# Boat and Horses Pub: Agent-Direct Score C (60%) Site: http://www.boatandhorsespub.co.uk/ Report: https://directindex.org/r/boatandhorsespub.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.) Boat and Horses Pub is partly visible to agents. An AI assistant can open Boat and Horses Pub's website. It can read what Boat and Horses Pub offers. It finds a way to book or order directly, through iorder.jwlees.co.uk. ## Direct links - Menu: https://www.boatandhorsespub.co.uk/pub-food-chadderton - Phone: 0161 681 2363 - Address: Broadway OL9 8AU Oldham - Its menu mentions: vegan options, allergens, a lunch or set menu - Outdoor seating (OpenStreetMap) - Step-free access (OpenStreetMap) - WhatsApp: a link on the site ## Nearby, also direct Places near Boat and Horses Pub that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between. - New Moston Inn (1.4 km): https://directindex.org/r/newmostoninnnewmoston.co.uk - Houghton Arms (1.5 km): https://directindex.org/r/houghtonarmsfailsworth.co.uk - Radclyffe Arms (1.6 km): https://directindex.org/r/radclyffearmsmiddletonjunction.co.uk ## 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). Every assistant reads this block first, and the fix kit below has it filled in. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant - **Ordering through an unrecognised third party.** (+9 points) Check that the provider keeps your business as the seller of record. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/online-ordering-without-delivery-apps - **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. ``` # Boat and Horses Pub > bar or pub in Broadway OL9 8AU Oldham, Manchester cafes and bars. Phone 0161 681 2363. ## Book or order directly - Menu: https://www.boatandhorsespub.co.uk/pub-food-chadderton ## About - Website: http://www.boatandhorsespub.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. - **AI crawlers get the page.** GPTBot, ClaudeBot and PerplexityBot all got a normal response. - **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read the items and prices. ## Where it stands 502 of 1309 in Manchester cafes and bars. Top 38% 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 | 100% | no | | Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 92% | yes | | Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 86% | yes | | Structured data with address, phone and hours | 30% | no | | Have an llms.txt | 20% | no | Nearest places in the index: Raj Cuisine (C, 863 m, https://directindex.org/r/rajcuisineonline.co.uk); The Colliers Arms (D, 1334 m, https://directindex.org/r/colliersarmsoldham.com); New Moston Inn (B, 1413 m, https://directindex.org/r/newmostoninnnewmoston.co.uk); Wheatsheaf Inn (F, 1433 m, https://directindex.org/r/marstonspubs.co.uk); Houghton Arms (B, 1496 m, https://directindex.org/r/houghtonarmsfailsworth.co.uk); Radclyffe Arms (A, 1555 m, https://directindex.org/r/radclyffearmsmiddletonjunction.co.uk); Deleo's (F, 1609 m, https://directindex.org/r/loke.app); Vindaloo (F, 1612 m, https://directindex.org/r/vindalooonline.com); Majestic Coffee Limited (C, 1644 m, https://directindex.org/r/majesticcoffee.co.uk); The Bricklayers Arms (D, 1937 m, https://directindex.org/r/proper-pubs.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 Manchester cafes and bars and named 52 places. Boat and Horses Pub wasn't one of them. See who was named: https://directindex.org/city/manchester-cafes-bars/recommended Compared with its peers: Sites built with WordPress 55% (25% A or B, 236086 sites); This site 60%. See what an AI agent reads on this site: https://directindex.org/r/boatandhorsespub.co.uk/agent-view ## Businesses like Boat and Horses Pub in Manchester cafes and bars | Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site | |---|---|---|---|---| | Businesses of the same kind in Manchester cafes and bars | 1309 | 49% | 24% | 60% | | Sites built with WordPress in Manchester cafes and bars | 426 | 60% | 35% | 60% | The best of the sites built with WordPress in Manchester cafes and bars: Goodtime Games (A 96.3%, https://directindex.org/r/goodtimegames.co.uk); Brown Cow (A 95.4%, https://directindex.org/r/butcombe.com); Bulls Head Hale Barns (A 95.4%, https://directindex.org/r/bullsheadhalebarns.pub); The Airport (A 95.4%, https://directindex.org/r/airport.pub); The Brown Cow (A 95.4%, https://directindex.org/r/butcombe.com). With the two fixes above (No structured data for the business; Ordering through an unrecognised third party), the score would be about 95.4%. That would be 7th of 1,309 in Manchester cafes and bars, up from 502nd. ## The direct record What agents get for Boat and Horses Pub, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/boatandhorsespub.co.uk - Book: none on record - Order: none on record - Menu: https://www.boatandhorsespub.co.uk/pub-food-chadderton (html_page; from the scan) - Hours: none on record - Phone: 0161 681 2363 - Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/boatandhorsespub.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 Found one hop past the home page: menu page /pub-food-chadderton: ordering link (other). ## Score breakdown | Component | Points | Available | |---|---|---| | Reachable | 25 | 25 | | Readable | 8 | 25 | | Actionable | 6 | 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/boatandhorsespub.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/boatandhorsespub.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/boatandhorsespub.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 ยท Rescan now: https://directindex.org/scan?url=boatandhorsespub.co.uk&force=1