# Buttonwood Cafe: Agent-Direct Score A (90.3%)

Site: http://www.buttonwoodcafe.com
Report: https://directindex.org/r/buttonwoodcafe.com
Scanned: 2026-10-23 (Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.)
Buttonwood Cafe is ready for agents.
Some AI assistants are turned away by Buttonwood Cafe's website. It can read what Buttonwood Cafe offers. It finds a way to book or order directly on the site.

## Direct links
- Book directly: https://buttonwoodcafe.com/private-events/ (on the business's own site)
- Menu: https://buttonwoodcafe.com/menu/
- Phone: 19149122138
- Address: 14 Wall St, 10005-2101, New York
- Its menu mentions: vegetarian dishes

## Nearby, also direct
Places near Buttonwood Cafe that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Milk Street Cafe (130 m): https://directindex.org/r/milkstreetcafe.com
- Trinity Place (170 m): https://directindex.org/r/trinityplacenyc.com
- Manhatta (180 m): https://directindex.org/r/manhattarestaurant.com
- TGI Fridays (210 m): https://directindex.org/r/tgifridays.com
- The Malt House (260 m): https://directindex.org/r/themalthousefidi.com

## What to fix first
- **The server turns AI crawlers away at the door.** (+3.3 points) Requests as GPTBot (http_429) were refused, but a normal browser got the page. That's usually a bot list at the host or in a firewall that the owner never chose. Ask the host to allow these user agents. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/blocking-ai-crawlers-without-knowing
- **The phone number on the site doesn't match the open map data.** The site shows (646)-869-%206700, but OpenStreetMap or Overture Maps lists 19149122138. An assistant that sees two numbers can't tell which one to trust. Fix whichever is wrong, on the site or in the map data at openstreetmap.org.

## Already right
- **robots.txt lets AI crawlers in.** No rule blocks the main AI user agents.
- **Structured data found (CafeOrCoffeeShop).** address, phone, opening hours
- **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read the items and prices.
- **Booking on your own site.** Agents can book without going through a marketplace.

## Where it stands
1002 of 11000 in New York. Top 9% 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% | yes |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 95% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 96% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 59% | yes |
| Have an llms.txt | 25% | yes |

Nearest places with a similar menu: Milk Street Cafe (A, 131 m, https://directindex.org/r/milkstreetcafe.com); Trinity Place (B, 171 m, https://directindex.org/r/trinityplacenyc.com); Manhatta (B, 179 m, https://directindex.org/r/manhattarestaurant.com); TGI Fridays (C, 206 m, https://directindex.org/r/tgifridays.com); Open Kitchen (F, 248 m, https://directindex.org/r/openmarket.nyc); The Malt House (C, 263 m, https://directindex.org/r/themalthousefidi.com); Proper Food (B, 278 m, https://directindex.org/r/properfood.com); View of the World (C, 375 m, https://directindex.org/r/clubquartershotels.com); Route 66 Smokehouse (C, 380 m, https://directindex.org/r/route66smokehouse.com); Fraunces Tavern (A, 460 m, https://directindex.org/r/frauncestavern.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.

The assistants were asked 13 everyday questions about New York and named 69 places. Buttonwood Cafe wasn't one of them. See who was named: https://directindex.org/city/new-york/recommended


Compared with its peers: Sites built with WordPress 55% (24% A or B, 217120 sites); This site 90.3%.

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

## Businesses like Buttonwood Cafe in New York

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in New York | 11000 | 52% | 34% | 90.3% |
| Sites built with WordPress in New York | 1841 | 61% | 37% | 90.3% |

The best of the sites built with WordPress in New York: Aquarelle seafood & mediterranean east village restaurant NYC (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/aquarellenyc.com); Bango Bowls (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/bangobowls.com); Benihana - New York West (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/benihana.com); Boulevard Pizza (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/boulevardpizza.com); China King (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/chinakingnc.com).

With the fix above (The server turns AI crawlers away at the door), the score would be about 95.4%. That would be 336th of 11,000 in New York, up from 1002nd.

## The direct record
What agents get for Buttonwood Cafe, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/buttonwoodcafe.com
- Book: https://buttonwoodcafe.com/private-events/ (own site; found by the scan of 2026-10-23, not yet tested)
- Order: none on record
- Menu: https://buttonwoodcafe.com/menu/ (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: 19149122138
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/buttonwoodcafe.com/book, https://directindex.org/go/buttonwoodcafe.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): 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

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 21.7 | 25 |
| Readable | 22 | 25 |
| Actionable | 15 | 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/buttonwoodcafe.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: 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

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