# Shears Yard: Agent-Direct Score A (92.3%)

Site: https://www.shearsyard.com/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/shearsyard.com
Scanned: 2026-10-24 (Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.)
Shears Yard is ready for agents.
An AI assistant can open Shears Yard's website. It can read what Shears Yard offers. It finds a way to book or order directly on the site.

## Direct links
- Book directly: https://www.shearsyard.com/reservations (on the business's own site)
- Menu: https://www.shearsyard.com/christmas
- Address: Wharf Street 11-15 LS2 7EQ Leeds
- Its menu mentions: vegan options, vegetarian dishes

## Nearby, also direct
Places near Shears Yard that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Ambiente Tapas Y Bebidas (50 m): https://directindex.org/r/ambiente-tapas.co.uk
- Las Iguanas (140 m): https://directindex.org/r/iguanas.co.uk
- Döner Summer (190 m): https://directindex.org/r/donersummer.com
- Fishermans Wife (210 m): https://directindex.org/r/thefishermanswife.co.uk
- Pieminister (220 m): https://directindex.org/r/pieminister.co.uk

## What to fix first
- **Structured data is incomplete.** (+2 points) Missing: telephone. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant
- **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

## Fix kit: What to paste

Structured data (JSON-LD). Paste it as one block in the page's head, or in the builder's custom code box. Change anything that's wrong.

```html
<script type="application/ld+json">
{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "Restaurant",
  "name": "Shears Yard",
  "url": "https://www.shearsyard.com/",
  "address": {
    "@type": "PostalAddress",
    "streetAddress": "Wharf Street 11-15",
    "postalCode": "LS2 7EQ",
    "addressLocality": "Leeds"
  },
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 53.7951663,
    "longitude": -1.5382737
  },
  "acceptsReservations": "https://www.shearsyard.com/reservations",
  "hasMenu": "https://www.shearsyard.com/christmas",
  "potentialAction": [
    {
      "@type": "ReserveAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://www.shearsyard.com/reservations",
        "actionPlatform": [
          "http://schema.org/DesktopWebPlatform",
          "http://schema.org/MobileWebPlatform"
        ]
      },
      "result": {
        "@type": "Reservation",
        "name": "Reservation"
      }
    }
  ]
}
</script>
```

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

```
# Shears Yard

> restaurant in Wharf Street 11-15 LS2 7EQ Leeds, Leeds.

## Book or order directly

- Book: https://www.shearsyard.com/reservations (on the business's own site)
- Menu: https://www.shearsyard.com/christmas

## About

- Website: https://www.shearsyard.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 main AI user agents.
- **AI crawlers get the page.** GPTBot, ClaudeBot and PerplexityBot all got a normal response.
- **Structured data found (LocalBusiness).** address, opening hours
- **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read the items and prices.
- **Booking on your own site.** Agents can book without going through a marketplace.

## Where it stands
10 of 234 in Leeds. Top 4% 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% | yes |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 100% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 96% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 58% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 42% | no |

Nearest places in the index: Ambiente Tapas Y Bebidas (B, 45 m, https://directindex.org/r/ambiente-tapas.co.uk); Albaba (D, 119 m, https://directindex.org/r/albaba-restaurant.co.uk); Las Iguanas (B, 138 m, https://directindex.org/r/iguanas.co.uk); Döner Summer (B, 185 m, https://directindex.org/r/donersummer.com); Fat Annie's (D, 190 m, https://directindex.org/r/fatannies.co.uk); Jenny's Jerk Chicken (C, 203 m, https://directindex.org/r/jennysjerkchicken.co.uk); Fishermans Wife (B, 209 m, https://directindex.org/r/thefishermanswife.co.uk); Pieminister (B, 220 m, https://directindex.org/r/pieminister.co.uk); Apollonis (F, 244 m, https://directindex.org/r/apollonis.co.uk); Little Tokyo (B, 247 m, https://directindex.org/r/littletokyoleeds.co.uk).

## 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.

Recommended when people ask: "A special tasting menu for our anniversary next month. Book us in." (ChatGPT)


Compared with its peers: Sites built with Squarespace 61% (41% A or B, 32150 sites); This site 92.3%.

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

## Named by ChatGPT for "A special tasting menu for our anniversary next month. Book us in" in Leeds, October 2026
- "A special tasting menu for our anniversary next month. Book us in." (2026-10-23): ChatGPT with a link to this site. https://directindex.org/city/leeds/recommended/fine-dining
Named by 1 of 2 assistants asked. Badge: https://directindex.org/badge/named/shearsyard.com.svg

## Businesses like Shears Yard in Leeds

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Leeds | 234 | 61% | 48% | 92.3% |
| Sites built with Squarespace in Leeds | 15 | 77% | 80% | 92.3% |

The best of the sites built with Squarespace in Leeds: Buon Apps (A 93.8%, https://directindex.org/r/buonappsotley.com); Casa Colombiana (A 93.8%, https://directindex.org/r/casa-leeds.com); Estabulo (A 86.2%, https://directindex.org/r/estabulo.co.uk); Fern Modern Sushi (A 86.2%, https://directindex.org/r/fernmodernsushi.co.uk); Jollibee (B 84.6%, https://directindex.org/r/jollibee.uk).

With the fix above (Structured data is incomplete), the score would be about 95.4%. That would be 5th of 234 in Leeds, up from 10th.

## The direct record
What agents get for Shears Yard, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/shearsyard.com
- Book: https://www.shearsyard.com/reservations (own site; found by the scan of 2026-10-24, not yet tested)
- Order: none on record
- Menu: https://www.shearsyard.com/christmas (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: none on record
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/shearsyard.com/book, https://directindex.org/go/shearsyard.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 (Square, Toast, or a vendor whose terms allow agents): no

Found one hop past the home page: booking page /reservations: booking via resdiary.

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 25 | 25 |
| Readable | 20 | 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/shearsyard.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: 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/shearsyard.com/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/shearsyard.com/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=shearsyard.com&force=1