# Soul: Agent-Direct Score B (82.5%)

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

## Direct links
- Book directly: https://soulvegan.uk/reservation/ (on the business's own site)
- Menu: https://soulvegan.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Soul-Vegan-Menu-August-2026.pdf
- Phone: +44 131 629 3958

## What to fix first
- **Menu or price list is a PDF.** (+3 points) Most agents skip PDFs or read them badly. Publish it as HTML, keep the PDF as a download. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/menu-pdf-ai
- **Ordering only through ubereats.** (no points, still worth doing) Every agent transaction goes through the marketplace and its commission. Add a direct path on your own site, even a simple form. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/online-ordering-without-delivery-apps

## 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 (FoodEstablishment).** address, phone, opening hours
- **Booking on your own site.** Agents can book without a marketplace in the loop.

## Where it stands
98 of 459 in Edinburgh. Top 21% 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 | 74% | no |
| Let AI crawlers in (no edge block, no robots.txt block) | 94% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 68% | yes |
| Have an llms.txt | 23% | yes |

Nearest places in the index: Yikou Charcoal Pot (A, 117 m, https://directindex.org/r/makiramen.com); KFC (B, 167 m, https://directindex.org/r/kfc.co.uk); The Mosque Kitchen (B, 189 m, https://directindex.org/r/mosquekitchen.com); Thai2go (B, 196 m, https://directindex.org/r/thai2go.net); Tapas3 (C, 221 m, https://directindex.org/r/tapas3.co.uk); Soul Sushi (F, 225 m, https://directindex.org/r/soulsushi.co.uk); Mosque Kitchen (A, 229 m, https://directindex.org/r/mosquekitchen.co.uk); Pizza Posto (B, 230 m, https://directindex.org/r/pizzaposto.co.uk); City Restaurant (B, 232 m, https://directindex.org/r/thecityrestaurant.co.uk); Solti (B, 249 m, https://directindex.org/r/soltiedinburgh.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% (29% A or B, 36926 sites); Sites using Uber Eats 63% (34% A or B, 661 sites); This site 82.5%.

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

## Businesses like Soul in Edinburgh

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Same kind in Edinburgh | 459 | 57% | 46% | 82.5% |
| Built with WordPress in Edinburgh | 153 | 72% | 64% | 82.5% |
| Using Uber Eats in Edinburgh | 4 | 74% | 50% | 82.5% |
| Built with WordPress and using Uber Eats in Edinburgh | 4 | 74% | 50% | 82.5% |

The best of Built with WordPress and using Uber Eats in Edinburgh: Rosa's Thai Cafe (A 90%, https://directindex.org/r/rosasthai.com); Mowgli Street Food (C 67.7%, https://directindex.org/r/mowglistreetfood.com); Bread Meats Bread (D 53.8%, https://directindex.org/r/breadmeatsbread.com).

With the fix above (Menu or price list is a PDF) the score would be about 86.3%: 41st of 459 in Edinburgh, up from 98th.

## The direct record
What agents get for Soul, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/soulvegan.uk
- Book: https://soulvegan.uk/reservation/ (own site; could not verify: partial (2026-10-14))
- Order: none on record
- Menu: https://soulvegan.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Soul-Vegan-Menu-August-2026.pdf (pdf; from the scan)
- Hours: Mo off; Tu 17:00-21:30; We-Th,Su 12:00-15:00,17:00-21:30; Fr-Sa 12:00-15:00,17:00-22:00 (closed now) (from OpenStreetMap)
- Phone: +44 131 629 3958
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/soulvegan.uk/book, https://directindex.org/go/soulvegan.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): 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 | 19 | 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/soulvegan.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: 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: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/webmcp/SKILL.md)
- JSON-LD for the business: yes

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