Basic scanPublisher · Blog property/Scanned 11 Sept 2026, 01:23 UTC/1 browser pass, 1 pages reached
bbc.com
1 human and 3 agent dimensions measured from the pages checked; remaining dimensions are not scored.
Older scan
This report was produced by an earlier version of the scanner. Some findings may not match how the site is measured now.
Human door
90
What a first time visitor meets between landing and first value. 1 of 4 measured.
Agent door
28
What a machine can do on the site with nobody watching. 3 of 6 measured.
Composite
59
Both doors weigh equally.
Severe. The measured human score is at least 45 points above the measured agent score.
The one issue worth fixing
Ordered by what the evidence says is costing most. Written for whoever owns the site, not whoever builds it.
1Machine discoverability
No valid llms.txt was identified at the site root.
Publish /llms.txt: a short markdown index of the pages an assistant should read first.
OwnerSite ownerEffort15 minutesDimension0Blocking
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Full issue list
1 across both doors. The first is open to everyone; the rest open with a work email or a free account.
What the scan saw
/llms.txt: not found (404)
Checked URL: https://www.bbc.com/llms.txt
Assistants that read llms.txt get a curated map of the site instead of guessing from the homepage.
The fix
Publish /llms.txt: a short markdown index of the pages an assistant should read first.
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What the agents checked
The audit trail. Ten dimensions, 6 not measured. Not measured is not zero.
Agent door28 of 100
Machine discoverability
Robots.txt blocks 4 of the crawlers that fetch pages to answer a buyer. Robots.txt blocks 7 training crawlers, a choice about model weights rather than about buyers. Our browser received a refusal or a stripped page at the checked URL.
6 observations recorded.
0Blocking
Programmatic onboarding
Not applicable to this scanned surface.
Not measured
Pricing legibility
Not applicable to this scanned surface.
Not measured
Agent-aware instrumentation
The walk
Two agents, the same journey, side by side. Each entry describes what this scan actually reached.
Human doorchrome, javascript on
01Entry observationThe homepage links directly to 72 articles or stories checked by this scan. No subscription, sign-in or payment was attempted.www.bbc.com
1 moment recorded. Nothing was submitted and no account was created.
Agent doorhttp fetch, no javascript
reached01www.bbc.comWent to reach the site at all.
not found02/robots.txtCould not find out whether machines are welcome.