# Patterson Veterinary: Agent-Direct Score D (42.6%)

Site: http://www.pattersonvet.com
Report: https://directindex.org/r/pattersonvet.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.)
Patterson Veterinary is hard for agents to use.
Some AI assistants are turned away by Patterson Veterinary'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://www.pattersonvet.com/Supplies/ProductItemFamily/866264/ICU-MEDICAL-INC?sn=Appointment-Scheduling-Products (on the business's own site)
- Phone: +18002257911
- Address: 6300 W by NW Blvd #800, 77040, Houston

## Nearby, also direct
Places near Patterson Veterinary that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Gentle Dental (1000 m): https://directindex.org/r/interdent.com
- Emancipet (2 km): https://directindex.org/r/emancipet.org
- Monarch Dental (2.4 km): https://directindex.org/r/monarchdental.com
- Nova Dental Care (2.7 km): https://directindex.org/r/novadentalcare.com
- Harris County Veterinary Med Association (3 km): https://directindex.org/r/hcvma.org

## What to fix first
- **No structured data for the business.** (+14 points) Add schema.org JSON-LD for the business (Dentist, MedicalClinic, Physiotherapy 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
- **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
- **No list of services and prices found.** (+7 points) Agents answer 'what do they treat and what does it cost?' from directories instead. Add a page that lists services and prices as text, and link to it from the homepage. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/menu-pdf-ai
- **The server turns AI crawlers away at the door.** (+3.3 points) Requests as GPTBot (http_403) were refused, but a normal browser got the page. That's usually a bot list at the host or in a firewall that the owner never chose. Ask the host to allow these user agents. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/blocking-ai-crawlers-without-knowing
- **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
- **The phone number on the site doesn't match the open map data.** The site shows 18557788387, but OpenStreetMap or Overture Maps lists +18002257911. An assistant that sees two numbers can't tell which one to trust. Fix whichever is wrong, on the site or in the map data at openstreetmap.org.

## 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": "LocalBusiness",
  "name": "Patterson Veterinary",
  "url": "http://www.pattersonvet.com",
  "telephone": "+18002257911",
  "address": "6300 W by NW Blvd #800, 77040, Houston",
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 29.85998945,
    "longitude": -95.53346434
  },
  "potentialAction": [
    {
      "@type": "ReserveAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://www.pattersonvet.com/Supplies/ProductItemFamily/866264/ICU-MEDICAL-INC?sn=Appointment-Scheduling-Products",
        "actionPlatform": [
          "http://schema.org/DesktopWebPlatform",
          "http://schema.org/MobileWebPlatform"
        ]
      },
      "result": {
        "@type": "Reservation",
        "name": "Reservation"
      }
    }
  ]
}
</script>
```

robots.txt. Add these lines to /robots.txt and delete any Disallow rule that names these crawlers.

```
# 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. Save as /llms.txt at the root of the site.

```
# Patterson Veterinary

> local business in 6300 W by NW Blvd #800, 77040, Houston, Houston dentists, clinics and vets. Phone +18002257911.

## Book or order directly

- Book: https://www.pattersonvet.com/Supplies/ProductItemFamily/866264/ICU-MEDICAL-INC?sn=Appointment-Scheduling-Products (on the business's own site)

## About

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

## Already right
- **Appointments on your own site.** Agents can book an appointment without going through a marketplace.

## Where it stands
Not ranked yet in Houston dentists, clinics and vets.

| 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 | 30% | no |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 100% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 80% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 20% | no |

Nearest places in the index: Brazos Urgent Care (D, 942 m, https://directindex.org/r/brazosurgentcare.com); Gentle Dental (C, 999 m, https://directindex.org/r/interdent.com); Texas MSK US, LLC. AKA GLMSKUS. Inc. (F, 1936 m, https://directindex.org/r/glmskus.com); Emancipet (C, 1968 m, https://directindex.org/r/emancipet.org); Monarch Dental (C, 2376 m, https://directindex.org/r/monarchdental.com); My Healthy Access (C, 2501 m, https://directindex.org/r/myhealthyaccess.com); Nova Dental Care (B, 2710 m, https://directindex.org/r/novadentalcare.com); Keilah Ford, DNP, PMHNP-BC, PMHNP-BC (D, 2886 m, https://directindex.org/r/kaddswellnessandmentalhealth.com); Harris County Veterinary Med Association (D, 2957 m, https://directindex.org/r/hcvma.org); Acadian Family Dental (B, 3060 m, https://directindex.org/r/acadiandental.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 Houston dentists, clinics and vets and named 60 places. Patterson Veterinary wasn't one of them. See who was named: https://directindex.org/city/houston-clinics/recommended


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

## Businesses like Patterson Veterinary in Houston dentists, clinics and vets

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Houston dentists, clinics and vets | 81 | 53% | 27% | 42.6% |

The best of the businesses of the same kind in Houston dentists, clinics and vets: Snow Tree Dental (A 86.3%, https://directindex.org/r/snowtreedental.com); Vera Pelle European Skin Spa (A 86.3%, https://directindex.org/r/verapelleskin.com); Maxim Hair Restoration (B 84.6%, https://directindex.org/r/maximhairrestoration.com); Washington Heights Veterinary Clinic (B 82.5%, https://directindex.org/r/whvetclinic.com); Brilliant Dental Care (B 77.5%, https://directindex.org/r/brilliantdentalcare.com).

With the three fixes above (No structured data for the business; robots.txt blocks GPTBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot, Google-Extended, OAI-SearchBot, ChatGPT-User, Claude-User, Perplexity-User; No list of services and prices found), the score would be about 90.3%, which would be first of 81 in Houston dentists, clinics and vets.

## The direct record
What agents get for Patterson Veterinary, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/pattersonvet.com
- Book: https://www.pattersonvet.com/Supplies/ProductItemFamily/866264/ICU-MEDICAL-INC?sn=Appointment-Scheduling-Products (own site; found by the scan of 2026-10-23, not yet tested)
- Order: none on record
- Menu: none on record
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: +18002257911
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/pattersonvet.com/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

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 11.7 | 25 |
| Readable | 1 | 25 |
| Actionable | 15 | 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/pattersonvet.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: 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/pattersonvet.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/pattersonvet.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=pattersonvet.com&force=1