scanned Jul 7, 2026500 of 5,070 pages
vice.com
VICE is a media company that publishes articles, videos, and other content on various topics including news, culture, and entertainment.
Tier 1 · Agent-Unreadable
Scored by asking 10 questions a buyer of a media product asks, then grading this site’s own pages: answered, hedged (partial or vague), or silent (no page answers it). How scoring works
10 buyer questions · graded against the site’s own pages
Goes silent · getting-started · high importance
Do you offer a mobile app for reading articles, and is it available on both iOS and Android?
Goes silent · limits · high importance
How many articles can I read for free each month before I need to subscribe or create an account?
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Sign in to claim92 points sit between vice.com and 100: 10 open questions and 8 missing protocol checks, ordered by estimated payoff.
Point estimates are per fix under scoring v2. They are not additive to a promised total.
Do you offer a mobile app for reading articles, and is it available on both iOS and Android?
No page on the site addresses this.
Add a dedicated 'Mobile Apps' page or FAQ entry that confirms whether a native app exists and provides iOS/Android download links.
Where we looked: support.vice.com, vice.com, /membership
confidence high · grounding synthesized · weight 0.00 · Absent
How many articles can I read for free each month before I need to subscribe or create an account?
No page on the site addresses this.
Create a dedicated subscription or FAQ page that clearly states the number of free articles allowed per month.
Where we looked: /article/rapper-twista-could-serve-five-years-in-prison-after-accumulating-440000-in-tax-debt, /article/brandon-sanderson-fans-can-start-playing-the-cosmere-rpg-for-free-right-now, /article/3-albums-with-numbers-in-their-titles-that-are-turning-10-this-year, /article/new-theory-explains-why-so-many-people-see-the-same-thing-during-a-near-death-experience, /article/the-awkward-reason-so-many-long-term-couples-stop-having-sex, /article/researchers-discovered-your-brain-really-can-sync-up-with-someone-elses-heres-how-it-works, /article/introducing-airport-divorces-the-temporary-split-that-could-prevent-fights-before-flights, /article/5-years-ago-today-the-free-britney-movement-began-with-britney-spears-first-attempt-to-leave-conservatorship, /article/playstation-plus-july-drop-brings-the-perfect-game-to-play-before-this-fall, /article/play-this-2024-cozy-rpg-before-it-leaves-xbox-game-pass, /article/men-who-sit-too-much-may-have-weaker-mitochondria-new-research-suggests, /article/former-slipknot-drummer-jay-weinberg-has-a-new-band-and-they-just-dropped-a-song-heavier-than-anything-hes-done-before, /article/the-seinfeld-writers-almost-turned-the-soup-nazi-into-a-real-nazi, /article/how-many-sexual-partners-are-too-many-it-depends-where-you-live, /article/lil-wayne-shuts-down-this-potential-career-move-calling-it-potentially-catastrophic-thats-what-i-would-do, /article/fitness-influencer-says-gate-agent-told-her-she-looked-naked-and-made-her-cover-up-before-boarding-flight, /article/gta-6-will-be-ps5-pro-enhanced-heres-what-it-means, /article/megadeth-cancels-performance-due-to-unforeseen-circumstances-hours-before-scheduled-concert, /article/fortnite-gold-gummy-hours, /article/the-viral-july-theory-says-your-love-life-could-change-dramatically-this-month
confidence low · grounding world-knowledge · weight 0.00 · Absent
How are articles that include affiliate links or sponsored product deals clearly labeled so readers can distinguish them from independent editorial coverage?
No page on the site addresses this.
Publish a dedicated editorial standards, affiliate disclosure, or sponsored content policy page that explains how articles with affiliate links or sponsored deals are labeled (e.g., badges, disclaimers, or section headers) and ensure it is linked in the site footer and crawlable.
Where we looked: /article/3-albums-that-still-sound-so-good-you-wont-believe-they-came-out-30-years-ago, /article/fitness-influencer-says-gate-agent-told-her-she-looked-naked-and-made-her-cover-up-before-boarding-flight
confidence high · grounding synthesized · weight 0.00 · Absent
Is there a way to submit a news tip through the website without providing my name or contact information?
None of the retrieved chunks mention how to submit a news tip or whether anonymous submission is possible.
Add a dedicated, crawlable 'Contact' or 'Tips' page that explains how to submit news tips and whether anonymous submission is allowed.
Where we looked: /article/gen-z-judges-you-by-your-first-name-more-than-any-other-generation-new-survey-finds, /article/could-there-be-another-major-britpop-reunion-soon-once-this-longtime-rival-gets-out-of-the-way-maybe, /article/gen-z-judges-you-by-your-first-name-more-than-any-other-generation-new-survey-finds, video.vice.com
confidence high · grounding synthesized · weight 0.00 · Absent
What is the exact process for requesting a factual correction to a story that has already been published?
No information about requesting factual corrections was found in the retrieved chunks.
Create a dedicated corrections policy page or FAQ that details the exact process for readers to request factual corrections to published stories.
