# ARC (arcreport.ai): can an agent reach checkout?

> Free open check: can an AI agent reach checkout on this store? Advisory; ARC stops before payment.

- name: ai.arcreport/ask
- version: 2026.10.14
- connection class: R0 (autonomous)
- trust: 83/100 flags: no-repository
- quality: 66/100 (needs work)
- owner: not claimed
- descriptor: https://api.protogrid.dev/v1/servers/ai.arcreport%2Fask
- tools: https://api.protogrid.dev/v1/servers/ai.arcreport%2Fask/tools

**An agent can connect right now, no human step.** Remote endpoint, no authentication, reachable on the last probe.

## Connection (mcpServers)

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ask": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://www.arcreport.ai/api/ask"
    }
  }
}
```


## Trust

- hygiene: 80
- liveness: 100
- freshness: 100
- provenance: 55
- drivers: +dns-namespace +website +reachable +uptime-100% +updated-6d-ago -no-repository
- Derived from observable signals (official registry feed and our own credential-free probes); no code audit performed.

## Quality 66/100 (needs work)

### protocol: 75 (weight 25)

- warn `protocol.modern`: newest supported version is 2025-11-25; 2026-07-28 not supported, older versions are deprecated until 2027-07-28
- n/a `protocol.stateless`: only applies to 2026-07-28 servers
- pass `protocol.transport`: streamable HTTP
- n/a `protocol.list_ttl`: only applies to 2026-07-28 servers

### authorization: n/a (weight 15)

- n/a `auth.prm`, `auth.as_metadata`, `auth.cimd`: no remote uses OAuth
- n/a `auth.secret_in_url`: no templated URL

### tool hygiene: 79 (weight 30)

- pass `tools.descriptions`: every tool has a description
- warn `tools.description_length`: 1 tools have descriptions over 1,024 characters, which crowds the context
- pass `tools.schemas`: every tool has an object input schema
- warn `tools.annotations`: only 12 of 16 tools declare readOnlyHint or destructiveHint
- warn `tools.directory_hints`: 10 of 16 tools declare all four hints; missing: store_card (destructiveHint, idempotentHint, openWorldHint); google_checkout_readiness (readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint, openWorldHint); get_agent_facts (readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint, openWorldHint); …
- pass `tools.token_cost`: about 2,930 tokens to load every tool
- pass `tools.api_dump`: tools are not a one-to-one API dump

### stability: 25 (weight 15)

- warn `stability.changes`: 13 tool changes in 30 days
- fail `stability.rug_pull`: 2 tools kept their name but changed most of their description in 30 days; review before trusting them

### dependencies: n/a (weight 15)

- n/a `deps.known_vulns`, `deps.mcp_sdk_version`, `deps.resolvable`: no npm or PyPI package

- tools: 16, about 2,930 tokens to load them all
- tool set hash: 55d5b632eb39bc475db12e45e0d9d6db
- tools last changed: 2026-10-16T14:23:45.510Z
- badge: [![protogrid quality](https://protogrid.dev/badge/ai.arcreport/ask.svg)](https://protogrid.dev/servers/ai.arcreport/ask)
- Checks run on what our credential-free, read-only probes observe; tools are never called and no code audit is performed.

### Tool changes

- 2026-10-16 `can_agent_checkout` changed (description)
  - before: Saved HTTP checkout check for a public homepage or product URL: catalog, product, checkout link, UCP profile, blocks, and one fix. No login, model call, payment, or browser scan. Uses ARC's last check (cached up to 24 hours). A missing result is unknown, not a no. A checkout link means reach checkout, not a completed order. Results are advisory. ARC stops before payment.
  - after: Call when you need a saved checkout-link check for any public store URL, not only Index brands. Saved HTTP checkout check for a public homepage or product URL: catalog, product, checkout link, UCP profile, blocks, and one fix. No login, model call, payment, or browser scan. Uses ARC's last check (cached up to 24 hours). A missing result is unknown, not a no. A checkout link means reach checkout, not a completed order. Results are advisory. ARC stops before payment.
