# Costigan’s: Agent-Direct Score D (41.5%)

Site: http://costiganspub.ie
Report: https://directindex.org/r/costiganspub.ie
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.)
Costigan’s is hard for agents to use.

## Direct links
- Book directly: http://costiganspub.ie/parties/ (on the business's own site)
- Phone: +353 21 427 3350

## 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
- **The server turns AI crawlers away at the door.** (+10 points) Live fetches as GPTBot (http_403), ClaudeBot (http_403), PerplexityBot (http_403) were refused while a normal browser got the page. This is usually a hosting or firewall bot list the owner never chose. Ask the host to allow these user agents. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/blocking-ai-crawlers-without-knowing
- **No menu or price list found.** (+7 points) Agents answer 'what do they offer' from marketplaces instead. Add a menu or price list page and link it from the homepage. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/menu-pdf-ai
- **No working HTTPS.** (+3 points) The page is only served over plain http. Agents and browsers downrank or refuse it.
- **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
<script type="application/ld+json">
{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "BarOrPub",
  "name": "Costigan’s",
  "url": "http://costiganspub.ie",
  "telephone": "+353 21 427 3350",
  "address": {
    "@type": "PostalAddress",
    "streetAddress": "Washington Street 11",
    "postalCode": "T12 N768",
    "addressLocality": "Cork"
  },
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 51.897368,
    "longitude": -8.4802044
  },
  "acceptsReservations": "http://costiganspub.ie/parties/",
  "potentialAction": [
    {
      "@type": "ReserveAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "http://costiganspub.ie/parties/",
        "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.

```
# Costigan’s

> bar or pub in Washington Street 11 T12 N768 Cork, Cork cafes and bars. Phone +353 21 427 3350.

## Book or order directly

- Book: http://costiganspub.ie/parties/ (on the business's own site)

## About

- Website: http://costiganspub.ie
- 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.
- **Booking on your own site.** Agents can book without a marketplace in the loop.

## Since the scan of 2026-10-14 (F then)
- Fixed: No booking or ordering path at all
- New: nothing

## Where it stands
55 of 79 in Cork cafes and bars. Top 70% 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 | 80% | yes |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 70% | no |
| Let AI crawlers in (no edge block, no robots.txt block) | 100% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 20% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 10% | no |

Nearest places in the index: Woolshed Baa & Grill (D, 101 m, https://directindex.org/r/gavangtvttbdh.tv); Dwyer’s of Cork (C, 122 m, https://directindex.org/r/dwyersofcork.ie); John Readen & Son (B, 150 m, https://directindex.org/r/reardens.com); The Raven (C, 214 m, https://directindex.org/r/theravenbar.com); Black Dog Saloon & Mezcalaria (F, 246 m, https://directindex.org/r/theblackdog.ie); Gloria Jean's (C, 281 m, https://directindex.org/r/gloriajeans.com); Café Gusto (C, 307 m, https://directindex.org/r/cafegusto.com); The Roundy (D, 316 m, https://directindex.org/r/theroundy.com); The Old Town Whiskey Bar at Bodega (F, 337 m, https://directindex.org/r/oldtownwhiskeybar.com); The Woodford (C, 361 m, https://directindex.org/r/thewoodford.ie).

## 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.

Score over 2 scans since 2026-10-14: 2026-10-14 19%, 2026-10-14 42%.

Against its peers: Sites built with WordPress 58% (29% A or B, 36926 sites); This site 41.5%.

See what an AI agent reads on this site: https://directindex.org/r/costiganspub.ie/agent-view

## Businesses like Costigan’s in Cork cafes and bars

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Same kind in Cork cafes and bars | 79 | 52% | 18% | 41.5% |
| Built with WordPress in Cork cafes and bars | 33 | 58% | 24% | 41.5% |

The best of Built with WordPress in Cork cafes and bars: Comix (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/comix.ie); Fitzgerald’s Bar (B 81.5%, https://directindex.org/r/imperialhotelcork.com); John Readen & Son (B 81.3%, https://directindex.org/r/reardens.com); Franciscan Well Brew Pub (B 78.8%, https://directindex.org/r/franwellbar.com); The White Horse (B 78.8%, https://directindex.org/r/whitehorse.ie).

With the three fixes above (No structured data for the business; The server turns AI crawlers away at the door; No menu or price list found) the score would be about 90.8%: 3rd of 79 in Cork cafes and bars, up from 55th.

## The direct record
What agents get for Costigan’s, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/costiganspub.ie
- Book: http://costiganspub.ie/parties/ (own site; found by the scan of 2026-10-14, not yet tested)
- Order: none on record
- Menu: none on record
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: +353 21 427 3350
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/costiganspub.ie/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): 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

Not measured at this scan; the next scan measures it.

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 12 | 25 |
| Readable | 0 | 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/costiganspub.ie
- 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/costiganspub.ie/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 · Rescan now: https://directindex.org/scan?url=costiganspub.ie&force=1