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

Site: https://thecastlearmsbistro.co.uk/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/thecastlearmsbistro.co.uk
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 Castle Arms is mostly ready for agents.

## Direct links
- Book directly: https://thecastlearmsbistro.co.uk/table.html (on the business's own site)
- Menu: https://thecastlearmsbistro.co.uk/Drinkshtml.html
- Phone: +44 131 225 7432

## What to fix first
- **No structured data for the business.** (+15 points) Add schema.org JSON-LD for the business (CafeOrCoffeeShop, BarOrPub or the closest type, with name, address, telephone and openingHoursSpecification, plus servesCuisine). It is the one block every assistant reads first; the fix kit below has it filled in. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant
- **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

Structured data (JSON-LD). One block in the page's head, or in the builder's custom-code slot. Replace anything that is wrong.

```html
<script type="application/ld+json">
{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "BarOrPub",
  "name": "The Castle Arms",
  "url": "https://thecastlearmsbistro.co.uk/",
  "telephone": "+44 131 225 7432",
  "address": {
    "@type": "PostalAddress",
    "streetAddress": "Johnston Terrace 6",
    "postalCode": "EH1 2PW",
    "addressLocality": "Edinburgh",
    "addressCountry": "GB"
  },
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 55.9485285,
    "longitude": -3.1947345
  },
  "acceptsReservations": "https://thecastlearmsbistro.co.uk/table.html",
  "hasMenu": "https://thecastlearmsbistro.co.uk/Drinkshtml.html",
  "potentialAction": [
    {
      "@type": "ReserveAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://thecastlearmsbistro.co.uk/table.html",
        "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.

```
# The Castle Arms

> bar or pub in Johnston Terrace 6 EH1 2PW Edinburgh, Edinburgh cafes and bars. Phone +44 131 225 7432.

## Book or order directly

- Book: https://thecastlearmsbistro.co.uk/table.html (on the business's own site)
- Menu: https://thecastlearmsbistro.co.uk/Drinkshtml.html

## About

- Website: https://thecastlearmsbistro.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.
- **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.

## Where it stands
105 of 377 in Edinburgh cafes and bars. Top 28% 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 | 79% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no edge block, no robots.txt block) | 90% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 36% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 26% | no |

Nearest places in the index: Bow Bar (F, 39 m, https://directindex.org/r/thebowbar.co.uk); Hula Juice Bar and Gallery (D, 48 m, https://directindex.org/r/hula.co.uk); Biddy Mulligans (B, 63 m, https://directindex.org/r/biddymulligans.co.uk); Finnegan's Wake (A, 74 m, https://directindex.org/r/finnegans-wake.co.uk); Knoops (D, 85 m, https://directindex.org/r/knoops.com); Blank Street Coffee (B, 97 m, https://directindex.org/r/blankstreet.com); The Jolly Judge (F, 121 m, https://directindex.org/r/jollyjudge.co.uk); Deacon's House Cafe (F, 121 m, https://directindex.org/r/deaconshousecafe.co.uk); The Castle Rock (F, 147 m, https://directindex.org/r/expireddomains.com); Deacon Brodie's Tavern (C, 158 m, https://directindex.org/r/nicholsonspubs.co.uk).

## 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/thecastlearmsbistro.co.uk/agent-view

## Businesses like The Castle Arms in Edinburgh cafes and bars

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Same kind in Edinburgh cafes and bars | 377 | 50% | 31% | 72.3% |

The best of Same kind in Edinburgh cafes and bars: Cafe Vera (A 97.5%, https://directindex.org/r/cafevera.co.uk); Tolbooth Tavern (A 95%, https://directindex.org/r/tolboothtavern.co.uk); The Ox (A 93.8%, https://directindex.org/r/theoxedinburgh.com); Loujayne's Khartoum Cafe (A 91.3%, https://directindex.org/r/khartoumcafe.uk); Toast Tea (A 91.3%, https://directindex.org/r/toasttea.co.uk).

With the fix above (No structured data for the business) the score would be about 95.4%: 2nd of 377 in Edinburgh cafes and bars, up from 105th.

## The direct record
What agents get for The Castle Arms, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/thecastlearmsbistro.co.uk
- Book: https://thecastlearmsbistro.co.uk/table.html (own site; found by the scan of 2026-10-14, not yet tested)
- Order: none on record
- Menu: https://thecastlearmsbistro.co.uk/Drinkshtml.html (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: +44 131 225 7432
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/thecastlearmsbistro.co.uk/book, https://directindex.org/go/thecastlearmsbistro.co.uk/menu
- Agents and people followed 1 direct link to this business this month (1 by AI agents).

## 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 | 7 | 25 |
| Actionable | 15 | 15 (the action test: pending) |
| Cited | 0 | 0 (the assistant citation check: pending) |

## Agent readiness (Cloudflare)
Level 0 of 5, Not Ready. Cloudflare's report: https://isitagentready.com/thecastlearmsbistro.co.uk
- Link headers on the homepage: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/link-headers/SKILL.md)
- sitemap.xml: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/sitemap/SKILL.md)
- 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: no

Deep report: https://directindex.org/r/thecastlearmsbistro.co.uk/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=thecastlearmsbistro.co.uk&force=1