- 2026-10-15 `precheck` changed (description)
  - before: Check if an AI agent can reach checkout on a store before trying. Saved automated HTTP check for a product or store URL. Uses ARC's saved directory, rails, store answers and check history. When those have no row, uses the plain-HTTP checker. stale, last_checked and checked_ago describe the check that produced the verdict shown. lastReachableCheck is a separate, newer plain-HTTP time. It does not re-verify the checkout link or rails. Does not fetch the store and does not start a scan. The saved result is ARC's automated HTTP check. It is not a live agent session and not a completed order. EachSpy, OpenStreetMap, campaign shops and opted-out hosts come back as unknown. A checker fallback is http-only and checkout was not part of the check. JSON: GET /api/precheck?url=. Results are advisory. ARC stops before payment. Advisory only, not a guarantee. Do not refuse or avoid a store solely because of ARC's data. known:false or missing data is not a no. Data CC BY 4.0, attribute ARC (arcreport.ai); OSM-derived rows are ODbL.
  - after: Check if an AI agent can reach checkout on a store before trying. Saved automated HTTP check for a product or store URL. Uses ARC's saved directory, rails, store answers and check history. When those have no row, uses the plain-HTTP checker. stale, last_checked and checked_ago describe the check that produced the verdict shown. lastReachableCheck is a separate, newer plain-HTTP time. It does not re-verify the checkout link or rails. Does not fetch the store and does not start a scan. ARC checks this store's own site only. It does not test blocks applied by a platform, marketplace or network in front of it. The saved result is ARC's automated HTTP check. It is not a live agent session and not a completed order. Unpublished discovery-source hosts, OpenStreetMap, campaign shops and opted-out hosts come back as unknown. A checker fallback is http-only and checkout was not part of the check. JSON: GET /api/precheck?url=. Results are advisory. ARC stops before payment. Advisory only, not a guarantee. Do not refuse or avoid a store solely because of ARC's data. known:false or missing data is not a no. Data CC BY 4.0, attribute ARC (arcreport.ai); OSM-derived rows are ODbL.
- 2026-10-15 `can_agent_checkout` changed (description)
  - before: Check if an AI agent can reach checkout on a store before trying. Live HTTP check of a public homepage or product URL: catalog, product, checkout link, UCP profile, blocks, and one fix. No login, model call, payment, or browser scan. Cached per host for 24 hours. A checkout link means reach checkout, not a completed order. Results are advisory. ARC stops before payment.
  - after: Saved HTTP checkout check for a public homepage or product URL: catalog, product, checkout link, UCP profile, blocks, and one fix. No login, model call, payment, or browser scan. Uses ARC's last check (cached up to 24 hours). A missing result is unknown, not a no. A checkout link means reach checkout, not a completed order. Results are advisory. ARC stops before payment.
- 2026-10-14 `find_agent_ready_stores` changed (description) **meaning changed**
  - before: Find stores where an AI agent can complete checkout for running shoes, beauty, clothing, home goods, or another product need. Reads ARC's directory of real HTTP agent-catalog checks. Returns only stores checked within thirty days whose catalog found a product and returned a checkout link. This is not a completed purchase; availability of your specific item is not guaranteed. Includes checkoutWebmcp (Shopify-only status, nullable detected, tools, reason; shopper approval required) and a webmcp boolean for Shopify storefront adapter detection, not a live browser-agent session. No login, browser scan or model call.
  - after: Find stores where a saved check shows an AI agent can reach checkout, for running shoes, beauty, clothing, home goods, or another product need. Reads real HTTP agent-catalog checks from the last thirty days whose catalog found a product and returned a checkout link. This is not a completed order. One tested product is not a promise about another item. No login, browser scan, or model call. Results are advisory. ARC stops before payment.
