Agent-readiness report
Is Nytimes agent-ready?
No class of agent can use Nytimes today: they cannot read it, call it as a tool or extract its content.
nytimes.com, last scanned 2 days ago, on 21.10.2026
Agent classes working
0/3
Score history
±03 scans since 12.10.2026
- 9
- Blocking agents
- 12
- Weak spots
- 5/26
- Checks passed
What costs Nytimes the most
0 of 3 agent classes work
- ✕Answer engines & research agents
- ✕MCP tool-callers
- ✕Summarisers & knowledge agents
- ✕
robots.txt turns AI crawlers away
ChatGPT and Perplexity are told not to read the site, so it cannot appear in their answers.
Blocker - ✕
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 - ✕
Content is buried in boilerplate
A model summarising the page quotes navigation and cookie banners instead of the content.
Blocker - ✕
Bot protection blocks declared agents
Agents get a challenge page instead of the site, which reads to them as broken.
Blocker
✓5 checks passed, 16 more to fix+−
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AI search visibility
A global news organization providing authoritative journalism, analysis, and diverse content to a broad international audience through digital and print platforms.
We asked Gemini
“A buyer asks: which companies would you recommend for A global news organization providing authoritative journalism, analysis, and diverse content to a broad international audience through digital and print platforms. in Primarily United States, but with significant international readership and global news coverage.? Answer as you normally would and name the companies you would suggest, with their websites.”
For a global news organization providing authoritative journalism with a strong US base and significant international reach, I would highly recommend The New York Times, which can be found at nytimes.com. Another excellent choice is The Wall Street Journal, renowned for its in-depth analysis and global business coverag…
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Machine interfaces
Nytimes exposes 1 of 8 interfaces agents look for: Machine-readable contact.
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- Agent-Ready Champion90+
- Agent-Ready75+
- Agent-Readable60+
- In Progress40+, dashboard only
Questions where AI models name Nytimes
Nytimes and AI agents: common questions
Is Nytimes readable by AI agents?+−
Nytimes (nytimes.com) scores 25 out of 100 for agent readiness, grade F, measured 2 days ago, on 21.10.2026. 0 of 3 agent classes we test can use the site, and 9 checks currently block agents outright.
What stops agents from using nytimes.com?+−
The heaviest problems are: robots.txt turns AI crawlers away; No llms.txt; The site does not say who it is; Content is buried in boilerplate; Bot protection blocks declared agents. Each one is scored from a public HTTP response, and the fix for each is listed in the signed-in report.
How is the Nytimes agent-readiness score calculated?+−
Qomvia fetches public pages of nytimes.com 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 2 days ago, on 21.10.2026.
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