# The Loyal Nine: Agent-Direct Score C (60%) Site: http://loyalnineboston.com Report: https://directindex.org/r/loyalnineboston.com Scanned: 2026-10-23 (Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.) The Loyal Nine is partly visible to agents. An AI assistant can open The Loyal Nine's website. It can read what The Loyal Nine offers. It finds a way to book or order directly, through Toast. ## Direct links - Order directly: https://order.toasttab.com/online/loyal-nine (through toast acting for the business) - Menu: http://loyalnineboston.com/menu/index.html - Phone: (617) 942-1334 - Address: 19 Union St, 02108, Boston ## Nearby, also direct Places near The Loyal Nine that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between. - White Bull Tavern (10 m): https://directindex.org/r/thewhitebulltavern.com - Boston Crawling (90 m): https://directindex.org/r/bostoncrawling.com - The Point (110 m): https://directindex.org/r/thepointboston.com - J.J. Donovan's Tavern (150 m): https://directindex.org/r/donovanssono.com ## What to fix first - **No structured data for the business.** (+15 points) Add schema.org JSON-LD for the business (CafeOrCoffeeShop, BarOrPub or the closest type, with name, address, telephone and openingHoursSpecification, plus servesCuisine). Every assistant reads this block first, and the fix kit below has it filled in. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant - **No working HTTPS.** (+3 points) The page is only served over plain http. Browsers and agents rank it lower or refuse it. - **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 © 2023.** Visitors and assistants may read that year as the last time anyone looked after the site. In Boston, 72% 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 ``` llms.txt. Save as /llms.txt at the root of the site. ``` # The Loyal Nine > local business in 19 Union St, 02108, Boston, Boston cafes and bars. Phone (617) 942-1334. ## Book or order directly - Order: https://order.toasttab.com/online/loyal-nine (through toast acting for the business) - Menu: http://loyalnineboston.com/menu/index.html ## About - Website: http://loyalnineboston.com - 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. - **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read the items and prices. - **Ordering through toast on your own domain.** There's no marketplace commission, and the customer stays yours. - **Toast works with agents through its partners.** Toast's guest terms could not be read on 2026-10-15 (bot challenge); since August 2026 Google's Ask Maps completes orders at Toast restaurants through Toast Local under the UCP for Food standard. Terms read on 2026-10-15: https://www.digitaltransactions.net/square-toast-jump-into-ai-boosted-google-maps/. An assistant that isn't a partner may not be able to finish there. A direct path on your own domain works for all of them. ## Where it stands 227 of 484 in Boston cafes and bars. Top 47% 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 | 96% | 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 | 45% | no | | Have an llms.txt | 29% | no | Nearest places in the index: White Bull Tavern (A, 9 m, https://directindex.org/r/thewhitebulltavern.com); The Purple Shamrock (F, 47 m, https://directindex.org/r/guidespot.com); The Green Dragon Tavern (D, 81 m, https://directindex.org/r/somerspubs.com); Red Barn Coffee Roasters (D, 82 m, https://directindex.org/r/redbarncoffee.com); Boston Crawling (B, 90 m, https://directindex.org/r/bostoncrawling.com); The Point (A, 111 m, https://directindex.org/r/thepointboston.com); Mike's City Hall Coffee (F, 122 m, https://directindex.org/r/triangleco.xyz); The Pine Bar (C, 145 m, https://directindex.org/r/pinebarboston.com); J.J. Donovan's Tavern (A, 147 m, https://directindex.org/r/donovanssono.com); Boston News Cafe (F, 162 m, https://directindex.org/r/bostonnewscafe.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. The assistants were asked 12 everyday questions about Boston cafes and bars and named 53 places. The Loyal Nine wasn't one of them. See who was named: https://directindex.org/city/boston-cafes-bars/recommended Compared with its peers: Sites built with WordPress 55% (24% A or B, 224455 sites); Sites using Toast 73% (62% A or B, 6097 sites); This site 60%. See what an AI agent reads on this site: https://directindex.org/r/loyalnineboston.com/agent-view ## Businesses like The Loyal Nine in Boston cafes and bars | Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site | |---|---|---|---|---| | Businesses of the same kind in Boston cafes and bars | 484 | 52% | 32% | 60% | | Sites built with WordPress in Boston cafes and bars | 93 | 60% | 32% | 60% | | Sites using Toast in Boston cafes and bars | 61 | 74% | 54% | 60% | | Sites built with WordPress and using Toast in Boston cafes and bars | 12 | 67% | 25% | 60% | The best of the sites built with WordPress and using Toast in Boston cafes and bars: PKL (A 91.5%, https://directindex.org/r/playpkl.com); Tony C's Sports Bar & Grill (B 72.3%, https://directindex.org/r/tonycssportsbar.com); Night Shift Brewing (B 70.8%, https://directindex.org/r/nightshiftbrewing.com); Boston Ale House (C 66.2%, https://directindex.org/r/bostonalehousegroup.com); Dovetail Restaurant & Shop (C 66.2%, https://directindex.org/r/dovetailcharlestown.com). With the two fixes above (No structured data for the business; No working HTTPS), the score would be about 87.7%. That would be 33rd of 484 in Boston cafes and bars, up from 227th. ## The direct record What agents get for The Loyal Nine, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/loyalnineboston.com - Book: none on record - Order: https://order.toasttab.com/online/loyal-nine (vendor on own site: Toast; found by the scan of 2026-10-23, not yet tested) - Menu: http://loyalnineboston.com/menu/index.html (html_page; from the scan) - Hours: none on record - Phone: (617) 942-1334 - Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/loyalnineboston.com/order, https://directindex.org/go/loyalnineboston.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 (Toast): yes - Vendor terms for agents, Toast: Through partners. Toast's guest terms could not be read on 2026-10-15 (bot challenge); since August 2026 Google's Ask Maps completes orders at Toast restaurants through Toast Local under the UCP for Food standard. Read 2026-10-15: https://www.digitaltransactions.net/square-toast-jump-into-ai-boosted-google-maps/ ## Score breakdown | Component | Points | Available | |---|---|---| | Reachable | 22 | 25 | | Readable | 7 | 25 | | Actionable | 10 | 15 (the action test: pending) | | Cited | 0 | 0 (the assistant citation check: pending) | ## Agent readiness (Cloudflare) Level 0 of 5, Not Ready. Cloudflare's report: https://isitagentready.com/loyalnineboston.com - 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: 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: no Keep watching this business (https://directindex.org/r/loyalnineboston.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/loyalnineboston.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=loyalnineboston.com&force=1