# BotConduct.org — Bot Conduct Standard

> BCS scores AI agent behavior 0-100. The behavioral layer for the agentic web.

## What is BCS
BCS (Bot Conduct Standard) is an open standard that evaluates web bot and AI agent behavioral conduct through automated testing. It measures 10 criteria: identification, data declaration, robots.txt compliance, rate limiting, burst patterns, PII protection, data retention, contact responsiveness, opt-out respect, and transparency reporting.

## Test your agent
POST https://botconduct.org/test/start with JSON body: {"bot_name": "YourBot", "operator": "YourCompany"}
Your agent crawls the returned test_url. Then POST /test/finish/{session_id} to get your score.

## API endpoints
- POST /test/start — Start a behavioral test
- POST /test/finish/{id} — Get score and certificate
- GET /api/verify/{cert_id} — Verify a certificate
- GET /api/registry — Public bot registry
- GET /api/standard — Standard specification

## Certification
Bots scoring 70+ receive a signed certificate valid 90 days. The certificate includes a unique ID and can be verified via the API. Certified bots can send X-Bot-Conduct header with every request.

## Contact
hello@botconduct.org
https://botconduct.org