---
title: What an AI agent reads on SellyOak · The Direct Index
url: https://directindex.org/r/birmingham.gov.uk/agent-view?format=md
---

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# What an AI agent reads on SellyOak

An assistant's crawler fetches the page once, without running JavaScript, and reads the text, the structured data and the links. Below is what it gets from [birmingham.gov.uk](http://www.birmingham.gov.uk/), taken from the copy the scanner kept.

3,635

characters of text without JavaScript

none

structured data for the business

3

of 3 AI crawlers turned away at the edge (GPTBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot)

 Text

## The words an agent gets

Title: Birmingham City Council Homepage · language en. First 1,800 of 3,635 characters:

```
Click to chat with Brum Bot, our AI-powered virtual assistant. × Birmingham City Council Homepage Skip to content Skip to main navigation Birmingham City Council Sign in to your account Register an account Council services Search this site Search Birmingham City Council Council TaxCouncil TaxPay Council TaxReport a changeSet up a Direct DebitRoads, travel and parkingRoads, travel and parkingPenalty Charge NoticesReport a street faultStreet cruising injunctionWaste and recyclingWaste and recyclingCheck your collection dayGarden Waste ServiceBook a bulky waste collectionSchools and learningSchools and learningSchool term datesFind a schoolApply for school placeYour councilYour councilCommissionersFind your local councillorsAgendas, minutes and reportsFind your local services and facilitiespostcodeGoHousingHousingRequest a housing repairServices for council tenantsPay your rentBenefits and supportBenefits and supportCost of living supportMake a benefits claimReport a change in circumstances Adult social careBirths, deaths and ceremoniesBusiness and licensingEnvironmentParks, leisure and wellbeingPlanning and developmentChildren and familiesThings to do Latest news Third hearing of Birmingham City Council’s high court injunction application to address unauthorised flag attachments to take place Company fined £240,000 after failing to improve fire safety for residents Birmingham’s SEND reform plan to improve support for children and young people approved More news Upcoming events Cost of Living support. Are you worried about the rising cost of energy bills, food and transport? Full story about Cost of Living support. Are you worried about the rising cost of energy bills, food and transport? Ongoing street cruising injunction secured as Judge confirms tough
```

 Facts

## What it can say about the business

| A business type in JSON-LD | no |
| Name | no |
| Telephone | 0121 303 1116 (a tel: link, not structured) |
| Address | no |
| Opening hours | no |
| Menu or price list | nothing |
| Cuisine in structured data | no |
| JSON-LD blocks | 0 |

 Actions

## The links it would act on

No booking or ordering link found; only a phone number (0121 303 1116). An agent has nothing to act on.

Everything here comes from fetching the homepage once as a crawler. The [report](https://directindex.org/r/birmingham.gov.uk) turns it into a score and a list of fixes, with code to paste.

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```json
{"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://directindex.org/#org","name":"The Direct Index","url":"https://directindex.org/","logo":"https://directindex.org/favicon.svg","email":"hello@directindex.org","founder":{"@type":"Person","@id":"https://directindex.org/#antonio","name":"Antonio Curado","sameAs":["https://x.com/ab_curado"]},"description":"Independent measurement of whether AI agents can find, read and act on a business's own website."},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://directindex.org/#site","url":"https://directindex.org/","name":"The Direct Index","publisher":{"@id":"https://directindex.org/#org"},"inLanguage":"en","potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://directindex.org/scan?url={url}"},"query-input":"required name=url"}},{"@type":"WebAPI","name":"The Direct Index API","url":"https://directindex.org/openapi.json","documentation":"https://directindex.org/llms-full.txt","provider":{"@id":"https://directindex.org/#org"}}]}
```