# The Iron Cow Public House: Agent-Direct Score A (92.3%)

Site: https://www.ironcowpublichouse.com/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/ironcowpublichouse.com
Scanned: 2026-11-12 (Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.)
The Iron Cow Public House is ready for agents.
An AI assistant can open The Iron Cow Public House's website. It can read what The Iron Cow Public House offers. It finds a way to book or order directly, through Tripleseat.

## Direct links
- Book directly: https://ourhousehospitalitycompany.tripleseat.com/party_request/48058 (through tripleseat acting for the business)
- Menu: https://www.ironcowpublichouse.com/menu
- Phone: +13657963885
- Address: 101 York Boulevard, L8R 3L4
- Hours, from OpenStreetMap · Overture Maps: Mon closed; Tue 16:00–21:00; Wed 15:00–21:00; Thu 17:00–21:00; Fri–Sat 17:00–22:00; Sun closed

## Nearby, also direct
Places near The Iron Cow Public House that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Apothecary Kitchen (50 m): https://directindex.org/r/healwithplants.ca
- Mexican Kitchen (60 m): https://directindex.org/r/mexicankitchen.ca
- May's Thai Kitchen (70 m): https://directindex.org/r/maysthaikitchen.ca
- Indonesian's Flavour (80 m): https://directindex.org/r/indonesiansflavour.ca
- Latin Food & Products (90 m): https://directindex.org/r/latinfoodshamilton.com

## What to fix first
- Nothing to fix.

## 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
- **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read the items and prices.
- **Booking through tripleseat on your own domain.** There's no marketplace commission, and the customer stays yours.

## Where it stands
36 of 548 in Hamilton. 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 | 96% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 98% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 52% | yes |
| Have an llms.txt | 43% | yes |

Nearest places in the index: Apothecary Kitchen (A, 53 m, https://directindex.org/r/healwithplants.ca); Mexican Kitchen (B, 59 m, https://directindex.org/r/mexicankitchen.ca); May's Thai Kitchen (D, 70 m, https://directindex.org/r/maysthaikitchen.ca); Indonesian's Flavour (C, 80 m, https://directindex.org/r/indonesiansflavour.ca); Crack Me Up (D, 80 m, https://directindex.org/r/crack-me-up.com); Burger King (D, 84 m, https://directindex.org/r/burgerking.ca); Latin Food & Products (B, 94 m, https://directindex.org/r/latinfoodshamilton.com); Sensational Samosas Ltd (F, 95 m, https://directindex.org/r/barringtonbrolly.com); Nonno's Butcher (F, 127 m, https://directindex.org/r/nonnos.ca); Ami Meal Cafe (D, 132 m, https://directindex.org/r/hamiltonfarmersmarket.ca).

## 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 22 everyday questions about Hamilton and named 85 places. The Iron Cow Public House wasn't one of them. See who was named: https://directindex.org/city/hamilton/recommended


Compared with its peers: Sites built with Wix 52% (28% A or B, 52613 sites); Sites using Tripleseat 77% (71% A or B, 703 sites); This site 92.3%.

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

## Businesses like The Iron Cow Public House in Hamilton

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Hamilton | 548 | 56% | 35% | 92.3% |
| Sites built with Wix in Hamilton | 45 | 72% | 58% | 92.3% |
| Sites using Tripleseat in Hamilton | 1 | 92% | 100% | 92.3% |
| Sites built with Wix and using Tripleseat in Hamilton | 1 | 92% | 100% | 92.3% |

The best of the sites built with Wix in Hamilton: Betula (A 95.4%, https://directindex.org/r/betularestaurant.com); Caribbean Flavah (A 95.4%, https://directindex.org/r/caribbeanflavah.com); Chicken Plus (A 95.4%, https://directindex.org/r/chickenpluscanada.ca); SYNONYM (A 95.4%, https://directindex.org/r/synonymshop.com); Secco (A 95.4%, https://directindex.org/r/seccohamilton.ca).

## The direct record
What agents get for The Iron Cow Public House, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/ironcowpublichouse.com
- Book: https://ourhousehospitalitycompany.tripleseat.com/party_request/48058 (vendor on own site: Tripleseat; found by the scan of 2026-11-12, not yet tested)
- Order: none on record
- Menu: https://www.ironcowpublichouse.com/menu (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: Tu 16:00-21:00; We 15:00-21:00; Th 17:00-21:00; Fr,Sa 17:00-22:00 (closed now) (from OpenStreetMap)
- Phone: +13657963885
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/ironcowpublichouse.com/book, https://directindex.org/go/ironcowpublichouse.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): 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, Tripleseat: 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.

Found one hop past the home page: menu page /menu: 31 prices.

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 25 | 25 |
| Readable | 25 | 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/ironcowpublichouse.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: 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/ironcowpublichouse.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/ironcowpublichouse.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=ironcowpublichouse.com&force=1