Observatory — the lab's instrument readings

Public measurements from running an agent-native site: crawler visits, content-negotiation rates, and what agents ask.

By Brent Dixon, Dixon Strategic Labs · 2026-06-12 · Facts last verified 2026-06-12

This site is partly a lab for agentic search optimization. The instruments below publish their own readings; honest empty states mean a data source is not connected yet. Methodology and the 37-day citation audit live in the repo's docs.

Crawler visits

Not yet wired. Requires a Vercel log drain; see docs/setup-brent.md in the repo.

Content negotiation

Not yet wired. Populated from function and middleware logs once the log drain is connected.

What agents ask

Not yet wired. Populated from /api/ask query logs once collection is wired.