# Alma Inn: Agent-Direct Score A (93.8%)

Site: http://www.thealmainn.com
Report: https://directindex.org/r/thealmainn.com
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.)
Alma Inn is ready for agents.
An AI assistant can open Alma Inn's website. It can read what Alma Inn offers. It finds a way to book or order directly on the site.

## Direct links
- Book directly: https://www.thealmainn.com/bookings (on the business's own site)
- Menu: https://www.thealmainn.com/menus
- Phone: 01282 857830
- Address: Accrington
- Its menu mentions: allergens, a children's menu, a lunch or set menu

## Nearby, also direct
Places near Alma Inn that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Poacher (790 m): https://directindex.org/r/poacherblackrod.co.uk
- The Goose & Gander (1.6 km): https://directindex.org/r/thegooseandgander.co.uk
- Moorgate Inn (1.7 km): https://directindex.org/r/moorgateinnwigan.co.uk
- Balcarres Arms (2 km): https://directindex.org/r/balcarrespubwigan.co.uk
- The Brewery Bar (Blackedge Brewing Co) (2.3 km): https://directindex.org/r/blackedgebrewery.co.uk

## What to fix first
- **Structured data is incomplete.** (+1 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": "LocalBusiness",
  "name": "Alma Inn",
  "url": "http://www.thealmainn.com",
  "telephone": "01282 857830",
  "address": "Accrington",
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 53.585497586054124,
    "longitude": -2.5734321154994815
  },
  "potentialAction": [
    {
      "@type": "ReserveAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://www.thealmainn.com/bookings",
        "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.

```
# Alma Inn

> local business in Accrington, Manchester cafes and bars. Phone 01282 857830.

## Book or order directly

- Book: https://www.thealmainn.com/bookings (on the business's own site)
- Menu: https://www.thealmainn.com/menus

## About

- Website: http://www.thealmainn.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
17 of 1311 in Manchester cafes and bars. Top 1% 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 | 98% | yes |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 90% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 88% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 27% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 22% | no |

Nearest places in the index: Poacher (B, 787 m, https://directindex.org/r/poacherblackrod.co.uk); The Goose & Gander (B, 1641 m, https://directindex.org/r/thegooseandgander.co.uk); Aspull Royal British Legion (F, 1656 m, https://directindex.org/r/misterwhat.co.uk); Moorgate Inn (B, 1731 m, https://directindex.org/r/moorgateinnwigan.co.uk); Balcarres Arms (A, 1976 m, https://directindex.org/r/balcarrespubwigan.co.uk); The Brewery Bar (Blackedge Brewing Co) (C, 2271 m, https://directindex.org/r/blackedgebrewery.co.uk); B33R at 33 (C, 2411 m, https://directindex.org/r/b33r33.com); Brewed Coffee (F, 2415 m, https://directindex.org/r/brewedcoffee.co.uk); Gerrard Arms (F, 2421 m, https://directindex.org/r/useyourlocal.com); Corto Coffee (D, 2503 m, https://directindex.org/r/cortocoffee.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.


Compared with its peers: Sites built with Squarespace 63% (46% A or B, 18903 sites); This site 93.8%.

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

## Businesses like Alma Inn in Manchester cafes and bars

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Manchester cafes and bars | 1311 | 49% | 24% | 93.8% |
| Sites built with Squarespace in Manchester cafes and bars | 78 | 67% | 41% | 93.8% |

The best of the sites built with Squarespace in Manchester cafes and bars: Little Explorers Mcr (A 92.3%, https://directindex.org/r/little-explorersmcr.co.uk); Village Cafe (A 90.8%, https://directindex.org/r/gourmandcafe.co.uk); Lawn Club (A 87.7%, https://directindex.org/r/thelawnclub.co.uk); Owd Betts (A 87.7%, https://directindex.org/r/owdbetts.com); Archive Bar & Bottle (A 86.2%, https://directindex.org/r/archivebars.co.uk).

With the fix above (Structured data is incomplete), the score would be about 95.4%. That would be 8th of 1,311 in Manchester cafes and bars, up from 17th.

## The direct record
What agents get for Alma Inn, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/thealmainn.com
- Book: https://www.thealmainn.com/bookings (own site; found by the scan of 2026-10-21, not yet tested)
- Order: none on record
- Menu: https://www.thealmainn.com/menus (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: 01282 857830
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/thealmainn.com/book, https://directindex.org/go/thealmainn.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

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 25 | 25 |
| Readable | 21 | 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/thealmainn.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/thealmainn.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/thealmainn.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=thealmainn.com&force=1
