# The Pittsburgh Tour Company: Agent-Direct Score A (90.8%)

Site: http://www.pghtours.com
Report: https://directindex.org/r/pghtours.com
Scanned: 2026-11-15 (Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.)
The Pittsburgh Tour Company is ready for agents.
An AI assistant can open The Pittsburgh Tour Company's website. It can read what The Pittsburgh Tour Company offers. It finds a way to book or order directly on the site.

## Direct links
- Book directly: https://www.pghtours.com/buytickets (on the business's own site)
- Menu: https://www.pghtours.com/pricing
- Phone: +14123818687
- Address: 523 S 27th St, Pittsburgh 15203
- Hours, from pghtours.com: Mon–Sun 09:00–18:00

## Nearby, also direct
Places near The Pittsburgh Tour Company that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Enterprise Rent-A-Car (950 m): https://directindex.org/r/enterprise.com
- Carnegie Museum of Natural History (2.2 km): https://directindex.org/r/carnegiemnh.org
- The Hall of Architecture (2.3 km): https://directindex.org/r/carnegieart.org
- City Brew Tours Pittsburgh (2.6 km): https://directindex.org/r/citybrewtours.com
- Dollar Rent a Car (2.6 km): https://directindex.org/r/dollar.com

## What to fix first
- **Structured data is incomplete.** (+3 points) Missing: opening hours. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant

## 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": "The Pittsburgh Tour Company",
  "url": "http://www.pghtours.com",
  "telephone": "+14123818687",
  "address": "523 S 27th St, Pittsburgh 15203",
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 40.42758886,
    "longitude": -79.96610016
  },
  "openingHours": "Mo-Su 09:00-18:00",
  "openingHoursSpecification": [
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Monday",
        "Tuesday",
        "Wednesday",
        "Thursday",
        "Friday",
        "Saturday",
        "Sunday"
      ],
      "opens": "09:00",
      "closes": "18:00"
    }
  ],
  "potentialAction": [
    {
      "@type": "ReserveAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://www.pghtours.com/buytickets",
        "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 main AI user agents.
- **AI crawlers get the page.** GPTBot, ClaudeBot and PerplexityBot all got a normal response.
- **Structured data found (LocalBusiness).** address, phone
- **Tickets and prices is an HTML page.** Agents can read the items and prices.
- **Tickets on your own site.** Agents can buy tickets without going through a marketplace.

## Where it stands
Not ranked yet in Pittsburgh tours, attractions and museums.

| What the top 10% of the index does | Top 10% | This site |
|---|---|---|
| Take bookings or orders on their own domain | 70% | yes |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 10% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 90% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 10% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 10% | yes |

Nearest places in the index: Enterprise Rent-A-Car (F, 945 m, https://directindex.org/r/enterprise.com); Schenley Park Visitors Center (D, 2045 m, https://directindex.org/r/pittsburghparks.org); Carnegie Museum of Natural History (C, 2187 m, https://directindex.org/r/carnegiemnh.org); Latin American Cultural Center (D, 2226 m, https://directindex.org/r/lasaweb.org); The Hall of Architecture (C, 2261 m, https://directindex.org/r/carnegieart.org); Presenting Pittsburgh, Inc. (F, 2504 m, https://directindex.org/r/presentingpittsburgh.com); City Brew Tours Pittsburgh (C, 2615 m, https://directindex.org/r/citybrewtours.com); Dollar Rent a Car (C, 2624 m, https://directindex.org/r/dollar.com); Patterns of Meaning (D, 2664 m, https://directindex.org/r/patternsofmeaning.org); Haunted Pittsburgh LLC (F, 2856 m, https://directindex.org/r/hauntedpittsburghtours.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 Pittsburgh tours, attractions and museums and named 53 places. The Pittsburgh Tour Company wasn't one of them. See who was named: https://directindex.org/city/pittsburgh-tours/recommended


Compared with its peers: Sites built with Wix 53% (31% A or B, 58197 sites); This site 90.8%.

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

## Businesses like The Pittsburgh Tour Company in Pittsburgh tours, attractions and museums

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Pittsburgh tours, attractions and museums | 14 | 58% | 29% | 90.8% |
| Sites built with Wix in Pittsburgh tours, attractions and museums | 3 | 72% | 33% | 90.8% |

The best of the businesses of the same kind in Pittsburgh tours, attractions and museums: Museum of Illusions Pittsburgh (B 84.6%, https://directindex.org/r/moipittsburgh.com); Senator John Heinz History Center (B 80%, https://directindex.org/r/heinzhistorycenter.org); Kamin Science Center (B 75.4%, https://directindex.org/r/kaminsciencecenter.org); Pittsburgh Glass Center (B 73.8%, https://directindex.org/r/pittsburghglasscenter.org); Center for PostNatural History (C 64.6%, https://directindex.org/r/postnatural.org).

With the fix above (Structured data is incomplete), the score would be about 95.4%, which would be first of 14 in Pittsburgh tours, attractions and museums.

## The direct record
What agents get for The Pittsburgh Tour Company, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/pghtours.com
- Book: https://www.pghtours.com/buytickets (own site; found by the scan of 2026-11-15, not yet tested)
- Order: none on record
- Menu: https://www.pghtours.com/pricing (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: Mo-Su 09:00-18:00 (open now) (from pghtours.com)
- Phone: +14123818687
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/pghtours.com/book, https://directindex.org/go/pghtours.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

Found one hop past the home page: menu page /pricing: booking via fareharbor, 10 prices.

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 25 | 25 |
| Readable | 19 | 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/pghtours.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/pghtours.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/pghtours.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=pghtours.com&force=1