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TED: Ideas change everything

Middle-Path Grade: C · Neutral Scanned 2026-11-12 03:28 UTC Education

C 0 AI-Neutral

AFR report

out of 100

L1 Reachability 22.38 / 35

robots.txt AI crawler policy (14 UA families) 12.38 / 25

source robots.txt

search-type 7.88/9 · hybrid 4.50/6 · training 0.00/10; strategy tag Middle-Path. Blocked examples: Google-Extended, GPTBot, ClaudeBot. Unconfigured examples: Googlebot.

check id l1.robots.ai-policy

No technical wall for transparent AI UA 5 / 5

source GET / (transparent AI UA)

GET / → 200

check id l1.no-tech-wall

Basic availability 5 / 5

source GET /

GET / → 200, full HTML document returned

check id l1.basic-availability

L2 Legibility 18 / 40

llms.txt family 0 / 14

source GET /llms.txt, /llms-full.txt, homepage HTML

GET /llms.txt → HTTP 404; GET /llms-full.txt → HTTP 404; homepage has no llms.txt link

check id l2.llms-family

Structured data (JSON-LD) 0 / 8

source homepage HTML

no JSON-LD blocks

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Semantic HTML 8 / 8

source homepage HTML

semantic landmarks 4/4; single h1; html[lang] present; body text 1684 words

check id l2.semantic-html

Sitemap 4 / 4

source GET /sitemap.xml + robots.txt

GET /sitemap.xml → HTTP 200; robots.txt references a Sitemap; sitemap contains this site's URL

check id l2.sitemap

Content signals 6 / 6

source homepage HTML

title "TED: Ideas change everything"; meta description 176 chars; date signal present; body text 1684 words

check id l2.content-signals

L3 Actionability 5 / 25

Public API 0 / 8

source openapi probe + homepage HTML

OpenAPI not found; API docs not found; homepage has no docs link

check id l3.public-api

Agent instructions 1 / 4

source GET /agents.md, /ai.txt + homepage HTML

agents.md HTTP 404; ai.txt not probed; homepage links to AI/Agent info page

check id l3.agent-instructions

MCP interface 0 / 6

source MCP probe

MCP probed; no endpoint found

check id l3.mcp

In-site AI features 4 / 7

source homepage HTML heuristics

in-site chat/assistant ✓; no AI search; no developer console

check id l3.site-ai-features

$ evidence --domain ted.com --engine afr-1.1.0 12 checks

L1 Reachability 22.38 / 35

robots.txt AI crawler policy (14 UA families) 12.38 / 25

source robots.txt

search-type 7.88/9 · hybrid 4.50/6 · training 0.00/10; strategy tag Middle-Path. Blocked examples: Google-Extended, GPTBot, ClaudeBot. Unconfigured examples: Googlebot.

check id l1.robots.ai-policy

No technical wall for transparent AI UA 5 / 5

source GET / (transparent AI UA)

GET / → 200

check id l1.no-tech-wall

Basic availability 5 / 5

source GET /

GET / → 200, full HTML document returned

check id l1.basic-availability

L2 Legibility 18 / 40

llms.txt family 0 / 14

source GET /llms.txt, /llms-full.txt, homepage HTML

GET /llms.txt → HTTP 404; GET /llms-full.txt → HTTP 404; homepage has no llms.txt link

check id l2.llms-family

Structured data (JSON-LD) 0 / 8

source homepage HTML

no JSON-LD blocks

check id l2.structured-data

Semantic HTML 8 / 8

source homepage HTML

semantic landmarks 4/4; single h1; html[lang] present; body text 1684 words

check id l2.semantic-html

Sitemap 4 / 4

source GET /sitemap.xml + robots.txt

GET /sitemap.xml → HTTP 200; robots.txt references a Sitemap; sitemap contains this site's URL

check id l2.sitemap

Content signals 6 / 6

source homepage HTML

title "TED: Ideas change everything"; meta description 176 chars; date signal present; body text 1684 words

check id l2.content-signals

L3 Actionability 5 / 25

Public API 0 / 8

source openapi probe + homepage HTML

OpenAPI not found; API docs not found; homepage has no docs link

check id l3.public-api

Agent instructions 1 / 4

source GET /agents.md, /ai.txt + homepage HTML

agents.md HTTP 404; ai.txt not probed; homepage links to AI/Agent info page

check id l3.agent-instructions

MCP interface 0 / 6

source MCP probe

MCP probed; no endpoint found

check id l3.mcp

In-site AI features 4 / 7

source homepage HTML heuristics

in-site chat/assistant ✓; no AI search; no developer console

check id l3.site-ai-features

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