# Cask 'n Flagon: Agent-Direct Score C (64.6%) Site: https://casknflagon.com/locations/boston/ Report: https://directindex.org/r/casknflagon.com Scanned: 2026-10-14 (Provisional: the action test and the assistant citation check still to come; the hatched part of the bar is not measured yet.) Cask 'n Flagon is partly visible to agents. ## Direct links - Order directly: https://www.toasttab.com/cask-n-flagon-62-brookline-ave/v3 (through toast acting for the business) - Menu: https://casknflagon.com/locations/boston/#menus ## What to fix first - **No structured data for the business.** (+15 points) Add schema.org JSON-LD for the business (CafeOrCoffeeShop, BarOrPub or the closest type, with name, address, telephone and openingHoursSpecification, plus servesCuisine). It is the one block every assistant reads first; the fix kit below has it filled in. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant - **No llms.txt.** (no points, still worth doing) Optional today, cheap to add: a short text file describing the business for language models. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/llms-txt-for-a-business ## Fix kit: What to paste Structured data (JSON-LD). One block in the page's head, or in the builder's custom-code slot. Replace anything that is wrong. ```html ``` llms.txt. Save as /llms.txt at the root of the site. ``` # Cask 'n Flagon > bar or pub in Brookline Avenue 62 02115 Boston, Boston cafes and bars. ## Book or order directly - Order: https://www.toasttab.com/cask-n-flagon-62-brookline-ave/v3 (through toast acting for the business) - Menu: https://casknflagon.com/locations/boston/#menus ## About - Website: https://casknflagon.com/locations/boston/ - 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 key AI user agents. - **AI crawlers get the page.** GPTBot, ClaudeBot and PerplexityBot all received a normal response. - **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read items and prices directly. - **Ordering through toast on your own domain.** No marketplace commission, and the guest stays yours. - **Toast works with agents through its partners.** Toast's guest terms could not be read on 2026-10-15 (bot challenge); since August 2026 Google's Ask Maps completes orders at Toast restaurants through Toast Local under the UCP for Food standard. Read 2026-10-15: https://www.digitaltransactions.net/square-toast-jump-into-ai-boosted-google-maps/. An assistant that is not a partner may not finish the step there; a direct path on your own domain works for all of them. ## Where it stands 110 of 249 in Boston cafes and bars. Top 44% of the sites scanned in this index. | What the top tenth 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 | 92% | yes | | Let AI crawlers in (no edge block, no robots.txt block) | 100% | yes | | Structured data with address, phone and hours | 28% | no | | Have an llms.txt | 8% | no | Nearest places in the index: Game On! (C, 38 m, https://directindex.org/r/gameonboston.com); The Deck on Lansdowne (F, 60 m, https://directindex.org/r/houseofblues.com); Bleacher Bar (B, 126 m, https://directindex.org/r/bleacherbarboston.com); The Bullpen Kitchen + Tap (D, 150 m, https://directindex.org/r/thebullpenboston.com); The Lansdowne Pub (B, 250 m, https://directindex.org/r/lansdownepubboston.com); Bill's Bar (B, 271 m, https://directindex.org/r/billsbarboston.com); SOJUba (B, 273 m, https://directindex.org/r/sojubaboston.com); Cheeky Monkey Brewing Co. (B, 286 m, https://directindex.org/r/luckystrikeent.com); Loretta's Last Call (A, 301 m, https://directindex.org/r/lorettaslastcall.com); Cornwall's (C, 318 m, https://directindex.org/r/cornwalls.com). ## What assistants answer Not asked yet. Assistants are asked about the top-ranked businesses in each city index, and about every claimed business the moment it is claimed; claim this page to be included. Against its peers: Sites built with WordPress 58% (29% A or B, 36926 sites); Sites using Toast 74% (63% A or B, 1884 sites); This site 64.6%. See what an AI agent reads on this site: https://directindex.org/r/casknflagon.com/agent-view ## Businesses like Cask 'n Flagon in Boston cafes and bars | Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site | |---|---|---|---|---| | Same kind in Boston cafes and bars | 249 | 55% | 37% | 64.6% | | Built with WordPress in Boston cafes and bars | 44 | 65% | 41% | 64.6% | | Using Toast in Boston cafes and bars | 43 | 73% | 58% | 64.6% | | Built with WordPress and using Toast in Boston cafes and bars | 8 | 65% | 38% | 64.6% | The best of Built with WordPress and using Toast in Boston cafes and bars: Break Rock Brewing (B 77.5%, https://directindex.org/r/breakrockbrewing.com); Small Victories (B 76.9%, https://directindex.org/r/smallvictoriesbar.com); Night Shift Brewing (B 70.8%, https://directindex.org/r/nightshiftbrewing.com); the Square Root (C 66.2%, https://directindex.org/r/squarerootrozzie.com); Saloon (C 60%, https://directindex.org/r/saloondavis.com). With the fix above (No structured data for the business) the score would be about 87.7%: 18th of 249 in Boston cafes and bars, up from 110th. ## The direct record What agents get for Cask 'n Flagon, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/casknflagon.com - Book: none on record - Order: https://www.toasttab.com/cask-n-flagon-62-brookline-ave/v3 (vendor on own site: Toast; found by the scan of 2026-10-14, not yet tested) - Menu: https://casknflagon.com/locations/boston/#menus (html_page; from the scan) - Hours: none on record - Phone: none on record - Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/casknflagon.com/order, https://directindex.org/go/casknflagon.com/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): not measured - ACP discovery document (/.well-known/acp.json, OpenAI and Stripe's Agentic Commerce Protocol): not measured - 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): not measured - Vendor terms for agents, Toast: Through partners. Toast's guest terms could not be read on 2026-10-15 (bot challenge); since August 2026 Google's Ask Maps completes orders at Toast restaurants through Toast Local under the UCP for Food standard. Read 2026-10-15: https://www.digitaltransactions.net/square-toast-jump-into-ai-boosted-google-maps/ Not measured at this scan; the next scan measures it. ## Score breakdown | Component | Points | Available | |---|---|---| | Reachable | 25 | 25 | | Readable | 7 | 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/casknflagon.com - 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 Deep report: https://directindex.org/r/casknflagon.com/deep. Ten questions the way people ask, each assistant's full answer, the eight nearest similar places, the fix plan and a PDF: 19 EUR, one-off. Methodology: https://directindex.org/methodology ยท Rescan now: https://directindex.org/scan?url=casknflagon.com&force=1