# Cova Glasgow: Agent-Direct Score F (39.5%) Site: http://barcova.co.uk/ Report: https://directindex.org/r/barcova.co.uk Scanned: 2026-10-21 (Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.) Cova Glasgow is largely invisible to agents. Some AI assistants are turned away by Cova Glasgow's website. What Cova Glasgow offers is in a PDF or an image, and assistants read those badly. To book or order, it is sent to TableAgent, a marketplace. ## Direct links - Menu: http://barcova.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/A4-8Page-Cova-Drinks-Menu_Aguest-2025.pdf - Phone: +441413328322 - Address: 57 W Regent St, G2 2AE, Glasgow ## Nearby, also direct Places near Cova Glasgow that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between. - The Raven (70 m): https://directindex.org/r/theravenglasgow.com - Slug and Lettuce (90 m): https://directindex.org/r/slugandlettuce.co.uk - Popworld Glasgow (90 m): https://directindex.org/r/popworldparty.co.uk - Blue Dog (100 m): https://directindex.org/r/bluedogglasgow.co.uk - Stack & Still (120 m): https://directindex.org/r/stackandstill.co.uk ## What to fix first - **No structured data for the business.** (+15 points) Add schema.org JSON-LD for the business (CafeOrCoffeeShop, BarOrPub or the closest type, with name, address, telephone and openingHoursSpecification, plus servesCuisine). Every assistant reads this block first, and the fix kit below has it filled in. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant - **Booking only through tableagent.** (+12 points) Every transaction an agent makes goes through the marketplace, which takes its commission. Add a direct way on your own site. Even a simple form will do. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/book-direct-on-your-own-website - **The server turns AI crawlers away at the door.** (+3.3 points) Requests as GPTBot (http_429) were refused, but a normal browser got the page. That's usually a bot list at the host or in a firewall that the owner never chose. Ask the host to allow these user agents. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/blocking-ai-crawlers-without-knowing - **No working HTTPS.** (+3 points) The page is only served over plain http. Browsers and agents rank it lower or refuse it. - **Menu or price list is a PDF.** (+3 points) Most agents skip PDFs or read them badly. Publish it as an HTML page and keep the PDF as a download. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/menu-pdf-ai - **No llms.txt.** (no points, but worth doing) Optional for now and cheap to add. It's a short text file that describes the business for language models. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/llms-txt-for-a-business ## Fix kit: What to paste Structured data (JSON-LD). Paste it as one block in the page's head, or in the builder's custom code box. Change anything that's wrong. ```html ``` llms.txt. Save as /llms.txt at the root of the site. ``` # Cova Glasgow > local business in 57 W Regent St, G2 2AE, Glasgow, Glasgow cafes and bars. Phone +441413328322. ## Book or order directly - Menu: http://barcova.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/A4-8Page-Cova-Drinks-Menu_Aguest-2025.pdf ## About - Website: http://barcova.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 main AI user agents. ## Where it stands 325 of 508 in Glasgow cafes and bars. Top 64% of the sites scanned in this index. | What the top 10% of the index does | Top 10% | This site | |---|---|---| | Take bookings or orders on their own domain | 98% | no | | Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 87% | no | | Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 90% | no | | Structured data with address, phone and hours | 31% | no | | Have an llms.txt | 17% | no | Nearest places in the index: Roots • Cocktail Bar & Brasserie (C, 35 m, https://directindex.org/r/glasgowroots.co.uk); The Pot Still (D, 58 m, https://directindex.org/r/thepotstill.co.uk); The Raven (A, 68 m, https://directindex.org/r/theravenglasgow.com); Slug and Lettuce (B, 88 m, https://directindex.org/r/slugandlettuce.co.uk); Popworld Glasgow (A, 92 m, https://directindex.org/r/popworldparty.co.uk); Blue Dog (B, 95 m, https://directindex.org/r/bluedogglasgow.co.uk); Cafe Wander (F, 102 m, https://directindex.org/r/cafewander.com); Stack & Still (B, 117 m, https://directindex.org/r/stackandstill.co.uk); Giraffe (F, 130 m, https://directindex.org/r/giraffe.net); The Scotch Malt Whisky Society (C, 133 m, https://directindex.org/r/smws.com). ## What assistants answer The assistants haven't been asked about this business yet. They're asked about the top-ranked businesses in each city index, and about any business as soon as it's claimed. Claim this page to be included. The assistants were asked 12 everyday questions about Glasgow cafes and bars and named 55 places. Cova Glasgow wasn't one of them. See who was named: https://directindex.org/city/glasgow-cafes-bars/recommended Compared with its peers: Sites built with WordPress 55% (24% A or B, 224455 sites); Sites using TableAgent 64% (35% A or B, 113 sites); This site 39.5%. See what an AI agent reads on this site: https://directindex.org/r/barcova.co.uk/agent-view ## Businesses like Cova Glasgow in Glasgow cafes and bars | Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site | |---|---|---|---|---| | Businesses of the same kind in Glasgow cafes and bars | 508 | 49% | 25% | 39.5% | | Sites built with WordPress in Glasgow cafes and bars | 151 | 60% | 35% | 39.5% | | Sites using TableAgent in Glasgow cafes and bars | 2 | 51% | 0% | 39.5% | | Sites built with WordPress and using TableAgent in Glasgow cafes and bars | 1 | 40% | 0% | 39.5% | The best of the sites built with WordPress in Glasgow cafes and bars: Malones Irish Bar (A 95.4%, https://directindex.org/r/malonesbarglasgow.com); The Croft Bar & Restaurant (A 94.9%, https://directindex.org/r/croftfood.co.uk); The Raven (A 88.8%, https://directindex.org/r/theravenglasgow.com); CIBO (A 87.5%, https://directindex.org/r/ciboglasgow.co.uk); Doppio Malto Glasgow (A 87.5%, https://directindex.org/r/doppiomalto.com). With the three fixes above (No structured data for the business; Booking only through tableagent; The server turns AI crawlers away at the door), the score would be about 86.2%. That would be 29th of 508 in Glasgow cafes and bars, up from 325th. ## The direct record What agents get for Cova Glasgow, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/barcova.co.uk - Book: none on record - Order: none on record - Menu: http://barcova.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/A4-8Page-Cova-Drinks-Menu_Aguest-2025.pdf (pdf; from the scan) - Hours: none on record - Phone: +441413328322 - Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/barcova.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): no - ACP discovery document (/.well-known/acp.json, OpenAI and Stripe's Agentic Commerce Protocol): no - 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): no - Vendor terms for agents, TableAgent: Not stated. The terms do not address an agent acting for a person (several bar scraping or data extraction only), could not be read on the date given, or the vendor has not been researched yet. ## Score breakdown | Component | Points | Available | |---|---|---| | Reachable | 18.7 | 25 | | Readable | 4 | 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/barcova.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 Keep watching this business (https://directindex.org/r/barcova.co.uk/plan): the assistants are asked again every month, and you see what changed. 2 EUR a month or 19 EUR a year. Deep report: https://directindex.org/r/barcova.co.uk/deep. Ten questions phrased the way people ask them, each assistant's full answer, the eight nearest similar places, the fix plan and a PDF. 5 EUR, paid once. 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=barcova.co.uk&force=1