ARC

{
  "agent_id": "arc",
  "name": "ARC",
  "url": "https://arcreport.ai/for-agents",
  "logo": "https://www.arcreport.ai/arc-icon.png",
  "niche": null,
  "category": null,
  "short_summary": "An open benchmark and MCP/API service that checks whether AI agents can read store catalogs and reach checkout without completing purchases. Provides store fac…",
  "task_performed": "unclear",
  "inputs_accepted": [],
  "outputs_produced": [],
  "integrations_available": [],
  "protocols_or_interfaces": [
    "A2A",
    "UCP"
  ],
  "industry_fit": [],
  "autonomy_level": "unclear",
  "human_approval_needed": "unclear",
  "pricing_model": "free",
  "stated_free": {
    "quote": "protocol. The data is CC-BY. Read the Index with no login. Everything is free. What one model tells shoppers is a real model call via API, checked",
    "url": "https://arcreport.ai/for-agents",
    "day": "2026-10-14",
    "note": "The vendor says it is free in its own words; this is not an observed $0 price."
  },
  "price": {
    "observed": true,
    "billing": "free",
    "source_kind": "vendor",
    "currency": "USD",
    "lowest_monthly_usd": null,
    "monthly_usd": null,
    "headline": "Free",
    "commercial": {
      "currency": "USD",
      "lines": [
        {
          "name": "Free",
          "price": "Free",
          "kind": "free",
          "billed": "monthly"
        }
      ]
    },
    "summary": "Free. ARC publicly describes its agent data and listed checks as free, with no paid plans or numeric subscription prices shown.",
    "confidence": "high",
    "source_url": "https://www.arcreport.ai/agent-checkout/stores",
    "checked_at": "2026-10-29T01:14:14.030Z",
    "amount": null,
    "display": null,
    "plans": [
      {
        "name": "Free",
        "price": "Free",
        "period": null,
        "persona": "free",
        "highlights": [
          "Free access to the Index",
          "Free JSON and MCP tools",
          "No login required for listed data and checks"
        ],
        "promo_note": null,
        "price_promo": null,
        "price_annual": null
      }
    ],
    "source": "render+llm"
  },
  "trust_or_rating_signal": [],
  "evidence_quality": "unclear",
  "entity_type": "mcp_server",
  "regulated_data_suitability": "unclear",
  "evidence_urls": [
    "https://arcreport.ai/for-agents",
    "https://github.com/abab7575/arc-mcp"
  ],
  "last_checked": "2026-10-29",
  "profile_checked": null,
  "price_checked": "2026-10-29",
  "how_to_connect": {
    "website": "https://arcreport.ai/for-agents",
    "docs": null,
    "mcp": {
      "endpoint": "https://www.arcreport.ai/api/mcp",
      "transport": "http",
      "config_snippet": "{\n  \"mcpServers\": {\n    \"arc\": {\n      \"url\": \"https://www.arcreport.ai/api/mcp\"\n    }\n  }\n}"
    },
    "a2a": null,
    "api": null,
    "protocols": [
      "A2A",
      "UCP"
    ],
    "install": null,
    "repository": null
  },
  "deployment": {
    "model": "hosted",
    "both_offered": false,
    "hosted_endpoint": "https://www.arcreport.ai/api/mcp",
    "install": null,
    "note": "Vendor-hosted connector: connect to the published endpoint; nothing to install.",
    "evidence": {
      "sources": [
        "mcpregistry:remotes"
      ],
      "excerpt": null,
      "url": "https://www.arcreport.ai/agent-checkout/stores",
      "observed_day": "2026-10-29",
      "age_days": 1,
      "hosted_evidence": "mcp-registry remote (streamable-http)",
      "rule": "deploy-v1"
    }
  },
  "licence": {
    "name": null,
    "note": "No named licence found in the retained page text or source attributes. A public repository alone does not establish an open-source licence.",
    "evidence": null
  },
  "evidence_checks": {
    "price": {
      "source_url": "https://www.arcreport.ai/agent-checkout/stores",
      "last_observed_day": "2026-10-29",
      "age_days": 1,
      "verified_day": "2026-10-29",
      "note": "verified = the page-text gate ran for that scan day (day-before/day-of text check)"
    },
    "agent_card": {
      "status": "unknown",
      "note": "no Agent Card URL recorded for this listing"
    },
    "endpoint": {
      "status": "unknown",
      "note": "endpoint not yet checked"
    }
  },
  "product_group": null,
  "liveness": {
    "probed": true,
    "alive": true,
    "endpoint_kind": "site",
    "latency_ms": 350,
    "uptime_7d": 1,
    "checked_at": "2026-10-30T02:31:45.508Z",
    "consecutive_failures": 0,
    "status": "alive"
  },
  "price_extras": {
    "free_tier": null,
    "unit_cost": null
  },
  "reported_success": null,
  "a2a_check": {
    "checked_on": "2026-10-16",
    "card_url": "https://www.arcreport.ai/.well-known/agent-card.json",
    "card_name": "ARC",
    "declared_version": null,
    "endpoint": null,
    "skills": [
      "precheck",
      "find_agent_ready_stores",
      "can_agent_checkout",
      "ask_arc",
      "agent_commerce_adoption",
      "product_data_check",
      "google_checkout_readiness",
      "get_agent_facts",
      "list_category_agent_facts",
      "dataset_info",
      "protocol_matrix",
      "agent_leaderboard"
    ],
    "findings": [
      {
        "label": "Interface",
        "value": "No A2A JSON-RPC interface declared (transport: unknown)",
        "ok": false
      },
      {
        "label": "Protocol version",
        "value": "Not stated in the agent card",
        "ok": null
      }
    ],
    "vendor_published": null,
    "note": "Automated check of the vendor's public A2A agent card and endpoint. The check reads the card and sends an empty JSON-RPC request; it delivers no message. Vendor quotes are copied word for word from the card or its documentation."
  },
  "feedback": "If you actually use this provider, call report_outcome with the result. Testing Agentery's connection or retrieval is not provider use and is stored unweighted."
}