# The Plough & the Stars: Agent-Direct Score A (100%)

Site: https://ploughstars.com
Report: https://directindex.org/r/ploughstars.com
Scanned: 2026-10-16 (Provisional: the action test and the assistant citation check still to come; the hatched part of the bar is not measured yet.)
The Plough & the Stars is ready for agents.
An AI assistant can open the website of The Plough & the Stars. It can read what The Plough & the Stars offers. It finds a way to book or order directly on the site.

## Direct links
- Book directly: https://ploughstars.com/reservations (on the business's own site)
- Order directly: https://www.toasttab.com/plough/v3/?mode=fulfillment (through toast acting for the business)
- Menu: https://ploughstars.com/menu
- Phone: +1 215-733-0300

## What to fix first
- **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

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

```
# The Plough & the Stars

> bar or pub in Chestnut Street 123 19106 Philadelphia, Philadelphia cafes and bars. Phone +1 215-733-0300.

## Book or order directly

- Book: https://ploughstars.com/reservations (on the business's own site)
- Order: https://www.toasttab.com/plough/v3/?mode=fulfillment (through toast acting for the business)
- Menu: https://ploughstars.com/menu

## Opening hours

Mo-Fr 12:00-26:00, Sa-Su 11:30-26:00

## About

- Website: https://ploughstars.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 key AI user agents.
- **AI crawlers get the page.** GPTBot, ClaudeBot and PerplexityBot all received a normal response.
- **Structured data present (Restaurant).** address, phone, opening hours
- **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read items and prices directly.
- **Booking on your own site.** Agents can book without a marketplace in the loop.
- **Ordering through toast on your own domain.** No marketplace commission, and the guest stays yours.

## Where it stands
3 of 224 in Philadelphia cafes and bars. Top 1% of the sites scanned in this index.

| What the top tenth 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 edge block, no robots.txt block) | 100% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 43% | yes |
| Have an llms.txt | 4% | no |

Nearest places in the index: Khyber Pass Pub (B, 27 m, https://directindex.org/r/khyberpasspub.com); Eggcellent Cafe (A, 73 m, https://directindex.org/r/eggcellent.cafe); Buffalo Billiards (F, 85 m, https://directindex.org/r/buffalobilliardsphilly.com); Brasil's Nightclub (B, 93 m, https://directindex.org/r/brasilsnightclub-philly.com); The Monto (D, 148 m, https://directindex.org/r/themontophilly.com); Cour di Cafe (D, 164 m, https://directindex.org/r/cuordicaffe.net); Olivier Cafe (C, 187 m, https://directindex.org/r/oliviercafe.com); National Mechanics (C, 199 m, https://directindex.org/r/nationalmechanics.com); Menagerie Coffee (C, 203 m, https://directindex.org/r/menageriecoffee.com); Old City Coffee (F, 237 m, https://directindex.org/r/oldcitycoffee.com).

## What assistants answer
Not asked yet. Assistants are asked about the top-ranked businesses in each city index, and about every claimed business the moment it is claimed; claim this page to be included.

Against its peers: Sites built with WordPress 59% (31% A or B, 38935 sites); Sites using Toast 72% (58% A or B, 2267 sites); This site 100%.

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

## Businesses like The Plough & the Stars in Philadelphia cafes and bars

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Philadelphia cafes and bars | 224 | 50% | 24% | 100% |
| Sites built with WordPress in Philadelphia cafes and bars | 65 | 56% | 28% | 100% |
| Sites using Toast in Philadelphia cafes and bars | 34 | 66% | 38% | 100% |
| Sites built with WordPress and using Toast in Philadelphia cafes and bars | 12 | 68% | 33% | 100% |

The best of the sites built with WordPress and using Toast in Philadelphia cafes and bars: Bourbon & Branch (A 86.2%, https://directindex.org/r/bourbonandbranchphilly.com); Fitz on 4th (B 83.1%, https://directindex.org/r/fitzon4th.com); Fill A Bagel & Breads (B 78.5%, https://directindex.org/r/fillabagel.com); Pub Webb (C 68.2%, https://directindex.org/r/pubwebb.com); 12 Steps Down (C 66.2%, https://directindex.org/r/12stepsdown.com).

## The direct record
What agents get for The Plough & the Stars, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/ploughstars.com
- Book: https://ploughstars.com/reservations (own site; found by the scan of 2026-10-16, not yet tested)
- Order: https://www.toasttab.com/plough/v3/?mode=fulfillment (vendor on own site: Toast; found by the scan of 2026-10-16, not yet tested)
- Menu: https://ploughstars.com/menu (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: Mo-Fr 12:00-26:00, Sa-Su 11:30-26:00 (from OpenStreetMap)
- Phone: +1 215-733-0300
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/ploughstars.com/book, https://directindex.org/go/ploughstars.com/order, https://directindex.org/go/ploughstars.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

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 25 | 25 |
| Readable | 25 | 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/ploughstars.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: yes
- 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/ploughstars.com/plan): the assistants asked again every month, with what changed; 2 EUR a month or 19 EUR a year.
Deep report: https://directindex.org/r/ploughstars.com/deep. Ten questions the way people ask, each assistant's full answer, the eight nearest similar places, the fix plan and a PDF: 5 EUR, one-off. 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=ploughstars.com&force=1