# theagenttimes.com — news and current affairs — 2 of 5

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> Probe-verified (tier 2 of 3). Last checked 2026-09-26. 2 of 5 capability checks passed. 2 unknown.

- host: theagenttimes.com
- url: https://theagenttimes.com/
- category: news and current affairs
- type: media
- language: en

## Probe-verified · tier 2 of 3

Probed live on 2026-09-26 against rubric v1.2. 2 of 5 checks passed. 2 unknown.

- UNKNOWN — Markdown negotiation (`Accept: text/markdown`)
- UNKNOWN — Markdown twin at a predictable URL (`/page.md`)
- PASS — llms.txt (`/llms.txt`)
- FAIL — API catalog (`RFC 9727`)
- PASS — MCP server card answers (`/.well-known/mcp/server-card.json → tools/list`)

MCP tools (from tools/list on 2026-09-26): tat_search, tat_ask, ask_expert, tat_get_event, tat_stats, tat_get_answer_standard, tat_recommend, tat_expert_dashboard, tat_get_comments, tat_post_comment, get_latest_articles, get_section_articles, get_article, search_articles, get_related_articles, list_topics, get_topic_hub, get_trust_summary, get_editorial_standards, report_usage

## Summary

Independent news publication covering the AI agent economy including platforms, open source, research, commerce, sales, marketing, engineering, ad tech, infrastructure, regulation, labor, opinion, and interviews, founded in 2026.

## Context

190 sites in this index share the category "news and current affairs"; 27 are transactional.

## How we grade

- tier 1 — **Declared**: The site says agents are welcome in its robots.txt. A permission, not a capability.
- tier 2 — **Probe-verified** (this site): We fetched the site and tested each signal ourselves. Dated, repeatable, re-checked on a schedule.
- tier 3 — **Behaviourally verified**: An agent completed the action end to end — booked, bought, submitted — and it worked.

## About this record

Known Good probes sites live and publishes what was tested and when.
Method: https://knowngood.sh/about.md · Rubric: https://knowngood.sh/benchmark

How we found this site: probe discovery. This site didn't declare agent access — we found it by checking the open web. Everything above was tested the same way, against the same rubric, on the date shown. [How we choose what to check, and how to opt out](https://knowngood.sh/bot)

## Where this sits

- media: https://knowngood.sh/type/media
- news and current affairs: https://knowngood.sh/category/news-current-affairs
- Browse: https://knowngood.sh/browse
- Rubric: https://knowngood.sh/benchmark