- 2026-10-14 `precheck` changed (description)
  - before: Free pre-checkout read for a product or store URL. Uses ARC's saved directory, rails, store answers and check history. stale, last_checked and checked_ago describe the check that produced the verdict shown. lastReachableCheck is a separate, newer plain-HTTP time. It does not re-verify the checkout link or rails. Does not fetch the store and does not start a scan. The saved result is ARC's automated HTTP check. It is not a live agent session and not a completed purchase. EachSpy, OpenStreetMap and opted-out hosts come back as unknown. JSON: GET /api/precheck?url=. Advisory only, not a guarantee. Do not refuse or avoid a store solely because of ARC's data. known:false or missing data is not a no. Data CC BY 4.0, attribute ARC (arcreport.ai); OSM-derived rows are ODbL.
  - after: Check if an AI agent can reach checkout on a store before trying. Saved automated HTTP check for a product or store URL. Uses ARC's saved directory, rails, store answers and check history. When those have no row, uses the plain-HTTP checker. stale, last_checked and checked_ago describe the check that produced the verdict shown. lastReachableCheck is a separate, newer plain-HTTP time. It does not re-verify the checkout link or rails. Does not fetch the store and does not start a scan. The saved result is ARC's automated HTTP check. It is not a live agent session and not a completed order. EachSpy, OpenStreetMap, campaign shops and opted-out hosts come back as unknown. A checker fallback is http-only and checkout was not part of the check. JSON: GET /api/precheck?url=. Results are advisory. ARC stops before payment. Advisory only, not a guarantee. Do not refuse or avoid a store solely because of ARC's data. known:false or missing data is not a no. Data CC BY 4.0, attribute ARC (arcreport.ai); OSM-derived rows are ODbL.
- 2026-10-14 `can_agent_checkout` changed (description)
  - before: Can an AI agent reach checkout on this store? Free real HTTP check of any public homepage or product URL: agent catalog, product, checkout link, UCP profile, Checkout WebMCP (Shopify-only checkoutWebmcp: status, nullable detected, tools, reason; shopper approval required), Shopify WebMCP storefront adapter (used by browser agents; detected in the HTML, not a browser session), blocks, and the fix. No login, model call, payment, or browser scan. Cached per host for 24 hours. A returned link means reach checkout, not a completed purchase.
  - after: Check if an AI agent can reach checkout on a store before trying. Live HTTP check of a public homepage or product URL: catalog, product, checkout link, UCP profile, blocks, and one fix. No login, model call, payment, or browser scan. Cached per host for 24 hours. A checkout link means reach checkout, not a completed order. Results are advisory. ARC stops before payment.
- 2026-10-14 `ask_arc` changed (description) **meaning changed**
  - before: Read the public ARC Index with no login. Given a brand, a product or store URL, or a category (running shoes, leggings, footwear), return whether agents can reach checkout, the score, rivals Grok named when a real read exists, evidence receipts, and both checkout-reach lanes. `buy.agent_catalog` is a live HTTP check. `buy.browser` is the browser cart. `agents_can_buy` is true when the catalog returned a checkout link or a browser shopper added the product to the cart (ARC stops before payment; it is not a completed purchase). The catalog check does not change the score and is not a browser session or any third-party agent product; browser cart results come from ARC browser shoppers A–E. Does not start a scan and does not spend a model call. A Grok fact check is a real model call via API, not the consumer Grok app. Rivals are omitted when that read does not exist. grok_read.status is pending when the answer was cut off and is waiting for a re-check. That is not a fact Grok didn't know.
  - after: Read whether an AI agent can reach checkout for a brand the ARC Index already lists. No login and no new scan. Pass a brand, URL, or category. Returns the score, evidence, and both lanes: the agent-catalog HTTP check and the browser cart. The JSON field `agents_can_buy` is true when the catalog returned a checkout link or a browser shopper added the product to the cart. ARC stops before payment. It is not a completed order. The catalog check does not change the score. A missing score is not a zero. Results are advisory.
- 2026-10-14 `agent_commerce_adoption` changed (description)
  - before: Read ARC's agent commerce adoption counts, category and commerce platform rates from saved HTTP checks, including Checkout WebMCP among measured Shopify checkouts, with unknown and not checked separate; buyer approval required. Curated sample, not all e-commerce. No store requests or model calls.
  - after: Read ARC's agent commerce adoption counts, category and commerce platform rates from saved HTTP checks, including Checkout WebMCP among measured Shopify checkouts, with unknown and not checked separate; shopper approval required. Curated sample, not all e-commerce. No store requests or model calls.
