read all of it before acting, and this page is several times over budget. Long product carousels, hidden modal markup and large tracker scripts are common culprits.

warnImages have explicit dimensionsStructured data & HTML

116/133 images have explicit width+height.

Fix: Add width and height to every <img>. Without them the browser doesn't know the aspect ratio and reflows the page on load (CLS).

warnSemantic landmark elementsStructured data & HTML

Missing landmark elements: main.

passHomepage content is server-renderedCrawlability (Google)

Homepage server response contains 2845 words of visible text — content is reachable without executing JavaScript.

passHeading hierarchy is intactStructured data & HTML

126 headings, no level skips.

pass<html lang> attributeStructured data & HTML

Language declared as "en".

passImages have alt textStructured data & HTML

133 of 133 <img> tags have alt attributes.

passInternal links on homepageStructured data & HTML

560 internal links found.

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

All 4 reachable key pages have both a <title> and <h1>.

passKey pages are server-renderedKey pages crawl

All 4 pages return ≥80 words of visible text without JavaScript.

Operability

Can agents actually operate the page?

failAccessibility tree is agent-navigableAccessibility

3 of 13 agent-critical accessibility audits failed (Buttons do not have an accessible name, Links do not have a discernible name, `[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).

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.

failButtons do not have an accessible nameAccessibility

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

Fix: Give every <button> discernible text or an aria-label so agents can identify it.

failLinks do not have a discernible nameAccessibility

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

Fix: Give every link discernible text (avoid bare icons / "click here") so agents know where it goes.

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.

warnOverall accessibility scoreAccessibility

Lighthouse accessibility score: 81/100. Agents read the page through its accessibility tree, so this is a proxy for how navigable your site is to an AI agent.

Fix: Resolve the failing accessibility audits below — each one removes an element or relationship an agent would otherwise be blind to.

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.

passARIA input fields have accessible namesAccessibility

ARIA input fields have accessible names passed.

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

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

passDocument has a `<title>` elementAccessibility

Document has a `<title>` element passed.

passForm fields have labelsStructured data & HTML

3 of 3 visible interactive form fields have labels.

passCumulative Layout ShiftPerformance

0.000 (field data from CrUX) — good.

passTime to First BytePerformance

300ms (field data from CrUX) — good.

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 1 http:// reference 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.

warnHTTP Strict-Transport-Security headerSecurity & trust

HSTS configured (max-age=31536000) but missing includeSubDomains.

Fix: Add `includeSubDomains` so subdomains inherit the policy.

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.

warnMIME-sniff protectionSecurity & trust

No `X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff` header.

Fix: Add `X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff` to prevent browsers (and some agents) from re-interpreting your responses as a different content type.

warnClick-jacking protectionSecurity & trust

No X-Frame-Options header and no CSP frame-ancestors directive.

Fix: Add `X-Frame-Options: SAMEORIGIN` (or a CSP frame-ancestors directive) to prevent your site being framed by a phishing host.

passSite is served over HTTPSSecurity & trust

Homepage scheme is https:.

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

http://metro.co.uk → https://metro.co.uk/ (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 70 more days (Sep 29 20:00:11 2026 GMT, issuer: YE1).

passNo tech-stack disclosure in headersSecurity & trust

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