youtube.com.

L0 — not silicon friendly yet

YouTube is a video sharing and streaming platform where users can upload, watch, like, comment on, and share videos across virtually every topic imaginable. It hosts content ranging from short clips to full-length films, music videos, live streams, and educational tutorials created by both individuals and organizations. AI agents can use YouTube to find video content, retrieve metadata about videos and channels, and access one of the largest libraries of user-generated and professional video content on the internet.

LEVEL 1 / BASIC ACCESSIBILITY — 3/6

Uses semantic HTML elements (header, nav, main, article, section, footer) instead of just divs FAIL

Has proper meta tags (title, description, og:tags, twitter:card) PASS

Includes Schema.org JSON-LD structured data FAIL

Does not block automated access with CAPTCHAs on public content PASS

Content is server-side rendered (visible in HTML source, not just JS-rendered) FAIL

Uses clean, readable URLs (no excessive query params or hash fragments) PASS

LEVEL 2 / DISCOVERABILITY — 2/6

Has a robots.txt that allows legitimate bot access PASS

Provides an XML sitemap PASS

Has a /llms.txt file describing the site for LLMs FAIL

Publishes an OpenAPI/Swagger specification for its API FAIL

Has comprehensive, machine-readable documentation FAIL

Primary content is text-based (not locked in images/videos/PDFs) FAIL

LEVEL 3 / STRUCTURED INTERACTION — 0/6

Provides a structured REST or GraphQL API FAIL

API returns JSON responses with consistent schema FAIL

API supports search and filtering parameters FAIL

Has an A2A agent card at /.well-known/agent.json FAIL

Rate limits are documented and return proper 429 responses with Retry-After FAIL

API returns structured error responses with error codes and messages FAIL

LEVEL 4 / AGENT INTEGRATION — 3/6

Provides an MCP (Model Context Protocol) server FAIL

Supports WebMCP for browser-based agent interaction FAIL

API supports write operations (POST/PUT/PATCH/DELETE), not just reads PASS

Supports agent-friendly authentication (API keys, OAuth client credentials) PASS

Supports webhooks for event notifications PASS

Write operations support idempotency keys FAIL

LEVEL 5 / AUTONOMOUS OPERATION — 0/6

Supports event streaming (SSE, WebSockets) for real-time updates FAIL

Supports agent-to-agent capability negotiation FAIL

Has a subscription/management API for agents FAIL

Supports multi-step workflow orchestration FAIL

Can proactively notify agents of relevant changes FAIL

Supports cross-service handoff between agents FAIL