# Fiddler's Arms: Agent-Direct Score D (44.6%)

Site: https://www.thefiddlersarms.com/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/thefiddlersarms.com
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.)
Fiddler's Arms is hard for agents to use.

## Direct links
- Menu: https://www.thefiddlersarms.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Fiddlers-Food-Fringe-26.pdf
- Phone: +44 1312290327

## 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 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
- **Menu or price list is a PDF.** (+3 points) Most agents skip PDFs or read them badly. Publish it as HTML, keep the PDF as a download. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/menu-pdf-ai
- **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": "Fiddler's Arms",
  "url": "https://www.thefiddlersarms.com/",
  "telephone": "+44 1312290327",
  "email": "info@thefiddlersarms.com",
  "address": {
    "@type": "PostalAddress",
    "streetAddress": "Grassmarket 11-13",
    "postalCode": "EH1 2HY",
    "addressLocality": "Edinburgh",
    "addressCountry": "GB"
  },
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 55.9468964,
    "longitude": -3.1978718
  },
  "openingHours": "Mo-Th,Su 12:00-00:00; Fr-Sa 11:00-01:00",
  "openingHoursSpecification": [
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Monday",
        "Tuesday",
        "Wednesday",
        "Thursday",
        "Sunday"
      ],
      "opens": "12:00",
      "closes": "00:00"
    },
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Friday",
        "Saturday"
      ],
      "opens": "11:00",
      "closes": "01:00"
    }
  ],
  "hasMenu": "https://www.thefiddlersarms.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Fiddlers-Food-Fringe-26.pdf"
}
</script>
```

llms.txt. Save as /llms.txt at the root of the site.

```
# Fiddler's Arms

> bar or pub in Grassmarket 11-13 EH1 2HY Edinburgh, Edinburgh cafes and bars. Phone +44 1312290327.

## Book or order directly

- Menu: https://www.thefiddlersarms.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Fiddlers-Food-Fringe-26.pdf

## Opening hours

Mo-Th,Su 12:00-00:00; Fr-Sa 11:00-01:00

## About

- Website: https://www.thefiddlersarms.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.** No rule blocks the key AI user agents.
- **AI crawlers get the page.** GPTBot, ClaudeBot and PerplexityBot all received a normal response.

## Where it stands
242 of 424 in Edinburgh cafes and bars. Top 57% 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% | no |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 74% | no |
| Let AI crawlers in (no edge block, no robots.txt block) | 88% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 35% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 23% | no |

Nearest places in the index: Maison de Moggy (B, 32 m, https://directindex.org/r/maisondemoggy.com); Dragonfly (D, 116 m, https://directindex.org/r/dragonflycocktailbar.com); The Wee Red Bar (F, 119 m, https://directindex.org/r/weeredbar.co.uk); Tea rooms (D, 195 m, https://directindex.org/r/edinburghcastle.scot); Biddy Mulligans (B, 221 m, https://directindex.org/r/biddymulligans.co.uk); Hula Juice Bar and Gallery (D, 238 m, https://directindex.org/r/hula.co.uk); The Castle Arms (B, 267 m, https://directindex.org/r/thecastlearmsbistro.co.uk); Bow Bar (F, 288 m, https://directindex.org/r/thebowbar.co.uk); Finnegan's Wake (A, 327 m, https://directindex.org/r/finnegans-wake.co.uk); Knoops (D, 339 m, https://directindex.org/r/knoops.com).

## 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.

Against its peers: Sites built with WordPress 57% (26% A or B, 35830 sites); This site 44.6%.

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

Read by AI agents 8 times this month (ClaudeBot 8).

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 25 | 25 |
| Readable | 4 | 25 |
| Actionable | 0 | 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/thefiddlersarms.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: no

Deep report: https://directindex.org/r/thefiddlersarms.com/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=thefiddlersarms.com&force=1