Avalara scores 40/100 (Grade F), passing only 6 of 22 checks (27%). Significant work is needed to make these docs accessible to AI coding agents. Priority improvements include adding llms.txt, enabling markdown endpoints, and reducing page complexity.
# Agent Score Fix Report — Avalara URL: https://developer.avalara.com/documentation/ Score: 40/100 (Grade F) I need help improving the AI-readiness of the documentation at https://developer.avalara.com/documentation/. Agent Score found 6 failing checks and 1 warnings. ## Failing Checks (6) - [content-discoverability] Llms Txt Exists: No llms.txt found at any candidate location (https://developer.avalara.com/documentation/llms.txt, https://developer.avalara.com/llms.txt, https://developer.avalara.com/docs/llms.txt) - [content-discoverability] Llms Txt Directive: No llms.txt directive found in any of 1 pages - [markdown-availability] Markdown Url Support: No pages support .md URLs (0/1 tested) - [markdown-availability] Content Negotiation: Server ignores Accept: text/markdown header (0/1 pages return markdown) - [page-size] Content Start Position: 1 of 1 pages have content starting past 50% (worst 90%) - [url-stability] Http Status Codes: 1 of 1 pages return 200 for non-existent URLs (soft 404) ## Warnings (1) - [page-size] Rendering Strategy: 1 of 1 pages have server-rendered page structure but little substantive content; agents will see headings and navigation but not the page's actual documentation ## Fix Instructions For each issue above, please: 1. Analyze the documentation site at https://developer.avalara.com/documentation/ 2. Implement the specific fix 3. Verify the fix would cause the check to pass ### Common fixes: - **No llms.txt**: Create /llms.txt following https://llmstxt.org — list all doc pages in markdown format - **No .md URL support**: Configure your docs platform to serve pages at equivalent .md URLs (e.g. /docs/quickstart.md) - **No content negotiation**: Return markdown when request includes Accept: text/markdown header - **Large page size**: Reduce nav boilerplate, inline scripts, and repetitive markup - **No sitemap**: Generate /sitemap.xml listing all documentation URLs - **Auth walls**: Ensure docs pages return 200 without requiring login cookies or tokens - **No Last-Modified header**: Configure your server/CDN to include Last-Modified response headers - **Tab content hidden**: Ensure tabbed content is rendered in the HTML (not JS-only) so agents can read all variants ## Run afdocs Locally for More Detail To get deeper visibility into what's failing, run afdocs against your docs: npx afdocs https://developer.avalara.com/documentation/ --fixes --verbose - **--fixes**: Adds "Fix:" lines to the output for each warn/fail check with actionable remediation steps - **-v, --verbose**: Shows per-page details (specific URLs, character counts, error codes) for checks with issues — useful for per-URL visibility into what's failing
CHECK RESULTS
How your docs scored
llms-txt-existsNo llms.txt found at any candidate location (https://developer.avalara.com/documentation/llms.txt, https://developer.avalara.com/llms.txt, https://developer.avalara.com/docs/llms.txt)
llms-txt-directiveNo llms.txt directive found in any of 1 pages
llms-txt-validSkipped: dependency check did not pass
llms-txt-sizeSkipped: dependency check did not pass
llms-txt-links-resolveSkipped: dependency check did not pass
llms-txt-links-markdownSkipped: dependency check did not pass
markdown-url-supportNo pages support .md URLs (0/1 tested)
content-negotiationServer ignores Accept: text/markdown header (0/1 pages return markdown)
cache-header-hygieneAll 1 endpoints have appropriate cache headers
llms-txt-freshnessSkipped: dependency check did not pass
markdown-content-paritySkipped: dependency check did not pass
content-start-position1 of 1 pages have content starting past 50% (worst 90%)
rendering-strategy1 of 1 pages have server-rendered page structure but little substantive content; agents will see headings and navigation but not the page's actual documentation
page-size-htmlAll 1 pages convert under 50K chars (median 43K, 49% boilerplate)
page-size-markdownSkipped: dependency check did not pass
http-status-codes1 of 1 pages return 200 for non-existent URLs (soft 404)
redirect-behaviorNo redirects detected across 1 pages
auth-gate-detectionAll 1 pages are publicly accessible
auth-alternative-accessAll docs pages are publicly accessible; no alternative access paths needed
tabbed-content-serializationNo tabbed content detected across 1 pages
section-header-qualityNo tabbed content found; header quality check not applicable
markdown-code-fence-validitySite does not serve markdown content; nothing to analyze
