# Cardinal: Agent-Direct Score A (87.7%)

Site: https://www.cardinal.scot
Report: https://directindex.org/r/cardinal.scot
Scanned: 2026-10-14 (provisional: the action test and the assistant citation check pending)
Cardinal is ready for agents.

## Direct links
- Book: https://www.sevenrooms.com/explore/cardinal/reservations/create/search/ (through sevenrooms acting for the business)
- Menu: https://www.cardinal.scot/menus/lunch.pdf
- Phone: +44 131 305 2049

## What to fix first, by points
- **Menu or price list is a PDF.** (+3 points) Most agents skip PDFs or read them badly. Publish it as HTML, keep the PDF as a download. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/menu-pdf-ai

## Already right
- **robots.txt lets AI crawlers in.** No rule blocks the key AI user agents.
- **AI crawlers get the page.** GPTBot, ClaudeBot and PerplexityBot all received a normal response.
- **Structured data present (Restaurant).** address, phone, opening hours
- **Booking through sevenrooms on your own domain.** No marketplace commission, and the guest stays yours.

## Where it stands
Rank 39 of 524 in Edinburgh (top 7%).

| What the top tenth does | Top 10% | This site |
|---|---|---|
| Take bookings or orders on their own domain | 100% | yes |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 78% | no |
| Let AI crawlers in (no edge block, no robots.txt block) | 94% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 59% | yes |
| Have an llms.txt | 20% | yes |

Nearest places in the index: Luxford Burgers (D, 164 m, https://directindex.org/r/luxfordburgers.co.uk); The Tollhouse (C, 213 m, https://directindex.org/r/tollhouse.scot); Eastern Spices (C, 248 m, https://directindex.org/r/easternspices.co.uk); Kweilin Cantonese Restaurant (C, 448 m, https://directindex.org/r/kweilin.net); Novapizza (B, 494 m, https://directindex.org/r/novapizza.co.uk); New Town Fox (B, 514 m, https://directindex.org/r/newtownfox.com); Avery (F, 535 m, https://directindex.org/r/averyedi.co.uk); Pantry (C, 540 m, https://directindex.org/r/thepantryedinburgh.co.uk); Purslane (C, 546 m, https://directindex.org/r/purslanerestaurant.co.uk); Dublin Street Social (B, 553 m, https://directindex.org/r/dublinstreetsocial.com).

## What assistants answer
Not asked yet. Assistants are asked about the top-ranked and claimed businesses in each city index.

Against its peers: Sites using SevenRooms average 71% (52% A or B, 656 sites); this site 87.7%.

What an AI agent reads on this site: https://directindex.org/r/cardinal.scot/agent-view

Read by AI agents 8 times this month.

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| reachable | 25 | 25 |
| readable | 22 | 25 |
| actionable | 10 | 15 (action_test pending) |
| cited | 0 | 0 (probes pending) |

## Agent readiness (Cloudflare criteria)
Level 1 of 5: Basic Web Presence. Cloudflare's report: https://isitagentready.com/cardinal.scot
- 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

Methodology: https://directindex.org/methodology · Rescan: https://directindex.org/scan?url=cardinal.scot&force=1