Agent-readiness report, Public sector and nonprofit
Is Gov agent-ready?
No class of agent can use Gov today: they cannot call it as a tool.
gov.uk, last scanned 4 days ago, on 10.11.2026
Agent classes working
0/3
Score history
±013 scans since 20.09.2026
- 3
- Blocking agents
- 12
- Weak spots
- 11/26
- Checks passed
What costs Gov the most
0 of 3 agent classes work
- !Answer engines & research agents
- ✕MCP tool-callers
- !Summarisers & knowledge agents
- ✕
No llms.txt
Nothing tells an agent where the useful pages, feeds and policies are.
Blocker - ✕
The site does not say who it is
A model cannot tell that this domain is the brand it was asked about.
Blocker - ✕
No MCP endpoint to call
Tool-calling assistants have no function to call, so they can only scrape.
Blocker - ✕
No stated policy for automated access
Cautious platforms will not act on the site without an explicit permission signal.
Improvement - !
Title, description and canonical URL
Answer engines have no reliable label for the page, so they invent one or skip it.
Improvement
✓11 checks passed, 10 more to fix+−
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AI search visibility
Provides official government services and authoritative information for citizens and businesses across the United Kingdom.
We asked Gemini
“A buyer asks: which companies would you recommend for Provides official government services and authoritative information for citizens and businesses across the United Kingdom. in United Kingdom? Answer as you normally would and name the companies you would suggest, with their websites.”
For official government services and authoritative information across the United Kingdom, the primary resource is GOV.UK, managed by the Government Digital Service. This platform consolidates information and services from various government departments and agencies. You can access these comprehensive resources directly…
✓Mentioned| Website | Gemini | ChatGPT Unlocked with AI monitor | Perplexity | Copilot | Other |
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Approximate assistant usage share, StatCounter. Gemini also answers inside Google Search (AI Overviews, 2B+ monthly users).
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Machine interfaces
Gov exposes 4 of 8 interfaces agents look for: AI crawler access, Bot user-agent handling, Server-rendered content, Machine-readable contact.
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Agent-Readable
Agents can read the site, but acting on it still breaks. Paste this line where you want the seal: it is drawn at runtime, so it upgrades itself when you improve and removes itself if a deploy closes the site to agents.
<script src="https://qomvia.com/badge.js" data-slug="gov-uk" async></script>There is no image URL and no static version. The seal exists only as markup we serve per request, which is what makes it worth displaying.
- Agent-Ready Champion90+
- Agent-Ready75+
- Agent-Readable60+
- In Progress40+, dashboard only
Questions where AI models name Gov
Gov and AI agents: common questions
Is Gov readable by AI agents?+−
Gov (gov.uk) scores 67 out of 100 for agent readiness, grade C, measured 4 days ago, on 10.11.2026. 0 of 3 agent classes we test can use the site, and 3 checks currently block agents outright.
What stops agents from using gov.uk?+−
The heaviest problems are: No llms.txt; The site does not say who it is; No MCP endpoint to call; No stated policy for automated access; Title, description and canonical URL. Each one is scored from a public HTTP response, and the fix for each is listed in the signed-in report.
How is the Gov agent-readiness score calculated?+−
Qomvia fetches public pages of gov.uk as an AI agent would and runs the core checks every site gets across 6 groups: Machine access, Content legibility, Discovery surface, Identity & policy, Agent-facing performance, Agent protocols. Checks are weighted by how much an agent loses when they fail, and the score is expressed out of 100.
How often is this score updated?+−
Public scores are re-checked when the site is re-scanned; tracked domains are re-scanned weekly and their owners are alerted when a check regresses. This page shows the scan from 4 days ago, on 10.11.2026.
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