# Salt Horse: Agent-Direct Score A (90%)

Site: https://www.salthorse.beer/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/salthorse.beer
Scanned: 2026-10-14 (Provisional: the assistant citation check still to come; the hatched part of the bar is not measured yet.)
Salt Horse is ready for agents.

## Direct links
- Book directly: https://www.salthorse.beer/book (on the business's own site)
- Menu: https://www.salthorse.beer/menu
- Phone: +44 7400 653 295

## What to fix first
- Nothing to fix.

## 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 (BarOrPub).** 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.

## Where it stands
7 of 377 in Edinburgh cafes and bars. Top 2% 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 | 79% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no edge block, no robots.txt block) | 90% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 36% | yes |
| Have an llms.txt | 26% | yes |

Nearest places in the index: Slow Progress Records & Coffee (B, 19 m, https://directindex.org/r/slowprogress.co.uk); The Banshee Labyrinth (C, 89 m, https://directindex.org/r/thebansheelabyrinth.com); Rowantree (D, 98 m, https://directindex.org/r/unusualvenuesedinburgh.com); Chayan (C, 110 m, https://directindex.org/r/chayan.uk); Cafe Voltaire (C, 116 m, https://directindex.org/r/thecabaretvoltaire.com); Supercube Cowgate (B, 121 m, https://directindex.org/r/supercube.biz); Whistle Binkies (B, 132 m, https://directindex.org/r/whistlebinkies.com); O’Neill's (B, 136 m, https://directindex.org/r/oneills.co.uk); The Inn On The Mile (C, 141 m, https://directindex.org/r/theinnonthemile.co.uk); The Royal Oak (D, 141 m, https://directindex.org/r/royal-oak-folk.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.

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

Read by AI agents 1 times this month.

## Businesses like Salt Horse in Edinburgh cafes and bars

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Same kind in Edinburgh cafes and bars | 377 | 50% | 31% | 90% |

The best of Same kind in Edinburgh cafes and bars: Cafe Vera (A 97.5%, https://directindex.org/r/cafevera.co.uk); Tolbooth Tavern (A 95%, https://directindex.org/r/tolboothtavern.co.uk); The Ox (A 93.8%, https://directindex.org/r/theoxedinburgh.com); Loujayne's Khartoum Cafe (A 91.3%, https://directindex.org/r/khartoumcafe.uk); Toast Tea (A 91.3%, https://directindex.org/r/toasttea.co.uk).

## The direct record
What agents get for Salt Horse, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/salthorse.beer
- Book: https://www.salthorse.beer/book (own site; could not verify: partial (2026-10-14))
- Order: none on record
- Menu: https://www.salthorse.beer/menu (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: Mo-We 16:00-23:00; Th 12:00-23:00; Fr-Sa 12:00-00:00; Su 12:30-23:00 (open now) (from OpenStreetMap)
- Phone: +44 7400 653 295
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/salthorse.beer/book, https://directindex.org/go/salthorse.beer/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

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

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 25 | 25 |
| Readable | 25 | 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/salthorse.beer
- 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

Deep report: https://directindex.org/r/salthorse.beer/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=salthorse.beer&force=1