# Halfway House: Agent-Direct Score A (92.3%)

Site: https://www.thehalfway.com/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/thehalfway.com
Scanned: 2026-10-15 (Provisional: the action test and the assistant citation check still to come; the hatched part of the bar is not measured yet.)
Halfway House is ready for agents.

## Direct links
- Book directly: https://www.designmynight.com/london/pubs/earlsfield/the-halfway-house/earlsfield-halloween-hunt-1?t=tickets (through designmynight acting for the business)
- Menu: https://www.thehalfway.com/food-and-drink
- Phone: 020 8946 2788

## 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.

```
# Halfway House

> bar or pub in Garratt Lane 521 SW18 4SR London, London cafes and bars. Phone 020 8946 2788.

## Book or order directly

- Book: https://www.designmynight.com/london/pubs/earlsfield/the-halfway-house/earlsfield-halloween-hunt-1?t=tickets (through designmynight acting for the business)
- Menu: https://www.thehalfway.com/food-and-drink

## Opening hours

Mo-Sa 11:00-23:00, Su 11:00-22:30

## About

- Website: https://www.thehalfway.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.
- **Structured data present (BarOrPub).** address, phone, opening hours
- **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read items and prices directly.
- **Booking through designmynight on your own domain.** No marketplace commission, and the guest stays yours.

## Since the scan of 2026-10-14 (B then)
- Fixed: No booking or ordering path at all
- New: nothing

## Where it stands
166 of 2491 in London cafes and bars. Top 7% 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 | 96% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no edge block, no robots.txt block) | 97% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 67% | yes |
| Have an llms.txt | 12% | no |

Nearest places in the index: Tequila Mockingbird (B, 129 m, https://directindex.org/r/tequilamock.com); The Leather Bottle (A, 540 m, https://directindex.org/r/leatherbottlepub.co.uk); Lupo Bros (C, 753 m, https://directindex.org/r/lupobros.co.uk); The Woodman (C, 994 m, https://directindex.org/r/thewoodman.co); The Gardeners (D, 1090 m, https://directindex.org/r/thegardenerspub.co.uk); The Park Tavern (D, 1299 m, https://directindex.org/r/park-tavern.com); Spread Eagle (C, 1676 m, https://directindex.org/r/spreadeaglewandsworth.co.uk); The Ram Inn (B, 1737 m, https://directindex.org/r/theraminnsw18.co.uk); The Selkirk (A, 1769 m, https://directindex.org/r/theselkirksw17.com); Kaspa's (B, 1781 m, https://directindex.org/r/kaspas.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.

Score over 2 scans since 2026-10-14: 2026-10-14 72%, 2026-10-15 92%.

Against its peers: Sites built with WordPress 58% (29% A or B, 36926 sites); Sites using DesignMyNight 67% (34% A or B, 44 sites); This site 92.3%.

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

## Businesses like Halfway House in London cafes and bars

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Same kind in London cafes and bars | 2491 | 52% | 37% | 92.3% |
| Built with WordPress in London cafes and bars | 755 | 65% | 46% | 92.3% |
| Using DesignMyNight in London cafes and bars | 35 | 67% | 31% | 92.3% |
| Built with WordPress and using DesignMyNight in London cafes and bars | 24 | 69% | 33% | 92.3% |

The best of Built with WordPress and using DesignMyNight in London cafes and bars: The Oyster Shed (A 95.4%, https://directindex.org/r/oystershed.co.uk); Duke's Head (A 92.3%, https://directindex.org/r/dukesheadputney.com); The Leather Bottle (A 87.7%, https://directindex.org/r/leatherbottlepub.co.uk); The Union Bar & Grill (B 83.1%, https://directindex.org/r/theunionbar.co.uk); The Flying Horse (B 78.5%, https://directindex.org/r/flyinghorsepub.co.uk).

## The direct record
What agents get for Halfway House, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/thehalfway.com
- Book: https://www.designmynight.com/london/pubs/earlsfield/the-halfway-house/earlsfield-halloween-hunt-1?t=tickets (vendor on own site: DesignMyNight; found by the scan of 2026-10-15, not yet tested)
- Order: none on record
- Menu: https://www.thehalfway.com/food-and-drink (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: Mo-Sa 11:00-23:00, Su 11:00-22:30 (from OpenStreetMap)
- Phone: 020 8946 2788
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/thehalfway.com/book, https://directindex.org/go/thehalfway.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
- Vendor terms for agents, DesignMyNight: Not stated. The terms say nothing about automated use, could not be read on the date given, or the vendor has not been researched yet.

Found one hop past the home page: menu page /food-and-drink: menu schema.

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 25 | 25 |
| Readable | 25 | 25 |
| Actionable | 10 | 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/thehalfway.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

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