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plaid.com

r2026.08.0sha d9d3bbbus-eastscan 07273ebechecked 2026-07-26 05:34 UTC
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plaid.com is weakly ready for AI agents (composite 60, grade D). Strongest sub-score: performance (100). Weakest: readability (28). The most actionable gaps detected: no markdown content negotiation and no published MCP server card.

D
grade60/100
no findings
discoverability42
readability28
structured_data80
actionability67
performance100

Based on 30 checks · 20 deterministic · 9 heuristic · 1 model-assisted. see /rubric.

Governance & crawler policy

How plaid.com declares its policy toward AI agents and crawlers. These rows are a presentation view over checks already counted under Discoverability and Readability, so they don’t add to the composite a second time.

Has robots.txtrobots_txt.presentpass
Allows well-known agentsrobots_txt.allows_known_agentspass
Declares Content-Signalrobots_txt.content_signalsfail
Supports Web Bot Authdiscoverability.web_bot_authfail
Cookie consent does not block contentauth.cookie_consent_blocks_contentskip
Agent preview

What an AI agent fetching this site today is likely to understand. Each row is backed by a real signal that ran on this scan, or labels itself “not detected”. We never invent values.

confidence · 3/5 fields resolvedmedium
Crawler access
robots.txt-derived snapshotpass

robots.txt allows the major AI agents (GPTBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot, …).

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Top fixes (0)

No findings on the latest scan. Every check passed.

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Composite history

Down 1.0since the previous scan · no check status changes.

chart unlocks at three scans. Keep submitting to fill it in.

Score history · 2 events

Every prior public scan, with the delta against its predecessor and the checks that flipped. Click any row to open the frozen permalink for that scan.

2026-07-2660-1.0Down 1.0. Rubric upgrade: r2026.07.4 → r2026.08.0.2026-07-2661First scan in this window: composite 61, grade D.
Top findings (0)

No critical findings on the latest scan.

Checks (30)
Every check that ran. Switch to ELI5 for plain-language explanations.
checkstatusweightduration
actionability.agent_skillsfail1.000ms
actionability.web_mcpfail1.001ms
content.text_ratiomin text ratio = 15%fail1.002ms
discoverability.api_catalogfail1.000ms
discoverability.link_headersfail1.000ms
discoverability.mcp_server_cardfail1.000ms
discoverability.oauth_authorization_serverfail1.000ms
discoverability.oauth_protected_resourcefail1.000ms
discoverability.web_bot_authfail1.000ms
readability.markdown_negotiationfail1.000ms
robots_txt.content_signalsfail1.000ms
structured_data.type_coveragematch = type-to-purpose inferencefail1.000ms
content.js_required_for_primary_contentdetector = no-JS visibility heuristicwarn2.000ms
auth.cookie_consent_blocks_contentdetector = consent overlay heuristicskip2.000ms
auth.paywall_or_login_wall_on_landingdetector = paywall/login-wall heuristicskip2.000ms
content.headings_hierarchyrule = single H1, no skipped levelsskip1.000ms
markup.canonicalskip2.000ms
markup.meta_descriptionskip2.000ms
markup.titleskip2.000ms
performance.full_render_msthreshold = 4sskip1.000ms
journey.primary_probemodel-assistedpass2.001166ms
llms_txt.presentpass0.000ms
performance.payload_kbthreshold = 3MBpass1.000ms
performance.ttfb_msthreshold = 800mspass1.000ms
reachability.statuspass2.000ms
robots_txt.allows_known_agentspass2.001ms
robots_txt.presentpass1.000ms
sitemap.presentpass2.000ms
structured_data.jsonld_presentpass2.000ms
structured_data.validatespass2.000ms

Sorted failures first. Every row was produced by the scan on 2026-07-26 05:34 UTC. Each check is defined in /rubric §6.

Competitive context

How plaid.com compares against other api products domains scanned by AgentSpeed. Peer average requires ≥ 3 peers; percentile requires ≥ 9. Empty values mean we’re still gathering data.

categoryAPI products
peers14
peer average68.7
top in category87.0
percentile14%
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Reproduce this scan

This scan is content-addressable. Download the JSON and confirm that the composite matches score(rubric, checks) for the referenced rubric. Re-running the command below executes against the current rubric; scores agree within ±1 point unless the target site changed.

