# The Cider House: Agent-Direct Score F (4.6%)

Site: https://edinburghcider.co.uk/the-cider-house
Report: https://directindex.org/r/edinburghcider.co.uk
Scanned: 2026-10-15 (Provisional: the action test and the assistant citation check still to come; the hatched part of the bar is not measured yet.)
The Cider House is largely invisible to agents.

## Direct links
- Phone: +447701086781

## What to fix first
- **The site turns every visitor without a browser away, AI agents included.** (+25 points) A plain fetch was refused (TimeoutError: The operation was aborted due to timeout); only a real browser got the page. Every AI crawler and agent is turned away the same way, so Reachable scores 0 and the rest is measured on the rendered page. Ask the host to let the AI user agents through. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/blocking-ai-crawlers-without-knowing
- **No structured data for the business.** (+14 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 booking or ordering path at all.** (+13 points) Only a phone number or WhatsApp. Agents cannot act on those yet. Add a booking or ordering page. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/book-direct-on-your-own-website
- **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

## 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": "The Cider House",
  "url": "https://edinburghcider.co.uk/the-cider-house",
  "telephone": "+447701086781",
  "address": {
    "@type": "PostalAddress",
    "streetAddress": "St Stephen Street 42",
    "postalCode": "EH3 5AL",
    "addressLocality": "Edinburgh"
  },
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 55.9577253,
    "longitude": -3.2066386
  },
  "openingHours": "Th 17:00-22:00; Fr16:00-22:00; Sa-Su 14:00-22:00",
  "openingHoursSpecification": [
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Thursday"
      ],
      "opens": "17:00",
      "closes": "22:00"
    },
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Friday"
      ],
      "opens": "16:00",
      "closes": "22:00"
    },
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Saturday",
        "Sunday"
      ],
      "opens": "14:00",
      "closes": "22:00"
    }
  ]
}
</script>
```

## Already right
- **robots.txt lets AI crawlers in.** There is no robots.txt, which allows everything.

## Since the scan of 2026-10-14 (F then)
- Fixed: The server turned AI crawlers away at the door; No llms.txt
- New: The site turned every visitor without a browser away

## Where it stands
314 of 377 in Edinburgh cafes and bars. Top 83% 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% | no |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 79% | no |
| Let AI crawlers in (no edge block, no robots.txt block) | 90% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 36% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 26% | no |

Nearest places in the index: The Antiquary (A, 38 m, https://directindex.org/r/theantiquarybar.co.uk); The Captain Darling (B, 102 m, https://directindex.org/r/thecaptaindarling.com); Smith & Gertrude Wine&Cheese (A, 105 m, https://directindex.org/r/smithandgertrude.com); The Howdah Tea & Coffee Co (F, 160 m, https://directindex.org/r/howdah.co.uk); Grow Urban (D, 237 m, https://directindex.org/r/growurban.uk); Kay's Bar (D, 245 m, https://directindex.org/r/kaysbar.uk); Crybaby (C, 252 m, https://directindex.org/r/linktr.ee); Cafen Speciality Brew Bar (D, 428 m, https://directindex.org/r/cafen.co.uk); Panda & Sons (F, 503 m, https://directindex.org/r/pandaandsons.com); The Raeburn (B, 546 m, https://directindex.org/r/theraeburn.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.

Score over 2 scans since 2026-10-14: 2026-10-14 38%, 2026-10-15 5%.

Against its peers: Sites built with GoDaddy Website Builder 54% (23% A or B, 285 sites); This site 4.6%.

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

## Businesses like The Cider House in Edinburgh cafes and bars

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Same kind in Edinburgh cafes and bars | 377 | 50% | 31% | 4.6% |
| Built with GoDaddy Website Builder in Edinburgh cafes and bars | 1 | 5% | 0% | 4.6% |

The best of Same kind in Edinburgh cafes and bars: Cafe Vera (A 97.5%, https://directindex.org/r/cafevera.co.uk); Tolbooth Tavern (A 95%, https://directindex.org/r/tolboothtavern.co.uk); The Ox (A 93.8%, https://directindex.org/r/theoxedinburgh.com); Loujayne's Khartoum Cafe (A 91.3%, https://directindex.org/r/khartoumcafe.uk); Toast Tea (A 91.3%, https://directindex.org/r/toasttea.co.uk).

With the three fixes above (The site turns every visitor without a browser away, AI agents included; No structured data for the business; No booking or ordering path at all) the score would be about 84.6%: 21st of 377 in Edinburgh cafes and bars, up from 314th.

## The direct record
What agents get for The Cider House, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/edinburghcider.co.uk
- Book: none on record
- Order: none on record
- Menu: none on record
- Hours: Th 17:00-22:00; Fr16:00-22:00; Sa-Su 14:00-22:00 (closed now) (from OpenStreetMap)
- Phone: +447701086781

## 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

Only a real browser got this page (a plain fetch got TimeoutError: The operation was aborted due to timeout); Readable and Actionable were measured on the rendered page.

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 0 | 25 |
| Readable | 1 | 25 |
| Actionable | 2 | 15 (the action test: pending) |
| Cited | 0 | 0 (the assistant citation check: pending) |

## Agent readiness (Cloudflare)
Not measured for this scan.
- JSON-LD for the business: no

Deep report: https://directindex.org/r/edinburghcider.co.uk/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=edinburghcider.co.uk&force=1