# Texas State History Museum: Agent-Direct Score D (53.5%)

Site: https://www.thestoryoftexas.com/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/thestoryoftexas.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.)
Texas State History Museum is hard for agents to use.

## Direct links
- Book directly: https://tickets.thestoryoftexas.com/mainstore?vid=0 (on the business's own site)
- Phone: +15129368746

## What to fix first
- **robots.txt blocks GPTBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot, Google-Extended, OAI-SearchBot, ChatGPT-User.** (+7.5 points) These are the crawlers behind ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity and Google's AI features. Remove the Disallow lines for them, or add explicit Allow rules. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/robots-txt-for-ai-agents
- **No tickets and prices found.** (+7 points) Agents answer 'what does it cost and when' from marketplaces instead. Add a page with tickets, times and prices as text 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
- **Structured data is incomplete.** (+6 points) Missing: address, telephone, opening hours. 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": "Museum",
  "name": "Texas State History Museum",
  "url": "https://www.thestoryoftexas.com/",
  "telephone": "+15129368746",
  "address": {
    "@type": "PostalAddress",
    "streetAddress": "North Congress Avenue 1800",
    "postalCode": "78701",
    "addressLocality": "Austin"
  },
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 30.2802916,
    "longitude": -97.73916
  },
  "openingHours": "Mo-Su 10:00-17:00",
  "openingHoursSpecification": [
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [],
      "opens": "10:00",
      "closes": "17:00"
    }
  ],
  "potentialAction": [
    {
      "@type": "ReserveAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://tickets.thestoryoftexas.com/mainstore?vid=0",
        "actionPlatform": [
          "http://schema.org/DesktopWebPlatform",
          "http://schema.org/MobileWebPlatform"
        ]
      },
      "result": {
        "@type": "Reservation",
        "name": "Reservation"
      }
    }
  ]
}
</script>
```

robots.txt. Add these lines to /robots.txt and delete any Disallow rule that names these crawlers.

```
# Let AI assistants read the site: they send people to you; a marketplace keeps them.
# Remove any Disallow lines for these names elsewhere in this file.
User-agent: GPTBot
Allow: /

User-agent: ClaudeBot
Allow: /

User-agent: PerplexityBot
Allow: /

User-agent: Google-Extended
Allow: /

User-agent: OAI-SearchBot
Allow: /

User-agent: ChatGPT-User
Allow: /

User-agent: Claude-User
Allow: /

User-agent: Perplexity-User
Allow: /
```

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

```
# Texas State History Museum

> museum in North Congress Avenue 1800 78701 Austin, Austin tours, attractions and museums. Phone +15129368746.

## Book or order directly

- Book: https://tickets.thestoryoftexas.com/mainstore?vid=0 (on the business's own site)

## Opening hours

Mo-Su 10:00-17:00

## About

- Website: https://www.thestoryoftexas.com/
- This file follows llms.txt (https://llmstxt.org): a short plain-text description for language models.
```

## Already right
- **Structured data present (Organization).** but without address, phone or hours
- **Tickets on your own site.** Agents can buy tickets without a marketplace in the loop.

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

## Where it stands
12 of 23 in Austin tours, attractions and museums. Top 52% 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 | 90% | yes |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 20% | no |
| Let AI crawlers in (no edge block, no robots.txt block) | 70% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 10% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 10% | no |

Nearest places in the index: Blanton Museum of Art (C, 184 m, https://directindex.org/r/blantonmuseum.org); Stark Center for Physical Culture and Sports (F, 837 m, https://directindex.org/r/starkcenter.org); Texas Memorial Museum (C, 989 m, https://directindex.org/r/utexas.edu); Austin Public Library - Austin History Center (C, 1152 m, https://directindex.org/r/austintexas.gov); German Texans Heritage Society (B, 1167 m, https://directindex.org/r/germantexans.org); Museum of the Weird (C, 1472 m, https://directindex.org/r/museumoftheweird.com); Mexic-Arte Museum (C, 1537 m, https://directindex.org/r/mexic-artemuseum.org); Republic of Texas History Center (D, 1581 m, https://directindex.org/r/drtinfo.org); Austin Detours (B, 1720 m, https://directindex.org/r/austindetours.com); Texas State Cemetery Visitor Center (C, 1896 m, https://directindex.org/r/texas.gov).

## 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 34%, 2026-10-14 54%.

Against its peers: Sites built with WordPress 58% (29% A or B, 36926 sites); This site 53.5%.

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

## Businesses like Texas State History Museum in Austin tours, attractions and museums

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Same kind in Austin tours, attractions and museums | 23 | 42% | 17% | 53.5% |
| Built with WordPress in Austin tours, attractions and museums | 10 | 59% | 30% | 53.5% |

The best of Built with WordPress in Austin tours, attractions and museums: Museum of Illusions (B 81.5%, https://directindex.org/r/moiaustin.com); The Thinkery (B 75.4%, https://directindex.org/r/thinkeryaustin.org); Austin Detours (B 71.8%, https://directindex.org/r/austindetours.com); Texas Memorial Museum (C 61.5%, https://directindex.org/r/utexas.edu); Museum of Ice Cream (C 60%, https://directindex.org/r/museumoficecream.com).

With the three fixes above (robots.txt blocks GPTBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot, Google-Extended, OAI-SearchBot, ChatGPT-User; No tickets and prices found; The server turns AI crawlers away at the door) the score would be about 86.2%: first of 23 in Austin tours, attractions and museums.

## The direct record
What agents get for Texas State History Museum, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/thestoryoftexas.com
- Book: https://tickets.thestoryoftexas.com/mainstore?vid=0 (own site; found by the scan of 2026-10-14, not yet tested)
- Order: none on record
- Menu: none on record
- Hours: Mo-Su 10:00-17:00 (closed now) (from OpenStreetMap)
- Phone: +15129368746
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/thestoryoftexas.com/book

## 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 | 10.8 | 25 |
| Readable | 9 | 25 |
| Actionable | 15 | 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/thestoryoftexas.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: yes
- 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/thestoryoftexas.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=thestoryoftexas.com&force=1