# The Publick House: Agent-Direct Score B (76.9%)

Site: https://publickhousebrookline.com/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/publickhousebrookline.com
Scanned: 2026-10-14 (Provisional: the action test and the assistant citation check still to come; the hatched part of the bar is not measured yet.)
The Publick House is mostly ready for agents.

## Direct links
- Book directly: https://www.exploretock.com/the-publick-house (through tock acting for the business)
- Order directly: https://www.toasttab.com/the-publick-house-1648-beacon-st (through toast acting for the business)
- Menu: https://publickhousebrookline.com/pages/drink-menu-landing-page
- Phone: +1-617-277-2880

## What to fix first
- **Structured data is incomplete.** (+7 points) Missing: address, telephone, opening hours. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant

## Fix kit: What to paste

Structured data (JSON-LD). One block in the page's head, or in the builder's custom-code slot. Replace anything that is wrong.

```html
<script type="application/ld+json">
{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "BarOrPub",
  "name": "The Publick House",
  "url": "https://publickhousebrookline.com/",
  "telephone": "+1-617-277-2880",
  "address": {
    "@type": "PostalAddress",
    "streetAddress": "Beacon Street 1648",
    "postalCode": "02445",
    "addressLocality": "Brookline"
  },
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 42.3393008,
    "longitude": -71.1366217
  },
  "openingHours": "Mo 17:00-23:00; Tu,We 17:00-00:00; Th 17:00-01:00; Fr 16:00-01:00; Sa 12:00-01:00; Su 12:00-22:00",
  "openingHoursSpecification": [
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Monday"
      ],
      "opens": "17:00",
      "closes": "23:00"
    },
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Tuesday",
        "Wednesday"
      ],
      "opens": "17:00",
      "closes": "00:00"
    },
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Thursday"
      ],
      "opens": "17:00",
      "closes": "01:00"
    },
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Friday"
      ],
      "opens": "16:00",
      "closes": "01:00"
    },
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Saturday"
      ],
      "opens": "12:00",
      "closes": "01:00"
    },
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Sunday"
      ],
      "opens": "12:00",
      "closes": "22:00"
    }
  ],
  "acceptsReservations": "https://www.exploretock.com/the-publick-house",
  "hasMenu": "https://publickhousebrookline.com/pages/drink-menu-landing-page",
  "potentialAction": [
    {
      "@type": "ReserveAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://www.exploretock.com/the-publick-house",
        "actionPlatform": [
          "http://schema.org/DesktopWebPlatform",
          "http://schema.org/MobileWebPlatform"
        ]
      },
      "result": {
        "@type": "Reservation",
        "name": "Reservation"
      }
    },
    {
      "@type": "OrderAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://www.toasttab.com/the-publick-house-1648-beacon-st",
        "actionPlatform": [
          "http://schema.org/DesktopWebPlatform",
          "http://schema.org/MobileWebPlatform"
        ]
      }
    }
  ]
}
</script>
```

## 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 (Organization).** but without address, phone or hours
- **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read items and prices directly.
- **Booking through tock on your own domain.** No marketplace commission, and the guest stays yours.
- **Ordering through toast on your own domain.** No marketplace commission, and the guest stays yours.
- **Tock lets agents act only through its partners.** Tock's terms (12 February 2026) prohibit robots, scripts, scrapers and automated systems except software expressly licensed by Tock; Google names Tock as an AI Mode booking partner. Read 2026-10-15: https://www.exploretock.com/terms. An assistant that is not a partner cannot finish the step there; a direct path on your own domain works for all of them.

## Where it stands
64 of 249 in Boston cafes and bars. Top 26% 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 | 92% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no edge block, no robots.txt block) | 100% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 28% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 8% | yes |

Nearest places in the index: Café Fixe (F, 31 m, https://directindex.org/r/cafefixe.com); Knight Moves Cafe (A, 979 m, https://directindex.org/r/knightmovescafe.com); Royaltea (F, 1082 m, https://directindex.org/r/clover.com); Hopewell Bar + Kitchen (A, 1185 m, https://directindex.org/r/hopewellboston.com); Cafe Landwer (B, 1214 m, https://directindex.org/r/landwercafe.com); Coolidge Corner Clubhouse (B, 1216 m, https://directindex.org/r/coolidgecornerclubhouse.com); Paris Creperie (C, 1261 m, https://directindex.org/r/pariscreperie.com); The Avenue (A, 1262 m, https://directindex.org/r/avenuebar.com); Machi machi (C, 1402 m, https://directindex.org/r/chowbus.com); Heytea (F, 1427 m, https://directindex.org/r/heytea.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 Shopify 58% (37% A or B, 1345 sites); Sites using Tock 73% (60% A or B, 129 sites); Sites using Toast 74% (63% A or B, 1884 sites); This site 76.9%.

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

## Businesses like The Publick House in Boston cafes and bars

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Same kind in Boston cafes and bars | 249 | 55% | 37% | 76.9% |
| Built with Shopify in Boston cafes and bars | 11 | 71% | 55% | 76.9% |
| Using Tock in Boston cafes and bars | 4 | 73% | 75% | 76.9% |
| Built with Shopify and using Tock in Boston cafes and bars | 1 | 77% | 100% | 76.9% |

The best of Using Tock in Boston cafes and bars: Backbar (B 84.6%, https://directindex.org/r/backbarunion.com); Extra Dirty Cocktail Club (B 76.9%, https://directindex.org/r/extradirtynorthend.com); Farmacia (D 53.8%, https://directindex.org/r/farmacianorthend.com).

With the fix above (Structured data is incomplete) the score would be about 87.7%: 18th of 249 in Boston cafes and bars, up from 64th.

## The direct record
What agents get for The Publick House, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/publickhousebrookline.com
- Book: https://www.exploretock.com/the-publick-house (vendor on own site: Tock; found by the scan of 2026-10-14, not yet tested)
- Order: https://www.toasttab.com/the-publick-house-1648-beacon-st (vendor on own site: Toast; found by the scan of 2026-10-14, not yet tested)
- Menu: https://publickhousebrookline.com/pages/drink-menu-landing-page (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: Mo 17:00-23:00; Tu,We 17:00-00:00; Th 17:00-01:00; Fr 16:00-01:00; Sa 12:00-01:00; Su 12:00-22:00 (closed now) (from OpenStreetMap)
- Phone: +1-617-277-2880
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/publickhousebrookline.com/book, https://directindex.org/go/publickhousebrookline.com/order, https://directindex.org/go/publickhousebrookline.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): not measured
- ACP discovery document (/.well-known/acp.json, OpenAI and Stripe's Agentic Commerce Protocol): not measured
- 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): not measured
- Vendor terms for agents, Tock: Partners only. Tock's terms (12 February 2026) prohibit robots, scripts, scrapers and automated systems except software expressly licensed by Tock; Google names Tock as an AI Mode booking partner. Read 2026-10-15: https://www.exploretock.com/terms

Not measured at this scan; the next scan measures it.

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 25 | 25 |
| Readable | 15 | 25 |
| Actionable | 10 | 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/publickhousebrookline.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: yes
- 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: yes
- OAuth protected resource metadata: yes
- 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: yes
- JSON-LD for the business: yes

Deep report: https://directindex.org/r/publickhousebrookline.com/deep. Ten questions the way people ask, each assistant's full answer, the eight nearest similar places, the fix plan and a PDF: 19 EUR, one-off.
Methodology: https://directindex.org/methodology · Rescan now: https://directindex.org/scan?url=publickhousebrookline.com&force=1