# The Black Dog Freehouse: Agent-Direct Score D (49.2%) Site: https://www.blackdog.ca/ Report: https://directindex.org/r/blackdog.ca Scanned: 2026-11-04 (Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.) The Black Dog Freehouse is hard for agents to use. An AI assistant can open The Black Dog Freehouse's website. It can read what The Black Dog Freehouse offers. It can't find a link to book or order online. ## Direct links - Menu: https://blackdog.ca/menu/ - Phone: +1-780-439-1082 - Address: 10425 82 Avenue North-west, Edmonton - Hours, from OpenStreetMap: Mon–Sun 14:00–02:00 - Outdoor seating (OpenStreetMap) - Prices: 22 prices on the site, the middle one CA$5.25 ## Nearby, also direct Places near The Black Dog Freehouse that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between. - The Buckingham (30 m): https://directindex.org/r/thebuckingham.ca - Leo's Cafe (90 m): https://directindex.org/r/leoscafe.ca - Blues on Whyte (170 m): https://directindex.org/r/bluesonwhyte.com - The Bell in Scona Brewery (180 m): https://directindex.org/r/bellinscona.com ## 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). Every assistant reads this block first, and the fix kit below has it filled in. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant - **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 - **No llms.txt.** (no points, but worth doing) Optional for now and cheap to add. It's a short text file that describes the business for language models. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/llms-txt-for-a-business ## What the site tells visitors (Measured, not scored) - **22 prices on the landing page, the middle one CA$5.25.** ## 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 ``` llms.txt. Save as /llms.txt at the root of the site. ``` # The Black Dog Freehouse > bar or pub in 10425 82 Avenue North-west, Edmonton, Edmonton cafes and bars. Phone +1-780-439-1082. ## Book or order directly - Menu: https://blackdog.ca/menu/ ## Opening hours Mo-Su 14:00-02:00 ## About - Website: https://www.blackdog.ca/ - 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 main AI user agents. - **AI crawlers get the page.** GPTBot, ClaudeBot and PerplexityBot all got a normal response. - **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read the items and prices. ## Where it stands 45 of 68 in Edmonton cafes and bars. Top 66% 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 | 100% | yes | | Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 100% | yes | | Structured data with address, phone and hours | 50% | no | | Have an llms.txt | 30% | no | Nearest places in the index: The Buckingham (A, 30 m, https://directindex.org/r/thebuckingham.ca); Leo's Cafe (A, 88 m, https://directindex.org/r/leoscafe.ca); Remedy Cafe (C, 100 m, https://directindex.org/r/remedycafe.ca); The Pint (F, 111 m, https://directindex.org/r/thepint.ca); The Next Act (C, 124 m, https://directindex.org/r/nextactpub.com); Cha Island Tea Co. (F, 166 m, https://directindex.org/r/chaisland.com); Blues on Whyte (B, 174 m, https://directindex.org/r/bluesonwhyte.com); The Bell in Scona Brewery (A, 177 m, https://directindex.org/r/bellinscona.com); Yelo'd Ice Cream & Bake Shoppe (F, 188 m, https://directindex.org/r/yelod.ca); The Woodrack Cafe (D, 197 m, https://directindex.org/r/thewoodrackcafe.com). ## 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. Compared with its peers: Sites built with WordPress 55% (25% A or B, 236086 sites); This site 49.2%. See what an AI agent reads on this site: https://directindex.org/r/blackdog.ca/agent-view ## Businesses like The Black Dog Freehouse in Edmonton cafes and bars | Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site | |---|---|---|---|---| | Businesses of the same kind in Edmonton cafes and bars | 68 | 56% | 31% | 49.2% | | Sites built with WordPress in Edmonton cafes and bars | 21 | 60% | 29% | 49.2% | The best of the sites built with WordPress in Edmonton cafes and bars: The Bell in Scona Brewery (A 95.4%, https://directindex.org/r/bellinscona.com); Waves Coffee House (A 86.3%, https://directindex.org/r/wavescoffee.ca); The Canadian Brew House;The Canadian Brewhouse (A 86.2%, https://directindex.org/r/thecanadianbrewhouse.com); Metropolitan Billiards (B 84.6%, https://directindex.org/r/metrobilliards.com); Blues on Whyte (B 75.4%, https://directindex.org/r/bluesonwhyte.com). With the two fixes above (No structured data for the business; No booking or ordering link on the website), the score would be about 95.4%, which would be first of 68 in Edmonton cafes and bars. ## The direct record What agents get for The Black Dog Freehouse, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/blackdog.ca - Book: none on record - Order: none on record - Menu: https://blackdog.ca/menu/ (html_page; from the scan) - Hours: Mo-Su 14:00-02:00 (closed now) (from OpenStreetMap) - Phone: +1-780-439-1082 - Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/blackdog.ca/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): no - 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 Found one hop past the home page: menu page /menu/: almost no text without JavaScript. ## Score breakdown | Component | Points | Available | |---|---|---| | Reachable | 25 | 25 | | Readable | 7 | 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/blackdog.ca - 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/blackdog.ca/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/blackdog.ca/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=blackdog.ca&force=1