# Banana Jam: Agent-Direct Score D (54.3%)

Site: https://www.bananajamcafe.co.za/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/bananajamcafe.co.za
Scanned: 2026-10-17 (Provisional: the action test and the assistant citation check still to come; the hatched part of the bar is not measured yet.)
Banana Jam is hard for agents to use.
Some AI assistants are turned away by the website of Banana Jam. It can read what Banana Jam offers. It finds no link to book or order online.

## Direct links
- Menu: https://www.bananajamcafe.co.za/menu
- Phone: +27 21 674 0186

## What to fix first

- **No booking or ordering link on the website.** (+15 points) Agents find no link to follow on the site. If you take bookings or orders through a platform, link to it from the site so an agent can find it. Add a booking or ordering page on your own domain. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/book-direct-on-your-own-website
- **The server turns AI crawlers away at the door.** (+6.7 points) Live fetches as ClaudeBot (cloudflare_challenge), PerplexityBot (cloudflare_challenge) 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.** (+3 points) Missing: opening hours. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant
- **Almost no text without JavaScript.** (+2 points) Crawlers that do not run scripts see an empty page. Render the menu, hours and address as plain HTML. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/website-blank-without-javascript
- **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": "Restaurant",
  "name": "Banana Jam",
  "url": "https://www.bananajamcafe.co.za/",
  "telephone": "+27 21 674 0186",
  "email": "info@bananajamcafe.co.za",
  "address": {
    "@type": "PostalAddress",
    "streetAddress": "2nd Avenue 157"
  },
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": -33.9943158,
    "longitude": 18.4741809
  },
  "openingHours": "Mo-Sa 11:00-23:00; Su 17:00-23:00",
  "openingHoursSpecification": [
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Monday",
        "Tuesday",
        "Wednesday",
        "Thursday",
        "Friday",
        "Saturday"
      ],
      "opens": "11:00",
      "closes": "23:00"
    },
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Sunday"
      ],
      "opens": "17:00",
      "closes": "23:00"
    }
  ],
  "servesCuisine": [
    "caribbean"
  ],
  "hasMenu": "https://www.bananajamcafe.co.za/menu"
}
</script>
```

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

```
# Banana Jam

> restaurant (caribbean) in 2nd Avenue 157, Cape Town. Phone +27 21 674 0186.

## Book or order directly

- Menu: https://www.bananajamcafe.co.za/menu

## Opening hours

Mo-Sa 11:00-23:00; Su 17:00-23:00

## About

- Website: https://www.bananajamcafe.co.za/
- 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 (LocalBusiness).** address, phone
- **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read items and prices directly.

## Where it stands
74 of 134 in Cape Town. Top 55% 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 | 86% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no edge block, no robots.txt block) | 86% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 36% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 43% | no |

Nearest places in the index: Khao Hom Thai (F, 1164 m, https://directindex.org/r/khaohom.co.za); Four & Twenty Cafe & Pantry (C, 1716 m, https://directindex.org/r/fourandtwentycafe.co.za); Cozy Corner (C, 1925 m, https://directindex.org/r/cosycornertakeaway.co.za); Culture Wine Bar (D, 2450 m, https://directindex.org/r/culturenewlands.com); The Sushi Box (C, 2486 m, https://directindex.org/r/sushibox.co.za); Michael's Kitchen & Bar (C, 3202 m, https://directindex.org/r/michaelskitchenandbar.co.za).

## 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.

Asked 12 everyday questions about Cape Town, the assistants named 65 places; Banana Jam was not among them. See who was named: https://directindex.org/city/cape-town/recommended


Against its peers: Sites built with Wix 49% (24% A or B, 10627 sites); This site 54.3%.

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

## Businesses like Banana Jam in Cape Town

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Cape Town | 134 | 53% | 23% | 54.3% |
| Sites built with Wix in Cape Town | 12 | 41% | 8% | 54.3% |

The best of the sites built with Wix in Cape Town: Dunes Beach Restaurant & Bar (A 92.3%, https://directindex.org/r/dunesrestaurant.co.za); The Mill & Press Cafe and Deli (C 67.7%, https://directindex.org/r/millandpress.co.za); Reverie Social Table (C 63.1%, https://directindex.org/r/reverie.capetown); Vadivelu (D 53.8%, https://directindex.org/r/vadivelu.co.za); NV-80 (D 47.7%, https://directindex.org/r/nv-80.co.za).

With the three fixes above (No booking or ordering link on the website; The server turns AI crawlers away at the door; Structured data is incomplete) the score would be about 92.3%: 5th of 134 in Cape Town, up from 74th.

## The direct record
What agents get for Banana Jam, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/bananajamcafe.co.za
- Book: none on record
- Order: none on record
- Menu: https://www.bananajamcafe.co.za/menu (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: Mo-Sa 11:00-23:00; Su 17:00-23:00 (closed now) (from OpenStreetMap)
- Phone: +27 21 674 0186
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/bananajamcafe.co.za/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 | 16.3 | 25 |
| Readable | 19 | 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/bananajamcafe.co.za
- 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/bananajamcafe.co.za/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/bananajamcafe.co.za/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=bananajamcafe.co.za&force=1