Leaderboard/Pinecone

Pinecone

docs.pinecone.io
Score: 93 out of 100, grade A93
Grade A
Last checked: May 15, 2026 · afdocs v0.17.1 · Rerun
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CategoryAI/ML
Checks passed16/23Warnings2Failed3

Pinecone scores 93/100 (Grade A), placing it among the most AI-agent-ready documentation sites evaluated. It passes 16 of 23 checks (70%), demonstrating strong support for AI coding agents. 5 items require attention to reach a perfect score.

# Agent Score Fix Report — Pinecone
URL: https://docs.pinecone.io
Score: 93/100 (Grade A)

I need help improving the AI-readiness of the documentation at https://docs.pinecone.io.
Agent Score found 3 failing checks and 2 warnings.

## Failing Checks (3)
- [page-size] Content Start Position: 1 of 10 sampled pages have content starting past 50% (worst 76%)
- [observability] Llms Txt Coverage: llms.txt covers 358/690 sitemap doc pages (52%); 332 missing; 9 llms.txt links not in sitemap (may indicate stale links or incomplete sitemap)
- [observability] Markdown Content Parity: 1 of 10 pages have substantive content differences between markdown and HTML (avg 7% missing)

## Warnings (2)
- [content-discoverability] Llms Txt Size: llms.txt is 75,082 characters (between 50,000 and 100,000; consider splitting)
- [page-size] Page Size Html: 1 of 10 sampled pages convert to 50K–100K chars (max 1381K HTML → 50K markdown (99% boilerplate))

## Fix Instructions

For each issue above, please:
1. Analyze the documentation site at https://docs.pinecone.io
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 check https://docs.pinecone.io --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-coveragellms.txt covers 358/690 sitemap doc pages (52%); 332 missing; 9 llms.txt links not in sitemap (may indicate stale links or incomplete sitemap)Learn more
markdown-content-parity1 of 10 pages have substantive content differences between markdown and HTML (avg 7% missing)Learn more
cache-header-hygieneAll 11 endpoints have appropriate cache headersLearn more
auth-gate-detectionAll 10 sampled pages are publicly accessibleLearn more
auth-alternative-accessAll docs pages are publicly accessible; no alternative access paths neededLearn more
content-start-position1 of 10 sampled pages have content starting past 50% (worst 76%)Learn more
page-size-html1 of 10 sampled pages convert to 50K–100K chars (max 1381K HTML → 50K markdown (99% boilerplate))Learn more
rendering-strategyAll 10 sampled pages contain server-rendered contentLearn more
page-size-markdownAll 10 pages under 50K chars (median 7K, max 46K)Learn more
tabbed-content-serialization21 tab group(s) across 4 of 10 sampled pages; all serialize under 50K charsLearn more
markdown-code-fence-validityAll 13 code fences properly closed across 11 pagesLearn more
section-header-quality4 page(s) with tabs found, but no section headers inside tab panels to evaluateLearn more
llms-txt-sizellms.txt is 75,082 characters (between 50,000 and 100,000; consider splitting)Learn more
llms-txt-existsllms.txt found at https://docs.pinecone.io/llms.txtLearn more
llms-txt-validllms.txt follows the proposed structure (H1, blockquote, heading-delimited link sections)Learn more
llms-txt-links-resolveAll 10 same-origin sampled links resolve (411 total links)Learn more
llms-txt-links-markdown9/10 same-origin sampled links point to markdown content (90%) (39 external links excluded)Learn more
llms-txt-directive-htmlllms.txt directive found in HTML of all 10 sampled pages, near the top of contentLearn more
llms-txt-directive-mdllms.txt directive found in markdown of all 10 sampled pages, near the top of contentLearn more
markdown-url-support10/10 sampled pages support .md URLs (100%)Learn more
content-negotiation10/10 sampled pages support content negotiation (100%)Learn more
http-status-codesAll 10 sampled pages return proper error codes for bad URLsLearn more
redirect-behaviorNo redirects detected across 10 sampled pagesLearn more

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