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Verdict
Agents did not reach the payment step
- Task
- Buy one item
- Best path
- none
- Verified
- 6 Oct 2026
What an agent needs from its human
Things the agent had to ask its person for along the way, in order. Items marked “needs the human present” can’t be finished without them there at that moment, so an agent working in the background stops at that step.
- Emailstep 1
Agent runs
The last 2 runs, newest first. Agents stop at the payment step and buy nothing. Tiers: T1 real agent, T2 self-hosted, T3 emulated, T4 protocol. What the tiers mean
| Date | Tier | Profile | Network | Outcome | Furthest step | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 Oct 2026 | T3 emulated | consumer-chromeclaude-haiku-4-5 | non-US network (comparison) | Did not reach the payment step | Product found | VideoSigned bundle |
| 6 Oct 2026 | T3 emulated | consumer-chromeclaude-haiku-4-5 | non-US network (comparison) | Stopped by our safety guard | Cart viewed | VideoSigned bundle |
Static checks
What an agent can read and reach before it starts shopping, from our scan on 6 Oct 2026.
Access
- Met
Home page reachable
HTTP 200
- Met
Agents not blocked
No block or challenge on the home page
- Met
robots.txt present
HTTP 200
- Met
AI agents allowed in robots.txt
No AI user agent is disallowed from /
- Partly met
Content signals declared
No Content-Signal line in robots.txt
How to fix: Add a Content-Signal line to robots.txt stating whether content may be used for search, AI input and AI training.
Discovery
- Met
Sitemap present
robots.txt Sitemap: https://www.madewell.com/sitemap_index.xml
- Not met
llms.txt present
/llms.txt: not a markdown llms.txt
How to fix: Publish /llms.txt as markdown starting with "# <site name>" and linking your key pages.
- Not applicable
Link headers for agents
Not expected for shops
- Partly met
API catalog
/.well-known/api-catalog: HTTP 404
How to fix: Publish an RFC 9727 linkset at /.well-known/api-catalog listing your public APIs.
- Partly met
MCP server card
/.well-known/mcp/server-card.json: HTTP 404
How to fix: Publish an MCP server card at /.well-known/mcp/server-card.json describing your MCP endpoint.
- Partly met
A2A agent card
/.well-known/agent-card.json: HTTP 404
How to fix: Publish an A2A agent card at /.well-known/agent-card.json if you run an agent other agents can call.
- Partly met
Agent skills index
/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json: HTTP 404
How to fix: Publish an agent skills index at /.well-known/agent-skills/index.json listing tasks agents can perform.
- Partly met
OAuth server metadata
/.well-known/oauth-authorization-server: HTTP 404
How to fix: Publish RFC 8414 metadata at /.well-known/oauth-authorization-server so agents can obtain delegated access.
- Partly met
OAuth protected resource metadata
/.well-known/oauth-protected-resource: HTTP 404
How to fix: Publish RFC 9728 metadata at /.well-known/oauth-protected-resource naming the authorization server for your APIs.
- Partly met
auth.md
/auth.md: served as HTML
How to fix: Publish /auth.md explaining in plain text how agents authenticate to your site or API.
Content
- Not met
Markdown on request
Accept: text/markdown returned text/html; charset=utf-8
How to fix: Return a markdown version of pages when the request sends Accept: text/markdown.
- Met
Content in server HTML
4327 characters of visible text
Commerce data
- Met
Product structured data
"The Greta Ballet Flat" on the product page has name, price, currency and availability
- Partly met
Offer details complete
Missing shippingDetails or hasMerchantReturnPolicy
How to fix: Add shippingDetails or hasMerchantReturnPolicy to the Product JSON-LD so agents can match the item and state delivery terms.
- Partly met
UCP manifest
/.well-known/ucp: HTTP 404
How to fix: Publish a UCP manifest at /.well-known/ucp listing your checkout services and capabilities.
- Not applicable
Shopify Storefront MCP
Not a Shopify store
- Met
Shipping and returns policies linked
Home links to /c/returns/, /c/shipping-handling/
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