What the score measures — and what it doesn't
Our score measures the technical visibility of public signals on a municipal website: whether machines are allowed to read the site, whether they understand its structure and content, whether they find a point of contact for citizens.
It does not measure:
- the quality of the municipal administration
- the competence of its employees
- the satisfaction of the citizens
A municipality with a good score can have a poor administration — and vice versa. The score is a technical signal, not a seal of quality.
Passive survey
Our measurement is passive. We read only publicly accessible files and pages. We do not send enquiries to the municipality, we do not test systems, we do not simulate attacks. This also means: what we cannot see, we cannot assess. A chatbot that appears only after a click is invisible to our static detection.
Missing signals are not deficiencies
If a municipality has no llms.txt, that does not mean its website is poor. It only means: AI assistants find fewer clues there. The signals we measure are new — and many administrations have other priorities. That is legitimate.
No assessment of people
We do not assess people. Neither the members of the municipal council nor the employees of the administration are evaluated by us. The score describes a technical state, not the work of human beings.
What comes next
Measuring AI answers is phase 2: what do common AI assistants answer today when asked about a municipality? We will publish that too — under the same rules: transparent, verifiable, without assessing people.
Use the AI readiness check to see where your municipality stands.