# Agent readiness of madewell.com

Verified 6 Oct 2026 by VouchAgent. Report: https://vouchagent.com/s/madewell.com

## Verdict

- Result: Agents did not reach the payment step
- Task: Buy one item
- Best path: `none`
- Platform: Salesforce commerce
- Verified: 6 Oct 2026

## What an agent needs from its human

1. Email, step 1

## Agent runs

| Date | Tier | Profile | Network | Outcome | Furthest step | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 Oct 2026 | T3 emulated | `consumer-chrome` `claude-haiku-4-5` | non-US network (comparison) | Did not reach the payment step | Product found | [video](https://vouchagent.com/e/a450044e-caa3-42ba-bc24-1a84c947d3cc/video.webm), [signed bundle](https://vouchagent.com/e/a450044e-caa3-42ba-bc24-1a84c947d3cc/bundle.json) |
| 6 Oct 2026 | T3 emulated | `consumer-chrome` `claude-haiku-4-5` | non-US network (comparison) | Stopped by our safety guard | Cart viewed | [video](https://vouchagent.com/e/897f1eb9-3b6f-4f58-a921-e0f0a3936a24/video.webm), [signed bundle](https://vouchagent.com/e/897f1eb9-3b6f-4f58-a921-e0f0a3936a24/bundle.json) |

## Static checks (6 Oct 2026)

### Access

- Met: Home page reachable (seen: `HTTP 200`)
- Met: Agents not blocked (seen: `No block or challenge on the home page`)
- Met: robots.txt present (seen: `HTTP 200`)
- Met: AI agents allowed in robots.txt (seen: `No AI user agent is disallowed from /`)
- Partly met: Content signals declared (seen: `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 (seen: `robots.txt Sitemap: link removed`)
- Not met: llms.txt present (seen: `/llms.txt: not a markdown llms.txt`) How to fix: Publish /llms.txt as markdown starting with "\# " and linking your key pages.
- Not applicable: Link headers for agents (seen: `Not expected for shops`)
- Partly met: API catalog (seen: `/.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 (seen: `/.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 (seen: `/.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 (seen: `/.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 (seen: `/.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 (seen: `/.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 (seen: `/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 (seen: `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 (seen: `4327 characters of visible text`)

### Commerce data

- Met: Product structured data (seen: `"The Greta Ballet Flat" on the product page has name, price, currency and availability`)
- Partly met: Offer details complete (seen: `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 (seen: `/.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 (seen: `Not a Shopify store`)
- Met: Shipping and returns policies linked (seen: `Home links to /c/returns/, /c/shipping-handling/`)

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