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Report from 7/24/2026, 10:38:18 AM https://www.va.gov
Latest run · lab, cold cache
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7/24/2026
28-day score · p75 · the standard
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2/7 runs — building history (nightly)

Scored by v3 · source-of-truth hashes: score db860d6ac94e · thresholds e94f8b33e500 — verifiable against the canonical scorer.

The 28-day score is the p75 of nightly runs — the stable number to cite. Deterministic metrics (CRR/SSD/TC) show their latest value (they move only when the site changes); timing (TTFUT) and answer-fidelity (AF) are smoothed by 28-day p75 — the same lab-vs-field split Core Web Vitals uses. Synthetic daily measurement, not real-user field data.

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What AI tells your customers about youAgent confidence: LOW
🟡Business nameVeterans Affairs · guessed from page text (no structured data)
❌Categorynot found
➖Pricenot applicable · not applicable to this page type
➖Locationnot applicable · not applicable to this page type
➖Hoursnot applicable · not applicable to this page type
➖Productsnot applicable · not applicable to this page type
🟡DescriptionWelcome to the official website of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Discover, apply for, and manage your VA benefits and care. · guessed from page text (no structured data)

⚠️ Your page title reads like a navigation menu, so an agent may cite your business as “VA.gov Home | Veterans Affairs”.

An agent is likely to fabricate missing details rather than say “I don’t know”. 0/3 applicable facts come from machine-readable structured data.

DesktopMobile
54
Overall score
weighted CAV (0–100)
FAIL
0–4950–8990–100

Metrics

100%
CRR Content Recovery Good
0.24
SSD Semantic Signal Density Poor
385 tok
TC Token Cost Good
164 ms
TTFUT Time to First Useful Token N/A

Token Cost breakdown

Where the page's tokens go (≈2,551 across regions). 81% is non-content — chrome and boilerplate an agent pays for. Add landmark roles (main/nav/header/footer) so agents can skip it.

Content
19.4% · 495
Chrome (nav / header / footer)
80.3% · 2,048
Boilerplate (cookie / ad)
0% · 0
Other
0.3% · 8

Final screenshot

Final screenshot of https://www.va.gov

Diagnostics

high SSD Low signal-to-noise for agents

content vs chrome/boilerplate

Evidencesignal 0.41 · JSON-LD 0/1 · missing: structured-data
ImpactAgent spends tokens parsing nav/boilerplate instead of content.
Effort30–90 min

Fix: Wrap the real content in <main>/<article>, cut repeated nav/boilerplate, and keep the primary content dense and early in the DOM.

high TC 80.6% of tokens are non-content (boilerplate/chrome)

agent representation — token decomposition

EvidenceToken decomposition: content 19.4%, chrome 80.3%, boilerplate 0%, other 0.3%. Only 19.400000000000006% of the agent's tokens are real content.
ImpactAn agent pays for boilerplate on every request and has less context left for the real content.
Effort30–90 min

Fix: Strip repeated nav/header/footer/cookie chrome from the agent-visible output; wrap content in <main>/<article> so the extractor keeps signal and drops boilerplate.

Rendered profile: headless

Agent Discoverability 67/100 · Needs Work

Access & discovery checks — separate from the gated CAV metrics above. Click an issue for business impact, what we measured, and how to fix. · Take the Agent Readiness course →

Agent files & endpoints

✗ llms.txt Absent at /llms.txt and /.well-known/llms.txt Learn →
✗ robots.txt (AI bots) Blocks: Amazonbot Learn →
✓ sitemap.xml Found at /sitemap.xml Learn →
✗ JSON-LD structured data No JSON-LD found Learn →
~ agents.json Absent (emerging standard) Learn →
~ WebMCP endpoint Absent (emerging standard) Learn →
~ OpenAPI / API docs No OpenAPI/Swagger found Learn →

Issues (6)

✗ robots.txt allows AI bots high impact Blocks: Amazonbot

Business impact If robots.txt blocks AI crawlers you are invisible to ChatGPT, Claude and Perplexity — they skip you and recommend a competitor instead.

What we measured We read /robots.txt and test it against 16 AI user-agents (GPTBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot, …) for a Disallow that blocks them.

How to fix Allow major AI bots to public content; restrict only private paths (/admin, /api).

