# Red Lion: Agent-Direct Score B (75.4%)

Site: http://www.redlionoldham.co.uk/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/redlionoldham.co.uk
Scanned: 2026-10-21 (Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.)
Red Lion is mostly ready for agents.
An AI assistant can open Red Lion's website. It can read what Red Lion offers. It finds a phone number, but no link to book or order online.

## Direct links
- Menu: https://www.redlionoldham.co.uk/food-drink-menus/
- Phone: +441613994907
- Address: Red Lion, 109 High St, OL4 4LY, Oldham

## Nearby, also direct
Places near Red Lion that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- The Village Tearoom (50 m): https://directindex.org/r/the-tea-house.com
- The Hawthorne Inn (1.1 km): https://directindex.org/r/ukcampsite.co.uk
- Carrion Crow (1.6 km): https://directindex.org/r/carrioncrowoldham.co.uk
- The Happy House Chippy (1.7 km): https://directindex.org/r/happyhouseoldham.co.uk

## What to fix first
- **No booking or ordering link on the website.** (+13 points) There's only a phone number or WhatsApp, and agents can't use those yet. If you take bookings or orders through a platform, link to it from the site so agents can find it. Add a booking or ordering page. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/book-direct-on-your-own-website
- **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 +447801993573, but OpenStreetMap or Overture Maps lists +441613994907. 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

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

```
# Red Lion

> bar or pub in Red Lion, 109 High St, OL4 4LY, Oldham, Manchester cafes and bars. Phone +441613994907.

## Book or order directly

- Menu: https://www.redlionoldham.co.uk/food-drink-menus/

## About

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

## Already right
- **robots.txt lets AI crawlers in.** There's no robots.txt, which means everything is allowed.
- **AI crawlers get the page.** GPTBot, ClaudeBot and PerplexityBot all got a normal response.
- **Structured data found (BarOrPub).** address, phone, opening hours
- **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read the items and prices.

## Where it stands
203 of 1309 in Manchester cafes and bars. Top 16% of the sites scanned in this index.

| What the top 10% of the index does | Top 10% | This site |
|---|---|---|
| Take bookings or orders on their own domain | 100% | no |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 92% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 86% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 30% | yes |
| Have an llms.txt | 20% | no |

Nearest places in the index: The Village Tearoom (C, 50 m, https://directindex.org/r/the-tea-house.com); Top House (F, 255 m, https://directindex.org/r/thetophouse.com); The Grapes (D, 501 m, https://directindex.org/r/grapespuboldham.com); ROC 'n' Rolls Holts Community Centre (D, 900 m, https://directindex.org/r/uk.com); Royal Hotel (C, 1100 m, https://directindex.org/r/royalhotel-symondsyat.com); The Hawthorne Inn (D, 1130 m, https://directindex.org/r/ukcampsite.co.uk); The Greenacres (C, 1189 m, https://directindex.org/r/greenacrehotel.com.au); Carrion Crow (B, 1569 m, https://directindex.org/r/carrioncrowoldham.co.uk); The Happy House Chippy (B, 1679 m, https://directindex.org/r/happyhouseoldham.co.uk); Tudor Cafe (D, 1873 m, https://directindex.org/r/jmaps.net).

## 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 Manchester cafes and bars and named 52 places. Red Lion wasn't one of them. See who was named: https://directindex.org/city/manchester-cafes-bars/recommended


See what an AI agent reads on this site: https://directindex.org/r/redlionoldham.co.uk/agent-view

## Businesses like Red Lion in Manchester cafes and bars

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Manchester cafes and bars | 1309 | 49% | 24% | 75.4% |

The best of the businesses of the same kind in Manchester cafes and bars: Pink Cafe (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/pinkcafe.co.uk); Popworld (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/popworldparty.co.uk); The Waldorf (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/greatlocalpubs.co.uk); Stamford Arms (A 98.5%, https://directindex.org/r/stamfordarmsstalybridge.co.uk); Darts 59 (A 96.9%, https://directindex.org/r/bar59ashton.co.uk).

With the fix above (No booking or ordering link on the website), the score would be about 95.4%. That would be 7th of 1,309 in Manchester cafes and bars, up from 203rd.

## The direct record
What agents get for Red Lion, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/redlionoldham.co.uk
- Book: none on record
- Order: none on record
- Menu: https://www.redlionoldham.co.uk/food-drink-menus/ (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: +441613994907
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/redlionoldham.co.uk/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 (Square, Toast, or a vendor whose terms allow agents): no

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 25 | 25 |
| Readable | 22 | 25 |
| Actionable | 2 | 15 (the action test: pending) |
| Cited | 0 | 0 (the assistant citation check: pending) |

## Agent readiness (Cloudflare)
Level 0 of 5, Not Ready. Cloudflare's report: https://isitagentready.com/redlionoldham.co.uk
- 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: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/ai-rules/SKILL.md)
- 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: yes

Keep watching this business (https://directindex.org/r/redlionoldham.co.uk/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/redlionoldham.co.uk/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=redlionoldham.co.uk&force=1