Where we looked: /article/final-fantasy-7-revelation-expansion-pass-leak-hints-at-more-story, /article/pokemon-winds-and-waves-leak-reveals-first-details-on-7-new-gen-10-pokemon, /article/ancient-molecules-on-a-pterosaur-fossil-revealed-what-its-diet-looked-like-100-million-years-ago
confidence high · grounding world-knowledge · weight 0.00 · Absent
How do I turn off automatic video playback on articles without blocking regular images or site functionality?
No page on the site addresses this.
Create a support article or settings page explaining how users can disable automatic video playback on articles.
confidence high · grounding world-knowledge · weight 0.00 · Absent
How do I follow an individual writer to get notified whenever they publish a new article?
No page on the site addresses this.
Add a help center article or on-site FAQ explaining how readers can follow individual writers and manage notifications for new articles.
Where we looked: support.vice.com, /article/former-slipknot-drummer-jay-weinberg-has-a-new-band-and-they-just-dropped-a-song-heavier-than-anything-hes-done-before
confidence high · grounding synthesized · weight 0.00 · Absent
How far back does your online article archive extend, and can I search or filter results by a specific date range?
No page on the site addresses this.
Add a help center, about, or site map page that describes the article archive's historical coverage and documents available search or filtering options, including date range filters.
confidence high · grounding world-knowledge · weight 0.00 · Absent
Do you provide separate RSS feeds for individual verticals like Tech and Culture, or only a single feed for the entire site?
No page on the site addresses this.
Add a dedicated RSS/feeds page that lists available feeds by vertical (e.g., Tech, Culture) and a site-wide feed, and link to it from the footer or newsletter section.
Where we looked: video.vice.com, /membership, www.vice.com
confidence high · grounding world-knowledge · weight 0.00 · Absent
A buyer gets something, then has to guess the rest. Expand any row for the evidence and the fix.
The other half of the score: 16 checks for the files and headers agents look for. The 8 below are installs, not judgment calls, and most are an afternoon. Expand any for the snippet and the standard it follows. They sit after the queue because none of them changes what your pages say.
Sitedex generates this file from your crawl. Grab it in Files from this audit below.
Standardllmstxt.orgCommunity spec
User-agent: * Content-Signal: search=yes, ai-input=yes, ai-train=no Allow: /
StandardCloudflare proposalVendor proposal
StandardRFC 9110 + 7763IETF RFC
Sitedex generates this file from your crawl. Grab it in Files from this audit below.
StandardModel Context ProtocolCommunity spec
StandardOpenAPI SpecIndustry standard
Sitedex generates this file from your crawl. Grab it in Files from this audit below.
StandardW3C WebMCP draftW3C / WHATWG
<link rel="canonical" href="https://vice.com/" />
StandardRFC 6596IETF RFC
<meta name="description" content="vice.com: [outcome you deliver] for [who you help]. One sentence, 50-160 characters." />
StandardHTML Living StandardW3C / WHATWG
Already passing 8 of 16: robots.txt, sitemap.xml, AI crawler access, Clean crawl, Server-rendered content, HTML lang attribute, Organization schema, Sitemap lastmod.
Sitedex already serves vice.com as an MCP endpoint. Ask vice.com anything an AI agent might ask, and see what its index returns. (To score your own site, use the form below.)
For developers and the engineer-on-call: copy these into your tools or your site.
Files from this audit
Built from this crawl. Download or copy each, then install it at the path noted.
Built from this crawl. Install at /llms.txt so agents start here.
Organization JSON-LD, pre-filled from this crawl. Wrap in a ld+json script.
MCP server card built from this crawl. Host at /.well-known/mcp/server-card.json.
WebMCP discovery manifest built from this crawl. Host at /.well-known/webmcp.json.
MCP endpoint
https://mcp.sitedex.dev/s/vice-com/mcp
The URL anyone's agent points at. Read-only; safe to share.
Claude Code
claude mcp add vice --transport http https://mcp.sitedex.dev/s/vice-com/mcp
One command, then the agent has it.
Cursor / Continue
{
"mcpServers": {
"vice": {
"url": "https://mcp.sitedex.dev/s/vice-com/mcp"
}
}
}Drop into mcp.json.
WebMCP: two parts
WebMCP-capable browsers run the widget at runtime. Crawlers without JS rendering need the discovery manifest to find your tool surface. Install both.
1 · Widget script
<script async src="https://sitedex.dev/widget.js"></script>
Drop in <head>. WebMCP-capable browsers (Chrome 146+ Origin Trial) call navigator.modelContext.provideContext() via this script.
2 · Discovery manifest
{
"$schema": "https://wellknownmcp.org/schemas/webmcp.json",
"name": "vice.com",
"tools": [
{ "name": "search", "description": "Search vice.com's indexed content." },
{ "name": "get_page", "description": "Fetch a page from vice.com as markdown." }
]
}Host alongside the script at /.well-known/webmcp.json. Crawlers that don't render JS rely on this.
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