# Web (web.dev): agent-readiness 61/100, grade C

> Rank 440 of 1000 on Qomvia (rubric v2.3.0). Last scanned 2026-10-09T05:10:14.384Z. Page: https://qomvia.com/site/web-dev  JSON: https://qomvia.com/api/score/web-dev

## Summary
Category: Education and training
{
  "known": true,
  "confidence": "high",
  "summary": "web.dev is a Google project that provides educational content and tools for web developers. It focuses on best practices for building modern, high-quality web experiences, covering topics like performance, accessibility, SEO, and progressive web apps.",
  "offerings": [
    "Educational articles and guides",
    "Web development best practices",
    "Performance analysis tools (e.g., Lighthouse integration)",
    "Updates on web standards and new features",
    "Code samples and tutorials",
    "Documentation for web platform APIs"
  ],
  "audience": "Web developers, front-end engineers, web designers, anyone building or managing websites.",
  "geography": "Globally, online.",
  "strengths": [
    "Authoritative source for web development best practices (backed by Google)",
    "Comprehensive coverage of performance, accessibility, SEO, and PWA",
    "Integration with developer tools like Lighthouse",
    "Up-to-date information on web standards and technologies",
    "Free and open access to high-quality educational content"
  ],
  "unknowns": [
    "Specific internal team structure or budget for the project",
    "Exact user demographics beyond 'web developers'",
    "Direct monetization strategy for the platform itself",
    "Detailed metrics on content consumption or impact",
    "Future content roadmap beyond general topics"
  ],
  "alternatives": [
    "developer.mozilla.org",
    "smashingmagazine.com",
    "css-tricks.com",
    "freecodecamp.org",
    "javascript.info"
  ],
  "business": "web.dev is a platform provided by Google that offers free educational resources and tools to web developers globally, promoting best practices for building modern web experiences.",
  "competitors": [
    "developer.mozilla.org",
    "css-tricks.com",
    "smashingmagazine.com",
    "freecodecamp.org",
    "sitepoint.com",
    "theodinproject.com",
    "tutorialspoint.com"
  ]
}

## Score by group
- Machine access: 24/24
- Content legibility: 20/26
- Discovery surface: 5/20
- Identity & policy: 3/12
- Agent-facing performance: 8/8
- Agent protocols: 1/10
Failing checks:
- [blocker] No llms.txt
- [blocker] No API or feed to read
- [blocker] No heading hierarchy
- [blocker] No MCP endpoint to call
- [improvement] No stated policy for automated access

## AI mentions and rivals
Named in 1 AI assistant answers.
- developer.mozilla.org: not measured
- css-tricks.com: not measured
- smashingmagazine.com: not measured
- freecodecamp.org: not measured
- theodinproject.com: not measured

## FAQ
Q: Is Web readable by AI agents?
A: Web (web.dev) scores 61 out of 100 for agent readiness, grade C, measured yesterday, on 09.10.2026. 0 of 3 agent classes we test can use the site, and 4 checks currently block agents outright.

Q: What stops agents from using web.dev?
A: The heaviest problems are: No llms.txt; No API or feed to read; No heading hierarchy; No MCP endpoint to call; No stated policy for automated access. 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 Web agent-readiness score calculated?
A: Qomvia fetches public pages of web.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 yesterday, on 09.10.2026.

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