How Microsoft Authenticator’s scores are calculated

Point an agent at llms.txt or agent-oriented docsweight 2

2 (weight) × 0 (quality) × 0.0 (none) = 0.0 of 20 max

• [probe] https://support.microsoft.com/llms.txt“PROBE llms.txt: HTTP 404 at https://support.microsoft.com/llms.txt”
• [probe] https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/authenticator/microsoft-authenticator-faqs.md“PROBE docs-md: HTTP 404 at https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/authenticator/microsoft-authenticator-faqs.md”
• [probe] https://support.microsoft.com/openapi.json“PROBE openapi: all candidate paths 404 (https://support.microsoft.com/openapi.json, https://support.microsoft.com/swagger.json, https://support.microsoft.com/api/openapi.json, https://support.microsoft.com/.well-known/openapi.json)”

Run the product headlessly / in CI for automationweight 2

2 (weight) × 0 (quality) × 0.0 (none) = 0.0 of 20 max

no evidence cited — the verdict rests on absence of evidence, re-checked on refresh

Plug MCP servers into this product so it can use their toolsweight 3

n/a — not applicable to this product: excluded from numerator and denominator

no evidence cited — the verdict rests on absence of evidence, re-checked on refresh

Connect an agent via an official MCP serverweight 3

3 (weight) × 0 (quality) × 0.0 (none) = 0.0 of 30 max

no evidence cited — the verdict rests on absence of evidence, re-checked on refresh

Use an official CLIweight 2

2 (weight) × 0 (quality) × 0.0 (none) = 0.0 of 20 max

no evidence cited — the verdict rests on absence of evidence, re-checked on refresh

Drive the product through a documented public APIweight 3

3 (weight) × 0 (quality) × 0.0 (none) = 0.0 of 30 max

• [probe] https://support.microsoft.com/llms.txt“PROBE llms.txt: HTTP 404 at https://support.microsoft.com/llms.txt”
• [probe] https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/authenticator/microsoft-authenticator-faqs.md“PROBE docs-md: HTTP 404 at https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/authenticator/microsoft-authenticator-faqs.md”
• [probe] https://support.microsoft.com/openapi.json“PROBE openapi: all candidate paths 404 (https://support.microsoft.com/openapi.json, https://support.microsoft.com/swagger.json, https://support.microsoft.com/api/openapi.json, https://support.microsoft.com/.well-known/openapi.json)”

Issue scoped/least-privilege API credentials for an agentweight 2

2 (weight) × 0 (quality) × 0.0 (none) = 0.0 of 20 max

no evidence cited — the verdict rests on absence of evidence, re-checked on refresh

Build against official SDKsweight 2

2 (weight) × 0 (quality) × 0.0 (none) = 0.0 of 20 max

no evidence cited — the verdict rests on absence of evidence, re-checked on refresh

Subscribe to events via webhooksweight 2

n/a — not applicable to this product: excluded from numerator and denominator

no evidence cited — the verdict rests on absence of evidence, re-checked on refresh

Explore an interactive API reference with runnable examplesweight 2

n/a — not applicable to this product: excluded from numerator and denominator

no evidence cited — the verdict rests on absence of evidence, re-checked on refresh

Download a machine-readable API spec (OpenAPI or equivalent)weight 2

2 (weight) × 0 (quality) × 0.0 (none) = 0.0 of 20 max

• [probe] https://support.microsoft.com/llms.txt“PROBE llms.txt: HTTP 404 at https://support.microsoft.com/llms.txt”
• [probe] https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/authenticator/microsoft-authenticator-faqs.md“PROBE docs-md: HTTP 404 at https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/authenticator/microsoft-authenticator-faqs.md”
• [probe] https://support.microsoft.com/openapi.json“PROBE openapi: all candidate paths 404 (https://support.microsoft.com/openapi.json, https://support.microsoft.com/swagger.json, https://support.microsoft.com/api/openapi.json, https://support.microsoft.com/.well-known/openapi.json)”

Test against a sandbox environment without touching production dataweight 1

n/a — not applicable to this product: excluded from numerator and denominator

no evidence cited — the verdict rests on absence of evidence, re-checked on refresh

Rely on versioned APIs with a documented deprecation policyweight 2

2 (weight) × 0 (quality) × 0.0 (none) = 0.0 of 20 max

no evidence cited — the verdict rests on absence of evidence, re-checked on refresh

