Provenance
observed · 7 Aug
Freshness
fresh
Dispute
none
Revision
sha256:1b76dd7061ce…

Agent report card

Can an agent use DigitalOcean Cloud through API resource management?

Grade B+: Only part of the applicable terms is machine-readable.

DigitalOcean / active

Agent ReadinessB+Limited
Coverage
complete: 11/11
Freshness
fresh
Last tested
Evidence
observed: not disputed

Five-stage assessment

Where agent autonomy holds and where it breaks

First break: Evaluate

  1. Evaluate

    Limited

    Only part of the applicable terms is machine-readable.

    An ARD declaration has not been established.

    An agent can discover the product and funnel from the tested public entrypoints.

    Eligibility can be decided from explicit public criteria.

    Pricing or the absence of a charge is explicit and machine-readable.

    Evidence and actions

    ARD declaration unknown

    missing: unknown

    An ARD declaration has not been established.

    ard_declaration: Unknown

    Decidable eligibility

    supported: fresh

    Eligibility can be decided from explicit public criteria.

    DigitalOcean sets clear eligibility requirements, such as requiring users to be 18 years or older and in compliance with applicable local and international laws.

    decidable_eligibility: Ready: tested 7 Aug

    Method http 1

    Machine discovery

    supported: fresh

    An agent can discover the product and funnel from the tested public entrypoints.

    DigitalOcean provides machine-discoverable REST API references and OpenAPI-compatible endpoints across its cloud services.

    machine_discovery: Ready: tested 7 Aug

    Method http 1

    Readable pricing

    supported: fresh

    Pricing or the absence of a charge is explicit and machine-readable.

    DigitalOcean provides explicit, machine-readable pricing structures with clear hourly and monthly starting costs across its product catalog.

    readable_pricing: Ready: tested 7 Aug

    Method http 1

    Structured terms limited

    supported: fresh

    Only part of the applicable terms is machine-readable.

    Terms of service are available as publicly accessible HTML documents, but are not provided as a structured machine-readable schema.

    structured_terms: Limited: tested 7 Aug

    Method http 1

    What would improve this stage

    • Publish complete applicable terms in a stable machine-readable document.

  2. Sign up

    Ready

    A stable signup entrypoint is available.

    Machine-operable signup has not been established.

    Whether CAPTCHA blocks signup has not been established.

    Whether phone verification is required has not been established.

    A scoped, revocable machine identity flow is documented, including explicit human authorization boundaries.

    Evidence and actions

    CAPTCHA-free signup unknown

    supported: fresh

    Whether CAPTCHA blocks signup has not been established.

    The retained signup page headless capture contains minimal content metadata and does not conclusively demonstrate the presence or absence of a CAPTCHA.

    captcha_free: Unknown: tested 7 Aug

    Method headless 1

    Machine-operable signup unknown

    supported: fresh

    Machine-operable signup has not been established.

    The retained page evidence for the signup path does not provide sufficient form DOM elements to verify machine-operable input controls.

    machine_operable_form: Unknown: tested 7 Aug

    Method headless 1

    Phone-free signup unknown

    supported: fresh

    Whether phone verification is required has not been established.

    The available signup flow captures do not contain explicit evidence regarding whether phone or SMS verification is required.

    phone_verification_free: Unknown: tested 7 Aug

    Method headless 1

    Stable signup entrypoint

    supported: fresh

    A stable signup entrypoint is available.

    The cloud registration HTTP entrypoint is available and resolves successfully with valid page metadata.

    stable_entrypoint: Ready: tested 7 Aug

    Method http 1

    Supported identity flow

    supported: fresh

    A scoped, revocable machine identity flow is documented, including explicit human authorization boundaries.

    DigitalOcean documentation establishes a supported machine identity flow using Personal Access Tokens with explicit token scopes.

    supported_identity_flow: Ready: tested 7 Aug

    Method headless 1

  3. Pay

    Ready

    The required price or no-charge status is explicit before commitment.

    Machine-operable checkout has not been established.

    A supported payment rail has not been established.

    Whether sales intervention is required has not been established.

    Evidence and actions

    Explicit price

    supported: fresh

    The required price or no-charge status is explicit before commitment.

    DigitalOcean provides explicit starting rates and usage-based pricing on its pricing page for cloud products such as Droplets, Kubernetes, and databases before commitment.

    explicit_price: Ready: tested 7 Aug

    Method http 1

    Machine-operable checkout unknown

    supported: fresh

    Machine-operable checkout has not been established.

    The retained evidence from the cloud registration page does not contain sufficient details to determine machine-operable checkout support.

    machine_operable_checkout: Unknown: tested 7 Aug

    Method headless 1

    Sales-free purchase unknown

    supported: fresh

    Whether sales intervention is required has not been established.

    The registration page evidence lacks details to verify whether the purchase path requires sales intervention.

    sales_intervention_free: Unknown: tested 7 Aug

    Method headless 1

    Supported payment rail unknown

    supported: fresh

    A supported payment rail has not been established.