Learn how to implement →

User-agent: GPTBot
Allow: /
Disallow: /admin/

Spec: https://platform.openai.com/docs/gptbot

✗ llms.txt present high impact Absent at /llms.txt and /.well-known/llms.txt

Business impact llms.txt is the robots.txt for AI: it tells agents what your site is, what matters, and where to find it. Without it AI guesses — and guessing means inaccurate recommendations and lost visibility.

What we measured We fetch /llms.txt and /.well-known/llms.txt and validate the spec (H1 title + a one-line blockquote summary). We also note /llms-full.txt (your full content as Markdown).

How to fix Create /llms.txt with a short summary + key pages; optionally /llms-full.txt with full content in Markdown.

Learn how to implement →

# Your Site
> One-line description for AI agents.

## Key pages
- /products — catalog
- /pricing — plans
- /docs — documentation

Spec: https://llmstxt.org

✗ Structured data (JSON-LD) medium impact No JSON-LD found

Business impact Schema.org JSON-LD tells agents what a page IS (product, article, business) with typed fields (price, rating, hours). Without it agents extract less reliably.

What we measured We parse <script type=application/ld+json>, validate it, and check for populated @type fields.

How to fix Add JSON-LD: Organization/LocalBusiness on the homepage, Product on product pages, Article on posts.

Learn how to implement →

<script type="application/ld+json">{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","name":"Your Co","url":"https://example.com"}</script>

Spec: https://schema.org/

~ agents.json discovery low impact Absent (emerging standard)

Business impact agents.json describes what your site can DO for agents (services, endpoints, capabilities) — an emerging discovery standard. Early adopters get native agent integration.

What we measured We check /agents.json and /.well-known/agents.json for a valid configuration.

How to fix Publish /agents.json describing your site's capabilities and actions.

Learn how to implement →

Spec: https://github.com/wild-card-ai/agents-json

~ WebMCP endpoint low impact Absent (emerging standard)

Business impact WebMCP lets agents call actions on your site directly (book, buy, query) instead of scraping the DOM. Early adopters get native AI-agent interoperability.

What we measured We check /.well-known/webmcp and /webmcp.json for a valid actions array.

How to fix Add a WebMCP endpoint exposing your key actions to agents.

Learn how to implement →

Spec: https://webmcp.org

~ API documentation low impact No OpenAPI/Swagger found

Business impact Programmatic agents prefer a typed API. An OpenAPI/Swagger spec lets them integrate without scraping.

What we measured We probe /openapi.json, /swagger.json, /api-docs and /.well-known/openapi.json.

How to fix Publish an OpenAPI spec at a well-known path.

Learn how to implement →

Spec: https://www.openapis.org/

Passed audits (6)

✓ No CAPTCHA wall✓ No content-blocking cookie wall✓ Machine-readable prices✓ No login wall on public content✓ XML sitemap present + fresh✓ Server response (TTFB)

Transport & Trust (SEC 1.0.0)

HTTPS, HSTS, CSP, sniffing, referrer and CORS posture. Diagnostic only — this does not affect the CAV score. A security header does not make a page more legible to an agent, so scoring it would reward a CDN toggle that changes nothing an agent can recover. We measure it and say so.

59Transport posture (0–100, unscored)
2pass
1warn
2fail
Per-header findings (6)
HeaderEvidence
✅ HTTPSserved over HTTPS
✅ HSTSmax-age=31536000; includeSubDomains; preload
❌ Content-Security-Policyno content-security-policy header
❌ X-Content-Type-Optionsmissing nosniff
⚠️ Referrer-Policyno referrer-policy header (browser default applies)
➖ CORS exposureno CORS headers on the document (normal for an HTML page)
Full profile — how to improve · unused JS · network · timing

How to improve

highSplit the heaviest unused bundlehighest leverage

static-pages.entry.js — 727 KiB transferred, 55.6% unused (third-party)

