RankScience

RankScience is a San Francisco based SEO and AI-visibility agency (RankScience LLC) that helps startups, SaaS companies, and enterprises grow search traffic through foundational and technical SEO, strategic content, and link building, alongside next-generation AI-search optimization services (Generative Engine Optimization, Large Language Model Optimization, and Answer Engine Optimization) for platforms like ChatGPT, Claude, and Perplexity. It began as a YC-backed SEO A/B testing platform and now operates as a services agency. RankScience does not currently publish a public developer API, SDKs, or API documentation; this profile captures its public web and AI-discovery surface (a published /llms.txt and domain security posture).

RankScience is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Enterprise Saas, SEO, AI Visibility, and Generative Engine Optimization.

RankScience’s developer surface includes engineering blog, support, and 6 more developer resources.

12.3/100 minimal ▬ flat Agent 4/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
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CompanyEnterprise SaasSEOAI VisibilityGenerative Engine OptimizationContent MarketingMarketing Agency

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
Composite quality — 12.3/100 · minimal
Contract Quality 0.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 1.3 / 20
Commercial Clarity 4.2 / 20
Operational Transparency 0.0 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 6.8 / 10
Agent readiness — 4/100 · human only
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 4 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
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Security Posture 1

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Rankscience Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Resources

Agent Surfaces 2

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑
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name: RankScience
description: RankScience is a San Francisco based SEO and AI-visibility agency (RankScience LLC) that helps startups, SaaS
  companies, and enterprises grow search traffic through foundational and technical SEO, strategic content, and link building,
  alongside next-generation AI-search optimization services (Generative Engine Optimization, Large Language Model Optimization,
  and Answer Engine Optimization) for platforms like ChatGPT, Claude, and Perplexity. It began as a YC-backed SEO A/B testing
  platform and now operates as a services agency. RankScience does not currently publish a public developer API, SDKs, or
  API documentation; this profile captures its public web and AI-discovery surface (a published /llms.txt and domain security
  posture).
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- Content Marketing
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