# Byron's Bear: Agent-Direct Score B (80%)

Site: https://byronsbear.co.uk/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/byronsbear.co.uk
Scanned: 2026-10-24 (Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.)
Byron's Bear is mostly ready for agents.
An AI assistant can open Byron's Bear's website. What Byron's Bear offers is in a PDF or an image, and assistants read those badly. It finds a way to book or order directly on the site.

## Direct links
- Book directly: https://byronsbear.co.uk/bookings (on the business's own site)
- Menu: https://byronsbear.co.uk/s/Winter-Menu-Xmas-10.pdf
- Phone: +44 1223 776969
- Address: Thompson's Lane 3 CB5 8AQ Cambridge
- Prices: 3 prices on the site, the middle one £20.00

## Nearby, also direct
Places near Byron's Bear that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- The Maypole (210 m): https://directindex.org/r/maypolefreehouse.co.uk
- Fitzbillies Bridge Street (250 m): https://directindex.org/r/fitzbillies.com
- Crêpeaffaire (360 m): https://directindex.org/r/crepeaffaire.com
- d'Arry's (520 m): https://directindex.org/r/darrys.co.uk

## What to fix first
- **Structured data is incomplete.** (+7 points) Missing: address, telephone, opening hours. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant
- **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

## What the site tells visitors (Measured, not scored)
- **3 prices on the landing page, the middle one £20.00.** 

## 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": "Byron's Bear",
  "url": "https://byronsbear.co.uk/",
  "telephone": "+44 1223 776969",
  "address": {
    "@type": "PostalAddress",
    "streetAddress": "Thompson's Lane 3",
    "postalCode": "CB5 8AQ",
    "addressLocality": "Cambridge"
  },
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 52.2114689,
    "longitude": 0.1185342
  },
  "acceptsReservations": "https://byronsbear.co.uk/bookings",
  "hasMenu": "https://byronsbear.co.uk/s/Winter-Menu-Xmas-10.pdf",
  "potentialAction": [
    {
      "@type": "ReserveAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://byronsbear.co.uk/bookings",
        "actionPlatform": [
          "http://schema.org/DesktopWebPlatform",
          "http://schema.org/MobileWebPlatform"
        ]
      },
      "result": {
        "@type": "Reservation",
        "name": "Reservation"
      }
    }
  ]
}
</script>
```

llms.txt. Save as /llms.txt at the root of the site.

```
# Byron's Bear

> bar or pub in Thompson's Lane 3 CB5 8AQ Cambridge, Cambridge cafes and bars. Phone +44 1223 776969.

## Book or order directly

- Book: https://byronsbear.co.uk/bookings (on the business's own site)
- Menu: https://byronsbear.co.uk/s/Winter-Menu-Xmas-10.pdf

## About

- Website: https://byronsbear.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.
- **Structured data found (LocalBusiness).** no address, phone or hours in it
- **Booking on your own site.** Agents can book without going through a marketplace.

## Where it stands
Not ranked yet in Cambridge 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 | 100% | no |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 80% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 40% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 20% | no |

Nearest places in the index: Cafe Foy (B, 189 m, https://directindex.org/r/cafefoy.com); The Maypole (B, 208 m, https://directindex.org/r/maypolefreehouse.co.uk); Fitzbillies Bridge Street (B, 245 m, https://directindex.org/r/fitzbillies.com); The Mitre (C, 290 m, https://directindex.org/r/nicholsonspubs.co.uk); Garden Kitchen at Kettle's Yard (F, 298 m, https://directindex.org/r/kettlesyard.co.uk); Bould Brothers Coffee (C, 316 m, https://directindex.org/r/bouldbrotherscoffee.co.uk); Crêpeaffaire (B, 358 m, https://directindex.org/r/crepeaffaire.com); The Cambridge Brew House (B, 513 m, https://directindex.org/r/kingstbrewhousecambridge.co.uk); d'Arry's (B, 518 m, https://directindex.org/r/darrys.co.uk); T4 Tea For U (F, 533 m, https://directindex.org/r/t4.com.tw).

## 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.


Compared with its peers: Sites built with Squarespace 61% (41% A or B, 33756 sites); This site 80%.

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

## Businesses like Byron's Bear in Cambridge cafes and bars

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sites built with Squarespace in Cambridge cafes and bars | 11 | 69% | 45% | 80% |

The best of the sites built with Squarespace in Cambridge cafes and bars: Dutch (A 93.8%, https://directindex.org/r/dutchcambridge.co.uk); Aromi (A 90.8%, https://directindex.org/r/aromi.co.uk); The Free Press (B 73.8%, https://directindex.org/r/freepresscambridge.com); The Engineer's House (B 72.3%, https://directindex.org/r/theengineershouse.com); 196 Mill Road (C 63.1%, https://directindex.org/r/196bar.com).

## The direct record
What agents get for Byron's Bear, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/byronsbear.co.uk
- Book: https://byronsbear.co.uk/bookings (own site; found by the scan of 2026-10-24, not yet tested)
- Order: none on record
- Menu: https://byronsbear.co.uk/s/Winter-Menu-Xmas-10.pdf (pdf; from the scan)
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: +44 1223 776969
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/byronsbear.co.uk/book, https://directindex.org/go/byronsbear.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

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 25 | 25 |
| Readable | 12 | 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/byronsbear.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: yes

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