# Amble + Birch: Agent-Direct Score C (69.2%)

Site: http://www.ambleandbirch.co.nz/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/ambleandbirchcafe.co.nz
Scanned: 2026-10-22 (Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.)
Amble + Birch is partly visible to agents.
An AI assistant can open Amble + Birch's website. It can read what Amble + Birch offers. It can't find a link to book or order online.

## Direct links
- Menu: https://www.ambleandbirchcafe.co.nz/menu
- Address: 88 Plunket Avenue, Manukau
- Its menu mentions: vegan options, vegetarian dishes

## Nearby, also direct
Places near Amble + Birch that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Kreem (810 m): https://directindex.org/r/kreem.co.nz
- Woodside Bar Kitchen Functions (1.5 km): https://directindex.org/r/woodside.org.nz

## What to fix first
- **No booking or ordering link on the website.** (+15 points) There's no link on the site for an agent to follow. If you take bookings or orders through a platform, link to it from the site so agents can find it. Add a booking or ordering page on your own domain. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/book-direct-on-your-own-website
- **Structured data is incomplete.** (+2 points) Missing: telephone. 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

## 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": "Amble + Birch",
  "url": "http://www.ambleandbirch.co.nz/",
  "address": {
    "@type": "PostalAddress",
    "streetAddress": "88 Plunket Avenue",
    "addressLocality": "Manukau"
  },
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": -36.9950805,
    "longitude": 174.8664276
  },
  "hasMenu": "https://www.ambleandbirchcafe.co.nz/menu"
}
</script>
```

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

```
# Amble + Birch

> cafe or coffee shop in 88 Plunket Avenue, Manukau, Auckland cafes and bars.

## Book or order directly

- Menu: https://www.ambleandbirchcafe.co.nz/menu

## About

- Website: http://www.ambleandbirch.co.nz/
- 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 (LocalBusiness).** address, opening hours
- **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read the items and prices.

## Where it stands
Not ranked yet in Auckland cafes and bars.

| What the top 10% of the index does | Top 10% | This site |
|---|---|---|
| Take bookings or orders on their own domain | 98% | no |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 97% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 100% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 22% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 36% | no |

Nearest places in the index: Kreem (A, 806 m, https://directindex.org/r/kreem.co.nz); Moustache milk & cookie bar (F, 1086 m, https://directindex.org/r/moustache.co.nz); Rococo Coffee (F, 1358 m, https://directindex.org/r/rococogifts.co.nz); Woodside Bar Kitchen Functions (A, 1460 m, https://directindex.org/r/woodside.org.nz); Urban Soul Cafe (D, 1680 m, https://directindex.org/r/urbansoul.co.nz); Papatoetoe & District RSA (F, 1952 m, https://directindex.org/r/forms.gle); GroundFloor Cafe & Bistro (C, 1972 m, https://directindex.org/r/groundfloorcafe.nz); Brightside Coffee Roasters (C, 2587 m, https://directindex.org/r/brightsidecoffee.co.nz); Forage Hill Cafe (F, 2628 m, https://directindex.org/r/foragehillcafe.nz); Yee Hing (F, 2654 m, https://directindex.org/r/bestpacificcatering.co.nz).

## 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.


Compared with its peers: Sites built with Squarespace 61% (41% A or B, 33756 sites); This site 69.2%.

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

## Businesses like Amble + Birch in Auckland cafes and bars

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sites built with Squarespace in Auckland cafes and bars | 110 | 71% | 58% | 69.2% |

The best of the sites built with Squarespace in Auckland cafes and bars: Woodside Bar Kitchen Functions (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/woodside.org.nz); 21 Days Bar & Brasserie (A 93.8%, https://directindex.org/r/21days.co.nz); Applejack's Bar and Eatery (A 93.8%, https://directindex.org/r/applejacksbarandeatery.co.nz); Cupid Bar (A 93.8%, https://directindex.org/r/cupidbar.net); Hare and the Turtle (A 93.8%, https://directindex.org/r/hareandtheturtle.com).

## The direct record
What agents get for Amble + Birch, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/ambleandbirchcafe.co.nz
- Book: none on record
- Order: none on record
- Menu: https://www.ambleandbirchcafe.co.nz/menu (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: none on record
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/ambleandbirchcafe.co.nz/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

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 25 | 25 |
| Readable | 20 | 25 |
| Actionable | 0 | 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/ambleandbirchcafe.co.nz
- 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/ambleandbirchcafe.co.nz/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/ambleandbirchcafe.co.nz/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=ambleandbirchcafe.co.nz&force=1