# Aether: Agent-Direct Score C (58.5%) Site: https://experienceaether.com/?utm_source=bing_places&utm_medium=organic&utm_content=aether_man Report: https://directindex.org/r/experienceaether.com Scanned: 2026-10-21 (Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.) Aether is partly visible to agents. An AI assistant can open Aether's website. It can read what Aether offers. It finds a way to book or order directly, through cavu-eu-web-live.eu.auth0.com. ## Direct links - Menu: https://experienceaether.com/experience/menu/ - Phone: 08088126722 - Address: 2 Wilmslow Old Road, WA15 8XQ, Altrincham - Its menu mentions: vegan options, vegetarian dishes, a children's menu - Prices: 3 prices on the site, the middle one £199 ## Nearby, also direct Places near Aether that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between. - RVP Cafe (230 m): https://directindex.org/r/runwayvisitorpark.co.uk - Aspire Lounge (960 m): https://directindex.org/r/aspirelounges.com - The Bridgewater Exchange (1.4 km): https://directindex.org/r/manchesterairport.co.uk - The Cornishman (2.5 km): https://directindex.org/r/cornishmanmanchester.co.uk - Bulls Head Hale Barns (2.6 km): https://directindex.org/r/bullsheadhalebarns.pub ## 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). Every assistant reads this block first, and the fix kit below has it filled in. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant - **Booking through an unrecognised third party.** (+9 points) Check that the provider keeps your business as the seller of record. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/book-direct-on-your-own-website - **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 £199.** In Manchester, the middle price of comparable sites that show prices is £13.50. ## 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 ``` llms.txt. Save as /llms.txt at the root of the site. ``` # Aether > local business in 2 Wilmslow Old Road, WA15 8XQ, Altrincham, Manchester cafes and bars. Phone 08088126722. ## Book or order directly - Menu: https://experienceaether.com/experience/menu/ ## About - Website: https://experienceaether.com/?utm_source=bing_places&utm_medium=organic&utm_content=aether_man - 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. - **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read the items and prices. ## Where it stands 525 of 1326 in Manchester cafes and bars. Top 40% of the sites scanned in this index. | What the top 10% of the index does | Top 10% | This site | |---|---|---| | Take bookings or orders on their own domain | 98% | no | | Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 88% | yes | | Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 87% | yes | | Structured data with address, phone and hours | 27% | no | | Have an llms.txt | 23% | no | Nearest places in the index: RVP Cafe (C, 229 m, https://directindex.org/r/runwayvisitorpark.co.uk); Aspire Lounge (D, 958 m, https://directindex.org/r/aspirelounges.com); The Bridgewater Exchange (B, 1409 m, https://directindex.org/r/manchesterairport.co.uk); The Airport (B, 1970 m, https://directindex.org/r/airport.pub); The Cornishman (B, 2473 m, https://directindex.org/r/cornishmanmanchester.co.uk); Bulls Head Hale Barns (A, 2643 m, https://directindex.org/r/bullsheadhalebarns.pub); The Tatton Arms (A, 2850 m, https://directindex.org/r/tattonarms.pub); Dobbies Garden Centre Altrincham (B, 4138 m, https://directindex.org/r/dobbies.com); The King George Hale (C, 4368 m, https://directindex.org/r/rusiaslot88.sbs). ## 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. See what an AI agent reads on this site: https://directindex.org/r/experienceaether.com/agent-view ## Businesses like Aether in Manchester cafes and bars | Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site | |---|---|---|---|---| | Businesses of the same kind in Manchester cafes and bars | 1326 | 49% | 24% | 58.5% | The best of the businesses of the same kind in Manchester cafes and bars: Pink Cafe (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/pinkcafe.co.uk); Popworld (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/popworldparty.co.uk); Slug & Lettuce Deansgate (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/slugandlettuce.co.uk); The Waldorf (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/greatlocalpubs.co.uk); Stamford Arms (A 98.5%, https://directindex.org/r/stamfordarmsstalybridge.co.uk). With the two fixes above (No structured data for the business; Booking through an unrecognised third party), the score would be about 95.4%. That would be 8th of 1,326 in Manchester cafes and bars, up from 525th. ## The direct record What agents get for Aether, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/experienceaether.com - Book: none on record - Order: none on record - Menu: https://experienceaether.com/experience/menu/ (html_page; from the scan) - Hours: none on record - Phone: 08088126722 - Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/experienceaether.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): 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 | 7 | 25 | | Actionable | 6 | 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/experienceaether.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 Keep watching this business (https://directindex.org/r/experienceaether.com/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/experienceaether.com/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=experienceaether.com&force=1