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title: What an AI agent reads on Massachusetts Historical Society · The Direct Index
url: https://directindex.org/r/masshist.org/agent-view?format=md
---

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# What an AI agent reads on Massachusetts Historical Society

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

6,590

characters of text without JavaScript

none

structured data for the business

0

of 3 AI crawlers turned away at the edge

 Text

## The words an agent gets

Title: Massachusetts Historical Society: Home Page. First 1,800 of 6,590 characters:

```
Massachusetts Historical Society: Home Page Library CatalogPortal 1791The Latest Portal 1791 Visit Us Visit OverviewHours and AdmissionDirections and ParkingAbout the MHSCOVID-19 ProtocolsCalendar of EventsLibraryExhibitionsFAQ Contact UsWho We Are Events Calendar of Events[[latest_events]]View Full CalendarTypes of Events Making History GalaAmerican Revolution 250Author TalksBuilding ClosuresDonors and Member EventsMember WeekSeminarsSeriesWorkshopsVideos[[videos]]See more videos Collections Collections OverviewCollection HighlightsDigital CollectionsDonate to the CollectionOur CollectionsPermissions and LicensingUse the LibraryPRESIDENTIAL PAPERSAdams Family PapersThomas Jefferson PapersOther Presidents Research Scholarly CommunityResearch OverviewSeminarsPeter J. Gomes Memorial Book PrizeConferencesFellowshipsResearch Fellows Alumni NetworkThe CollectionsCollection GuidesLibrary CatalogsUnderrepresented CommunitiesSubject GuidesThe LibraryContact a LibrarianHoursLibrary FAQPortal 1791Reference ServicesReproduction ServicesUse the LibraryResidency Education History and Civic LearningOur ImpactContact UsMassachusetts History DayLearn MoreContest InformationMHS Resources: 2026 ThemeResearch LinksUpdates & EventsClassroom ResourcesHistory SourceDigital CollectionsAsk a LibrarianTeacher and Student ProgramsStudent Programs & Class VisitsStudent & Teacher FellowshipsTeacher Workshops Publications Publications HomeAdams Papers Editorial ProjectDigital EditionsMHS NewslettersThe MHS Publishes Digital MHS Object of the Month[[oom]]Digital Content OverviewBlogCollection HighlightsDigital CollectionsDigitial InitiativesPodcastVideos Videos[[videos]] Support the MHS SUPPORT THE MHSGive to the MHS and Become a MemberBecome a Visionary Circle MemberDonate an Item to the Collection
```

 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

| Link | Role | Where it goes |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [www.masshist.org/gala](https://www.masshist.org/gala) | booking | the business's own site |
| [www.masshist.org/collections](https://www.masshist.org/collections) | ordering | the business's own site |
| [www.historysource.org/](https://www.historysource.org/) | ordering | an unrecognised third party |

Everything here comes from fetching the homepage once as a crawler. The [report](https://directindex.org/r/masshist.org) 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"}}]}
```