# 8th & Roast: Agent-Direct Score B (78.8%)

Site: https://www.8thandroast.com/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/8thandroast.com
Scanned: 2026-11-12 (Provisional, with the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.)
8th & Roast is mostly ready for agents.
An AI assistant can open 8th & Roast's website. It can read what 8th & Roast offers. It finds a way to book or order directly on the site.

## Direct links
- Order directly: https://8thandroast.com/shop/explore/all-coffees/ (on the business's own site)
- Menu: https://8thandroast.com/pages/coffee-shop-menu
- Phone: (615) 219-4641
- Its menu mentions: vegan options, vegetarian dishes
- Prices: 15 prices on the site, the middle one $26.00

## Nearby, also direct
Places near 8th & Roast that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Another Broken Egg Café - Sylvan Park (90 m): https://directindex.org/r/anotherbrokenegg.com
- Eat Bubbles (290 m): https://directindex.org/r/eatbubbles.com
- Honest Coffee Roasters (370 m): https://directindex.org/r/honest.coffee
- ML Rose Craft Beer & Burgers (400 m): https://directindex.org/r/mlrose.com
- The Stone Fox (1.2 km): https://directindex.org/r/thestonefoxnashville.com

## What to fix first
- **Structured data is incomplete.** (+6 points) Missing: address, telephone, opening hours. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant
- **No llms.txt.** (no points, but worth doing) Optional for now and cheap to add. It's a short text file that describes the business for language models. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/llms-txt-for-a-business

## What the site tells visitors (Measured, not scored)
- **15 prices on the landing page, the middle one $26.00.** In Nashville, the middle price of comparable sites that show prices is $16.95.

## Fix kit: What to paste

Structured data (JSON-LD). Paste it as one block in the page's head, or in the builder's custom code box. Change anything that's wrong.

```html
<script type="application/ld+json">
{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "CafeOrCoffeeShop",
  "name": "8th & Roast",
  "url": "https://www.8thandroast.com/",
  "telephone": "(615) 219-4641",
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 36.1525723,
    "longitude": -86.836125
  },
  "hasMenu": "https://8thandroast.com/pages/coffee-shop-menu",
  "potentialAction": [
    {
      "@type": "OrderAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://8thandroast.com/shop/explore/all-coffees/",
        "actionPlatform": [
          "http://schema.org/DesktopWebPlatform",
          "http://schema.org/MobileWebPlatform"
        ]
      }
    }
  ]
}
</script>
```

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

```
# 8th & Roast

> cafe or coffee shop in Nashville cafes and bars. Phone (615) 219-4641.

## Book or order directly

- Order: https://8thandroast.com/shop/explore/all-coffees/ (on the business's own site)
- Menu: https://8thandroast.com/pages/coffee-shop-menu

## About

- Website: https://www.8thandroast.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 main AI user agents.
- **AI crawlers get the page.** GPTBot, ClaudeBot and PerplexityBot all got a normal response.
- **Structured data found (Organization).** no address, phone or hours in it
- **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read the items and prices.
- **Ordering on your own site.** Agents can order without going through a marketplace.

## Where it stands
79 of 422 in Nashville cafes and bars. Top 19% of the sites scanned in this index.

| What the top 10% 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 | 100% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 100% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 48% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 41% | no |

Nearest places in the index: Another Broken Egg Café - Sylvan Park (A, 86 m, https://directindex.org/r/anotherbrokenegg.com); Salt and Vine (F, 190 m, https://directindex.org/r/saltandvinenashville.com); Otto's Bar (C, 192 m, https://directindex.org/r/ottosnashville.com); Eat Bubbles (C, 289 m, https://directindex.org/r/eatbubbles.com); Pont Neuf Bar (D, 367 m, https://directindex.org/r/pontneufbar.com); Honest Coffee Roasters (B, 369 m, https://directindex.org/r/honest.coffee); ML Rose Craft Beer & Burgers (B, 401 m, https://directindex.org/r/mlrose.com); Headquarters (D, 904 m, https://directindex.org/r/hqnashville.com); answer. restaurant (B, 1079 m, https://directindex.org/r/answerrestaurant.com); The Stone Fox (D, 1182 m, https://directindex.org/r/thestonefoxnashville.com).

## What assistants answer
The assistants haven't been asked about this business yet. They're asked about the top-ranked businesses in each city index, and about any business as soon as it's claimed. Claim this page to be included.


See what an AI agent reads on this site: https://directindex.org/r/8thandroast.com/agent-view

## Businesses like 8th & Roast in Nashville cafes and bars

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Nashville cafes and bars | 422 | 56% | 37% | 78.8% |

The best of the businesses of the same kind in Nashville cafes and bars: Flamingo Cocktail Club (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/flamingococktailclub.com); Friends In Low Places Bar & Honky-Tonk (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/friendsbarnashville.com); Honky Tonk Hideaway Bar & Cantina (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/honkytonkhideawaybar.com); Kahawavibes (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/kahawacoffeehouse.com); Pullman Standard (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/pullmanstandardbar.com).

With the fix above (Structured data is incomplete), the score would be about 86.3%. That would be 45th of 422 in Nashville cafes and bars, up from 79th.

## The direct record
What agents get for 8th & Roast, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/8thandroast.com
- Book: none on record
- Order: https://8thandroast.com/shop/explore/all-coffees/ (own site; could not verify: partial (2026-11-12))
- Menu: https://8thandroast.com/pages/coffee-shop-menu (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: (615) 219-4641
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/8thandroast.com/order, https://directindex.org/go/8thandroast.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): yes
- 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

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 25 | 25 |
| Readable | 16 | 25 |
| Actionable | 22 | 30 |
| Cited | 0 | 0 (the assistant citation check: pending) |

## Agent readiness (Cloudflare)
Level 1 of 5, Basic Web Presence. Cloudflare's report: https://isitagentready.com/8thandroast.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: yes
- 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/8thandroast.com/plan): the assistants are asked again every month, and you see what changed. 2 EUR a month or 19 EUR a year.
Deep report: https://directindex.org/r/8thandroast.com/deep. Ten questions phrased the way people ask them, each assistant's full answer, the eight nearest similar places, the fix plan and a PDF. 5 EUR, paid once. 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=8thandroast.com&force=1
