# Hercules Pillars: Agent-Direct Score D (51.2%)

Site: http://www.herculespillars.co.uk/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/herculespillars.co.uk
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.)
Hercules Pillars is hard for agents to use.

## Direct links
- Book directly: https://bookings.designmynight.com/book?venue_id=536b99126c4f0611087e0709&source=partner&type=53636edb0df6901e62fc9323 (through designmynight acting for the business)
- Menu: http://www.herculespillars.co.uk/#menus/
- Phone: 020 7242 2218

## What to fix first
- **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
- **The server turns AI crawlers away at the door.** (+6.7 points) Live fetches as GPTBot (challenge:challenge-platform), ClaudeBot (challenge:challenge-platform) 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 working HTTPS.** (+3 points) The page is only served over plain http. Agents and browsers downrank or refuse it.

## 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": "Hercules Pillars",
  "url": "http://www.herculespillars.co.uk/",
  "telephone": "020 7242 2218",
  "address": {
    "@type": "PostalAddress",
    "streetAddress": "Great Queen Street 18",
    "postalCode": "WC2B 5DG",
    "addressLocality": "London"
  },
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 51.5158562,
    "longitude": -0.1209866
  },
  "acceptsReservations": "https://bookings.designmynight.com/book?venue_id=536b99126c4f0611087e0709&source=partner&type=53636edb0df6901e62fc9323",
  "hasMenu": "http://www.herculespillars.co.uk/#menus/",
  "potentialAction": [
    {
      "@type": "ReserveAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://bookings.designmynight.com/book?venue_id=536b99126c4f0611087e0709&source=partner&type=53636edb0df6901e62fc9323",
        "actionPlatform": [
          "http://schema.org/DesktopWebPlatform",
          "http://schema.org/MobileWebPlatform"
        ]
      },
      "result": {
        "@type": "Reservation",
        "name": "Reservation"
      }
    }
  ]
}
</script>
```

## Already right
- **robots.txt lets AI crawlers in.** No rule blocks the key AI user agents.
- **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read items and prices directly.
- **Booking through designmynight on your own domain.** No marketplace commission, and the guest stays yours.

## Where it stands
1451 of 2491 in London cafes and bars. Top 58% 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 | 96% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no edge block, no robots.txt block) | 97% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 67% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 12% | yes |

Nearest places in the index: Whipped (D, 136 m, https://directindex.org/r/abokado.com); Mandira (D, 173 m, https://directindex.org/r/789k.click); Cafebotanical (F, 215 m, https://directindex.org/r/cafebotanical.com); Sandbox VR (C, 245 m, https://directindex.org/r/sandboxvr.com); Scarfes Bar (C, 274 m, https://directindex.org/r/rosewoodhotels.com); Arcana Coffee (F, 275 m, https://directindex.org/r/bloomsburylondon.com); Marquess of Anglesey (B, 335 m, https://directindex.org/r/themarquess.co.uk); The Marquise (D, 372 m, https://directindex.org/r/themarquise.co.uk); Café Le Cordon Bleu (B, 384 m, https://directindex.org/r/cordonbleu.edu); Heytea (F, 392 m, https://directindex.org/r/xihaytea.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 DesignMyNight 67% (34% A or B, 44 sites); This site 51.2%.

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

## Businesses like Hercules Pillars in London cafes and bars

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Same kind in London cafes and bars | 2491 | 52% | 37% | 51.2% |
| Built with WordPress in London cafes and bars | 692 | 65% | 46% | 51.2% |
| Using DesignMyNight in London cafes and bars | 31 | 65% | 23% | 51.2% |
| Built with WordPress and using DesignMyNight in London cafes and bars | 21 | 67% | 24% | 51.2% |

The best of Built with WordPress and using DesignMyNight in London cafes and bars: The Oyster Shed (A 95.4%, https://directindex.org/r/oystershed.co.uk); Halfway House (A 92.3%, https://directindex.org/r/thehalfway.com); The Leather Bottle (A 87.7%, https://directindex.org/r/leatherbottlepub.co.uk); The Flying Horse (B 78.5%, https://directindex.org/r/flyinghorsepub.co.uk); The Oxford Arms (B 72.3%, https://directindex.org/r/oxfordarmscamden.co.uk).

With the three fixes above (No structured data for the business; The server turns AI crawlers away at the door; No working HTTPS) the score would be about 87.7%: 229th of 2,491 in London cafes and bars, up from 1451st.

## The direct record
What agents get for Hercules Pillars, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/herculespillars.co.uk
- Book: https://bookings.designmynight.com/book?venue_id=536b99126c4f0611087e0709&source=partner&type=53636edb0df6901e62fc9323 (vendor on own site: DesignMyNight; found by the scan of 2026-10-14, not yet tested)
- Order: none on record
- Menu: http://www.herculespillars.co.uk/#menus/ (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: 020 7242 2218
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/herculespillars.co.uk/book, https://directindex.org/go/herculespillars.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): 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, DesignMyNight: Not stated. The terms do not address an agent acting for a person (several bar scraping or data extraction only), could not be read on the date given, or the vendor has not been researched yet.

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

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 15.3 | 25 |
| Readable | 8 | 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/herculespillars.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: no

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