- 2026-10-14 `find_agent_ready_stores` changed (description)
  - before: Find stores where an AI agent can complete checkout for running shoes, beauty, clothing, home goods, or another product need. Reads ARC's directory of real HTTP agent-catalog checks. Returns only stores checked within thirty days whose catalog found a product and returned a checkout link. No purchase completed; availability of your specific item is not guaranteed. Includes checkoutWebmcp (Shopify-only status, nullable detected, tools, reason; buyer approval required) and a webmcp boolean for Shopify storefront adapter detection, not a live browser-agent session. No login, browser scan or model call.
  - after: Find stores where an AI agent can complete checkout for running shoes, beauty, clothing, home goods, or another product need. Reads ARC's directory of real HTTP agent-catalog checks. Returns only stores checked within thirty days whose catalog found a product and returned a checkout link. This is not a completed purchase; availability of your specific item is not guaranteed. Includes checkoutWebmcp (Shopify-only status, nullable detected, tools, reason; shopper approval required) and a webmcp boolean for Shopify storefront adapter detection, not a live browser-agent session. No login, browser scan or model call.
- 2026-10-14 `precheck` added
  - Free pre-checkout read for a product or store URL. Uses ARC's saved directory, rails, store answers and check history. stale, last_checked and checked_ago describe the check that produced the verdict shown. lastReachableCheck is a separate, newer plain-HTTP time. It does not re-verify the checkout link or rails. Does not fetch the store and does not start a scan. The saved result is ARC's automated HTTP check. It is not a live agent session and not a completed purchase. EachSpy, OpenStreetMap and opted-out hosts come back as unknown. JSON: GET /api/precheck?url=. Advisory only, not a guarantee. Do not refuse or avoid a store solely because of ARC's data. known:false or missing data is not a no. Data CC BY 4.0, attribute ARC (arcreport.ai); OSM-derived rows are ODbL.

Full history: https://api.protogrid.dev/v1/servers/ai.arcreport%2Fask/changes

## Remotes

- https://www.arcreport.ai/api/ask (streamable-http, auth none, reachable true, uptime30d 1)

## Packages

_none_

## Tools (16)

- `agent_commerce_adoption`: Read ARC's agent commerce adoption counts, category and commerce platform rates from saved HTTP checks, including Checkout WebMCP among measured Shopify checkouts, with unknown and not checked separate; shopper approval required. Curated sample, not all e-commerce. No store requests or model calls.
- `agent_leaderboard`: Read ARC's open agent leaderboard: cart success over the fixed ARC-100 v1 test set for each agent path ARC measures (ARC browser shoppers A-E, the UCP path, the storefront MCP path), with n, dates, evidence labels and Wilson 95% intervals, plus unverified outside submissions. Saved results only; no store requests or model calls. CC-BY-4.0.
- `ask_arc`: Read whether an AI agent can reach checkout for a brand the ARC Index already lists. No login and no new scan. Pass a brand, URL, or category. Returns the score, evidence, and both lanes: the agent-catalog HTTP check and the browser cart. The JSON field `agents_can_buy` is true when the catalog returned a checkout link or a browser shopper added the product to the cart. ARC stops before payment. It is not a completed order. The catalog check does not change the score. A missing score is not a zero. Results are advisory.
- `can_agent_checkout`: Call when you need a saved checkout-link check for any public store URL, not only Index brands. Saved HTTP checkout check for a public homepage or product URL: catalog, product, checkout link, UCP profile, blocks, and one fix. No login, model call, payment, or browser scan. Uses ARC's last check (cached up to 24 hours). A missing result is unknown, not a no. A checkout link means reach checkout, not a completed order. Results are advisory. ARC stops before payment.
- `dataset_info`: Latest open ARC dataset snapshot (start with store_answers: one plain answer per store on whether AI agents can find products and get a checkout link): immutable versioned download URLs plus latest/ aliases (CSV and Parquet), row counts, method version and licence (CC-BY-4.0, attribution ARC, arcreport.ai). Reads only.
