# Earl of Derby: Agent-Direct Score C (55.4%) Site: https://www.theearlofderby.com Report: https://directindex.org/r/theearlofderby.com Scanned: 2026-10-24 (Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.) Earl of Derby is partly visible to agents. An AI assistant can open Earl of Derby's website. It can read what Earl of Derby offers. It finds a way to book or order directly, through booking-directly.com. ## Direct links - Menu: http://www.theearlofderby.com/menu.html - Phone: 01223352785 - Address: Hills Road 129 CB2 1PG Cambridge - Hours, from OpenStreetMap: Mo-Th 07:30-24:00, Fr-Sa 07:30-02:00, Su 08:30-24:00 - Its menu mentions: vegetarian dishes - Outdoor seating (OpenStreetMap) - Step-free access (OpenStreetMap) ## Nearby, also direct Places near Earl of Derby that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between. - Panton Arms (790 m): https://directindex.org/r/thepantonarms.co.uk - White Swan (860 m): https://directindex.org/r/whiteswanpubcambridge.co.uk - Catte Latte (890 m): https://directindex.org/r/cattelatte.co.uk ## What to fix first - **No structured data for the business.** (+14 points) Add schema.org JSON-LD for the business (CafeOrCoffeeShop, BarOrPub or the closest type, with name, address, telephone and openingHoursSpecification, plus servesCuisine). Every assistant reads this block first, and the fix kit below has it filled in. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant - **Booking through an unrecognised third party.** (+9 points) Check that the provider keeps your business as the seller of record. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/book-direct-on-your-own-website - **No working HTTPS.** (+3 points) The page is only served over plain http. Browsers and agents rank it lower or refuse it. - **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 ## What the site tells visitors (Measured, not scored) - **The footer says © 2023.** Visitors and assistants may read that year as the last time anyone looked after the site. ## 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 ``` llms.txt. Save as /llms.txt at the root of the site. ``` # Earl of Derby > bar or pub in Hills Road 129 CB2 1PG Cambridge, Cambridge cafes and bars. Phone 01223352785. ## Book or order directly - Menu: http://www.theearlofderby.com/menu.html ## Opening hours Mo-Th 07:30-24:00, Fr-Sa 07:30-02:00, Su 08:30-24:00 ## About - Website: https://www.theearlofderby.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.** There's no robots.txt, which means everything is allowed. - **AI crawlers get the page.** GPTBot, ClaudeBot and PerplexityBot all got a normal response. - **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read the items and prices. ## Where it stands 52 of 84 in Cambridge cafes and bars. Top 62% 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 | 100% | no | | Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 100% | yes | | Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 80% | yes | | Structured data with address, phone and hours | 40% | no | | Have an llms.txt | 20% | no | Nearest places in the index: Gourmet Coffee Bar & Kitchen (F, 372 m, https://directindex.org/r/gourmetcoffeebar.co.uk); Yi Fang Tea (D, 443 m, https://directindex.org/r/yifangteaglobal.com); Cambridge Cookery School Café and Deli (F, 663 m, https://directindex.org/r/cambridgecookery.com); The Alma (D, 740 m, https://directindex.org/r/thealmacambridge.co.uk); Panton Arms (B, 793 m, https://directindex.org/r/thepantonarms.co.uk); Devonshire Arms (D, 815 m, https://directindex.org/r/individualpubs.co.uk); White Swan (B, 863 m, https://directindex.org/r/whiteswanpubcambridge.co.uk); Green Nest (F, 884 m, https://directindex.org/r/gnest.co.uk); Catte Latte (D, 887 m, https://directindex.org/r/cattelatte.co.uk); 196 Mill Road (C, 903 m, https://directindex.org/r/196bar.com). ## 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. See what an AI agent reads on this site: https://directindex.org/r/theearlofderby.com/agent-view ## Businesses like Earl of Derby in Cambridge cafes and bars | Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site | |---|---|---|---|---| | Businesses of the same kind in Cambridge cafes and bars | 84 | 58% | 35% | 55.4% | The best of the businesses of the same kind in Cambridge cafes and bars: The Waterman (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/thewatermancambridge.com); Dutch (A 93.8%, https://directindex.org/r/dutchcambridge.co.uk); GAIL's (A 93.8%, https://directindex.org/r/gails.com); Aromi (A 90.8%, https://directindex.org/r/aromi.co.uk); Fort St George (A 87.5%, https://directindex.org/r/greeneking.co.uk). With the three fixes above (No structured data for the business; Booking through an unrecognised third party; No working HTTPS), the score would be about 95.4%. That would be 2nd of 84 in Cambridge cafes and bars, up from 52nd. ## The direct record What agents get for Earl of Derby, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/theearlofderby.com - Book: none on record - Order: none on record - Menu: http://www.theearlofderby.com/menu.html (html_page; from the scan) - Hours: Mo-Th 07:30-24:00, Fr-Sa 07:30-02:00, Su 08:30-24:00 (from OpenStreetMap) - Phone: 01223352785 - Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/theearlofderby.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 | 22 | 25 | | Readable | 8 | 25 | | Actionable | 6 | 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/theearlofderby.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: 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 Keep watching this business (https://directindex.org/r/theearlofderby.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/theearlofderby.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=theearlofderby.com&force=1