# Bean in Progress: Agent-Direct Score D (50.8%)

Site: https://beaninprogress.com/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/beaninprogress.com
Scanned: 2026-10-16 (Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.)
Bean in Progress is hard for agents to use.
An AI assistant can open Bean in Progress's website. It can't find a menu or price list, so it answers from other sites. It can't find a link to book or order online.

## Direct links
- Address: Rebgasse 1 4058 Basel
- Hours, from OpenStreetMap · Overture Maps: Mon–Fri 08:15–17:00; Sat–Sun 09:00–17:00
- Outdoor seating (OpenStreetMap)
- Prices: 10 prices on the site, the middle one CHF 17.00

## Nearby, also direct
Places near Bean in Progress that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- BRÜ Specialty Coffee (730 m): https://directindex.org/r/bruspecialtycoffee.com
- Cafe Nona - Place of Encounter (1.3 km): https://directindex.org/r/cafe-nona.ch
- Café Bar Rosenkranz (1.4 km): https://directindex.org/r/caferosenkranz.ch
- McCafé (1.5 km): https://directindex.org/r/mcdonalds.com

## 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.** (+7 points) Missing: address, telephone, opening hours. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant
- **No menu or price list found.** (+7 points) Agents answer 'what do they offer?' from marketplaces instead. Add a page with the menu or price list and link to it from the homepage. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/menu-pdf-ai

## What the site tells visitors (Measured, not scored)
- **10 prices on the landing page, the middle one CHF 17.00.** 

## 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": "CafeOrCoffeeShop",
  "name": "Bean in Progress",
  "url": "https://beaninprogress.com/",
  "email": "hello@beaninprogress.com",
  "address": {
    "@type": "PostalAddress",
    "streetAddress": "Rebgasse 1",
    "postalCode": "4058",
    "addressLocality": "Basel"
  },
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 47.5609622,
    "longitude": 7.5941983
  },
  "openingHours": "Mo-Fr 08:15-17:00; Sa-Su 09:00-17:00",
  "openingHoursSpecification": [
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Monday",
        "Tuesday",
        "Wednesday",
        "Thursday",
        "Friday"
      ],
      "opens": "08:15",
      "closes": "17:00"
    },
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Saturday",
        "Sunday"
      ],
      "opens": "09:00",
      "closes": "17:00"
    }
  ],
  "servesCuisine": [
    "coffee shop"
  ]
}
</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.
- **Structured data found (Organization).** no address, phone or hours in it

## Where it stands
94 of 229 in Basel cafes and bars. Top 41% 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 | 96% | no |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 43% | no |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 91% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 9% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 17% | yes |

Nearest places with a similar menu: Finkmüller (F, 587 m, https://directindex.org/r/finkmueller.ch); BRÜ Specialty Coffee (A, 734 m, https://directindex.org/r/bruspecialtycoffee.com); Bean Bank Coffee (F, 820 m, https://directindex.org/r/beanbank.ch); Crêperie am Kohlenberg (F, 863 m, https://directindex.org/r/xn--crperie-kya.online); Tinka Specialty Coffee (C, 1084 m, https://directindex.org/r/tinkaspecialtycoffee.ch); Eccetera (F, 1153 m, https://directindex.org/r/caffeeccetera.ch); Cafe Nona - Place of Encounter (C, 1301 m, https://directindex.org/r/cafe-nona.ch); Café Bar Rosenkranz (C, 1373 m, https://directindex.org/r/caferosenkranz.ch); McCafé (D, 1457 m, https://directindex.org/r/mcdonalds.com); Rhyläx Café (C, 1496 m, https://directindex.org/r/rhylax-cafe.ch).

## 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.

Recommended when people ask: "The best specialty coffee in town, open right now." (ChatGPT, Gemini)


Compared with its peers: Sites built with Shopify 48% (24% A or B, 13925 sites); This site 50.8%.

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

## Named by ChatGPT and Gemini for "The best specialty coffee in town, open right now" in Basel cafes and bars, October 2026
- "The best specialty coffee in town, open right now." (2026-10-22): ChatGPT with a link to this site; Gemini with a link to this site. https://directindex.org/city/basel-cafes-bars/recommended/specialty-coffee
Named by 2 of 2 assistants asked. Badge: https://directindex.org/badge/named/beaninprogress.com.svg

## Businesses like Bean in Progress in Basel cafes and bars

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Basel cafes and bars | 229 | 46% | 13% | 50.8% |
| Sites built with Shopify in Basel cafes and bars | 9 | 61% | 33% | 50.8% |

The best of the sites built with Shopify in Basel cafes and bars: BRÜ Specialty Coffee (A 86.2%, https://directindex.org/r/bruspecialtycoffee.com); London Tea (B 73.8%, https://directindex.org/r/london-tea.ch); Prokaffeemaschine AG (B 73.8%, https://directindex.org/r/prokaffeemaschine.ch); Cream Cakery (C 56.9%, https://directindex.org/r/creamcakery.ch); Joyne (C 56.9%, https://directindex.org/r/joyne.com).

With the three fixes above (No booking or ordering link on the website; Structured data is incomplete; No menu or price list found), the score would be about 95.4%, which would be first of 229 in Basel cafes and bars.

## The direct record
What agents get for Bean in Progress, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/beaninprogress.com
- Book: none on record
- Order: none on record
- Menu: none on record
- Hours: Mo-Fr 08:15-17:00; Sa-Su 09:00-17:00 (open now) (from OpenStreetMap)
- Phone: none on record

## 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

A browser path finder looked at the rendered home page on 2026-10-16 and found no booking or ordering link the scan had missed.

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 25 | 25 |
| Readable | 8 | 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/beaninprogress.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: 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: yes

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