    The headless evidence for cloud signup does not detail payment rail support during the account checkout process.

    supported_payment_rail: Unknown: tested 7 Aug

    Method headless 1

  4. Provision

    Ready

    Successful onboarding automatically activates usable access.

    A bounded provisioning delay has not been established.

    Usable credentials or delegated access are delivered through a documented flow.

    Provisioning exposes machine-readable progress, terminal states, and reconciliation.

    Evidence and actions

    Automatic activation

    supported: fresh

    Successful onboarding automatically activates usable access.

    DigitalOcean automatically provisions and activates Droplets upon submitting a request via the Control Panel, CLI (doctl), or API, displaying progress and making the resource accessible via IP/SSH upon completion without requiring manual vendor intervention.

    automatic_activation: Ready: tested 7 Aug

    Method headless 1

    Bounded provisioning delay unknown

    supported: fresh

    A bounded provisioning delay has not been established.

    While a progress bar is shown during creation, the documentation does not state a strict bounded delay or completion time guarantee for Droplet provisioning.

    bounded_delay: Unknown: tested 7 Aug

    Method http 1

    Credential delivery

    supported: fresh

    Usable credentials or delegated access are delivered through a documented flow.

    Personal access tokens can be created through a documented flow for API access and authentication.

    credential_delivery: Ready: tested 7 Aug

    Method headless 1

    Machine-readable provisioning status

    supported: fresh

    Provisioning exposes machine-readable progress, terminal states, and reconciliation.

    Droplet provisioning status is accessible via the API and CLI, exposing machine-readable actions and progress state.

    machine_readable_status: Ready: tested 7 Aug

    Method http 1

  5. Operate

    Ready

    A documented API or tool interface is available for operation.

    An agent protocol interface has not been established.

    Authentication is documented and usable within an agent authorization boundary.

    Limits, structured errors, retry behavior, and idempotency semantics are documented where applicable.

    Credential rotation, revocation, retry, and recovery paths are documented within delegated authority.

    Evidence and actions

    Agent protocol interface unknown

    missing: unknown

    An agent protocol interface has not been established.

    agent_protocol_interface: Unknown

    API or tool access

    supported: fresh

    A documented API or tool interface is available for operation.

    DigitalOcean provides documented HTTP REST APIs, CLI tools (doctl), and SDKs (PyDo, Godo) to programmatically manage cloud resources.

    api_tool_access: Ready: tested 7 Aug

    Method http 1

    Delegated recovery

    supported: fresh

    Credential rotation, revocation, retry, and recovery paths are documented within delegated authority.

    DigitalOcean documents recovery, credential revocation, and rotation paths via API endpoints and tools, such as token management and resource destroy/rebuild methods.

    delegated_recovery: Ready: tested 7 Aug

    Method http 1

    Documented limits and errors

    supported: fresh

    Limits, structured errors, retry behavior, and idempotency semantics are documented where applicable.

    DigitalOcean documents resource provisioning parameters, limits, and API requirements for creating Droplets and managing configurations.

    documented_limits_errors: Ready: tested 7 Aug

    Method http 1

    Usable authentication

    supported: fresh

    Authentication is documented and usable within an agent authorization boundary.

    Personal access tokens can be created and passed via Bearer authentication in standard HTTP headers for programmatic API authorization.

    usable_authentication: Ready: tested 7 Aug

    Method http 1

What works

  • Sign up: A stable signup entrypoint is available.
  • Pay: The required price or no-charge status is explicit before commitment.
  • Provision: Successful onboarding automatically activates usable access.
  • Operate: A documented API or tool interface is available for operation.

What blocks agents

  • Evaluate: Only part of the applicable terms is machine-readable.

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Method, policy, and immutable identifiers

Complete, fresh evidence for the core service lifecycle first applies hard stage severity, then grades the share of applicable evidenced signals that are constrained. Optional blocker probes affect the grade when established and remain visible as unknown when public evidence cannot establish them.

Any incomplete, contradictory, unsupported, or non-fresh required evidence produces an unrated profile. A failed Evaluate, Sign up, or Pay stage derives D; a failed Provision or Operate stage derives F; otherwise constrained-signal ratio derives A+ through C.

Profile ID
arp_01kzf0m4x8r3etq6ck2b79hsw5
Revision
sha256:1b76dd7061ce83f496786b743aaba9d9d84e116e600075efb94a32e85dfb4363
Projection
sha256:3614e6de2bb9afaf4539446c8aeaca6c079a25d575479bcb6ed8468453ef8efc
Policy
service-lifecycle-2026-08-08-calibrated: sha256:334e56852b5c38e178fcea839cfba680fb82dd96693842d933776baed21d63df
Base Catalog release
sha256:5082ec07047a2324648f569d234cc64342ce2707b2f3d77fde8fc06af517cee6