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Is The Guardian ready for AI agents?
theguardian.com earns an agent-readiness grade of F (36/100). Its strongest area is Identity & Access (67/100), where agents can trust you. The biggest gap is Capabilities (0/100), where the scan flagged that no /agents entry point. agents have nowhere obvious to start — so agents can't reliably use your tools. Closing that gap is the fastest way to raise this site's score.
scan //theguardian.com
F36/100
Agent readiness verdict
Agents can trust you, but they can't reliably use your tools.
AgentReady v1.0.0✗ Not yet baseline-conformant·MUST 0/1SHOULD 0/4MAY 1/4
Found by AI30
Will AI search cite you?AI VisibilityRecommend
50DiscoverabilityFind
10Content for AgentsEvaluate
39Usable by AI29
Can AI agents act on you?CapabilitiesUse tools
0Identity & AccessTrust
67CommerceTransact
N/A▸ Priority findings
Capabilities
Fail/agents entry pointbeyond-spec
No /agents entry point. Agents have nowhere obvious to start.
Discoverability
Failrobots.txt with AI policyAR-DISC-01 · MUST
robots.txt blocks AI crawlers (8). You’re invisible to them.
Content for Agents
FailSchema.org JSON-LDAR-CONT-01 · SHOULD
No JSON-LD. Agents can’t read structured facts about you.
Ranked #14 of 24 News & media sites →Last scanned June 15, 2026
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