# Selenium (selenium.dev): agent-readiness 67/100, grade C

> Rank 217 of 1000 on Qomvia (rubric v2.3.0). Last scanned 2026-10-06T19:30:50.773Z. Page: https://qomvia.com/site/selenium-dev  JSON: https://qomvia.com/api/score/selenium-dev

## Summary
Category: Software and SaaS
{
  "known": true,
  "confidence": "high",
  "summary": "Selenium is a powerful open-source framework and suite of tools designed for automating web browsers. It is primarily used by testers and developers to create robust, browser-based regression automation suites and tests for web applications.",
  "offerings": [
    "Selenium WebDriver API",
    "Selenium IDE (record/playback tool)",
    "Selenium Grid (for scaling test execution)",
    "Language-specific client bindings",
    "Browser driver management (Selenium Manager)"
  ],
  "audience": "Software testers, QA engineers, web developers, automation engineers.",
  "geography": "Global",
  "strengths": [
    "Open-source and widely adopted industry standard",
    "Supports a wide range of browsers (Chrome, Firefox, Edge, Safari) and programming languages",
    "Drives real browsers through standardized protocols (W3C WebDriver)",
    "Strong community support and extensive documentation",
    "Scalable for large-scale test execution with Selenium Grid"
  ],
  "unknowns": [
    "Specific organizational structure or governing body beyond the project maintainers",
    "Exact financial health or funding sources of the project (beyond donations)",
    "Detailed user demographics or adoption statistics",
    "Specific future roadmap beyond general direction",
    "Formal support contracts or services offered directly by the project"
  ],
  "alternatives": [
    "cypress.io",
    "playwright.dev",
    "puppeteer.github.io",
    "webdriver.io",
    "testcafe.io"
  ],
  "business": "An open-source project providing a suite of tools and standards for automated web browser testing and general web automation for developers and QA professionals globally.",
  "competitors": [
    "cypress.io",
    "playwright.dev",
    "webdriver.io",
    "puppeteer.github.io",
    "testcafe.io",
    "katalon.com"
  ]
}

## Score by group
- Machine access: 24/24
- Content legibility: 25/26
- Discovery surface: 7/20
- Identity & policy: 3/12
- Agent-facing performance: 8/8
- Agent protocols: 0/10
Failing checks:
- [blocker] No API or feed to read
- [blocker] No MCP endpoint to call
- [improvement] No stated policy for automated access
- [improvement] No machine-readable contact
- [improvement] Sitemap is discoverable and structured

## AI mentions and rivals
Named in 3 AI assistant answers.
- cypress.io: 75/100 https://qomvia.com/site/cypress-io
- playwright.dev: 55/100 https://qomvia.com/site/playwright-dev
- webdriver.io: not measured
- testcafe.io: not measured

## FAQ
Q: Is Selenium readable by AI agents?
A: Selenium (selenium.dev) scores 67 out of 100 for agent readiness, grade C, measured 4 days ago, on 06.10.2026. 0 of 3 agent classes we test can use the site, and 2 checks currently block agents outright.

Q: What stops agents from using selenium.dev?
A: The heaviest problems are: No API or feed to read; No MCP endpoint to call; No stated policy for automated access; No machine-readable contact; Sitemap is discoverable and structured. Each one is scored from a public HTTP response, and the fix for each is listed in the signed-in report.

Q: How is the Selenium agent-readiness score calculated?
A: Qomvia fetches public pages of selenium.dev as an AI agent would and runs the core checks every site gets across 6 groups: Machine access, Content legibility, Discovery surface, Identity & policy, Agent-facing performance, Agent protocols. Checks are weighted by how much an agent loses when they fail, and the score is expressed out of 100.

Q: How often is this score updated?
A: Public scores are re-checked when the site is re-scanned; tracked domains are re-scanned weekly and their owners are alerted when a check regresses. This page shows the scan from 4 days ago, on 06.10.2026.

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