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AI-Closed Grade: F · Closed Scanned 2026-11-12 03:17 UTC News & Media

F 0 AI-Closed

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out of 100

L1 Reachability 1.13 / 35

robots.txt AI crawler policy (14 UA families) 1.13 / 25

source robots.txt

search-type 1.13/9 · hybrid 0.00/6 · training 0.00/10; strategy tag AI-Closed. Blocked examples: OAI-SearchBot, Claude-SearchBot, PerplexityBot. Unconfigured examples: Googlebot.

check id l1.robots.ai-policy

No technical wall for transparent AI UA 0 / 5

source GET / (transparent AI UA)

GET / → 402 (blocked/challenge page = technical wall)

check id l1.no-tech-wall

Basic availability 0 / 5

source GET /

GET / → 402, homepage unavailable

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L2 Legibility 1 / 40

llms.txt family 0 / 14

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

GET /llms.txt → HTTP 402; GET /llms-full.txt → HTTP 402; homepage unavailable; cannot check llms.txt link

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Structured data (JSON-LD) 0 / 8

source homepage HTML

homepage unavailable; cannot check JSON-LD

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Semantic HTML 0 / 8

source homepage HTML

homepage unavailable; cannot check semantic HTML

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Sitemap 1 / 4

source GET /sitemap.xml + robots.txt

GET /sitemap.xml → HTTP 402; robots.txt references a Sitemap

check id l2.sitemap

Content signals 0 / 6

source homepage HTML

homepage unavailable; cannot check content signals

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L3 Actionability 0 / 25

Public API 0 / 8

source openapi probe + homepage HTML

OpenAPI not found; API docs not found; homepage unavailable

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Agent instructions 0 / 4

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

agents.md HTTP 402; ai.txt not probed; homepage unavailable

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MCP interface 0 / 6

source MCP probe

MCP probed; no endpoint found

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In-site AI features 0 / 7

source homepage HTML heuristics

AI features not probed

check id l3.site-ai-features

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

L1 Reachability 1.13 / 35

robots.txt AI crawler policy (14 UA families) 1.13 / 25

source robots.txt

search-type 1.13/9 · hybrid 0.00/6 · training 0.00/10; strategy tag AI-Closed. Blocked examples: OAI-SearchBot, Claude-SearchBot, PerplexityBot. Unconfigured examples: Googlebot.

check id l1.robots.ai-policy

No technical wall for transparent AI UA 0 / 5

source GET / (transparent AI UA)

GET / → 402 (blocked/challenge page = technical wall)

check id l1.no-tech-wall

Basic availability 0 / 5

source GET /

GET / → 402, homepage unavailable

check id l1.basic-availability

L2 Legibility 1 / 40

llms.txt family 0 / 14

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

GET /llms.txt → HTTP 402; GET /llms-full.txt → HTTP 402; homepage unavailable; cannot check llms.txt link

check id l2.llms-family

Structured data (JSON-LD) 0 / 8

source homepage HTML

homepage unavailable; cannot check JSON-LD

check id l2.structured-data

Semantic HTML 0 / 8

source homepage HTML

homepage unavailable; cannot check semantic HTML

check id l2.semantic-html

Sitemap 1 / 4

source GET /sitemap.xml + robots.txt

GET /sitemap.xml → HTTP 402; robots.txt references a Sitemap

check id l2.sitemap

Content signals 0 / 6

source homepage HTML

homepage unavailable; cannot check content signals

check id l2.content-signals

L3 Actionability 0 / 25

Public API 0 / 8

source openapi probe + homepage HTML

OpenAPI not found; API docs not found; homepage unavailable

check id l3.public-api

Agent instructions 0 / 4

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

agents.md HTTP 402; ai.txt not probed; homepage unavailable

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 0 / 7

source homepage HTML heuristics

AI features not probed

check id l3.site-ai-features

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