Do everything through the API that I can do in the UIweight 2

2 (weight) × 0 (quality) × 0.0 (none) = 0.0 of 20 max

• [probe] https://support.microsoft.com/llms.txt“PROBE llms.txt: HTTP 404 at https://support.microsoft.com/llms.txt”
• [probe] https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/authenticator/microsoft-authenticator-faqs.md“PROBE docs-md: HTTP 404 at https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/authenticator/microsoft-authenticator-faqs.md”
• [probe] https://support.microsoft.com/openapi.json“PROBE openapi: all candidate paths 404 (https://support.microsoft.com/openapi.json, https://support.microsoft.com/swagger.json, https://support.microsoft.com/api/openapi.json, https://support.microsoft.com/.well-known/openapi.json)”

Export all of my data in open formats and leaveweight 3

3 (weight) × 3 (quality) × 0.6 (partial) = 5.4 of 30 max

• [claimed-docs] https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/authenticator/export-passwords-from-microsoft-authenticator“Scroll down to the Autofill section and select Export Passwords.”
• [claimed-docs] https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/authenticator/back-up-your-accounts-in-microsoft-authenticator“Turn on the Cloud Backup toggle. Select a Microsoft personal account where the backup will be stored.”
• [claimed-docs] https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/authenticator/export-passwords-from-microsoft-authenticator“Scroll down to the Autofill section and select Export Passwords... Import your passwords.”
• [community] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41275846“Even for Microsoft accounts, use an alternative app for 2FA/MFA. Recently I switched to the open source Aegis, which allows encrypted backups and does not have the issue described.”
• [community] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41275846“people pick MS Authenticator - it's because microsoft basically forces it on you, uses dark patterns to avoid letting you use any other standard OTP app and doesn't give admins the tools to disable it... The QR code they get is not a standard TOTP one, so any other client will reject it.”

Read the product's source under an open licenseweight 2

2 (weight) × 0 (quality) × 0.0 (none) = 0.0 of 20 max

• [probe] https://support.microsoft.com/llms.txt“PROBE llms.txt: HTTP 404 at https://support.microsoft.com/llms.txt”
• [probe] https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/authenticator/microsoft-authenticator-faqs.md“PROBE docs-md: HTTP 404 at https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/authenticator/microsoft-authenticator-faqs.md”
• [probe] https://support.microsoft.com/openapi.json“PROBE openapi: all candidate paths 404 (https://support.microsoft.com/openapi.json, https://support.microsoft.com/swagger.json, https://support.microsoft.com/api/openapi.json, https://support.microsoft.com/.well-known/openapi.json)”

Self-host the core productweight 3

3 (weight) × 0 (quality) × 0.0 (none) = 0.0 of 30 max

no evidence cited — the verdict rests on absence of evidence, re-checked on refresh

Get AI-generated insights and suggestions from my data inside the productweight 2

n/a — not applicable to this product: excluded from numerator and denominator

no evidence cited — the verdict rests on absence of evidence, re-checked on refresh

Set up automations that run autonomously in the backgroundweight 2

2 (weight) × 0 (quality) × 0.0 (none) = 0.0 of 20 max

no evidence cited — the verdict rests on absence of evidence, re-checked on refresh

Delegate tasks to a built-in AI assistant inside the productweight 3

n/a — not applicable to this product: excluded from numerator and denominator

no evidence cited — the verdict rests on absence of evidence, re-checked on refresh

Operate the product with natural-language commandsweight 2

2 (weight) × 0 (quality) × 0.0 (none) = 0.0 of 20 max

no evidence cited — the verdict rests on absence of evidence, re-checked on refresh

Perform bulk operations across many items at onceweight 2

2 (weight) × 0 (quality) × 0.0 (none) = 0.0 of 20 max

no evidence cited — the verdict rests on absence of evidence, re-checked on refresh

Define rules that trigger actions automatically on eventsweight 3

n/a — not applicable to this product: excluded from numerator and denominator

no evidence cited — the verdict rests on absence of evidence, re-checked on refresh

Schedule recurring jobs or workflowsweight 2

n/a — not applicable to this product: excluded from numerator and denominator

no evidence cited — the verdict rests on absence of evidence, re-checked on refresh

Version, review, and roll back my automationsweight 1

n/a — not applicable to this product: excluded from numerator and denominator

no evidence cited — the verdict rests on absence of evidence, re-checked on refresh