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

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

## What to fix first
- **Structured data is incomplete.** Missing: opening hours. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant
- **No booking or ordering path at all.** 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.** 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

## 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
- **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read items and prices directly.

## Where it stands
Rank 195 of 524 in Edinburgh (top 37%).

| 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 | 78% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no edge block, no robots.txt block) | 94% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 59% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 20% | no |

Nearest places in the index: Lyla (C, 75 m, https://directindex.org/r/lylaedinburgh.co.uk); Jolly (C, 207 m, https://directindex.org/r/jollyrestaurant.co.uk); Star Kebab and Pizza House (C, 212 m, https://directindex.org/r/starkebabpizzahouse.com); 1802 Lounge (C, 249 m, https://directindex.org/r/1802loungeandgrill.co.uk); Manni's (A, 258 m, https://directindex.org/r/mannis.uk); Kahani (A, 279 m, https://directindex.org/r/kahanirestaurant.co.uk); Ada (B, 282 m, https://directindex.org/r/adarestaurant.co.uk); Mamma Roma (C, 287 m, https://directindex.org/r/mamma-roma.net); Lasal (F, 313 m, https://directindex.org/r/lasal.co.uk); Pera (F, 314 m, https://directindex.org/r/turkishrestaurantedinburgh.co.uk).

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

## 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 1 of 5: Basic Web Presence. Cloudflare's report: https://isitagentready.com/thecottageedinburgh.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

Methodology: https://directindex.org/methodology · Rescan: https://directindex.org/scan?url=thecottageedinburgh.com&force=1