# Basis: Agent-Direct Score D (53.8%)

Site: https://www.basis.paris/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/basis.paris
Scanned: 2026-10-15 (Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.)
Basis is hard for agents to use.
An AI assistant can open Basis's website. What Basis offers is in a PDF or an image, and assistants read those badly. It finds a way to book or order directly, through order.store.

## Direct links
- Menu: https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1019/4108/4495/files/MENU_BASIS_RVB_NUMERIQUE-avec_compression.pdf?v=1779803820
- Hours, from OpenStreetMap · Overture Maps: Mon–Thu 11:30–15:00, 18:30–23:00; Fri–Sun 11:30–00:00
- Prices: 4 prices on the site, the middle one €35.00

## What things cost at Basis

Main courses: 6 with a price, the middle one €10.40. The middle main course in Paris: €18.80.

As printed on the menu page, read 2026-10-18. Each price was found on the page. The middle is the median of the Paris menus that list the item. A menu online can be older than the one on the table. The menu page: https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1019/4108/4495/files/MENU_BASIS_RVB_NUMERIQUE-avec_compression.pdf?v=1779803820 · Every price in Paris: https://directindex.org/stats/prices/paris

## Nearby, also direct
Places near Basis that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Afendi (40 m): https://directindex.org/r/afendi-paris.com
- 5 Pailles (50 m): https://directindex.org/r/5pailles.com
- Kapunka (90 m): https://directindex.org/r/kapunkagroup.com
- Le Napoléon (90 m): https://directindex.org/r/hotelnapoleon.com
- efkeria (100 m): https://directindex.org/r/efkeria.fr

## What to fix first
- **No structured data for the business.** (+15 points) Add schema.org JSON-LD for the business (Restaurant, LocalBusiness or the closest type, with name, address, telephone and openingHoursSpecification, plus servesCuisine and acceptsReservations). Every assistant reads this block first, and the fix kit below has it filled in. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant
- **Ordering through an unrecognised third party.** (+9 points) Check that the provider keeps your business as the seller of record. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/online-ordering-without-delivery-apps
- **Menu or price list is a PDF.** (+3 points) Most agents skip PDFs or read them badly. Publish it as an HTML page and keep the PDF as a download. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/menu-pdf-ai

## What the site tells visitors (Measured, not scored)
- **No English version declared.** Visitors from abroad, and assistants answering in English, read the page as it is. In Paris, 32% of comparable sites declare one.
- **4 prices on the landing page, the middle one €35.00.** In Paris, the middle price of comparable sites that show prices is €16.00.

## 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": "FastFoodRestaurant",
  "name": "Basis",
  "url": "https://www.basis.paris/",
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 48.873642,
    "longitude": 2.3548268
  },
  "openingHours": "Mo-Th 11:30-15:00,18:30-23:00; Fr-Su 11:30-00:00",
  "openingHoursSpecification": [
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Monday",
        "Tuesday",
        "Wednesday",
        "Thursday"
      ],
      "opens": "11:30",
      "closes": "15:00"
    },
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Monday",
        "Tuesday",
        "Wednesday",
        "Thursday"
      ],
      "opens": "18:30",
      "closes": "23:00"
    },
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Friday",
        "Saturday",
        "Sunday"
      ],
      "opens": "11:30",
      "closes": "00:00"
    }
  ],
  "hasMenu": "https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1019/4108/4495/files/MENU_BASIS_RVB_NUMERIQUE-avec_compression.pdf?v=1779803820"
}
</script>
```

## 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.

## Since the scan of 2026-10-14 (F then)
- Fixed: The site couldn't be read at all
- New: No structured data for the business; Menu was a PDF; Ordering through an unrecognised third party

## Where it stands
3540 of 6273 in Paris. Top 56% 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% | no |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 99% | no |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 99% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 84% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 62% | yes |

Nearest places in the index: Buenas (D, 18 m, https://directindex.org/r/buenas.fr); Hara-Kiri (D, 18 m, https://directindex.org/r/harakiriramen.fr); Afendi (B, 35 m, https://directindex.org/r/afendi-paris.com); 5 Pailles (A, 45 m, https://directindex.org/r/5pailles.com); Grand Café d’Athènes (C, 60 m, https://directindex.org/r/grandcafedathenes.fr); Le Daily Syrien Veggie (D, 72 m, https://directindex.org/r/ledailysyrien.com); Kapunka (B, 85 m, https://directindex.org/r/kapunkagroup.com); Le Napoléon (B, 92 m, https://directindex.org/r/hotelnapoleon.com); Villa Bahia (F, 95 m, https://directindex.org/r/villabahia.fr); efkeria (B, 97 m, https://directindex.org/r/efkeria.fr).

## 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.

The assistants were asked 13 everyday questions about Paris and named 98 places. Basis wasn't one of them. See who was named: https://directindex.org/city/paris/recommended


Compared with its peers: Sites built with Shopify 48% (26% A or B, 7656 sites); This site 53.8%.

See what an AI agent reads on this site: https://directindex.org/r/basis.paris/agent-view

## Businesses like Basis in Paris

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Paris | 6273 | 57% | 38% | 53.8% |
| Sites built with Shopify in Paris | 94 | 61% | 46% | 53.8% |

The best of the sites built with Shopify in Paris: Elmer (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/elmer-restaurant.fr); Oktobre (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/oktobre.fr); Habile (A 95.4%, https://directindex.org/r/habile.com); Ladurée Pavillon Gravelle (A 92.3%, https://directindex.org/r/laduree.com); Al Boustan (A 86.2%, https://directindex.org/r/alboustan.fr).

With the three fixes above (No structured data for the business; Ordering through an unrecognised third party; Menu or price list is a PDF), the score would be about 95.4%. That would be 174th of 6,273 in Paris, up from 3540th.

## The direct record
What agents get for Basis, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/basis.paris
- Book: none on record
- Order: none on record
- Menu: https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1019/4108/4495/files/MENU_BASIS_RVB_NUMERIQUE-avec_compression.pdf?v=1779803820 (pdf; from the scan)
- Hours: Mo-Th 11:30-15:00,18:30-23:00; Fr-Su 11:30-00:00 (open now) (from OpenStreetMap)
- Phone: none on record
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/basis.paris/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 | 4 | 25 |
| Actionable | 6 | 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/basis.paris
- 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: yes
- 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: yes
- OAuth protected resource metadata: yes
- 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: yes
- JSON-LD for the business: no

Keep watching this business (https://directindex.org/r/basis.paris/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/basis.paris/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=basis.paris&force=1