# Cafe Orca: Agent-Direct Score A (86.2%)

Site: http://www.cafeorca.co.za/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/cafeorca.co.za
Scanned: 2026-10-24 (Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.)
Cafe Orca is ready for agents.
An AI assistant can open Cafe Orca's website. It can read what Cafe Orca offers. It finds a way to book or order directly, through dineplan.com.

## Direct links
- Menu: https://www.cafeorca.co.za/menu
- Phone: +27215534120
- Address: 88 Beach Rd, 7437, Melkbosstrand

## Nearby, also direct
Places near Cafe Orca that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Damhuis Restaurant (520 m): https://directindex.org/r/diedamhuis.co.za
- The Hart (660 m): https://directindex.org/r/thehart.co.za
- Sunbird Restaurant & Bar (1.9 km): https://directindex.org/r/atlanticbeachestate.co.za

## What to fix first
- **Booking through an unrecognised third party.** (+9 points) Check that the provider keeps your business as the seller of record. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/book-direct-on-your-own-website

## 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.
- **Structured data found (Restaurant).** address, phone, opening hours
- **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read the items and prices.

## Where it stands
53 of 813 in Cape Town. Top 7% 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 | 98% | no |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 91% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 96% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 38% | yes |
| Have an llms.txt | 42% | yes |

Nearest places in the index: Belon Restaurant and Bar (F, 240 m, https://directindex.org/r/atlanticbeachhotel.co.za); Trattoria Maranello (D, 423 m, https://directindex.org/r/trattoriamaranello.co.za); Damhuis Restaurant (B, 521 m, https://directindex.org/r/diedamhuis.co.za); I Love Melkies (D, 649 m, https://directindex.org/r/ilovemelkies.co.za); The Hart (A, 662 m, https://directindex.org/r/thehart.co.za); The Melkbos Kitchen (C, 725 m, https://directindex.org/r/melkboskitchen.co.za); Sunbird Restaurant & Bar (B, 1858 m, https://directindex.org/r/atlanticbeachestate.co.za).

## 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 12 everyday questions about Cape Town and named 64 places. Cafe Orca wasn't one of them. See who was named: https://directindex.org/city/cape-town/recommended


See what an AI agent reads on this site: https://directindex.org/r/cafeorca.co.za/agent-view

## Businesses like Cafe Orca in Cape Town

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Cape Town | 813 | 53% | 26% | 86.2% |

The best of the businesses of the same kind in Cape Town: Ferrymans Tavern (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/ferrymans.co.za); Fyn Restaurant (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/fynrestaurant.com); Kyoto Garden Japanese Restaurant (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/kyotogarden.co.za); Mantra Cafe (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/mantracafe.co.za); Mitchells Plain Food Bazar (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/mitchellsplainfoodbazar.co.za).

With the fix above (Booking through an unrecognised third party), the score would be about 100%, which would be first of 813 in Cape Town.

## The direct record
What agents get for Cafe Orca, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/cafeorca.co.za
- Book: none on record
- Order: none on record
- Menu: https://www.cafeorca.co.za/menu (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: +27215534120
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/cafeorca.co.za/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: 36 menu items in JSON-LD.

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 25 | 25 |
| Readable | 25 | 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/cafeorca.co.za
- 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/cafeorca.co.za/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/cafeorca.co.za/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=cafeorca.co.za&force=1