# 24 Stories: Agent-Direct Score D (50.3%)

Site: https://24stories.co.uk
Report: https://directindex.org/r/24stories.co.uk
Scanned: 2026-10-14 (Provisional: the action test and the assistant citation check still to come; the hatched part of the bar is not measured yet.)
24 Stories is hard for agents to use.

## Direct links
- Menu: https://24stories.co.uk/menus/
- Phone: +44 121 716 8186

## What to fix first
- **No structured data for the business.** (+14 points) Add schema.org JSON-LD for the business (Restaurant, LocalBusiness or the closest type, with name, address, telephone and openingHoursSpecification, plus servesCuisine and acceptsReservations). It is the one block every assistant reads first; the fix kit below has it filled in. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant
- **Booking only through opentable.** (+12 points) Every agent transaction goes through the marketplace and its commission. Add a direct path on your own site, even a simple form. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/book-direct-on-your-own-website
- **The server turns AI crawlers away at the door.** (+3.3 points) Live fetches as ClaudeBot (http_403) were refused while a normal browser got the page. This is usually a hosting or firewall bot list the owner never chose. Ask the host to allow these user agents. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/blocking-ai-crawlers-without-knowing
- **No llms.txt.** (no points, still worth doing) Optional today, cheap to add: a short text file describing the business for language models. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/llms-txt-for-a-business

## Fix kit: What to paste

Structured data (JSON-LD). One block in the page's head, or in the builder's custom-code slot. Replace anything that is wrong.

```html
<script type="application/ld+json">
{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "Restaurant",
  "name": "24 Stories",
  "url": "https://24stories.co.uk",
  "telephone": "+44 121 716 8186",
  "email": "info@24stories.co.uk",
  "address": {
    "@type": "PostalAddress",
    "streetAddress": "Colmore Row 103",
    "postalCode": "B3 3AG"
  },
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 52.4809739,
    "longitude": -1.9015798
  },
  "openingHours": "Mo-Th 12:00-23:00; Fr-Sa 12:00-00:30; Su 12:00-22:00",
  "openingHoursSpecification": [
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Monday",
        "Tuesday",
        "Wednesday",
        "Thursday"
      ],
      "opens": "12:00",
      "closes": "23:00"
    },
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Friday",
        "Saturday"
      ],
      "opens": "12:00",
      "closes": "00:30"
    },
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Sunday"
      ],
      "opens": "12:00",
      "closes": "22:00"
    }
  ],
  "servesCuisine": [
    "british"
  ],
  "hasMenu": "https://24stories.co.uk/menus/"
}
</script>
```

llms.txt. Save as /llms.txt at the root of the site.

```
# 24 Stories

> restaurant (british) in Colmore Row 103 B3 3AG, Birmingham. Phone +44 121 716 8186.

## Book or order directly

- Menu: https://24stories.co.uk/menus/

## Opening hours

Mo-Th 12:00-23:00; Fr-Sa 12:00-00:30; Su 12:00-22:00

## About

- Website: https://24stories.co.uk
- This file follows llms.txt (https://llmstxt.org): a short plain-text description for language models.
```

## Already right
- **robots.txt lets AI crawlers in.** No rule blocks the key AI user agents.
- **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read items and prices directly.
- **OpenTable lets agents act only through its partners.** OpenTable's terms page could not be fetched on 2026-10-15; OpenTable names over 200 authorized partners, Google, Meta and OpenAI among them, as the channels through which agents book. Read 2026-10-15: https://mynews13.com/fl/orlando/business/2026/07/14/opentable-new-terms. An assistant that is not a partner cannot finish the step there; a direct path on your own domain works for all of them.

## Where it stands
207 of 377 in Birmingham. Top 55% of the sites scanned in this index.

| What the top tenth of the index does | Top 10% | This site |
|---|---|---|
| Take bookings or orders on their own domain | 97% | no |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 97% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no edge block, no robots.txt block) | 90% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 44% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 31% | no |

Nearest places with a similar menu: Purecraft Bar & Kitchen (D, 108 m, https://directindex.org/r/purecraftbars.com); Isaac's (D, 179 m, https://directindex.org/r/thegrandhotelbirmingham.co.uk); The Ivy (C, 192 m, https://directindex.org/r/ivycollection.com); Browns (F, 673 m, https://directindex.org/r/browns-restaurants.co.uk); Cosy Club (D, 815 m, https://directindex.org/r/cosyclub.co.uk); Chapter Edgbaston (C, 1825 m, https://directindex.org/r/chapteredgbaston.co.uk).

