# 532: Agent-Direct Score D (52.3%)

Site: https://manchesterstudentsunion.com/532barkitchen
Report: https://directindex.org/r/manchesterstudentsunion.com
Scanned: 2026-10-14 (provisional: the action test and the assistant citation check pending)
532 is hard for agents to use.

## Direct links
- Book: https://manchesterstudentsunion.com/room-booking (on the business's own site)
- Menu: https://assets-cdn.sums.digital/MA/documents/Menus/532_Food_Menu_SEP26.pdf

## What to fix first, by points
- **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). It is the one block every assistant reads first; the fix kit below has it filled in. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant
- **robots.txt blocks GPTBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot, Google-Extended, OAI-SearchBot, ChatGPT-User, Claude-User, Perplexity-User.** (+10 points) These are the crawlers behind ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity and Google's AI features. Remove the Disallow lines for them, or add explicit Allow rules. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/robots-txt-for-ai-agents
- **Menu or price list is a PDF.** (+3 points) Most agents skip PDFs or read them badly. Publish it as HTML, keep the PDF as a download. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/menu-pdf-ai
- **No llms.txt.** (no points, still worth doing) Optional today, cheap to add: a short text file describing the business for language models. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/llms-txt-for-a-business

## Fix kit: what to paste

Structured data, one block in the page head:

```html
<script type="application/ld+json">
{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "BarOrPub",
  "name": "532",
  "url": "https://manchesterstudentsunion.com/532barkitchen",
  "address": {
    "@type": "PostalAddress",
    "streetAddress": "Oxford Road",
    "postalCode": "M13 9PR",
    "addressLocality": "Manchester"
  },
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 53.4642784,
    "longitude": -2.2323339
  },
  "openingHours": "Mo-Th 11:30-23:00, Fr,Sa 11:30-24:00, Su 16:00-22:00",
  "acceptsReservations": "https://manchesterstudentsunion.com/room-booking",
  "hasMenu": "https://assets-cdn.sums.digital/MA/documents/Menus/532_Food_Menu_SEP26.pdf",
  "potentialAction": [
    {
      "@type": "ReserveAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://manchesterstudentsunion.com/room-booking",
        "actionPlatform": [
          "http://schema.org/DesktopWebPlatform",
          "http://schema.org/MobileWebPlatform"
        ]
      },
      "result": {
        "@type": "Reservation",
        "name": "Reservation"
      }
    }
  ]
}
</script>
```

robots.txt lines:

```
# Let AI assistants read the site: they send people to you; a marketplace keeps them.
# Remove any Disallow lines for these names elsewhere in this file.
User-agent: GPTBot
Allow: /

User-agent: ClaudeBot
Allow: /

User-agent: PerplexityBot
Allow: /

User-agent: Google-Extended
Allow: /

User-agent: OAI-SearchBot
Allow: /

User-agent: ChatGPT-User
Allow: /

User-agent: Claude-User
Allow: /

User-agent: Perplexity-User
Allow: /
```

llms.txt draft:

```
# 532

> bar or pub in Oxford Road M13 9PR Manchester, Manchester cafes and bars.

## Book or order directly

- Book: https://manchesterstudentsunion.com/room-booking (on the business's own site)
- Menu: https://assets-cdn.sums.digital/MA/documents/Menus/532_Food_Menu_SEP26.pdf

## Opening hours

Mo-Th 11:30-23:00, Fr,Sa 11:30-24:00, Su 16:00-22:00

## About

- Website: https://manchesterstudentsunion.com/532barkitchen
- This file follows llms.txt (https://llmstxt.org): a short plain-text description for language models.
```

## Already right
- **AI crawlers get the page.** GPTBot, ClaudeBot and PerplexityBot all received a normal response.
- **Booking on your own site.** Agents can book without a marketplace in the loop.

## Where it stands
Rank 95 of 235 in Manchester cafes and bars (top 40%).

| What the top tenth does | Top 10% | This site |
|---|---|---|
| Take bookings or orders on their own domain | 96% | yes |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 96% | no |
| Let AI crawlers in (no edge block, no robots.txt block) | 83% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 33% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 21% | no |

Nearest places in the index: Gemini (C, 338 m, https://directindex.org/r/geminicoffeebar.co.uk); The Salutation (D, 664 m, https://directindex.org/r/thesalutationpub.com); Chaiiwala (B, 688 m, https://directindex.org/r/chaiiwala.co.uk); Tim Hortons (F, 706 m, https://directindex.org/r/timhortons.com); Deaf Institute (F, 722 m, https://directindex.org/r/thedeafinstitute.co.uk); Sandbar (F, 751 m, https://directindex.org/r/sandbarmanchester.co.uk); The Ford Madox Brown (A, 772 m, https://directindex.org/r/jdwetherspoon.com); Cheeky Coffee Co. (F, 1111 m, https://directindex.org/r/cheekycoffeeco.co.uk); Revolution (F, 1169 m, https://directindex.org/r/revolution-bars.co.uk); Gourmet Coffee Bar & Kitchen (F, 1268 m, https://directindex.org/r/gourmetcoffeebar.co.uk).

## What assistants answer
Not asked yet. Assistants are asked about the top-ranked and claimed businesses in each city index.

What an AI agent reads on this site: https://directindex.org/r/manchesterstudentsunion.com/agent-view

Read by AI agents 1 times this month (ClaudeBot 1).

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| reachable | 15 | 25 |
| readable | 4 | 25 |
| actionable | 15 | 15 (action_test pending) |
| cited | 0 | 0 (probes pending) |

## Agent readiness (Cloudflare criteria)
Level 0 of 5: Not Ready. Cloudflare's report: https://isitagentready.com/manchesterstudentsunion.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

Methodology: https://directindex.org/methodology · Rescan: https://directindex.org/scan?url=manchesterstudentsunion.com&force=1