# Punch Bowl: Agent-Direct Score C (68.8%) Site: http://www.the-punchbowl.co.uk Report: https://directindex.org/r/the-punchbowl.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.) Punch Bowl is partly visible to agents. Some AI assistants are turned away by Punch Bowl's website. It can read what Punch Bowl offers. It finds a way to book or order directly on the site. ## Direct links - Book directly: https://www.the-punchbowl.co.uk/resdiary-table-reservations.html (on the business's own site) - Menu: https://www.the-punchbowl.co.uk/sample-menu.html - Phone: 01942 894716 - Address: 165 Market Street, M46 0DF, Atherton - Its menu mentions: vegan options, a children's menu, a lunch or set menu ## Nearby, also direct Places near Punch Bowl that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between. - Talbot (300 m): https://directindex.org/r/talbotpub.co.uk - Pizza Colosseum (600 m): https://directindex.org/r/colosseum-atherton.co.uk - The Cabinet (970 m): https://directindex.org/r/thecabinetatherton.com - The Lion, Atherton (1.4 km): https://directindex.org/r/littlelionscattery.co.uk ## What to fix first - **No structured data for the business.** (+14 points) Add schema.org JSON-LD for the business (CafeOrCoffeeShop, BarOrPub or the closest type, with name, address, telephone and openingHoursSpecification, plus servesCuisine). Every assistant reads this block first, and the fix kit below has it filled in. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant - **The server turns AI crawlers away at the door.** (+3.3 points) Requests as ClaudeBot (challenge:attention required) 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 - **The phone number on the site doesn't match the open map data.** The site shows 01539568237, but OpenStreetMap or Overture Maps lists 01942 894716. An assistant that sees two numbers can't tell which one to trust. Fix whichever is wrong, on the site or in the map data at openstreetmap.org. ## 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 ``` llms.txt. Save as /llms.txt at the root of the site. ``` # Punch Bowl > local business in 165 Market Street, M46 0DF, Atherton, Manchester cafes and bars. Phone 01942 894716. ## Book or order directly - Book: https://www.the-punchbowl.co.uk/resdiary-table-reservations.html (on the business's own site) - Menu: https://www.the-punchbowl.co.uk/sample-menu.html ## About - Website: http://www.the-punchbowl.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. - **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 Not ranked yet in Manchester cafes and bars. | 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 | 92% | yes | | Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 86% | no | | Structured data with address, phone and hours | 30% | no | | Have an llms.txt | 20% | no | Nearest places in the index: Talbot (A, 296 m, https://directindex.org/r/talbotpub.co.uk); Mechanics Rest at the Taphouse (F, 576 m, https://directindex.org/r/realalefinder.com); Pizza Colosseum (A, 604 m, https://directindex.org/r/colosseum-atherton.co.uk); Mountain Dew (F, 853 m, https://directindex.org/r/mountaindew.com); Pendle Witch (C, 861 m, https://directindex.org/r/moorhouses.co.uk); The Cabinet (C, 974 m, https://directindex.org/r/thecabinetatherton.com); Players Lounge Atherton (C, 1333 m, https://directindex.org/r/playersloungeuk.com); The Lion, Atherton (C, 1416 m, https://directindex.org/r/littlelionscattery.co.uk); Paul's Bar (F, 1634 m, https://directindex.org/r/thebarbolton.co.uk); Chung's Chinese Takeaway & Fish And Chips (C, 2098 m, https://directindex.org/r/newchungfishchipsandchinesetakeaway.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 12 everyday questions about Manchester cafes and bars and named 52 places. Punch Bowl wasn't one of them. See who was named: https://directindex.org/city/manchester-cafes-bars/recommended Compared with its peers: Sites built with Weebly 36% (1% A or B, 5396 sites); This site 68.8%. See what an AI agent reads on this site: https://directindex.org/r/the-punchbowl.co.uk/agent-view ## Businesses like Punch Bowl in Manchester cafes and bars | Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site | |---|---|---|---|---| | Sites built with Weebly in Manchester cafes and bars | 12 | 37% | 0% | 68.8% | The best of the sites built with Weebly in Manchester cafes and bars: Roquettes (D 44.6%, https://directindex.org/r/weebly.com); Hewitts Cafe (D 40.9%, https://directindex.org/r/weebly.com); Ladybarn Social Club (F 38.5%, https://directindex.org/r/ladybarnsocialclub.co.uk); Diane's Deli (F 33.4%, https://directindex.org/r/talesfromparadiseheights.com); The Cozy Cafe (F 33.4%, https://directindex.org/r/weebly.com). ## The direct record What agents get for Punch Bowl, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/the-punchbowl.co.uk - Book: https://www.the-punchbowl.co.uk/resdiary-table-reservations.html (own site; found by the scan of 2026-10-21, not yet tested) - Order: none on record - Menu: https://www.the-punchbowl.co.uk/sample-menu.html (html_page; from the scan) - Hours: none on record - Phone: 01942 894716 - Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/the-punchbowl.co.uk/book, https://directindex.org/go/the-punchbowl.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 Found one hop past the home page: booking page /resdiary-table-reservations.html: booking via resdiary. ## Score breakdown | Component | Points | Available | |---|---|---| | Reachable | 21.7 | 25 | | Readable | 8 | 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-punchbowl.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: no Keep watching this business (https://directindex.org/r/the-punchbowl.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-punchbowl.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 ยท Rescan now: https://directindex.org/scan?url=the-punchbowl.co.uk&force=1