EvidenceCDP JS coverage: 404 KiB of this bundle is never executed on load.
Impact~-404 KiB transfer; lower Token Cost + faster agent parse.
Effort30–90 min
FixDynamic-import() the below-the-fold parts of static-pages.entry.js, or drop unused dependencies. It is third-party — lazy-load or remove it.
highCut third-party weight

amazonaws.com — 1299 KiB, 27 requests, 430 ms main-thread

EvidenceThird-party is 68.9% of total transfer (35 requests); amazonaws.com is the largest.
ImpactFewer bytes + main-thread stalls before your content settles for an agent.
Effort1–3 h
FixLazy-load, self-host, or remove amazonaws.com; defer non-critical third-party scripts.
highReduce layout shift

cumulative layout shift

EvidenceCLS is 0.252.
ImpactStable layout for render + screenshot.
Effort30–60 min
FixSet explicit width/height on images; reserve space for late-loading content.
highBreak up long main-thread tasks

longest task 381 ms (8 total)

EvidenceMain thread blocked 381 ms by the longest task.
ImpactFaster interactivity + content settling.
Effort1–4 h
FixSplit heavy work, defer third-party scripts, move compute off the main thread.
mediumLower server response time

time to first byte

EvidenceTTFB is 635 ms.
ImpactEarlier first useful token (TTFUT).
Effort1–3 h
FixCache at the edge (CDN), reduce server work, avoid redirect chains.
mediumCut total transfer weight

2.5 MB total

Evidence2.5 MB transferred.
ImpactCheaper, faster fetch on slow links.
Effort1–3 h
FixEnable Brotli, serve WebP/AVIF images, defer non-critical resources.

Third-party impact

35 third-party requests · 1767 KiB (68.9% of transfer) · 696 ms main-thread — code an agent must also fetch/run before your content settles. Fewer, lazier third-parties = faster, cheaper agent reads.

Third-party domainReqsTransferMain-thread
amazonaws.com271299 KiB430 ms
googletagmanager.com3453 KiB266 ms
digitalgov.gov214 KiB—
googleapis.com11 KiB—
google-analytics.com21 KiB—

Wasted JavaScript (by bundle)

Transfer-accurate — each bundle's transfer size × its unused %, ranked by wasted bytes (the biggest code-splitting wins). Unused JS also inflates Token Cost (TC).

BundleTransferUnusedWasted
https://prod-va-gov-assets.s3-us-gov-west-1.amazonaws.com/generated/static-pages.entry.js 3P727 KiB55.6%404 KiB
https://resource.digital.voice.va.gov/wdcvoice/2/onsite/generic1781560145244.js234 KiB66%154 KiB
https://resource.digital.voice.va.gov/resources/dist/assets/js/invite-react-app-7cbaa43548.js161 KiB62.9%101 KiB
https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-YPB3FD0PQ9&cx=c&gtm=4e67m0 3P149 KiB54.1%81 KiB
https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-CSLL4ZEK4L 3P153 KiB52.2%80 KiB
https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id=GTM-WFJWBD&gtm_auth=XWK-rHkcb1wp4DCOCzhPiQ&gtm_preview=env-1&gtm_cookies_win=x 3P150 KiB38.3%58 KiB
https://www.va.gov/_next/static/chunks/76f4ec4421c1fb92.js74 KiB64.1%47 KiB
https://www.va.gov/_next/static/chunks/5e95bfdb96da55e9.js38 KiB71.7%27 KiB
https://prod-va-gov-assets.s3-us-gov-west-1.amazonaws.com/generated/web-components.entry.js 3P51 KiB49.4%25 KiB
https://www.va.gov/_next/static/chunks/9eee6d3372eaa50a.js48 KiB49.1%24 KiB
https://prod-va-gov-assets.s3-us-gov-west-1.amazonaws.com/generated/wc-chunk-7U7VKQXZ.js 3P15 KiB61.8%10 KiB
https://www.va.gov/_next/static/chunks/6902359a45468bc0.js14 KiB63.7%9 KiB
https://www.va.gov/_next/static/chunks/efaa58374b957228.js9 KiB76.5%7 KiB
https://www.va.gov/_next/static/chunks/2532f69a4166d704.js8 KiB83.2%6 KiB
https://prod-va-gov-assets.s3-us-gov-west-1.amazonaws.com/generated/wc-chunk-VW3OQFRK.js 3P12 KiB50.7%6 KiB

