# The Royal Oak: Agent-Direct Score B (70%)

Site: https://www.royaloakpubmanchester.co.uk/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/royaloakpubmanchester.co.uk
Scanned: 2026-10-14 (Provisional: the assistant citation check still to come; the hatched part of the bar is not measured yet.)
The Royal Oak is mostly ready for agents.

## Direct links
- Order directly: https://www.royaloakpubmanchester.co.uk/order-pay (on the business's own site)
- Phone: +44 161 4344788

## What to fix first
- **No menu or price list found.** (+7 points) Agents answer 'what do they offer' from marketplaces instead. Add a menu or price list page and link it from the homepage. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/menu-pdf-ai
- **Structured data is incomplete.** (+6 points) Missing: address, telephone, opening hours. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant
- **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

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 Royal Oak",
  "url": "https://www.royaloakpubmanchester.co.uk/",
  "telephone": "+44 161 4344788",
  "email": "RoyalOak.Didsbury@phoenixpub.co.uk",
  "address": {
    "@type": "PostalAddress",
    "streetAddress": "Wilmslow Road 729",
    "postalCode": "M20 6WF",
    "addressLocality": "Manchester",
    "addressCountry": "GB"
  },
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 53.4163589,
    "longitude": -2.2315177
  },
  "openingHours": "Mo-Su 12:00-23:00",
  "openingHoursSpecification": [
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [],
      "opens": "12:00",
      "closes": "23:00"
    }
  ],
  "potentialAction": [
    {
      "@type": "OrderAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://www.royaloakpubmanchester.co.uk/order-pay",
        "actionPlatform": [
          "http://schema.org/DesktopWebPlatform",
          "http://schema.org/MobileWebPlatform"
        ]
      }
    }
  ]
}
</script>
```

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

```
# The Royal Oak

> bar or pub in Wilmslow Road 729 M20 6WF Manchester, Manchester cafes and bars. Phone +44 161 4344788.

## Book or order directly

- Order: https://www.royaloakpubmanchester.co.uk/order-pay (on the business's own site)

## Opening hours

Mo-Su 12:00-23:00

## About

- Website: https://www.royaloakpubmanchester.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.** 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 (LocalBusiness).** but without address, phone or hours
- **Ordering on your own site.** Agents can order without a marketplace in the loop.

## Where it stands
47 of 194 in Manchester cafes and bars. Top 24% 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 | 95% | no |
| Let AI crawlers in (no edge block, no robots.txt block) | 85% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 35% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 25% | no |

Nearest places in the index: The Crown (D, 85 m, https://directindex.org/r/thefamouscrown.com); Bunny's Outpost (D, 177 m, https://directindex.org/r/bunnysdivebars.co.uk); Home Community Café (C, 229 m, https://directindex.org/r/homecommunitycafe.org); Art of Tea (D, 255 m, https://directindex.org/r/theartoftea.co.uk); The Wild Alderman (A, 626 m, https://directindex.org/r/thewildalderman.co.uk); Fog Lane Park Cafe (D, 1066 m, https://directindex.org/r/foglanepark.co.uk); The Woodstock Arms (B, 1110 m, https://directindex.org/r/thewoodstockarmsdidsbury.co.uk); Folk Cafe Bar (F, 1336 m, https://directindex.org/r/folkcafebar.co.uk); Volta (F, 1339 m, https://directindex.org/r/rhubarbrestaurant.co.uk); Goodtime Games (A, 1373 m, https://directindex.org/r/goodtimegames.co.uk).

## 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 58% (28% A or B, 36794 sites); This site 70%.

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

## Businesses like The Royal Oak in Manchester cafes and bars

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Same kind in Manchester cafes and bars | 194 | 49% | 25% | 70% |
| Built with WordPress in Manchester cafes and bars | 59 | 61% | 34% | 70% |

The best of Built with WordPress in Manchester cafes and bars: Goodtime Games (A 96.3%, https://directindex.org/r/goodtimegames.co.uk); Arcane Bar (A 88.8%, https://directindex.org/r/cocktailbarmanchester.com); The Aviator (A 88.8%, https://directindex.org/r/theaviatorpub.co.uk); The Wild Alderman (A 88.8%, https://directindex.org/r/thewildalderman.co.uk); The Ford Madox Brown (A 86.2%, https://directindex.org/r/jdwetherspoon.com).

With the two fixes above (No menu or price list found; Structured data is incomplete) the score would be about 86.3%: 12th of 194 in Manchester cafes and bars, up from 47th.

## The direct record
What agents get for The Royal Oak, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/royaloakpubmanchester.co.uk
- Book: none on record
- Order: https://www.royaloakpubmanchester.co.uk/order-pay (own site; could not verify: partial (2026-10-14))
- Menu: none on record
- Hours: Mo-Su 12:00-23:00 (closed now) (from OpenStreetMap)
- Phone: +44 161 4344788
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/royaloakpubmanchester.co.uk/order

## 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

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

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 25 | 25 |
| Readable | 9 | 25 |
| Actionable | 22 | 30 |
| Cited | 0 | 0 (the assistant citation check: pending) |

## Agent readiness (Cloudflare)
Level 1 of 5, Basic Web Presence. Cloudflare's report: https://isitagentready.com/royaloakpubmanchester.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: 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: yes

Deep report: https://directindex.org/r/royaloakpubmanchester.co.uk/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=royaloakpubmanchester.co.uk&force=1