# Hanks Bar: Agent-Direct Score A (90.8%)

Site: https://www.hanksbar.co.uk/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/hanksbar.co.uk
Scanned: 2026-10-24 (Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.)
Hanks Bar is ready for agents.
An AI assistant can open Hanks Bar's website. What Hanks Bar offers is in a PDF or an image, and assistants read those badly. It finds a way to book or order directly on the site.

## Direct links
- Book directly: https://www.hanksbar.co.uk/hanks-bar-booking (on the business's own site)
- Menu: https://www.hanksbar.co.uk/_files/ugd/d1b9fe_82509d52c9704991b45d86ca5da9d499.pdf
- Phone: +44 1865 242 192
- Address: Queen Street 36-37 OX1 1ER Oxford
- Hours, from OpenStreetMap: Mon–Tue 22:00–03:00; Wed–Thu 21:00–03:00; Fri–Sat 20:00–03:00; Sun closed

## Nearby, also direct
Places near Hanks Bar that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Greens Cafe (90 m): https://directindex.org/r/springgreenscafe.com
- Black Sheep Coffee (100 m): https://directindex.org/r/blacksheepcoffee.co.uk
- Modern Art Oxford Café (110 m): https://directindex.org/r/modernartoxford.org.uk
- Paul (120 m): https://directindex.org/r/paul-uk.com
- The Cow and Creek (130 m): https://directindex.org/r/thecowandcreek.co.uk

## What to fix first
- **Menu or price list is a PDF.** (+3 points) Most agents skip PDFs or read them badly. Publish it as an HTML page and 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 main AI user agents.
- **AI crawlers get the page.** GPTBot, ClaudeBot and PerplexityBot all got a normal response.
- **Structured data found (Restaurant).** address, phone, opening hours
- **Booking on your own site.** Agents can book without going through a marketplace.

## Where it stands
13 of 174 in Oxford cafes and bars. Top 7% 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 | 100% | yes |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 89% | no |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 100% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 72% | yes |
| Have an llms.txt | 50% | yes |

Nearest places in the index: The Coffee Hole (F, 87 m, https://directindex.org/r/thecoffeehole.com); Greens Cafe (C, 87 m, https://directindex.org/r/springgreenscafe.com); Yi Fang (D, 91 m, https://directindex.org/r/yifangteaglobal.com); Starbucks (F, 97 m, https://directindex.org/r/starbucks.com); Art Café (B, 102 m, https://directindex.org/r/artcafeoxford.co.uk); Black Sheep Coffee (C, 103 m, https://directindex.org/r/blacksheepcoffee.co.uk); Modern Art Oxford Café (C, 111 m, https://directindex.org/r/modernartoxford.org.uk); Paul (C, 119 m, https://directindex.org/r/paul-uk.com); The Cow and Creek (A, 128 m, https://directindex.org/r/thecowandcreek.co.uk); The Story Museum Cafe (B, 130 m, https://directindex.org/r/storymuseum.org.uk).

## 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.

The assistants were asked 12 everyday questions about Oxford cafes and bars and named 47 places. Hanks Bar wasn't one of them. See who was named: https://directindex.org/city/oxford-cafes-bars/recommended


Compared with its peers: Sites built with Wix 52% (28% A or B, 48660 sites); This site 90.8%.

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

## Businesses like Hanks Bar in Oxford cafes and bars

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Oxford cafes and bars | 174 | 58% | 34% | 90.8% |
| Sites built with Wix in Oxford cafes and bars | 14 | 75% | 64% | 90.8% |

The best of the sites built with Wix in Oxford cafes and bars: Belota Cafe (A 95.4%, https://directindex.org/r/carpentercatering.co.uk); The Gardeners Arms (A 95.4%, https://directindex.org/r/thegardenersarms.com); Jacobs & Field (A 90.8%, https://directindex.org/r/jacobsandfield.com); The Coffee Guild (A 87.7%, https://directindex.org/r/tcgcoffee.com); The Oxo Bar (A 86.2%, https://directindex.org/r/oxobar.uk).

With the fix above (Menu or price list is a PDF), the score would be about 95.4%, which would be first of 174 in Oxford cafes and bars.

## The direct record
What agents get for Hanks Bar, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/hanksbar.co.uk
- Book: https://www.hanksbar.co.uk/hanks-bar-booking (own site; found by the scan of 2026-10-24, not yet tested)
- Order: none on record
- Menu: https://www.hanksbar.co.uk/_files/ugd/d1b9fe_82509d52c9704991b45d86ca5da9d499.pdf (pdf; from the scan)
- Hours: Mo-Tu 22:00-03:00; We-Th 21:00-03:00; Fr-Sa 20:00-03:00; Su off (closed now) (from OpenStreetMap)
- Phone: +44 1865 242 192
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/hanksbar.co.uk/book, https://directindex.org/go/hanksbar.co.uk/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): yes
- 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 | 19 | 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/hanksbar.co.uk
- 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

Keep watching this business (https://directindex.org/r/hanksbar.co.uk/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/hanksbar.co.uk/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=hanksbar.co.uk&force=1