# Boston By Foot: Agent-Direct Score C (67.2%) Site: https://www.bostonbyfoot.org Report: https://directindex.org/r/bostonbyfoot.org Scanned: 2026-10-23 (Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.) Boston By Foot is partly visible to agents. Some AI assistants are turned away by Boston By Foot's website. It can't find a menu or price list, so it answers from other sites. It finds a way to book or order directly, through FareHarbor. ## Direct links - Book directly: https://fareharbor.com/embeds/book/bostonbyfoot/items/?full-items=yes (through fareharbor acting for the business) - Phone: 16173672345 - Address: 87 Mount Vernon St, 02108-1330, Boston ## Nearby, also direct Places near Boston By Foot that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between. - William Hickling Prescott House (190 m): https://directindex.org/r/nscdama.org - Russell Museum of Medical History and Innovation (340 m): https://directindex.org/r/massgeneralbrigham.org - Бостън (350 m): https://directindex.org/r/boston.gov ## What to fix first - **No tickets and prices found.** (+7 points) Agents answer 'what does it cost and when?' from marketplaces instead. Add a page with tickets, times and prices as text, and link to it from the homepage. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/menu-pdf-ai - **The server turns AI crawlers away at the door.** (+3.3 points) Requests as ClaudeBot (http_403) 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 - **Structured data is incomplete.** (+3 points) Missing: opening hours. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant - **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. ``` # Boston By Foot > local business in 87 Mount Vernon St, 02108-1330, Boston, Boston tours, attractions and museums. Phone 16173672345. ## Book or order directly - Book: https://fareharbor.com/embeds/book/bostonbyfoot/items/?full-items=yes (through fareharbor acting for the business) ## About - Website: https://www.bostonbyfoot.org - 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. - **Structured data found (LocalBusiness).** address, phone - **Tickets through fareharbor on your own domain.** There's no marketplace commission, and the customer stays yours. ## Where it stands Not ranked yet in Boston tours, attractions and museums. | 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 | 14% | no | | Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 100% | no | | Structured data with address, phone and hours | 24% | no | | Have an llms.txt | 38% | no | Nearest places in the index: Colonial Society of Mass (F, 8 m, https://directindex.org/r/colonialsociety.org); William Hickling Prescott House (C, 187 m, https://directindex.org/r/nscdama.org); Hub Town Tours (C, 188 m, https://directindex.org/r/hubtowntours.com); Oneida Tablet (F, 245 m, https://directindex.org/r/soccerhistoryusa.com); Museum of African American History (D, 273 m, https://directindex.org/r/maah.org); Frog Pond Carousel (F, 285 m, https://directindex.org/r/bostonfrogpond.com); Russell Museum of Medical History and Innovation (C, 342 m, https://directindex.org/r/massgeneralbrigham.org); Brews & Clues (D, 348 m, https://directindex.org/r/brewsandclues.com); Бостън (B, 352 m, https://directindex.org/r/boston.gov); Great Getaways Travel (D, 358 m, https://directindex.org/r/ggatravel.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. Recommended when people ask: "A walking tour on Sunday morning with tickets online." (ChatGPT, Gemini); "A private guide for half a day with the family, how do I book one?" (Gemini) Compared with its peers: Sites using FareHarbor 68% (48% A or B, 932 sites); This site 67.2%. See what an AI agent reads on this site: https://directindex.org/r/bostonbyfoot.org/agent-view ## Named by ChatGPT and Gemini for "A walking tour on Sunday morning with tickets online" and "A private guide for half a day with the family, how do I book one?" in Boston tours, attractions and museums, October 2026 - "A walking tour on Sunday morning with tickets online." (2026-10-19): ChatGPT with a link to this site; Gemini with a link to this site. https://directindex.org/city/boston-tours/recommended/walking-tour - "A private guide for half a day with the family, how do I book one?" (2026-10-19): Gemini with a link to this site. https://directindex.org/city/boston-tours/recommended/private-guide Named by 2 of 2 assistants asked. Badge: https://directindex.org/badge/named/bostonbyfoot.org.svg ## Businesses like Boston By Foot in Boston tours, attractions and museums | Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site | |---|---|---|---|---| | Sites using FareHarbor in Boston tours, attractions and museums | 14 | 71% | 57% | 67.2% | The best of the sites using FareHarbor in Boston tours, attractions and museums: Tiki Boat Boston (A 87.7%, https://directindex.org/r/tikiboatboston.com); Liberty Sail (B 84.6%, https://directindex.org/r/libertyfleet.com); North End Boston Food Tour (B 81.5%, https://directindex.org/r/northendbostontour.com); Boston Segway Tours (B 80%, https://directindex.org/r/segwayinboston.com); Boston Hidden Gems (B 75.4%, https://directindex.org/r/bostonhiddengems.com). ## The direct record What agents get for Boston By Foot, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/bostonbyfoot.org - Book: https://fareharbor.com/embeds/book/bostonbyfoot/items/?full-items=yes (vendor on own site: FareHarbor; found by the scan of 2026-10-23, not yet tested) - Order: none on record - Menu: none on record - Hours: none on record - Phone: 16173672345 - Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/bostonbyfoot.org/book ## 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, FareHarbor: Not stated. FareHarbor's customer terms (1 September 2025), section 5.1, bar any robot, spider, scraper or other automated means to access the service for a commercial purpose without written permission; whether an assistant booking for a traveller counts as commercial is not stated; the external API is for affiliates and software partners. Read 2026-10-15: https://marketing.fareharbor.com/legal/tos-customers/ ## Score breakdown | Component | Points | Available | |---|---|---| | Reachable | 21.7 | 25 | | Readable | 12 | 25 | | Actionable | 10 | 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/bostonbyfoot.org - 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: yes Keep watching this business (https://directindex.org/r/bostonbyfoot.org/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/bostonbyfoot.org/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=bostonbyfoot.org&force=1