# The Bat and Ball: Agent-Direct Score A (87.7%)

Site: http://www.batandballmicropub.com/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/batandballmicropub.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.)
The Bat and Ball is ready for agents.
An AI assistant can open The Bat and Ball's website. It can read what The Bat and Ball offers. It finds a way to book or order directly on the site.

## Direct links
- Book directly: https://www.batandballmicropub.co.uk/bookings (on the business's own site)
- Menu: https://www.batandballmicropub.co.uk/f
- Address: Court Road 275 SE9 4TH London
- Its menu mentions: vegetarian dishes, allergens

## Nearby, also direct
Places near The Bat and Ball that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Tasty Cafe (1.7 km): https://directindex.org/r/tastyafricanfood.com
- Eltham Terrace Club (1.7 km): https://directindex.org/r/elthamterraceclub.com
- Thai Food 1st (1.7 km): https://directindex.org/r/themaltshoveleynsford.co.uk
- Marks Sky Bar (1.8 km): https://directindex.org/r/skybareltham.com

## What to fix first
- **Structured data is incomplete.** (+5 points) Missing: telephone, opening hours. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant

## 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
<script type="application/ld+json">
{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "BarOrPub",
  "name": "The Bat and Ball",
  "url": "http://www.batandballmicropub.com/",
  "address": {
    "@type": "PostalAddress",
    "streetAddress": "Court Road 275",
    "postalCode": "SE9 4TH",
    "addressLocality": "London"
  },
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 51.436364,
    "longitude": 0.045868
  },
  "acceptsReservations": "https://www.batandballmicropub.co.uk/bookings",
  "hasMenu": "https://www.batandballmicropub.co.uk/f",
  "potentialAction": [
    {
      "@type": "ReserveAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://www.batandballmicropub.co.uk/bookings",
        "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 main AI user agents.
- **AI crawlers get the page.** GPTBot, ClaudeBot and PerplexityBot all got a normal response.
- **Structured data found (Restaurant).** address
- **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read the items and prices.
- **Booking on your own site.** Agents can book without going through a marketplace.

## Where it stands
Not ranked yet in London cafes and bars.

| What the top 10% 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 | 93% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 93% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 49% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 22% | yes |

Nearest places in the index: Munchies Cafe (F, 47 m, https://directindex.org/r/munchies4u.com); Prince of Wales (F, 343 m, https://directindex.org/r/princeofwalesfoxfield.co.uk); Dil Tandoori (C, 987 m, https://directindex.org/r/diltandoori.com); The Park Tavern (D, 1602 m, https://directindex.org/r/parktaverneltham.co.uk); The Rusty Bucket (D, 1618 m, https://directindex.org/r/therustybucket.pub); Tasty Cafe (B, 1668 m, https://directindex.org/r/tastyafricanfood.com); Eltham Terrace Club (C, 1700 m, https://directindex.org/r/elthamterraceclub.com); Thai Food 1st (B, 1735 m, https://directindex.org/r/themaltshoveleynsford.co.uk); Marks Sky Bar (C, 1753 m, https://directindex.org/r/skybareltham.com); The Fabulous Tearoom (F, 1779 m, https://directindex.org/r/thefabuloustearoom.co.uk).

## 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 London cafes and bars and named 83 places. The Bat and Ball wasn't one of them. See who was named: https://directindex.org/city/london-cafes-bars/recommended


Compared with its peers: Sites built with Wix 52% (28% A or B, 48660 sites); This site 87.7%.

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

## Businesses like The Bat and Ball in London cafes and bars

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sites built with Wix in London cafes and bars | 400 | 61% | 38% | 87.7% |

The best of the sites built with Wix in London cafes and bars: Cocktail Embassy (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/cocktailembassy.com); Aquum (A 95.4%, https://directindex.org/r/aquum.co.uk); Bacchus (A 95.4%, https://directindex.org/r/bacchusn4.co.uk); Ballooon Soft Play & Cafe (A 95.4%, https://directindex.org/r/ballooon.uk); Coyote Ugly Saloon (A 95.4%, https://directindex.org/r/coyoteuglysaloonuk.com).

## The direct record
What agents get for The Bat and Ball, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/batandballmicropub.co.uk
- Book: https://www.batandballmicropub.co.uk/bookings (own site; found by the scan of 2026-10-21, not yet tested)
- Order: none on record
- Menu: https://www.batandballmicropub.co.uk/f (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: none on record
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/batandballmicropub.co.uk/book, https://directindex.org/go/batandballmicropub.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): yes
- 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

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 25 | 25 |
| Readable | 17 | 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/batandballmicropub.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: 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: 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: yes

Keep watching this business (https://directindex.org/r/batandballmicropub.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/batandballmicropub.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=batandballmicropub.co.uk&force=1