# The Royal: Agent-Direct Score B (72.3%)

Site: https://www.theroyalbirmingham.co.uk/#/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/theroyalbirmingham.co.uk
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 Royal is mostly ready for agents.

## Direct links
- Menu: https://www.theroyalbirmingham.co.uk/christmas
- Phone: +44 121 200 3841

## What to fix first
- **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
- **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.

```
# The Royal

> bar or pub in Church Street 53 B3 2DP Birmingham, Birmingham cafes and bars. Phone +44 121 200 3841.

## Book or order directly

- Menu: https://www.theroyalbirmingham.co.uk/christmas

## About

- Website: https://www.theroyalbirmingham.co.uk/#/
- 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 is no robots.txt, which allows everything.
- **AI crawlers get the page.** GPTBot, ClaudeBot and PerplexityBot all received a normal response.
- **Structured data present (Restaurant).** address, phone, opening hours
- **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read items and prices directly.

## Since the scan of 2026-10-14 (B then)
- Fixed: nothing
- New: nothing

## Where it stands
40 of 178 in Birmingham cafes and bars. Top 22% 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 | 83% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no edge block, no robots.txt block) | 83% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 56% | yes |
| Have an llms.txt | 6% | no |

Nearest places in the index: The White Lion (D, 102 m, https://directindex.org/r/hotelduvin.com); The Old Contemptibles (C, 106 m, https://directindex.org/r/nicholsonspubs.co.uk); The Roebuck (A, 135 m, https://directindex.org/r/roebuckbirmingham.co.uk); The Newhall Street Tavern Shuffleboard Club (B, 167 m, https://directindex.org/r/newhallstreettavern.co.uk); Downstairs at The Grand (C, 189 m, https://directindex.org/r/thegrandhotelbirmingham.co.uk); Montys Deli Sandwich Bar (C, 242 m, https://directindex.org/r/montysdeli.co.uk); Vagabond Wines (A, 247 m, https://directindex.org/r/vagabondwines.co.uk); Stories Tavern (D, 249 m, https://directindex.org/r/chophouseandtavern.com); BMI Coffee Lounge (D, 256 m, https://directindex.org/r/bmi.org.uk); The Old Joint Stock (A, 262 m, https://directindex.org/r/oldjointstock.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%, 2026-10-14 72%.

See what an AI agent reads on this site: https://directindex.org/r/theroyalbirmingham.co.uk/agent-view

## Businesses like The Royal in Birmingham cafes and bars

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Same kind in Birmingham cafes and bars | 178 | 49% | 24% | 72.3% |

The best of Same kind in Birmingham cafes and bars: Vagabond Wines (A 96.3%, https://directindex.org/r/vagabondwines.co.uk); Centenary Coffee & Co (A 91.3%, https://directindex.org/r/centenarylounge.com); Be at One (A 90%, https://directindex.org/r/beatone.co.uk); Dirty Martini (A 90%, https://directindex.org/r/dirtymartini.co.uk); Nortons (A 90%, https://directindex.org/r/nortonsdigbeth.com).

With the fix above (No booking or ordering path at all) the score would be about 95.4%: 2nd of 178 in Birmingham cafes and bars, up from 40th.

## The direct record
What agents get for The Royal, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/theroyalbirmingham.co.uk
- Book: none on record
- Order: none on record
- Menu: https://www.theroyalbirmingham.co.uk/christmas (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: +44 121 200 3841
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/theroyalbirmingham.co.uk/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): 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 | 25 | 25 |
| Readable | 22 | 25 |
| Actionable | 0 | 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/theroyalbirmingham.co.uk
- 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: yes

Keep watching this business (https://directindex.org/r/theroyalbirmingham.co.uk/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/theroyalbirmingham.co.uk/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=theroyalbirmingham.co.uk&force=1