# Hey Palu: Agent-Direct Score A (92.3%)

Site: https://www.heypalu.com/reservations
Report: https://directindex.org/r/heypalu.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.)
Hey Palu is ready for agents.
An AI assistant can open Hey Palu's website. It can read what Hey Palu offers. It finds a way to book or order directly on the site.

## Direct links
- Book directly: https://www.heypalu.com/reservations (on the business's own site)
- Menu: https://www.heypalu.com/menu
- Address: Bread Street 47,49 EH3 9AH Edinburgh

## Nearby, also direct
Places near Hey Palu that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Footlights Bar & Grill (50 m): https://directindex.org/r/footlightsbar.co.uk
- Greek Artisan Pastries (100 m): https://directindex.org/r/aristonfoodsltd.co.uk
- The Hanging Bat (150 m): https://directindex.org/r/northernmonk.com
- Buck’s Bar (150 m): https://directindex.org/r/bucksbar.co.uk
- The Raging Bull (160 m): https://directindex.org/r/theragingbulledinburgh.co.uk

## What to fix first
- **Structured data is incomplete.** (+2 points) Missing: telephone. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant
- **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)
- **The footer says © 2019.** Visitors and assistants may read that year as the last time anyone looked after the site. In Edinburgh, 75% of comparable sites that show a year say 2025 or later.

## 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
<script type="application/ld+json">
{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "BarOrPub",
  "name": "Hey Palu",
  "url": "https://www.heypalu.com/reservations",
  "address": {
    "@type": "PostalAddress",
    "streetAddress": "Bread Street 47,49",
    "postalCode": "EH3 9AH",
    "addressLocality": "Edinburgh",
    "addressCountry": "GB"
  },
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 55.9459208,
    "longitude": -3.2028172
  },
  "servesCuisine": [
    "wine"
  ],
  "acceptsReservations": "https://www.heypalu.com/reservations",
  "hasMenu": "https://www.heypalu.com/menu",
  "potentialAction": [
    {
      "@type": "ReserveAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://www.heypalu.com/reservations",
        "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.

```
# Hey Palu

> bar or pub (wine) in Bread Street 47,49 EH3 9AH Edinburgh, Edinburgh cafes and bars.

## Book or order directly

- Book: https://www.heypalu.com/reservations (on the business's own site)
- Menu: https://www.heypalu.com/menu

## About

- Website: https://www.heypalu.com/reservations
- 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.
- **Structured data found (LocalBusiness).** address, opening hours
- **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read the items and prices.
- **Booking on your own site.** Agents can book without going through a marketplace.

## Where it stands
13 of 701 in Edinburgh cafes and bars. Top 2% 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 | 85% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 89% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 38% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 28% | no |

Nearest places in the index: The Source Coffee Roasters (F, 23 m, https://directindex.org/r/thesourcecoffee.co.uk); Footlights Bar & Grill (C, 54 m, https://directindex.org/r/footlightsbar.co.uk); Greek Artisan Pastries (D, 101 m, https://directindex.org/r/aristonfoodsltd.co.uk); Food Sharing Edinburgh (C, 102 m, https://directindex.org/r/shrubcoop.org); CuppaPug (F, 106 m, https://directindex.org/r/cuppapug.com); The Hanging Bat (B, 148 m, https://directindex.org/r/northernmonk.com); Buck’s Bar (B, 149 m, https://directindex.org/r/bucksbar.co.uk); The Raging Bull (B, 160 m, https://directindex.org/r/theragingbulledinburgh.co.uk); 4042 (D, 161 m, https://directindex.org/r/4042.co.uk); Games Hub (F, 190 m, https://directindex.org/r/gameshubedinburgh.com).

## 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.

Recommended when people ask: "Good cocktails tonight, and I want to reserve a table for four." (ChatGPT, Gemini); "A quiet bar for a first date on Thursday evening. Can I book?" (Gemini)


Compared with its peers: Sites built with Squarespace 61% (41% A or B, 32150 sites); This site 92.3%.

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

## Named by ChatGPT and Gemini for "Good cocktails tonight, and I want to reserve a table for four" and "A quiet bar for a first date on Thursday evening. Can I book?" in Edinburgh cafes and bars, October 2026
- "Good cocktails tonight, and I want to reserve a table for four." (2026-10-24): ChatGPT with a link to this site; Gemini with a link to this site. https://directindex.org/city/edinburgh-cafes-bars/recommended/cocktails-four
- "A quiet bar for a first date on Thursday evening. Can I book?" (2026-10-24): Gemini with a link to this site. https://directindex.org/city/edinburgh-cafes-bars/recommended/quiet-date
Named by 2 of 2 assistants asked. Badge: https://directindex.org/badge/named/heypalu.com.svg

## Businesses like Hey Palu in Edinburgh cafes and bars

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Edinburgh cafes and bars | 701 | 50% | 27% | 92.3% |
| Sites built with Squarespace in Edinburgh cafes and bars | 70 | 67% | 41% | 92.3% |

The best of the sites built with Squarespace in Edinburgh cafes and bars: CC Blooms (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/ccblooms.co.uk); Tolbooth Tavern (A 95%, https://directindex.org/r/tolboothtavern.co.uk); The Ox (A 93.8%, https://directindex.org/r/theoxedinburgh.com); The Register Club (A 93.8%, https://directindex.org/r/theregisterclub.com); A Wee Taste (A 92.3%, https://directindex.org/r/aweetaste.co.uk).

With the fix above (Structured data is incomplete), the score would be about 95.4%. That would be 6th of 701 in Edinburgh cafes and bars, up from 13th.

## The direct record
What agents get for Hey Palu, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/heypalu.com
- Book: https://www.heypalu.com/reservations (own site; found by the scan of 2026-10-21, not yet tested)
- Order: none on record
- Menu: https://www.heypalu.com/menu (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: none on record
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/heypalu.com/book, https://directindex.org/go/heypalu.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 | 20 | 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/heypalu.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: yes

Keep watching this business (https://directindex.org/r/heypalu.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/heypalu.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=heypalu.com&force=1