# Banh By Lauren: Agent-Direct Score C (64.6%) Site: https://banhbylauren.com/ Report: https://directindex.org/r/banhbylauren.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.) Banh By Lauren is partly visible to agents. ## Direct links - Order directly: https://banhbylauren.square.site/ (through square acting for the business) - Menu: https://banhbylauren.com/menu-january-2025/ ## What to fix first - **No structured data for the business.** (+15 points) Add schema.org JSON-LD for the business (CafeOrCoffeeShop, BarOrPub or the closest type, with name, address, telephone and openingHoursSpecification, plus servesCuisine). It is the one block every assistant reads first; the fix kit below has it filled in. 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 ``` llms.txt. Save as /llms.txt at the root of the site. ``` # Banh By Lauren > cafe or coffee shop (cake, coffee shop) in Madison Street 42, New York cafes and bars. ## Book or order directly - Order: https://banhbylauren.square.site/ (through square acting for the business) - Menu: https://banhbylauren.com/menu-january-2025/ ## About - Website: https://banhbylauren.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 key AI user agents. - **AI crawlers get the page.** GPTBot, ClaudeBot and PerplexityBot all received a normal response. - **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read items and prices directly. - **Ordering through square on your own domain.** No marketplace commission, and the guest stays yours. ## Where it stands 581 of 1612 in New York cafes and bars. Top 36% 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 | 98% | yes | | Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 96% | yes | | Let AI crawlers in (no edge block, no robots.txt block) | 99% | yes | | Structured data with address, phone and hours | 24% | no | | Have an llms.txt | 11% | no | Nearest places with a similar menu: Bake Culture (D, 443 m, https://directindex.org/r/bakecultureusa.com); Matcha Cafe Maiko (D, 747 m, https://directindex.org/r/matchacafe-maiko.com); Georgie's Cafe & Bar (B, 852 m, https://directindex.org/r/georgies.cafe); Kaigo Coffee Room (D, 891 m, https://directindex.org/r/kaigocoffee.com); Butler (B, 1016 m, https://directindex.org/r/butler-nyc.com); Almondine Bakery (F, 1018 m, https://directindex.org/r/almondinebakery.com); Rex (B, 1034 m, https://directindex.org/r/rex-nyc.com); Coffee Project New York | Financial District (C, 1071 m, https://directindex.org/r/coffeeprojectny.com); Koneko Cat Cafe (D, 1246 m, https://directindex.org/r/konekonyc.com); Le Pain Quotidien (B, 1317 m, https://directindex.org/r/lepainquotidien.com). ## 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. Against its peers: Sites built with WordPress 58% (29% A or B, 36926 sites); Sites using Square 69% (47% A or B, 793 sites); This site 64.6%. See what an AI agent reads on this site: https://directindex.org/r/banhbylauren.com/agent-view ## Businesses like Banh By Lauren in New York cafes and bars | Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site | |---|---|---|---|---| | Same kind in New York cafes and bars | 1612 | 46% | 30% | 64.6% | | Built with WordPress in New York cafes and bars | 219 | 60% | 31% | 64.6% | | Using Square in New York cafes and bars | 74 | 71% | 58% | 64.6% | | Built with WordPress and using Square in New York cafes and bars | 11 | 67% | 36% | 64.6% | The best of Built with WordPress and using Square in New York cafes and bars: Campbell & Co. (B 78.5%, https://directindex.org/r/campbellandco.nyc); Bonjour Crepes & Waffles (B 76.9%, https://directindex.org/r/bonjourcrepesandwine.com); Rex (B 76.9%, https://directindex.org/r/rex-nyc.com); Goyana (B 72.3%, https://directindex.org/r/bargoyana.com); Copper Mug Coffee (C 66.2%, https://directindex.org/r/coppermugcoffee.com). With the fix above (No structured data for the business) the score would be about 87.7%: 72nd of 1,612 in New York cafes and bars, up from 581st. ## The direct record What agents get for Banh By Lauren, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/banhbylauren.com - Book: none on record - Order: https://banhbylauren.square.site/ (vendor on own site: Square; found by the scan of 2026-10-14, not yet tested) - Menu: https://banhbylauren.com/menu-january-2025/ (html_page; from the scan) - Hours: none on record - Phone: none on record - Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/banhbylauren.com/order, https://directindex.org/go/banhbylauren.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): 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 - Vendor terms for agents, Square: Yes. Square takes orders placed in ChatGPT and Claude for US food sellers since 1 July 2026 with no seller setup; its Buyer Account Terms still bar robots and scrapers from accessing Block systems. Read 2026-10-15: https://squareup.com/us/en/press/claude-chatgpt-integrations Not measured at this scan; the next scan measures it. ## Score breakdown | Component | Points | Available | |---|---|---| | Reachable | 25 | 25 | | Readable | 7 | 25 | | Actionable | 10 | 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/banhbylauren.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: 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: no Keep watching this business (https://directindex.org/r/banhbylauren.com/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/banhbylauren.com/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 ยท Rescan now: https://directindex.org/scan?url=banhbylauren.com&force=1