Merge scored 98/100 on the DocsAlot benchmark report across 23 published checks. This Documentation benchmark shows where agents can use these docs cleanly and where the biggest points of friction still are.
This report passes 21 of 23 checks, with 0 warnings, 1 failed checks, and 1 skipped checks still shaping the next score lift.
Documentation quality now affects implementation speed, support load, and whether an agent or buyer can stay self-serve. This benchmark shows where the docs already work well and where they still introduce friction.
Good documentation is discoverable, readable in plain text, clear about structure and instructions, and specific enough in examples and next steps that real workflows can keep moving.
These are the clearest signals behind the current score. Start with the strengths that already support discovery and implementation, then use the gaps below to prioritize the fixes most likely to improve AI readability and self-serve onboarding.
For the broader pattern behind these wins, review AI-readable documentation and compare this page with the full docs benchmark leaderboard.
If you want to improve the system behind these gaps, start with API docs automation, the OpenAPI to CLI generator, and this guide to making docs AI-readable.
Open each category to review the checks behind the score and see exactly where agents still hit friction.
Can an agent read the page without losing important context?
All 10 sampled pages contain server-rendered content
All 10 pages under 50K chars (median 7K, max 30K)
All 10 sampled pages under 50K chars (median 3258K HTML → 16K markdown (99% boilerplate))
Content starts within first 10% on all 10 sampled pages (median 0%)
Can an agent tell whether the docs are fresh and trustworthy?
llms.txt covers 100% of 1186 sitemap doc pages; 19 llms.txt links not in sitemap (may indicate stale links or incomplete sitemap)
6 of 10 pages have substantive content differences between markdown and HTML (avg 37% missing)
All 12 endpoints have appropriate cache headers
Can an agent trust that URLs will stay predictable?
All 10 sampled pages return proper error codes for bad URLs
No redirects detected across 10 sampled pages
Can an agent access the docs without getting blocked?
All 10 sampled pages are publicly accessible
All docs pages are publicly accessible; no alternative access paths needed
Can an agent understand how the page is organized?
No tabbed content detected across 10 sampled pages
No tabbed content found; header quality check not applicable
All 63 code fences properly closed across 12 pages
Can an agent fetch a clean text version of the docs?
10/10 sampled pages support .md URLs (100%)
10/10 sampled pages support content negotiation (100%)
Can an agent find the right starting point?
llms.txt found at 2 locations; using https://docs.merge.dev/llms.txt as canonical
llms.txt follows the proposed structure (H1, blockquote, heading-delimited link sections)
llms.txt is 7,395 characters (under 50,000 threshold)
All 10 same-origin sampled links resolve (43 total links)
10/10 same-origin sampled links point to markdown content (100%)
llms.txt directive found in HTML of all 10 sampled pages, near the top of content
llms.txt directive found in markdown of all 10 sampled pages, near the top of content
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