# Historic Ships in Baltimore: Agent-Direct Score D (51.3%)

Site: https://historicships.org/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/historicships.org
Scanned: 2026-11-13 (Provisional, with the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.)
Historic Ships in Baltimore is hard for agents to use.
An AI assistant can open Historic Ships in Baltimore's website. It can't find a menu or price list, so it answers from other sites. It finds a way to book or order directly on the site.

## Direct links
- Book directly: https://historicships.org/visit/tickets (on the business's own site)
- Phone: +14105391797

## Nearby, also direct
Places near Historic Ships in Baltimore that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- I Love Baltimore Personal Tours (210 m): https://directindex.org/r/irathebusdriver.com
- City Brew Tours Baltimore (220 m): https://directindex.org/r/citybrewtours.com
- Watermark Tours (290 m): https://directindex.org/r/watermarkjourney.com
- City Cruises Baltimore (350 m): https://directindex.org/r/citycruises.com
- CNG Car Rental Baltimore (450 m): https://directindex.org/r/carngo.com

## What to fix first
- **No structured data for the business.** (+14 points) Add schema.org JSON-LD for the business (TouristAttraction, Museum, TravelAgency or the closest type, with name, address, telephone and openingHoursSpecification). Every assistant reads this block first, and the fix kit below has it filled in. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant
- **No tickets and prices found.** (+7 points) Agents answer 'what does it cost and when?' from marketplaces instead. Add a page with tickets, times and prices as text, and link to it from the homepage. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/menu-pdf-ai
- **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

## 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": "Museum",
  "name": "Historic Ships in Baltimore",
  "url": "https://historicships.org/",
  "telephone": "+14105391797",
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 39.2855672,
    "longitude": -76.6109828
  },
  "potentialAction": [
    {
      "@type": "ReserveAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://historicships.org/visit/tickets",
        "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.

```
# Historic Ships in Baltimore

> museum in Baltimore tours, attractions and museums. Phone +14105391797.

## Book or order directly

- Book: https://historicships.org/visit/tickets (on the business's own site)

## About

- Website: https://historicships.org/
- This file follows llms.txt (https://llmstxt.org): a short plain-text description for language models.
```

## Already right
- **robots.txt lets AI crawlers in.** There's no robots.txt, which means everything is allowed.
- **AI crawlers get the page.** GPTBot, ClaudeBot and PerplexityBot all got a normal response.
- **Tickets on your own site.** Agents can buy tickets without going through a marketplace.

## Where it stands
48 of 92 in Baltimore tours, attractions and museums. Top 52% 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 | 90% | yes |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 80% | no |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 100% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 0% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 50% | no |

Nearest places in the index: I Love Baltimore Personal Tours (F, 211 m, https://directindex.org/r/irathebusdriver.com); City Brew Tours Baltimore (C, 215 m, https://directindex.org/r/citybrewtours.com); Museum Trustee Association (C, 248 m, https://directindex.org/r/museumtrustee.org); Watermark Tours (B, 291 m, https://directindex.org/r/watermarkjourney.com); City Cruises Baltimore (B, 353 m, https://directindex.org/r/citycruises.com); CNG Car Rental Baltimore (C, 445 m, https://directindex.org/r/carngo.com); Maryland Science Center (C, 458 m, https://directindex.org/r/mdsci.org); Port Discovery Children's Museum (A, 562 m, https://directindex.org/r/portdiscovery.org); Reginald F Lewis Museum (D, 596 m, https://directindex.org/r/rflewismuseum.org); Reginald F Lewis Museum of Maryland African-American History and Culture (F, 647 m, https://directindex.org/r/lewismuseum.org).

## 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 Baltimore tours, attractions and museums and named 49 places. Historic Ships in Baltimore wasn't one of them. See who was named: https://directindex.org/city/baltimore-tours/recommended


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

## Businesses like Historic Ships in Baltimore in Baltimore tours, attractions and museums

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Baltimore tours, attractions and museums | 92 | 52% | 18% | 51.3% |

The best of the businesses of the same kind in Baltimore tours, attractions and museums: Baltimore Streetcar Museum (A 92.5%, https://directindex.org/r/baltimorestreetcarmuseum.org); Great Blacks In Wax Museum (A 92.3%, https://directindex.org/r/greatblacksinwax.org); Urban Pirates (A 90.8%, https://directindex.org/r/urbanpirates.com); Bay Dream Sailing Charter Baltimore (A 89.2%, https://directindex.org/r/baydreamsailing.com); Port Discovery Children's Museum (A 86.2%, https://directindex.org/r/portdiscovery.org).

With the two fixes above (No structured data for the business; No tickets and prices found), the score would be about 77.5%. That would be 10th of 92 in Baltimore tours, attractions and museums, up from 48th.

## The direct record
What agents get for Historic Ships in Baltimore, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/historicships.org
- Book: https://historicships.org/visit/tickets (own site; could not verify: failed (2026-11-13))
- Order: none on record
- Menu: none on record
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: +14105391797
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/historicships.org/book

## 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

Found one hop past the home page: booking page /visit/tickets: booking link (other).

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 25 | 25 |
| Readable | 1 | 25 |
| Actionable | 15 | 30 |
| Cited | 0 | 0 (the assistant citation check: pending) |

## Agent readiness (Cloudflare)
Level 0 of 5, Not Ready. Cloudflare's report: https://isitagentready.com/historicships.org
- Link headers on the homepage: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/link-headers/SKILL.md)
- sitemap.xml: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/sitemap/SKILL.md)
- AI bot rules in robots.txt: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/ai-rules/SKILL.md)
- 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/historicships.org/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/historicships.org/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=historicships.org&force=1
