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Bump vs ReadMe

Bump and ReadMe score alike on the AgentReady. They differ on 10 of the 41 signals. Which ones decides whether an agent can adopt them without a person watching.

What each one is

Bump. Bump.sh is a platform for API documentation and MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers that automatically generates docs and production-ready MCP servers from OpenAPI, AsyncAPI, and Arazzo specifications.

ReadMe. ReadMe is a documentation platform that provides everything to build great docs for developers.

Where Bump is ahead

Bump passes mcp discoverable, and ReadMe does not. That is discover, whether an agent can find the product at all without being told it exists.

It also holds understand: authentication documented. ReadMe misses it.

And on adopt, cli available and mcp integration available. ReadMe misses those.

Finally, on operate, retry behavior documented. ReadMe misses it.

Where ReadMe is ahead

ReadMe passes llms.txt published and llms-full.txt / full agent docs, and Bump does not. That is discover, whether an agent can find the product at all without being told it exists.

It also holds adopt: self-service signup and fast time to first request. Bump misses those.

And on operate, structured, predictable output. Bump misses it.

What neither does

Both fail clear canonical domain, openapi / spec quality, pricing understandable, request examples provided, response examples provided, errors and status codes documented, limits / constraints documented, no mandatory sales call, agent-compatible signup flow, programmatic credential creation, free trial or free allowance, machine-readable errors, idempotency support, rate-limit behavior predictable, agent compatibility verified. If your agent needs any of those, you will be building it yourself either way.

Score, pillar by pillar

The AgentReady splits into four pillars, scored separately, because a product can be easy to find and still impossible to adopt.

Discover. Both sit at 80/100 here. Bump misses clear canonical domain, llms.txt published, llms-full.txt / full agent docs; ReadMe misses clear canonical domain, mcp discoverable.

Understand is whether an agent can read the docs and work out how the API behaves before calling it. Bump leads 38 to 31. Bump misses openapi / spec quality, pricing understandable, request examples provided, response examples provided, errors and status codes documented, limits / constraints documented; ReadMe misses openapi / spec quality, authentication documented, pricing understandable, request examples provided, response examples provided, errors and status codes documented, limits / constraints documented.

Adopt. Both sit at 45/100 here. Bump misses self-service signup, no mandatory sales call, agent-compatible signup flow, programmatic credential creation, free trial or free allowance, fast time to first request; ReadMe misses no mandatory sales call, agent-compatible signup flow, programmatic credential creation, free trial or free allowance, cli available, mcp integration available.

Operate. ReadMe leads 50 to 44. Bump misses structured, predictable output, machine-readable errors, idempotency support, rate-limit behavior predictable, agent compatibility verified; ReadMe misses machine-readable errors, retry behavior documented, idempotency support, rate-limit behavior predictable, agent compatibility verified.

Pricing

Bump does not publish a machine-readable starting price. ReadMe does not publish one.

Signal by signal

Which to pick

Signal counts are level here, so fit and price decide it. Full profiles: Bump and ReadMe. Alternatives to each: Bump, ReadMe.

An agent can fetch this as data: POST /v1/compare {"slugs": ["bump", "readme"]}