# Gov (gov.uk): agent-readiness 67/100, grade C

> Rank 172 of 1000 on Qomvia (rubric v2.3.0). Last scanned 2026-09-29T04:20:46.337Z. Page: https://qomvia.com/site/gov-uk  JSON: https://qomvia.com/api/score/gov-uk

## Summary
Category: Public sector and nonprofit
{
  "known": true,
  "confidence": "high",
  "summary": "GOV.UK is the official website of the UK government, serving as a single point of access for a wide array of public services and information. It provides comprehensive guidance and tools for citizens, residents, and businesses to interact with government departments.",
  "offerings": [
    "Access to government services (e.g., tax, driving licenses)",
    "Information on public policy and legislation",
    "Guidance on benefits and welfare",
    "Resources for businesses and self-employed individuals",
    "Information on life events (e.g., births, deaths, marriages)",
    "Updates on government activity and announcements"
  ],
  "audience": "UK citizens, residents, and businesses",
  "geography": "United Kingdom",
  "strengths": [
    "Official and authoritative source of UK government information",
    "Centralised and comprehensive portal for public services",
    "Designed for ease of access and user experience for government tasks",
    "Trustworthy for official government communications and guidance",
    "Covers a vast range of public sector topics and interactions"
  ],
  "unknowns": [
    "Specific operational budget and funding sources",
    "Detailed internal metrics on user engagement and satisfaction",
    "Full list of all underlying government systems it integrates with",
    "Number of government staff directly maintaining the site",
    "Technical architecture details of the platform"
  ],
  "alternatives": [
    "HMRC.gov.uk",
    "DVLA.gov.uk",
    "NHS.uk",
    "parliament.uk",
    "judicial.gov.uk"
  ],
  "business": "The official online portal for the UK government, providing consolidated access to public services and information for citizens, residents, and businesses in the United Kingdom.",
  "competitors": []
}

## Score by group
- Machine access: 24/24
- Content legibility: 23/26
- Discovery surface: 8/20
- Identity & policy: 3/12
- Agent-facing performance: 8/8
- Agent protocols: 1/10
Failing checks:
- [blocker] No llms.txt
- [blocker] The site does not say who it is
- [blocker] No MCP endpoint to call
- [improvement] No stated policy for automated access
- [improvement] Title, description and canonical URL

## FAQ
Q: Is Gov readable by AI agents?
A: Gov (gov.uk) scores 67 out of 100 for agent readiness, grade C, measured yesterday, on 29.09.2026. 0 of 3 agent classes we test can use the site, and 3 checks currently block agents outright.

Q: What stops agents from using gov.uk?
A: 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.

Q: How is the Gov agent-readiness score calculated?
A: 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.

Q: How often is this score updated?
A: 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 yesterday, on 29.09.2026.

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