↓ Download scan.json→ View rubric
rubricr2026.08.0
rubric shad9d3bbb
regionus-east
user-agentAgentSpeedBot/1.0
viewport1280x800
finished2026-07-26T05:34:59Z
POST /api/scans: run a fresh scan
curl -sS -X POST https://agentspeed.com/api/scans \
  -H 'content-type: application/json' \
  -d '{"url": "https://plaid.com"}'
Download this scan: scan.json (cache-forever, immutable). Includes per-check raw values, rubric sha, and the full finding list with remediation.
What AgentSpeed scanned

What AgentSpeed scanned

Every scan is based on public website behaviour, fetched from a public client, no auth, no plugins, no private data. The nine signals below are what AgentSpeed reads about your site.

Embed an AgentSpeed badge

Show your AgentSpeed score in your README, footer, or sales deck. Four variants below; each is a static SVG served from /badge/<your-domain> with no JS, no tracking, no API calls. Documentation: /docs/badge.

Dark220×32

Default. Brand mark + grade + score on a dark base. Pairs well with most footers and READMEs.

AgentSpeed D 60/100
HTML snippet
<a href="https://agentspeed.com/score/plaid.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">
  <img src="https://agentspeed.com/badge/plaid.com?variant=dark" alt="AgentSpeed grade D for plaid.com" width="220" height="32" />
</a>
Markdown snippet
[![AgentSpeed grade D for plaid.com](https://agentspeed.com/badge/plaid.com?variant=dark)](https://agentspeed.com/score/plaid.com)
Light220×32

Same dimensions as the dark variant; light background with dark text. For light-mode docs and pages.

AgentSpeed D 60/100
HTML snippet
<a href="https://agentspeed.com/score/plaid.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">
  <img src="https://agentspeed.com/badge/plaid.com?variant=light" alt="AgentSpeed grade D for plaid.com" width="220" height="32" />
</a>
Markdown snippet
[![AgentSpeed grade D for plaid.com](https://agentspeed.com/badge/plaid.com?variant=light)](https://agentspeed.com/score/plaid.com)
Compact130×32

Brand mark + grade only. Use when you have horizontal space constraints.

AgentSpeed D
HTML snippet
<a href="https://agentspeed.com/score/plaid.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">
  <img src="https://agentspeed.com/badge/plaid.com?variant=compact" alt="AgentSpeed grade D for plaid.com" width="130" height="32" />
</a>
Markdown snippet
[![AgentSpeed grade D for plaid.com](https://agentspeed.com/badge/plaid.com?variant=compact)](https://agentspeed.com/score/plaid.com)
Score-only60×32

Just the grade chip. Smallest variant, fits inline next to a heading or metric.

A·S D
HTML snippet
<a href="https://agentspeed.com/score/plaid.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">
  <img src="https://agentspeed.com/badge/plaid.com?variant=score-only" alt="AgentSpeed grade D for plaid.com" width="60" height="32" />
</a>
Markdown snippet
[![AgentSpeed grade D for plaid.com](https://agentspeed.com/badge/plaid.com?variant=score-only)](https://agentspeed.com/score/plaid.com)
Certified250×32

Shows your certification tier while your certificate is valid; falls back to the score badge when it is not.

AgentSpeed D 60/100
HTML snippet
<a href="https://agentspeed.com/score/plaid.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">
  <img src="https://agentspeed.com/badge/plaid.com?variant=certified" alt="AgentSpeed grade D for plaid.com" width="250" height="32" />
</a>
Markdown snippet
[![AgentSpeed grade D for plaid.com](https://agentspeed.com/badge/plaid.com?variant=certified)](https://agentspeed.com/score/plaid.com)
FAQ
What does this AgentSpeed score mean?expand ›

The composite is a 0–100 weighted average of five sub-scores measuring how well a website performs for AI agents (ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Operator, etc.). The full rubric (every check, weight, and grade band) is published at /rubric.

Is this an official score from the website owner?expand ›

No. AgentSpeed scores are publicly generated against plaid.com's public surfaces (robots.txt, sitemap, the landing URL, /llms.txt, /.well-known/* discovery endpoints). AgentSpeed is not affiliated with or endorsed by plaid.com. The score reflects what we observed at scan time, nothing more.

How often is this site scanned?expand ›

Public scans happen when someone submits the URL on the homepage. Once a domain is claimed in the (forthcoming) monitoring tier, the site is rescanned daily and a history is kept. For now, every public score reflects the most recent submission.

How can this score be improved?expand ›

Each failing check on the page expands to a remediation step with the exact change to make. The "Top fixes" section ranks them by score impact. Most domains move 5–10 points by adding an llms.txt, allowing well-known agent user-agents in robots.txt, and emitting JSON-LD that matches the page purpose.

What rubric version was used?expand ›

This scan was computed against rubric r2026.08.0. The rubric is versioned and immutable: historical scans always render against the rubric they were computed on, even after a new version ships. The current rubric and its full changelog are at /rubric.