# The Barn Gastropub: Agent-Direct Score A (100%)

Site: https://www.thebarn.ie/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/thebarn.ie
Scanned: 2026-10-14 (Provisional: the action test and the assistant citation check still to come; the hatched part of the bar is not measured yet.)
The Barn Gastropub is ready for agents.

## Direct links
- Book directly: https://thebarn.ie/book (on the business's own site)
- Order directly: https://thebarn.ie/menus/all-day (on the business's own site)
- Menu: https://thebarn.ie/menus
- Phone: +353 21 486 6211

## What to fix first
- **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. Save as /llms.txt at the root of the site.

```
# The Barn Gastropub

> restaurant in T45 X684 Glanmire, Cork. Phone +353 21 486 6211.

## Book or order directly

- Book: https://thebarn.ie/book (on the business's own site)
- Order: https://thebarn.ie/menus/all-day (on the business's own site)
- Menu: https://thebarn.ie/menus

## Opening hours

Mo-Su 08:30-23:30

## About

- Website: https://www.thebarn.ie/
- 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 key AI user agents.
- **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.
- **Booking on your own site.** Agents can book without a marketplace in the loop.
- **Ordering on your own site.** Agents can order without a marketplace in the loop.

## Where it stands
1 of 118 in Cork. Top 1% 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 | 67% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no edge block, no robots.txt block) | 83% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 67% | yes |
| Have an llms.txt | 17% | no |

Nearest places in the index: Mabel Crawford's Bistro (B, 1278 m, https://directindex.org/r/viennawoodshotel.com); Orchid Palace (F, 1984 m, https://directindex.org/r/orchidpalace.ie); Coconut Asian Street Food (F, 2221 m, https://directindex.org/r/coconut.ie); Hyderabad House Cork (C, 2418 m, https://directindex.org/r/hyderabadhouse.ie); Brendan's Burritos (B, 3113 m, https://directindex.org/r/brendansburritos.ie); TIRAB Smash Burger (B, 3116 m, https://directindex.org/r/tirabsmashburger.ie); NORTH (C, 3279 m, https://directindex.org/r/northeatery.com); Lab 82 (A, 3365 m, https://directindex.org/r/lab82.ie); Tequila Jack's (A, 3924 m, https://directindex.org/r/tequilajacks.ie).

## 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.

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

## Businesses like The Barn Gastropub in Cork

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Same kind in Cork | 118 | 53% | 40% | 100% |

The best of Same kind in Cork: DoMa Pizza (A 95.4%, https://directindex.org/r/domalicious.org); The Brasserie (A 94.9%, https://directindex.org/r/radcork.com); Hillbilly's (A 91.3%, https://directindex.org/r/hillbillys.ie); Tequila Jack's (A 90.8%, https://directindex.org/r/tequilajacks.ie); Koto (A 89.7%, https://directindex.org/r/koto.ie).

## The direct record
What agents get for The Barn Gastropub, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/thebarn.ie
- Book: https://thebarn.ie/book (own site; found by the scan of 2026-10-14, not yet tested)
- Order: https://thebarn.ie/menus/all-day (own site; found by the scan of 2026-10-14, not yet tested)
- Menu: https://thebarn.ie/menus (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: Mo-Su 08:30-23:30 (open now) (from OpenStreetMap)
- Phone: +353 21 486 6211
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/thebarn.ie/book, https://directindex.org/go/thebarn.ie/order, https://directindex.org/go/thebarn.ie/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 | 25 | 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/thebarn.ie
- 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

Deep report: https://directindex.org/r/thebarn.ie/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=thebarn.ie&force=1