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title: What an AI agent reads on US Central Intelligence Agency · The Direct Index
url: https://directindex.org/r/cia.gov/agent-view?format=md
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# What an AI agent reads on US Central Intelligence Agency

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 [cia.gov](http://www.cia.gov/), taken from the copy the scanner kept.

2,829

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: CIACentral Intelligence AgencyCentral Intelligence AgencyCentral Intelligence AgencyButton to search CIA content.Arrow Right IconArrow Right IconArrow Right IconInstagramFacebookXLinkedInYouTubeFlickr · language en. First 1,800 of 2,829 characters:

```
CIASkip to main contentContactReport InformationSearch CIA.govSearchToday's CIAAboutLeadershipOrganizationMission & VisionPartner with CIATechnologyPrivacyCareersCareer OpportunitiesHiring ProcessBenefitsAccommodationsLanguage OpportunitiesVeteransStudent ProgramsLegacyOriginHistoryMuseumHeadquartersTrailblazersIn MemoriamNewsroomNews and StoriesPress Releases and StatementsSpeeches and TranscriptsLibraryResourcesPublicationsPrepublication ReviewStudy of IntelligenceCIA ReportsCIA MapsFOIA Reading RoomContact CIAReport InformationWe are the nation'sfirst line of defenseOur mission and vision >>We DO what otherscannot DOCareers at CIA >>WE go where otherscannot goExplore our legacy >>committed totransparency Press releases and statements >>Our AgencyWe give U.S. leaders the intelligence they need to keep our country safe.As the world’s premier foreign intelligence agency, the work we do at CIA is vital to U.S. national security. We collect and analyze foreign intelligence and conduct covert action. U.S. policymakers, including the President of the United States, make policy decisions informed by the information we provide.learn about usCareersA career at CIA is unlike any other. We are looking for people from all backgrounds and walks of life to carry out the work of a Nation.Find your callingOur LegacyCIA’s legacy is one of brave individuals dedicated to freedom, fulfilling our intelligence mission with ingenuity and grit.Protecting our country is at the heart of our mission — past, present, and future. From our World War II roots through today, we carry on the traditions of ingenuity, bravery, and quiet sacrifice that have made us the world’s premier foreign intelligence agency.Discover Our LegacyOur StoriesBenedict Arnold: From Hero to Insider Threat and TraitorR
```

 Facts

## What it can say about the business

| A business type in JSON-LD | no |
| Name | no |
| Telephone | no |
| 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. An agent has nothing to act on.

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

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Business listings come from OpenStreetMap contributors, under the ODbL. Scores are published under the same licence.

```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"}}]}
```