# Howling Hops Tank Bar: Agent-Direct Score B (78.5%)

Site: https://howlinghops.co.uk/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/howlinghops.co.uk
Scanned: 2026-10-15 (Provisional: the action test and the assistant citation check still to come; the hatched part of the bar is not measured yet.)
Howling Hops Tank Bar is mostly ready for agents.

## Direct links
- Book directly: https://bookings.designmynight.com/book?venue_id=66e02d585437e83899560918&source=partner (through designmynight acting for the business)
- Menu: https://www.howlinghops.co.uk/pages/tank-beer-menu
- Phone: 0203 583 8262

## What to fix first
- **Structured data is incomplete.** (+6 points) Missing: address, telephone, opening hours. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant

## 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": "Howling Hops Tank Bar",
  "url": "https://howlinghops.co.uk/",
  "telephone": "0203 583 8262",
  "address": {
    "@type": "PostalAddress",
    "streetAddress": "White Post Lane 43",
    "postalCode": "E9 5EN",
    "addressLocality": "London"
  },
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 51.5427876,
    "longitude": -0.022598
  },
  "openingHours": "PH,Mo-Su 12:00-24:00+",
  "acceptsReservations": "https://bookings.designmynight.com/book?venue_id=66e02d585437e83899560918&source=partner",
  "hasMenu": "https://www.howlinghops.co.uk/pages/tank-beer-menu",
  "potentialAction": [
    {
      "@type": "ReserveAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://bookings.designmynight.com/book?venue_id=66e02d585437e83899560918&source=partner",
        "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.
- **AI crawlers get the page.** GPTBot, ClaudeBot and PerplexityBot all received a normal response.
- **Structured data present (Organization).** but without address, phone or hours
- **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.

## Since the scan of 2026-10-14 (C then)
- Fixed: No booking or ordering path at all
- New: nothing

## Where it stands
497 of 2498 in London cafes and bars. Top 20% 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% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 67% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 12% | yes |

Nearest places in the index: All My Friends (C, 53 m, https://directindex.org/r/allmyfriends.uk); The Milk Float (B, 111 m, https://directindex.org/r/themilkfloat.com); Gwenda (B, 122 m, https://directindex.org/r/gwenda.co.uk); Lord Napier and Star (D, 187 m, https://directindex.org/r/lordnapierstar.co.uk); Burnt Umber (B, 188 m, https://directindex.org/r/burnt-umber.co.uk); Inis (C, 196 m, https://directindex.org/r/inisfishisland.com); The Beer Merchants Tap (F, 234 m, https://directindex.org/r/beermerchantstap.com); Bad Coffee (F, 271 m, https://directindex.org/r/drinkbadcoffee.com); Lvls (C, 273 m, https://directindex.org/r/lvls.london); Pearl Dive Bar (D, 277 m, https://directindex.org/r/thehackneypearl.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.

Score over 2 scans since 2026-10-14: 2026-10-14 66%, 2026-10-15 79%.

Against its peers: Sites built with Shopify 61% (37% A or B, 1331 sites); Sites using DesignMyNight 67% (35% A or B, 26 sites); This site 78.5%.

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

## Businesses like Howling Hops Tank Bar in London cafes and bars

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Same kind in London cafes and bars | 2498 | 52% | 37% | 78.5% |
| Built with Shopify in London cafes and bars | 66 | 56% | 45% | 78.5% |
| Using DesignMyNight in London cafes and bars | 35 | 67% | 31% | 78.5% |
| Built with Shopify and using DesignMyNight in London cafes and bars | 1 | 79% | 100% | 78.5% |

The best of Using DesignMyNight in London cafes and bars: The Oyster Shed (A 95.4%, https://directindex.org/r/oystershed.co.uk); Duke's Head (A 92.3%, https://directindex.org/r/dukesheadputney.com); 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 Union Bar & Grill (B 83.1%, https://directindex.org/r/theunionbar.co.uk).

With the fix above (Structured data is incomplete) the score would be about 87.7%: 229th of 2,498 in London cafes and bars, up from 497th.

## The direct record
What agents get for Howling Hops Tank Bar, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/howlinghops.co.uk
- Book: https://bookings.designmynight.com/book?venue_id=66e02d585437e83899560918&source=partner (vendor on own site: DesignMyNight; found by the scan of 2026-10-15, not yet tested)
- Order: none on record
- Menu: https://www.howlinghops.co.uk/pages/tank-beer-menu (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: PH,Mo-Su 12:00-24:00+ (from OpenStreetMap)
- Phone: 0203 583 8262
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/howlinghops.co.uk/book, https://directindex.org/go/howlinghops.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
- Vendor terms for agents, DesignMyNight: Not stated. The terms say nothing about automated use, could not be read on the date given, or the vendor has not been researched yet.

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 25 | 25 |
| Readable | 16 | 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/howlinghops.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: yes
- 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: yes
- OAuth protected resource metadata: yes
- 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: yes
- JSON-LD for the business: yes

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