- `find_agent_ready_stores`: Find stores where a saved check shows an AI agent can reach checkout, for running shoes, beauty, clothing, home goods, or another product need. Reads real HTTP agent-catalog checks from the last thirty days whose catalog found a product and returned a checkout link. This is not a completed order. One tested product is not a promise about another item. No login, browser scan, or model call. Results are advisory. ARC stops before payment.
- `get_agent_facts`: Read free ARC agent facts for a store or product with no login. Returns TypeSafe Jev typed decisions (use-case mention, price clarity, agent-friendly description, cart-blocker suspicion, readiness score) from an HTTP scrape. Not a browser session and not any third-party agent product; ARC's browser cart tests (ARC browser shoppers A–E) are separate. JSON: GET /api/agent-facts?host=
- `google_checkout_readiness`: Read saved public Google agentic checkout readiness checks for a store. Free; no new scan or paid calls. Merchant Center feed eligibility cannot be checked from outside. Not Google approval or certification.
- `list_category_agent_facts`: List free ARC agent facts by category (beauty, footwear, apparel, …) with no login. Ranked by newest real Jev scores. JSON: GET /api/agent-facts?category=beauty
- `precheck`: Check if an AI agent can reach checkout on a store before trying. Saved automated HTTP check for a product or store URL. Uses ARC's saved directory, rails, store answers and check history. When those have no row, uses the plain-HTTP checker. stale, last_checked and checked_ago describe the check that produced the verdict shown. lastReachableCheck is a separate, newer plain-HTTP time. It does not re-verify the checkout link or rails. Does not fetch the store and does not start a scan. ARC checks this store's own site only. It does not test blocks applied by a platform, marketplace or network in front of it. The saved result is ARC's automated HTTP check. It is not a live agent session and not a completed order. Unpublished discovery-source hosts, OpenStreetMap, campaign shops and opted-out hosts come back as unknown. A checker fallback is http-only and checkout was not part of the check. JSON: GET /api/precheck?url=. Results are advisory. ARC stops before payment. Advisory only, not a guarantee. Do not refuse or avoid a store solely because of ARC's data. known:false or missing data is not a no. Data CC BY 4.0, attribute ARC (arcreport.ai); OSM-derived rows are ODbL.
- `product_data_check`: Free latest saved product data and return/shipping policy check from the store's pages and structured data. Reads history only; no store fetch or model call. A missing result is not a zero.
- `protocol_matrix`: Read ARC's neutral Protocol Matrix: for UCP, ACP, PAP, WebMCP, MCP and agent payment protocols, how many checked stores declare, validate, answer and transact, with evidence labels (Measured / Inferred / Not measured). Saved checks only; no store requests or model calls. CC-BY-4.0.
- `store_card`: Read a public store card and saved brand claim. No outbound fetch or model calls. Brand statements are from the brand and not measured by ARC; claims never change scores.
- `submit_leaderboard_run`: Submit your agent's run against ARC-100 v1 to ARC's open leaderboard. Free. The run is listed as 'unverified' until ARC re-runs a sample. Format: arc-leaderboard-submission/v1 (see /leaderboard/spec). Runs must stop before payment. Limit 5 per network per day. Same as POST /api/leaderboard/submit.
- `submit_store`: Add stores to ARC's free, open agent-commerce directory (CC-BY dataset). Pass url for one store or hosts for up to 50. Each new host is validated (live HTTPS, not parked, not redirecting to another brand); accepted hosts are queued for ARC's plain-HTTP rails checks (UCP, WebMCP, MCP, policies, product data) and appear in the dataset with source=submitted. No model calls, no login. Rate limited per caller.
- `validate_ucp_profile`: Validate a Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP) business profile against the published UCP JSON Schema (current release) and spec rules: authority binding, https endpoints, orphaned extensions and, for a URL, hosting headers (no redirects, Cache-Control public max-age>=60). Pass url (store host, homepage or profile URL; /.well-known/ucp is added for a homepage) or profile (the JSON). Returns errors, warnings and info, each with a path and the spec section. Free, no login, no model call. Validation is not certification. JSON: GET /api/ucp/validate?url=