# The Curry Pot: Agent-Direct Score A (85.1%)

Site: https://the-currypot.co.uk/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/the-currypot.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.)
The Curry Pot is ready for agents.
Some AI assistants are turned away by The Curry Pot's website. It can read what The Curry Pot offers. It finds a way to book or order directly on the site.

## Direct links
- Order directly: https://the-currypot.co.uk/delivery (on the business's own site)
- Menu: https://the-currypot.co.uk/?scroll-to-menu=true
- Phone: 01942375400
- Address: 4-6 Market Street, Atherton, M46 0DN, Manchester
- Hours, from the-currypot.co.uk: Mon 17:00–22:00; Tue closed; Wed–Sat 17:00–22:00; Sun 16:00–21:00
- Prices: 167 prices on the site, the middle one £6.00

## Nearby, also direct
Places near The Curry Pot that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Manhattan Pizza Atherton (20 m): https://directindex.org/r/manhattan-atherton.co.uk
- Cactus Pizza (40 m): https://directindex.org/r/cactusfood.co.uk
- Tamarind Table (80 m): https://directindex.org/r/tamarindtable.co.uk
- Rani Fine Dining (190 m): https://directindex.org/r/ranifinedining.co.uk
- Black & White Food (270 m): https://directindex.org/r/blackandwhitefood.co.uk

## What to fix first
- **The server turns AI crawlers away at the door.** (+6.7 points) Requests as GPTBot (http_403), ClaudeBot (http_403) were refused, but a normal browser got the page. That's usually a bot list at the host or in a firewall that the owner never chose. Ask the host to allow these user agents. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/blocking-ai-crawlers-without-knowing
- **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

## What the site tells visitors (Measured, not scored)
- **167 prices on the landing page, the middle one £6.00.** In Manchester, the middle price of comparable sites that show prices is £9.00.

## Fix kit: What to paste

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

```
# The Curry Pot

> restaurant (asian fusion) in 4-6 Market Street, Atherton, M46 0DN, Manchester, Manchester. Phone 01942375400.

## Book or order directly

- Order: https://the-currypot.co.uk/delivery (on the business's own site)
- Menu: https://the-currypot.co.uk/?scroll-to-menu=true

## Opening hours

Mo,We-Sa 17:00-22:00; Su 16:00-21:00

## About

- Website: https://the-currypot.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 main AI user agents.
- **Structured data found (Restaurant).** address, phone, opening hours
- **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read the items and prices.
- **Ordering on your own site.** Agents can order without going through a marketplace.

## Where it stands
286 of 2377 in Manchester. Top 12% 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 | 99% | yes |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 85% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 94% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 49% | yes |
| Have an llms.txt | 28% | no |

Nearest places in the index: Manhattan Pizza Atherton (B, 15 m, https://directindex.org/r/manhattan-atherton.co.uk); Cactus Pizza (B, 40 m, https://directindex.org/r/cactusfood.co.uk); Tamarind Table (B, 78 m, https://directindex.org/r/tamarindtable.co.uk); Rani Fine Dining (C, 188 m, https://directindex.org/r/ranifinedining.co.uk); _my_bluebell_cafe_ (D, 197 m, https://directindex.org/r/bluebellcafe.co.uk); Black & White Food (C, 272 m, https://directindex.org/r/blackandwhitefood.co.uk); CRUNCHEESE (B, 625 m, https://directindex.org/r/crun-cheese.co.uk); Cherry Tree Caf (F, 817 m, https://directindex.org/r/cherrytreecafe.co.uk); Rama Spice (C, 952 m, https://directindex.org/r/ramaspice.co.uk); Tasty Grill (A, 1044 m, https://directindex.org/r/tastygrillatherton.com).

## 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 23 everyday questions about Manchester and named 142 places. The Curry Pot wasn't one of them. See who was named: https://directindex.org/city/manchester/recommended


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

## Businesses like The Curry Pot in Manchester

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Manchester | 2377 | 55% | 33% | 85.1% |

The best of the businesses of the same kind in Manchester: Abaseen Oldham (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/abaseenoldham.co.uk); Beech Inn (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/socialpubandkitchen.co.uk); Bread & Butties - Sale (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/breadandbuttiessale.online); Double Tree (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/doubletreealtrincham.co.uk); Emilio's (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/emilios.online).

With the fix above (The server turns AI crawlers away at the door), the score would be about 95.4%. That would be 42nd of 2,377 in Manchester, up from 286th.

## The direct record
What agents get for The Curry Pot, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/the-currypot.co.uk
- Book: none on record
- Order: https://the-currypot.co.uk/delivery (own site; found by the scan of 2026-10-21, not yet tested)
- Menu: https://the-currypot.co.uk/?scroll-to-menu=true (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: Mo,We-Sa 17:00-22:00; Su 16:00-21:00 (closed now) (from the-currypot.co.uk)
- Phone: 01942375400
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/the-currypot.co.uk/order, https://directindex.org/go/the-currypot.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 | 18.3 | 25 |
| Readable | 22 | 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/the-currypot.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

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