# Merlot Petit Amour: Agent-Direct Score A (87.7%)

Site: https://www.bistrot-merlot.fr/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/bistrot-merlot.fr
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.)
Merlot Petit Amour is ready for agents.

## Direct links
- Book directly: https://bookings.zenchef.com/results?rid=377159&pid=1001 (through zenchef acting for the business)
- Menu: https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/68b97d24d39b962dab377d5a/6a5f315716179111bea9959a_MENU%20MERLOT.pdf
- Phone: +33556000000

## What to fix first
- **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

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

```
# Merlot Petit Amour

> restaurant in Place du Palais 20 33000, Bordeaux. Phone +33556000000.

## Book or order directly

- Book: https://bookings.zenchef.com/results?rid=377159&pid=1001 (through zenchef acting for the business)
- Menu: https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/68b97d24d39b962dab377d5a/6a5f315716179111bea9959a_MENU%20MERLOT.pdf

## Opening hours

Tu-Sa 12:00-14:30,18:00-23:00

## About

- Website: https://www.bistrot-merlot.fr/
- This file follows llms.txt (https://llmstxt.org): a short plain-text description for language models.
```

## Already right
- **robots.txt lets AI crawlers in.** There is no robots.txt, which allows everything.
- **AI crawlers get the page.** GPTBot, ClaudeBot and PerplexityBot all received a normal response.
- **Structured data present (Restaurant).** address, phone, opening hours
- **Booking through zenchef on your own domain.** No marketplace commission, and the guest stays yours.
- **Zenchef lets agents act only through its partners.** Zenchef's website terms (19 February 2024) forbid robots, scripts or automated systems that extract content and forbid crawling or scraping; agents book only through partner integrations a restaurant enables. Read 2026-10-15: https://www.zenchef.com/terms-conditions. An assistant that is not a partner cannot finish the step there; a direct path on your own domain works for all of them.

## Where it stands
36 of 389 in Bordeaux. Top 9% 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% | yes |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 93% | no |
| Let AI crawlers in (no edge block, no robots.txt block) | 98% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 70% | yes |
| Have an llms.txt | 40% | no |

Nearest places in the index: Bistrot Cul Sec (A, 41 m, https://directindex.org/r/bistrot-culsec.fr); Gueuleton Bordeaux (A, 42 m, https://directindex.org/r/gueuleton.fr); La Petite Savoie (C, 61 m, https://directindex.org/r/lapetitesavoie.fr); Demeter (A, 87 m, https://directindex.org/r/restaurantdemeter.com); A Cantina Comptoir Corse (A, 103 m, https://directindex.org/r/acantina-comptoircorse.fr); C'Yusha (A, 104 m, https://directindex.org/r/cyusha.com); Ô P'tit Bahut (F, 112 m, https://directindex.org/r/optitbahut.fr); ECHO (F, 114 m, https://directindex.org/r/adobe.com); Berthus (A, 117 m, https://directindex.org/r/restaurant-berthus.fr); Vivants (C, 121 m, https://directindex.org/r/restaurantvivants.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 Webflow 58% (25% A or B, 1910 sites); Sites using Zenchef 76% (63% A or B, 822 sites); This site 87.7%.

See what an AI agent reads on this site: https://directindex.org/r/bistrot-merlot.fr/agent-view

## Businesses like Merlot Petit Amour in Bordeaux

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Same kind in Bordeaux | 389 | 57% | 33% | 87.7% |
| Built with Webflow in Bordeaux | 15 | 61% | 27% | 87.7% |
| Using Zenchef in Bordeaux | 42 | 77% | 60% | 87.7% |
| Built with Webflow and using Zenchef in Bordeaux | 3 | 71% | 33% | 87.7% |

The best of Using Zenchef in Bordeaux: A Cantina Comptoir Corse (A 93.8%, https://directindex.org/r/acantina-comptoircorse.fr); Atelier des Faures (A 93.8%, https://directindex.org/r/atelierdesfaures.fr); Berthus (A 93.8%, https://directindex.org/r/restaurant-berthus.fr); Côté Zinc (A 92.3%, https://directindex.org/r/cotezinc.fr); Le Jardin Pêcheur (A 92.3%, https://directindex.org/r/jardin-pecheur-bordeaux.com).

With the fix above (Menu or price list is a PDF) the score would be about 92.3%: 15th of 389 in Bordeaux, up from 36th.

## The direct record
What agents get for Merlot Petit Amour, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/bistrot-merlot.fr
- Book: https://bookings.zenchef.com/results?rid=377159&pid=1001 (vendor on own site: Zenchef; found by the scan of 2026-10-14, not yet tested)
- Order: none on record
- Menu: https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/68b97d24d39b962dab377d5a/6a5f315716179111bea9959a_MENU%20MERLOT.pdf (pdf; from the scan)
- Hours: Tu-Sa 12:00-14:30,18:00-23:00 (closed now) (from OpenStreetMap)
- Phone: +33556000000
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/bistrot-merlot.fr/book, https://directindex.org/go/bistrot-merlot.fr/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, Zenchef: Partners only. Zenchef's website terms (19 February 2024) forbid robots, scripts or automated systems that extract content and forbid crawling or scraping; agents book only through partner integrations a restaurant enables. Read 2026-10-15: https://www.zenchef.com/terms-conditions

Not measured at this scan; the next scan measures it.

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 25 | 25 |
| Readable | 22 | 25 |
| Actionable | 10 | 15 (the action test: pending) |
| Cited | 0 | 0 (the assistant citation check: pending) |

## Agent readiness (Cloudflare)
Level 0 of 5, Not Ready. Cloudflare's report: https://isitagentready.com/bistrot-merlot.fr
- Link headers on the homepage: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/link-headers/SKILL.md)
- sitemap.xml: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/sitemap/SKILL.md)
- AI bot rules in robots.txt: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/ai-rules/SKILL.md)
- 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/bistrot-merlot.fr/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=bistrot-merlot.fr&force=1