# Bows Coffee Roasters: Agent-Direct Score C (58.5%)

Site: https://bowscoffee.com/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/bowscoffee.com
Scanned: 2026-11-13 (Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.)
Bows Coffee Roasters is partly visible to agents.
An AI assistant can open Bows Coffee Roasters's website. It can read what Bows Coffee Roasters offers. It finds a way to book or order directly, through bowsandarrowscoffee.com.

## Direct links
- Menu: https://bowscoffee.com/collections/coffees/products/eufemia-donis-espresso
- Phone: +1 250 590-7792
- Address: 483 Garbally Road
- Hours, from OpenStreetMap · Overture Maps: Mon–Fri 08:30–14:00; Sat–Sun closed
- Prices: 48 prices on the site, the middle one CA$26.75

## Nearby, also direct
Places near Bows Coffee Roasters that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Heavenly Desserts (100 m): https://directindex.org/r/heavenlydesserts.ca

## 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
- **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

## What the site tells visitors (Measured, not scored)
- **48 prices on the landing page, the middle one CA$26.75.** 

## 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": "Bows Coffee Roasters",
  "url": "https://bowscoffee.com/",
  "telephone": "+1 250 590-7792",
  "address": {
    "@type": "PostalAddress",
    "streetAddress": "483 Garbally Road"
  },
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 48.4402349,
    "longitude": -123.3736767
  },
  "openingHours": "Mo-Fr 08:30-14:00",
  "openingHoursSpecification": [
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Monday",
        "Tuesday",
        "Wednesday",
        "Thursday",
        "Friday"
      ],
      "opens": "08:30",
      "closes": "14:00"
    }
  ],
  "hasMenu": "https://bowscoffee.com/collections/coffees/products/eufemia-donis-espresso"
}
</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.
- **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read the items and prices.

## Where it stands
66 of 144 in Victoria cafes and bars. Top 46% 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 | 93% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 100% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 40% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 47% | yes |

Nearest places in the index: Heavenly Desserts (A, 98 m, https://directindex.org/r/heavenlydesserts.ca); Royal Canadian Legion (F, 235 m, https://directindex.org/r/legion.ca); Shark Club Bar & Grill (F, 413 m, https://directindex.org/r/sharkclubs.com); Mile Zero Coffee Company (C, 420 m, https://directindex.org/r/milezerocoffee.com); EZ-Vape Canada (D, 421 m, https://directindex.org/r/ezvape.com); Wheelies Motorcycles and Cafe (B, 441 m, https://directindex.org/r/wheeliesmotorcycles.ca); Supercoffee (F, 489 m, https://directindex.org/r/supercoffee.org); Brass Monkey Taproom (C, 574 m, https://directindex.org/r/brassmonkeytaproom.ca); 2% Jazz (C, 625 m, https://directindex.org/r/2percentjazz.com); The Loft Pub (F, 701 m, https://directindex.org/r/loftpubvictoria.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 Shopify 50% (27% A or B, 16734 sites); This site 58.5%.

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

## Businesses like Bows Coffee Roasters in Victoria cafes and bars

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Victoria cafes and bars | 144 | 55% | 28% | 58.5% |
| Sites built with Shopify in Victoria cafes and bars | 12 | 62% | 42% | 58.5% |

The best of the sites built with Shopify in Victoria cafes and bars: Imagine Studio Cafe (B 84.6%, https://directindex.org/r/imaginestudio.cafe); The Dutch Bakery & Diner (B 84.6%, https://directindex.org/r/thedutchbakery.com); Caffe Fantastico (B 73.8%, https://directindex.org/r/caffefantastico.com); Leopold's Tavern (B 72.3%, https://directindex.org/r/leopoldstavern.com); Silk Road Tea (B 72.3%, https://directindex.org/r/silkroadteastore.com).

With the two fixes above (No structured data for the business; Ordering through an unrecognised third party), the score would be about 95.4%. That would be 4th of 144 in Victoria cafes and bars, up from 66th.

## The direct record
What agents get for Bows Coffee Roasters, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/bowscoffee.com
- Book: none on record
- Order: none on record
- Menu: https://bowscoffee.com/collections/coffees/products/eufemia-donis-espresso (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: Mo-Fr 08:30-14:00 (closed now) (from OpenStreetMap)
- Phone: +1 250 590-7792
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/bowscoffee.com/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 | 7 | 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/bowscoffee.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: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/markdown-negotiation/SKILL.md)
- 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/bowscoffee.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/bowscoffee.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=bowscoffee.com&force=1