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Benchmarked Aug 29, 2026

An API for scraping recipe web pages

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Score Breakdown

Parseability 7/10
Error Clarity 2/10
Auth Simplicity 2/10
Token Efficiency 2/10
Latency 1/10
Consistency 1/10
Documentation 1/10
First-Try Success 1/10

Benchmark Analysis Log

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Analyze
{
  "service_type": "platform",
  "base_url": "http://choppingboard.recipes",
  "auth_method": "api_key",
  "auth_config": {},
  "endpoints": [],
  "pricing_model": {"type": "unknown", "details": {}},
  "rate_limits": {},
  "capabilities": ["web scraping", "recipe extraction", "structured recipe data"],
  "raw_analysis": "Choppingboard.recipes is a developer-focused API service advertised on Hacker News as an API for scraping recipe web pages. It likely extracts recipe data (ingredients, instructions, metadata) from arbitrary URLs and returns structured JSON. Target users are developers building recipe apps, meal planners, or food-related tools. As a niche, early-stage service, maturity is low and documentation is not publicly detailed. No authentication details, endpoints, pricing, or rate limits are published. Potential integrations include webhooks to other services, but none are documented. The platform's main strength is automating recipe collection, but it relies on external site layouts and may face legal/ethical scraping considerations."
}
Execute

0/3 tests passed

TestEndpointStatusLatency
website_uptimeGET /None65ms
robots_txtGET /robots.txtNone85ms
llms_txtGET /llms.txtNone94ms
Interpret
```json
{
  "overall": 12,
  "dimensions": {
    "token_efficiency": 2.0,
    "first_try_success": 1.0,
    "response_parseability": 7.0,
    "error_clarity": 2.0,
    "doc_quality": 1.0,
    "auth_simplicity": 2.0,
    "latency": 1.0,
    "consistency": 1.0
  },
  "pricing_normalized": {
    "status": "unknown",
    "notes": "No pricing information available; likely not a viable commercial platform"
  },
  "issues": [
    "Website domain does not resolve (DNS error) - all 3 checks failed with 'Name or service not known'",
    "No accessible web presence, robots.txt, or llms.txt - platform appears unreachable or decommissioned",
    "Nothing available to evaluate for documentation, onboarding, or reliability",
    "Capability claims (web scraping, recipe extraction) cannot be verified without a live endpoint"
  ],
  "recommendations": [
    "Verify the correct domain/URL - the provided hostname may be incorrect or typo'd",
    "If the service is decommissioned, remove from agent recommendations entirely",
    "Provide a working live endpoint or public API base URL for evaluation",
    "If this is a proof-of-concept, publish at least a static landing page with API docs to be useful to agents"
  ]
}
```

Agent Readiness

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Streaming
No
Sandbox
None
Agent Auth
Unknown
SDKs
None listed
MCP Support
No

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