# The Old Punch Bowl: Agent-Direct Score D (49.7%)

Site: https://theoldpunchbowl.ie/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/theoldpunchbowl.ie
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.)
The Old Punch Bowl is hard for agents to use.

## Direct links
- Phone: +353 1 283 2356

## What to fix first
- **Booking through an unrecognised third party.** (+9 points) Check that the provider keeps you as the merchant of record. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/book-direct-on-your-own-website
- **Structured data is incomplete.** (+7 points) Missing: address, telephone, opening hours. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant
- **No menu or price list found.** (+7 points) Agents answer 'what do they offer' from marketplaces instead. Add a menu or price list page and link it from the homepage. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/menu-pdf-ai
- **The server turns AI crawlers away at the door.** (+6.7 points) Live fetches as GPTBot (http_403), ClaudeBot (http_403) were refused while a normal browser got the page. This is usually a hosting or firewall bot list the owner never chose. Ask the host to allow these user agents. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/blocking-ai-crawlers-without-knowing
- **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 Old Punch Bowl",
  "url": "https://theoldpunchbowl.ie/",
  "telephone": "+353 1 283 2356",
  "address": {
    "@type": "PostalAddress",
    "streetAddress": "Rock Road 116",
    "postalCode": "A94 X2C6"
  },
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 53.3087656,
    "longitude": -6.1966601
  },
  "openingHours": "Su 12:00-23:00; Mo-Th 11:00-23:30; Fr,Sa 11:00-00:30",
  "openingHoursSpecification": [
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Sunday"
      ],
      "opens": "12:00",
      "closes": "23:00"
    },
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Monday",
        "Tuesday",
        "Wednesday",
        "Thursday"
      ],
      "opens": "11:00",
      "closes": "23:30"
    },
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Friday",
        "Saturday"
      ],
      "opens": "11:00",
      "closes": "00:30"
    }
  ]
}
</script>
```

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

```
# The Old Punch Bowl

> bar or pub in Rock Road 116 A94 X2C6, Dublin cafes and bars. Phone +353 1 283 2356.

## Opening hours

Su 12:00-23:00; Mo-Th 11:00-23:30; Fr,Sa 11:00-00:30

## About

- Website: https://theoldpunchbowl.ie/
- 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.
- **Structured data present (Organization).** but without address, phone or hours

## Where it stands
210 of 365 in Dublin cafes and bars. Top 58% 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 | 97% | no |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 86% | no |
| Let AI crawlers in (no edge block, no robots.txt block) | 92% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 35% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 16% | no |

Nearest places in the index: Mister Magpie Coffee (C, 1222 m, https://directindex.org/r/mistermagpiecoffee.com); Barista (F, 1271 m, https://directindex.org/r/barista.co.in); Parlour (D, 1437 m, https://directindex.org/r/parlour.ie); Jack O’Rourke’s (C, 1489 m, https://directindex.org/r/jackorourkes.com); Bear Market Coffee (B, 1507 m, https://directindex.org/r/bearmarket.ie); SiSi @ Central Cafe (A, 1577 m, https://directindex.org/r/sisicentral.ie); The Blackrock (D, 1583 m, https://directindex.org/r/theblackrock.ie); UCD Clubhouse Bar (D, 2020 m, https://directindex.org/r/ucd.ie); Ashtons (A, 2804 m, https://directindex.org/r/ashtons.ie); Horse Show House (A, 3069 m, https://directindex.org/r/horseshowhouse.ie).

## 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.

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

## Businesses like The Old Punch Bowl in Dublin cafes and bars

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Same kind in Dublin cafes and bars | 365 | 50% | 26% | 49.7% |

The best of Same kind in Dublin cafes and bars: The Strand House (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/strandhouse.ie); Urban Brewing (A 97.5%, https://directindex.org/r/urbanbrewing.ie); Eathos (A 96.9%, https://directindex.org/r/eathosdublin.com); Bison Bar (A 96.3%, https://directindex.org/r/bisonbar.ie); Searsons (A 96.3%, https://directindex.org/r/searsonsbar.ie).

With the three fixes above (Booking through an unrecognised third party; Structured data is incomplete; No menu or price list found) the score would be about 85.1%: 24th of 365 in Dublin cafes and bars, up from 210th.

## The direct record
What agents get for The Old Punch Bowl, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/theoldpunchbowl.ie
- Book: none on record
- Order: none on record
- Menu: none on record
- Hours: Su 12:00-23:00; Mo-Th 11:00-23:30; Fr,Sa 11:00-00:30 (open now) (from OpenStreetMap)
- Phone: +353 1 283 2356

## 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): not measured
- ACP discovery document (/.well-known/acp.json, OpenAI and Stripe's Agentic Commerce Protocol): not measured
- 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): not measured

Not measured at this scan; the next scan measures it.

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 18.3 | 25 |
| Readable | 8 | 25 |
| Actionable | 6 | 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/theoldpunchbowl.ie
- 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/theoldpunchbowl.ie/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=theoldpunchbowl.ie&force=1