# The Arkley: Agent-Direct Score B (72.3%)

Site: https://www.thearkley.co.uk/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/thearkley.co.uk
Scanned: 2026-10-14 (provisional: the action test and the assistant citation check pending)
The Arkley is mostly ready for agents.

## Direct links
- Menu: https://www.thearkley.co.uk/dinnermenu
- Phone: +44 20 8449 0106

## What to fix first, by points
- **No booking or ordering path at all.** (+15 points) Agents have nothing to act on. Add a booking or ordering page on your own domain. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/book-direct-on-your-own-website
- **No llms.txt.** (no points, still worth doing) Optional today, cheap to add: a short text file describing the business for language models. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/llms-txt-for-a-business

## Fix kit: what to paste

llms.txt draft:

```
# The Arkley

> bar or pub in Barnet Road EN5 3EP Barnet, London cafes and bars. Phone +44 20 8449 0106.

## Book or order directly

- Menu: https://www.thearkley.co.uk/dinnermenu

## Opening hours

Mo-Sa 11:00-23:00; Su 11:00-22:30

## About

- Website: https://www.thearkley.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.** There is no robots.txt, which allows everything.
- **AI crawlers get the page.** GPTBot, ClaudeBot and PerplexityBot all received a normal response.
- **Structured data present (Restaurant).** address, phone, opening hours
- **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read items and prices directly.

## Where it stands
Rank 749 of 2869 in London cafes and bars (top 26%).

| What the top tenth does | Top 10% | This site |
|---|---|---|
| Take bookings or orders on their own domain | 100% | no |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 96% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no edge block, no robots.txt block) | 95% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 56% | yes |
| Have an llms.txt | 13% | no |

Nearest places in the index: The Orange Tree (B, 2940 m, https://directindex.org/r/theorangetreetotteridge.co.uk); Ems Coffee (C, 3812 m, https://directindex.org/r/emscoffee.com); The Griffin (B, 3986 m, https://directindex.org/r/griffinwhetstone.pub).

## What assistants answer
Not asked yet. Assistants are asked about the top-ranked and claimed businesses in each city index.

What an AI agent reads on this site: https://directindex.org/r/thearkley.co.uk/agent-view

Read by AI agents 2 times this month.

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| reachable | 25 | 25 |
| readable | 22 | 25 |
| actionable | 0 | 15 (action_test pending) |
| cited | 0 | 0 (probes pending) |

## Agent readiness (Cloudflare criteria)
Level 0 of 5: Not Ready. Cloudflare's report: https://isitagentready.com/thearkley.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: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/ai-rules/SKILL.md)
- 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

Methodology: https://directindex.org/methodology · Rescan: https://directindex.org/scan?url=thearkley.co.uk&force=1