# The Henson: Agent-Direct Score B (84.6%)

Site: https://www.thehenson.com.au/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/thehenson.com.au
Scanned: 2026-10-16 (Provisional: the action test and the assistant citation check still to come; the hatched part of the bar is not measured yet.)
The Henson is mostly ready for agents.
An AI assistant can open the website of The Henson. It can read what The Henson offers. It finds a way to book or order directly, through DesignMyNight.

## Direct links
- Book directly: https://bookings.designmynight.com/book?venue_id=65437b2c3208e50e9321a1ec&source=partner (through designmynight acting for the business)
- Menu: https://www.thehenson.com.au/menu
- Phone: +61 2 9569 5858

## What to fix first
- **Structured data is incomplete.** (+2 points) Missing: telephone. 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 Henson",
  "url": "https://www.thehenson.com.au/",
  "telephone": "+61 2 9569 5858",
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": -33.9051224,
    "longitude": 151.1613286
  },
  "openingHours": "Mo-Sa 11:00-24:00, Su 11:00-22:00",
  "acceptsReservations": "https://bookings.designmynight.com/book?venue_id=65437b2c3208e50e9321a1ec&amp;source=partner",
  "hasMenu": "https://www.thehenson.com.au/menu",
  "potentialAction": [
    {
      "@type": "ReserveAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://bookings.designmynight.com/book?venue_id=65437b2c3208e50e9321a1ec&amp;source=partner",
        "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 Henson

> bar or pub in Sydney cafes and bars. Phone +61 2 9569 5858.

## Book or order directly

- Book: https://bookings.designmynight.com/book?venue_id=65437b2c3208e50e9321a1ec&amp;source=partner (through designmynight acting for the business)
- Menu: https://www.thehenson.com.au/menu

## Opening hours

Mo-Sa 11:00-24:00, Su 11:00-22:00

## About

- Website: https://www.thehenson.com.au/
- 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 (LocalBusiness).** address, 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.

## Where it stands
114 of 699 in Sydney cafes and bars. Top 16% 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 | 94% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no edge block, no robots.txt block) | 94% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 41% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 18% | no |

Nearest places in the index: Two Chaps Cafe (A, 78 m, https://directindex.org/r/twochaps.com.au); Pickled Monkey Brewing Co (A, 337 m, https://directindex.org/r/pickledmonkey.beer); Miss Sina (C, 351 m, https://directindex.org/r/misssina.com.au); Roastville (F, 367 m, https://directindex.org/r/roastville.com.au); Mixtape Brewing and Bar (C, 378 m, https://directindex.org/r/mixtapebrewing.com.au); Bertas (F, 511 m, https://directindex.org/r/bertas.com.au); Double Tap Coffee (C, 595 m, https://directindex.org/r/doubletapcoffee.com.au); Matinee Cafe (B, 601 m, https://directindex.org/r/matineecoffee.com); Ona (B, 614 m, https://directindex.org/r/onacoffeesydney.com); Coffee Alchemy (F, 716 m, https://directindex.org/r/coffeealchemy.com.au).

## 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 Squarespace 66% (51% A or B, 9908 sites); Sites using DesignMyNight 67% (34% A or B, 50 sites); This site 84.6%.

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

## Businesses like The Henson in Sydney cafes and bars

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Sydney cafes and bars | 699 | 57% | 34% | 84.6% |
| Sites built with Squarespace in Sydney cafes and bars | 152 | 73% | 57% | 84.6% |
| Sites using DesignMyNight in Sydney cafes and bars | 1 | 85% | 100% | 84.6% |
| Sites built with Squarespace and using DesignMyNight in Sydney cafes and bars | 1 | 85% | 100% | 84.6% |

The best of the sites built with Squarespace in Sydney cafes and bars: Bellevue Coffee Cart (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/bellevuecottage.com.au); Bloom (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/bloompottspoint.com.au); Hornsby Inn (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/hornsbyinn.com.au); Next Door CBD Restaurant & Bar (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/nextdoorcbd.com.au); Indigo (A 95.4%, https://directindex.org/r/indigodoublebay.com).

With the fix above (Structured data is incomplete) the score would be about 87.7%: 65th of 699 in Sydney cafes and bars, up from 114th.

## The direct record
What agents get for The Henson, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/thehenson.com.au
- Book: https://bookings.designmynight.com/book?venue_id=65437b2c3208e50e9321a1ec&amp;source=partner (vendor on own site: DesignMyNight; found by the scan of 2026-10-16, not yet tested)
- Order: none on record
- Menu: https://www.thehenson.com.au/menu (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: Mo-Sa 11:00-24:00, Su 11:00-22:00 (from OpenStreetMap)
- Phone: +61 2 9569 5858
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/thehenson.com.au/book, https://directindex.org/go/thehenson.com.au/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 do not address an agent acting for a person (several bar scraping or data extraction only), could not be read on the date given, or the vendor has not been researched yet.

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 25 | 25 |
| Readable | 20 | 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/thehenson.com.au
- 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

Keep watching this business (https://directindex.org/r/thehenson.com.au/plan): the assistants asked again every month, with what changed; 2 EUR a month or 19 EUR a year.
Deep report: https://directindex.org/r/thehenson.com.au/deep. Ten questions the way people ask, each assistant's full answer, the eight nearest similar places, the fix plan and a PDF: 5 EUR, one-off. 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=thehenson.com.au&force=1