Network

69Requests
2565 KiBTransferred
35Scripts
68.9%3rd-party
8Long tasks
Script (35)
1920 KiB
Image (11)
349 KiB
Stylesheet (7)
94 KiB
XHR (3)
71 KiB
Fetch (6)
58 KiB
Font (3)
51 KiB
Document (2)
19 KiB
Other (2)
4 KiB
Heaviest requests (30)
URLTypeStatusTransfer
https://prod-va-gov-assets.s3-us-gov-west-1.amazonaws.com/generated/static-pages.entry.jsScript200727 KiB
https://s3-us-gov-west-1.amazonaws.com/content.www.va.gov/img/homepage/veterans-banner-desktop-2.pngImage200281 KiB
https://resource.digital.voice.va.gov/wdcvoice/2/onsite/generic1781560145244.jsScript200234 KiB
https://resource.digital.voice.va.gov/resources/dist/assets/js/invite-react-app-7cbaa43548.jsScript200161 KiB
https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-CSLL4ZEK4LScript200153 KiB
https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id=GTM-WFJWBD&gtm_auth=XWK-rHkcb1wp4DCOCzhPiQ&gtm_preview=env-1&gtm_cookies_win=xScript200150 KiB
https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-YPB3FD0PQ9&cx=c&gtm=4e67m0Script200149 KiB
https://www.va.gov/_next/static/chunks/76f4ec4421c1fb92.jsScript20074 KiB
https://prod-va-gov-assets.s3-us-gov-west-1.amazonaws.com/generated/style.cssStylesheet20071 KiB
https://resource.digital.voice.va.gov/wdcvoice/2/onsite/onsiteData1782908807300.jsonXHR20067 KiB
https://prod-va-gov-assets.s3-us-gov-west-1.amazonaws.com/generated/web-components.entry.jsScript20051 KiB
https://www.va.gov/_next/static/chunks/9eee6d3372eaa50a.jsScript20048 KiB
https://www.va.gov/_next/static/chunks/5e95bfdb96da55e9.jsScript20038 KiB
https://dsva-vagov-prod-cms-files.s3.us-gov-west-1.amazonaws.com/styles/crop_square/public/news_promos/Health-and-benefits-distro-graphics_sq.jpgImage20028 KiB
https://www.va.gov/img/sprite.svgFetch20027 KiB
https://api.va.gov/v0/feature_toggles?cookie_id=ypys8xxipzhcdllx0atmjhFetch20023 KiB
https://prod-va-gov-assets.s3-us-gov-west-1.amazonaws.com/generated/sourcesanspro-regular-webfont-TJXUUIWO.woff2Font20021 KiB
https://prod-va-gov-assets.s3-us-gov-west-1.amazonaws.com/generated/sourcesanspro-bold-webfont-SCSOYK7L.woff2Font20021 KiB
https://www.va.gov/Document20018 KiB
https://www.va.gov/img/header-logo.pngImage20015 KiB
https://prod-va-gov-assets.s3-us-gov-west-1.amazonaws.com/generated/wc-chunk-7U7VKQXZ.jsScript20015 KiB
https://www.va.gov/img/homepage/va-logo-white.pngImage20015 KiB
https://www.va.gov/_next/static/chunks/6902359a45468bc0.jsScript20014 KiB
https://prod-va-gov-assets.s3-us-gov-west-1.amazonaws.com/generated/wc-chunk-VW3OQFRK.jsScript20012 KiB
https://prod-va-gov-assets.s3-us-gov-west-1.amazonaws.com/generated/bitter-bold-GMUGIFN6.woff2Font20010 KiB
https://dap.digitalgov.gov/Universal-Federated-Analytics-Min.js?agency=VAScript2009 KiB
https://prod-va-gov-assets.s3-us-gov-west-1.amazonaws.com/generated/static-pages.cssStylesheet2009 KiB
https://www.va.gov/_next/static/chunks/efaa58374b957228.jsScript2009 KiB
https://www.va.gov/_next/static/chunks/2532f69a4166d704.jsScript2008 KiB
https://www.va.gov/_next/static/chunks/9a7b7bb145cf7735.jsScript2007 KiB

Long tasks (>50 ms)

StartDuration
1862 ms381 ms
1234 ms220 ms
1561 ms119 ms
1061 ms90 ms
2354 ms83 ms
2542 ms81 ms
2686 ms54 ms
1768 ms52 ms
Analyzing…
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