# Barchel: Agent-Direct Score C (56.5%) Site: https://barchel-antwerp.com/ Report: https://directindex.org/r/barchel.be 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.) Barchel is partly visible to agents. ## Direct links - Menu: https://barchel.be/menueilandje - Phone: +3232967756 ## What to fix first - **No booking or ordering path at all.** (+13 points) Only a phone number or WhatsApp. Agents cannot act on those yet. Add a booking or ordering page. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/book-direct-on-your-own-website - **Structured data is incomplete.** (+6 points) Missing: address, telephone, opening hours. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant - **The server turns AI crawlers away at the door.** (+3.3 points) Live fetches as PerplexityBot (http_429) 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 - **Menu or price list is a PDF.** (+3 points) Most agents skip PDFs or read them badly. Publish it as HTML, keep the PDF as a download. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/menu-pdf-ai - **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. ``` # Barchel > cafe or coffee shop in Jos Smolderenstraat 15 2000 Antwerpen, Antwerp cafes and bars. Phone +3232967756. ## Book or order directly - Menu: https://barchel.be/menueilandje ## About - Website: https://barchel-antwerp.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. - **Structured data present (Organization).** but without address, phone or hours ## Since the scan of 2026-10-14 (C then) - Fixed: nothing - New: The server turned AI crawlers away at the door ## Where it stands 88 of 217 in Antwerp cafes and bars. Top 41% 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 | 86% | no | | Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 86% | no | | Let AI crawlers in (no edge block, no robots.txt block) | 95% | no | | Structured data with address, phone and hours | 36% | no | | Have an llms.txt | 18% | no | Nearest places in the index: Den Buro (F, 156 m, https://directindex.org/r/denburo.be); Cocktailbar Sips (D, 317 m, https://directindex.org/r/sips-cocktails.com); De Nieuwe Linde (C, 353 m, https://directindex.org/r/denieuwelinde.be); Mayfair (A, 558 m, https://directindex.org/r/mayfair-antwerp.be); Bar Burbure (D, 560 m, https://directindex.org/r/barburbure.be); Hopper (F, 571 m, https://directindex.org/r/cafehopper.be); Butchers Coffee (F, 579 m, https://directindex.org/r/butcherscoffee.be); Café Zurich (F, 686 m, https://directindex.org/r/cafezurich.be); Nordica 31 (B, 735 m, https://directindex.org/r/nordica31.be); Tannin (D, 874 m, https://directindex.org/r/ta-nnin.be). ## 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 62%, 2026-10-14 57%. Against its peers: Sites built with WordPress 58% (28% A or B, 36794 sites); This site 56.5%. See what an AI agent reads on this site: https://directindex.org/r/barchel.be/agent-view ## Businesses like Barchel in Antwerp cafes and bars | Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site | |---|---|---|---|---| | Same kind in Antwerp cafes and bars | 217 | 49% | 19% | 56.5% | | Built with WordPress in Antwerp cafes and bars | 81 | 58% | 25% | 56.5% | The best of Built with WordPress in Antwerp cafes and bars: Grand-Café Jules Verne (A 95.4%, https://directindex.org/r/grandcafejulesverne.be); Bar'rique (A 93.8%, https://directindex.org/r/bar-rique.be); Hovezuid (A 90%, https://directindex.org/r/hovezuid.be); Mayfair (A 90%, https://directindex.org/r/mayfair-antwerp.be); Brasserie Hulstkamp (A 88.8%, https://directindex.org/r/hulstkampantwerpen.be). With the three fixes above (No booking or ordering path at all; Structured data is incomplete; The server turns AI crawlers away at the door) the score would be about 90.8%: 4th of 217 in Antwerp cafes and bars, up from 88th. ## The direct record What agents get for Barchel, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/barchel.be - Book: none on record - Order: none on record - Menu: https://barchel.be/menueilandje (pdf; from the scan) - Hours: none on record - Phone: +3232967756 - Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/barchel.be/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 Not measured at this scan; the next scan measures it. ## Score breakdown | Component | Points | Available | |---|---|---| | Reachable | 21.7 | 25 | | Readable | 13 | 25 | | Actionable | 2 | 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/barchel.be - 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 Deep report: https://directindex.org/r/barchel.be/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=barchel.be&force=1