## What assistants answer
Not asked yet. Assistants are asked about the top-ranked businesses in each city index, and about every claimed business the moment it is claimed; claim this page to be included.

Against its peers: Sites built with WordPress 57% (26% A or B, 35830 sites); Sites using OpenTable 67% (42% A or B, 1409 sites); This site 50.3%.

See what an AI agent reads on this site: https://directindex.org/r/24stories.co.uk/agent-view

## Businesses like 24 Stories in Birmingham

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Same kind in Birmingham | 377 | 46% | 36% | 50.3% |
| Built with WordPress in Birmingham | 94 | 70% | 61% | 50.3% |
| Using OpenTable in Birmingham | 6 | 62% | 33% | 50.3% |
| Built with WordPress and using OpenTable in Birmingham | 3 | 57% | 0% | 50.3% |

The best of Using OpenTable in Birmingham: Sapore (B 81.5%, https://directindex.org/r/saporerestaurant.co.uk); Colbeh Persian Kitchen (B 72.3%, https://directindex.org/r/colbehpersiankitchen.co); Tapas Revolution (C 61.1%, https://directindex.org/r/tapasrevolution.com); Casa Italia (C 58.5%, https://directindex.org/r/casaitalia-birmingham.co.uk); Isaac's (D 50.8%, https://directindex.org/r/thegrandhotelbirmingham.co.uk).

With the three fixes above (No structured data for the business; Booking only through opentable; The server turns AI crawlers away at the door) the score would be about 95.4%: 6th of 377 in Birmingham, up from 207th.

## The direct record
What agents get for 24 Stories, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/24stories.co.uk
- Book: none on record
- Order: none on record
- Menu: https://24stories.co.uk/menus/ (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: Mo-Th 12:00-23:00; Fr-Sa 12:00-00:30; Su 12:00-22:00 (closed now) (from OpenStreetMap)
- Phone: +44 121 716 8186
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/24stories.co.uk/menu

## Can an agent transact?
Measured, not scored (the score stays at spec v1.0).
- UCP profile (/.well-known/ucp, Google and Shopify's Universal Commerce Protocol): not measured
- ACP discovery document (/.well-known/acp.json, OpenAI and Stripe's Agentic Commerce Protocol): not measured
- MCP server card (/.well-known/mcp/server-card.json): no
- Ordering vendor that takes agent orders (Square, Toast, or a vendor whose terms allow agents): not measured
- Vendor terms for agents, OpenTable: Partners only. OpenTable's terms page could not be fetched on 2026-10-15; OpenTable names over 200 authorized partners, Google, Meta and OpenAI among them, as the channels through which agents book. Read 2026-10-15: https://mynews13.com/fl/orlando/business/2026/07/14/opentable-new-terms

Not measured at this scan; the next scan measures it.

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 21.7 | 25 |
| Readable | 8 | 25 |
| Actionable | 3 | 15 (the action test: pending) |
| Cited | 0 | 0 (the assistant citation check: pending) |

## Agent readiness (Cloudflare)
Level 1 of 5, Basic Web Presence. Cloudflare's report: https://isitagentready.com/24stories.co.uk
- Link headers on the homepage: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/link-headers/SKILL.md)
- sitemap.xml: yes
- AI bot rules in robots.txt: yes
- Content Signals in robots.txt: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/content-signals/SKILL.md)
- Markdown on Accept: text/markdown: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/markdown-negotiation/SKILL.md)
- llms.txt: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/llms-txt/SKILL.md)
- API catalog (RFC 9727): no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/api-catalog/SKILL.md)
- MCP server card: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/mcp-server-card/SKILL.md)
- A2A agent card: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/a2a-agent-card/SKILL.md)
- Agent Skills index: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/agent-skills/SKILL.md)
- OAuth or OIDC discovery: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/oauth-discovery/SKILL.md)
- OAuth protected resource metadata: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/oauth-protected-resource/SKILL.md)
- auth.md: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/auth-md/SKILL.md)
- Web Bot Auth key directory: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/web-bot-auth/SKILL.md)
- ARD capability manifest: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/ard/SKILL.md)
- DNS-AID records: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/dns-aid/SKILL.md)
- WebMCP tools on the page: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/webmcp/SKILL.md)
- JSON-LD for the business: no

Deep report: https://directindex.org/r/24stories.co.uk/deep. Ten questions the way people ask, each assistant's full answer, the eight nearest similar places, the fix plan and a PDF: 19 EUR, one-off.
Methodology: https://directindex.org/methodology · Rescan now: https://directindex.org/scan?url=24stories.co.uk&force=1