The agent could not access jti.com directly due to Vercel security protections (429 errors on all fetch attempts), so it pivoted to web search and third-party sources to answer the task. It assembled a comprehensive explanation of JTI's business, target market, revenue model, and competitive positioning from Wikipedia, Craft.co, Tobacco Tactics, and industry news—but could not verify any information specific to what the website itself actually publishes, offers, or how it's structured.

• ›All six content-bearing steps were web searches or Wikipedia fetches; the agent never reached jti.com's own content. The searches returned links to jti.com but the agent could not follow them due to security blocks.
• ›The agent assembled its answer primarily from prior knowledge (60%) and general business intelligence (Wikipedia, competitor databases, press releases), not from the company's own website. Information about JTI's heated tobacco strategy, revenue (~$19.2B), market share, and competitor positioning came from third-party sources and general industry knowledge, not from jti.com's own pages.
• ›The website itself is not agent-navigable: jti.com is protected by Vercel security challenges and unreachable via standard HTTP requests. No pricing, product catalog, consumer features, or positioning statements were retrievable directly from the domain. The agent had to bridge this gap entirely with external research.