# Ardfern: Agent-Direct Score B (73.8%)

Site: https://ardfern.uk/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/ardfern.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.)
Ardfern is mostly ready for agents.
An AI assistant can open the website of Ardfern. It can read what Ardfern offers. It finds a way to book or order directly on the site.

## Direct links
- Book directly: https://ardfern.uk/pages/reservations (on the business's own site)
- Menu: https://ardfern.uk/pages/brunch
- Phone: +44 131 600 0067

## What to fix first
- **No structured data for the business.** (+14 points) Add schema.org JSON-LD for the business (CafeOrCoffeeShop, BarOrPub or the closest type, with name, address, telephone and openingHoursSpecification, plus servesCuisine). 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

## 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": "CafeOrCoffeeShop",
  "name": "Ardfern",
  "url": "https://ardfern.uk/",
  "telephone": "+44 131 600 0067",
  "email": "hello@ardfern.uk",
  "address": {
    "@type": "PostalAddress",
    "streetAddress": "Bonnington Road 10-12",
    "postalCode": "EH6 5JD",
    "addressLocality": "Edinburgh"
  },
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 55.9726434,
    "longitude": -3.175942
  },
  "acceptsReservations": "https://ardfern.uk/pages/reservations",
  "hasMenu": "https://ardfern.uk/pages/brunch",
  "potentialAction": [
    {
      "@type": "ReserveAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://ardfern.uk/pages/reservations",
        "actionPlatform": [
          "http://schema.org/DesktopWebPlatform",
          "http://schema.org/MobileWebPlatform"
        ]
      },
      "result": {
        "@type": "Reservation",
        "name": "Reservation"
      }
    }
  ]
}
</script>
```

## Already right
- **robots.txt lets AI crawlers in.** No rule blocks the key AI user agents.
- **AI crawlers get the page.** GPTBot, ClaudeBot and PerplexityBot all received a normal response.
- **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read items and prices directly.
- **Booking on your own site.** Agents can book without a marketplace in the loop.

## Where it stands
61 of 364 in Edinburgh cafes and bars. Top 17% 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 | 100% | yes |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 78% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no edge block, no robots.txt block) | 89% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 38% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 24% | yes |

Nearest places in the index: La Vida (D, 177 m, https://directindex.org/r/orderlavida.com); Campervan Brewery Tap Room (D, 208 m, https://directindex.org/r/campervanbrewery.com); Three Marys (F, 297 m, https://directindex.org/r/threemarysbar.co.uk); Cafe Truva (C, 369 m, https://directindex.org/r/cafetruva.com); The Angel (D, 388 m, https://directindex.org/r/ambertaverns.co.uk); Newbarns Taproom (C, 391 m, https://directindex.org/r/newbarnsbrewery.com); Roseleaf (D, 401 m, https://directindex.org/r/roseleaf.co.uk); Leith Dockers Social Club (D, 424 m, https://directindex.org/r/leithdockersclub.co.uk); Duke's (A, 466 m, https://directindex.org/r/dukesleith.co.uk); Leith Arches (B, 471 m, https://directindex.org/r/leitharches.com).

## 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 Shopify 58% (37% A or B, 1345 sites); This site 73.8%.

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

## Businesses like Ardfern in Edinburgh cafes and bars

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Edinburgh cafes and bars | 364 | 50% | 30% | 73.8% |
| Sites built with Shopify in Edinburgh cafes and bars | 22 | 60% | 36% | 73.8% |

The best of the sites built with Shopify in Edinburgh cafes and bars: The Little Bakery (B 84.6%, https://directindex.org/r/littlebakery.co.uk); Brewdog Doghouse Bar & Terrace (B 73.8%, https://directindex.org/r/brewdog.com); Cairngorm (B 73.8%, https://directindex.org/r/cairngorm.coffee); Fierce Bar (B 73.8%, https://directindex.org/r/fiercebeer.com); Little Rascal (B 73.8%, https://directindex.org/r/littlerascalwine.co.uk).

With the fix above (No structured data for the business) the score would be about 95.4%: 2nd of 364 in Edinburgh cafes and bars, up from 61st.

## The direct record
What agents get for Ardfern, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/ardfern.uk
- Book: https://ardfern.uk/pages/reservations (own site; found by the scan of 2026-10-14, not yet tested)
- Order: none on record
- Menu: https://ardfern.uk/pages/brunch (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: +44 131 600 0067
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/ardfern.uk/book, https://directindex.org/go/ardfern.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

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

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 25 | 25 |
| Readable | 8 | 25 |
| Actionable | 15 | 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/ardfern.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: yes
- llms.txt: yes
- 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: yes
- OAuth protected resource metadata: yes
- 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: yes
- JSON-LD for the business: no

Keep watching this business (https://directindex.org/r/ardfern.uk/plan): the assistants asked again every month, with what changed; 2 EUR a month or 19 EUR a year.
Deep report: https://directindex.org/r/ardfern.uk/deep. Ten questions the way people ask, each assistant's full answer, the eight nearest similar places, the fix plan and a PDF: 5 EUR, one-off. Reading and scanning stay free; these few euros pay for the questions sent to the assistants and for the servers.
Methodology: https://directindex.org/methodology · Rescan now: https://directindex.org/scan?url=ardfern.uk&force=1