# Buddy's: Agent-Direct Score B (83.1%)

Site: https://www.buddysnyc.com/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/buddysnyc.com
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.)
Buddy's is mostly ready for agents.

## Direct links
- Order directly: https://order.toasttab.com/egiftcards/buddys-sports-bar-354-3rd-avenue (through toast acting for the business)
- Menu: https://www.buddysnyc.com/menu/
- Phone: +1-646-590-0122

## What to fix first
- **Booking only through resy.** (+5 points) Every agent transaction goes through the marketplace and its commission. Add a direct path on your own site, even a simple form. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/book-direct-on-your-own-website
- **Structured data is incomplete.** (+3 points) Missing: opening hours. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant
- **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

Structured data (JSON-LD). One block in the page's head, or in the builder's custom-code slot. Replace anything that is wrong.

```html
<script type="application/ld+json">
{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "BarOrPub",
  "name": "Buddy's",
  "url": "https://www.buddysnyc.com/",
  "telephone": "+1-646-590-0122",
  "address": {
    "@type": "PostalAddress",
    "streetAddress": "3rd Avenue 354",
    "postalCode": "10010"
  },
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 40.7407157,
    "longitude": -73.9820338
  },
  "openingHours": "Mo 16:00-24:00, Tu-Th 16:00-02:00, Fr-Sa 12:00-04:00, Su 12:00-24:00",
  "servesCuisine": [
    "pub"
  ],
  "hasMenu": "https://www.buddysnyc.com/menu/",
  "potentialAction": [
    {
      "@type": "OrderAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://order.toasttab.com/egiftcards/buddys-sports-bar-354-3rd-avenue",
        "actionPlatform": [
          "http://schema.org/DesktopWebPlatform",
          "http://schema.org/MobileWebPlatform"
        ]
      }
    }
  ]
}
</script>
```

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

```
# Buddy's

> bar or pub (pub) in 3rd Avenue 354 10010, New York cafes and bars. Phone +1-646-590-0122.

## Book or order directly

- Order: https://order.toasttab.com/egiftcards/buddys-sports-bar-354-3rd-avenue (through toast acting for the business)
- Menu: https://www.buddysnyc.com/menu/

## Opening hours

Mo 16:00-24:00, Tu-Th 16:00-02:00, Fr-Sa 12:00-04:00, Su 12:00-24:00

## About

- Website: https://www.buddysnyc.com/
- 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 key AI user agents.
- **AI crawlers get the page.** GPTBot, ClaudeBot and PerplexityBot all received a normal response.
- **Structured data present (FoodEstablishment).** address, phone
- **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read items and prices directly.
- **Ordering through toast on your own domain.** No marketplace commission, and the guest stays yours.
- **Toast lets agents act only through its partners.** Toast's guest terms could not be read on 2026-10-15 (bot challenge); since August 2026 Google's Ask Maps completes orders at Toast restaurants through Toast Local under the UCP for Food standard. Read 2026-10-15: https://www.digitaltransactions.net/square-toast-jump-into-ai-boosted-google-maps/. 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
194 of 1612 in New York cafes and bars. Top 12% 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 | 98% | yes |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 96% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no edge block, no robots.txt block) | 99% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 24% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 11% | no |

Nearest places with a similar menu: Sundays Well (A, 33 m, https://directindex.org/r/sundayswellnyc.com); Dog & Bone (D, 78 m, https://directindex.org/r/dogandboneny.com); AWOL Bar and Grill (D, 85 m, https://directindex.org/r/horsesla.com); Turnmill (A, 236 m, https://directindex.org/r/turnmillnyc.com); The Globe (A, 247 m, https://directindex.org/r/theglobeny.com); Molly's (F, 291 m, https://directindex.org/r/mollysshebeen.com); Barfly (A, 454 m, https://directindex.org/r/barfly.nyc); Blue Haven (B, 592 m, https://directindex.org/r/bluehaveneast.com); Flying Cock (A, 608 m, https://directindex.org/r/theflyingcocknyc.com); The Winslow (A, 936 m, https://directindex.org/r/thewinslownyc.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 BentoBox 84% (96% A or B, 951 sites); Sites using Resy 69% (48% A or B, 600 sites); Sites using Toast 74% (63% A or B, 1884 sites); This site 83.1%.

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

## Businesses like Buddy's in New York cafes and bars

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Same kind in New York cafes and bars | 1612 | 46% | 30% | 83.1% |
| Built with BentoBox in New York cafes and bars | 109 | 84% | 94% | 83.1% |
| Using Resy in New York cafes and bars | 72 | 68% | 44% | 83.1% |
| Built with BentoBox and using Resy in New York cafes and bars | 12 | 83% | 92% | 83.1% |

The best of Built with BentoBox and using Resy in New York cafes and bars: Raf's (A 87.7%, https://directindex.org/r/rafsnewyork.com); The Common (A 87.7%, https://directindex.org/r/thecommonbrooklyn.com); Verona Inn (A 87.7%, https://directindex.org/r/veronainn.com); Jac's On Bond (B 84.6%, https://directindex.org/r/jacsonbond.com); Bar Francis (B 83.1%, https://directindex.org/r/barfrancisnyc.com).

With the two fixes above (Booking only through resy; Structured data is incomplete) the score would be about 95.4%: 8th of 1,612 in New York cafes and bars, up from 194th.

## The direct record
What agents get for Buddy's, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/buddysnyc.com
- Book: none on record
- Order: https://order.toasttab.com/egiftcards/buddys-sports-bar-354-3rd-avenue (vendor on own site: Toast; found by the scan of 2026-10-14, not yet tested)
- Menu: https://www.buddysnyc.com/menu/ (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: Mo 16:00-24:00, Tu-Th 16:00-02:00, Fr-Sa 12:00-04:00, Su 12:00-24:00 (from OpenStreetMap)
- Phone: +1-646-590-0122
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/buddysnyc.com/order, https://directindex.org/go/buddysnyc.com/menu
- Agents and people followed 1 direct link to this business this month (1 by AI agents).

## 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, Toast: Partners only. Toast's guest terms could not be read on 2026-10-15 (bot challenge); since August 2026 Google's Ask Maps completes orders at Toast restaurants through Toast Local under the UCP for Food standard. Read 2026-10-15: https://www.digitaltransactions.net/square-toast-jump-into-ai-boosted-google-maps/

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

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 25 | 25 |
| Readable | 19 | 25 |
| Actionable | 10 | 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/buddysnyc.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: 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/buddysnyc.com/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=buddysnyc.com&force=1
