# Café Stoa: Agent-Direct Score C (62.6%)

Site: https://cafestoa.ch/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/cafestoa.ch
Scanned: 2026-10-16 (Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.)
Café Stoa is partly visible to agents.
Some AI assistants are turned away by Café Stoa's website. What Café Stoa offers is in a PDF or an image, and assistants read those badly. It finds a way to book or order directly, through forms.gle.

## Direct links
- Menu: http://cafestoa.ch/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/260831-A5-Mittag-Website.pdf
- Phone: +41 77 217 38 71
- Address: Münchensteinerstrasse 1 4052 Basel
- Hours, from OpenStreetMap: Mon–Wed 12:00–17:00; Thu closed; Fri 17:00–22:00; Sat 14:00–22:00; Sun 14:00–20:00
- Outdoor seating (OpenStreetMap)

## 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
- **Structured data is incomplete.** (+6 points) Missing: address, telephone, opening hours. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant
- **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
- **Menu or price list is a PDF.** (+3 points) Most agents skip PDFs or read them badly. Publish it as an HTML page and keep the PDF as a download. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/menu-pdf-ai
- **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)
- **No English version declared.** Visitors from abroad, and assistants answering in English, read the page as it is.

## 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": "Café Stoa",
  "url": "https://cafestoa.ch/",
  "telephone": "+41 77 217 38 71",
  "address": {
    "@type": "PostalAddress",
    "streetAddress": "Münchensteinerstrasse 1",
    "postalCode": "4052",
    "addressLocality": "Basel"
  },
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 47.5473709,
    "longitude": 7.5985407
  },
  "openingHours": "Mo-We 12:00-17:00; Fr 17:00-22:00; Sa 14:00-22:00; Su 14:00-20:00",
  "openingHoursSpecification": [
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Monday",
        "Tuesday",
        "Wednesday"
      ],
      "opens": "12:00",
      "closes": "17:00"
    },
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Friday"
      ],
      "opens": "17:00",
      "closes": "22:00"
    },
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Saturday"
      ],
      "opens": "14:00",
      "closes": "22:00"
    },
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Sunday"
      ],
      "opens": "14:00",
      "closes": "20:00"
    }
  ],
  "servesCuisine": [
    "cake",
    "salad",
    "bistro"
  ],
  "hasMenu": "http://cafestoa.ch/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/260831-A5-Mittag-Website.pdf"
}
</script>
```

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

```
# Café Stoa

> cafe or coffee shop (cake, salad, bistro) in Münchensteinerstrasse 1 4052 Basel, Basel cafes and bars. Phone +41 77 217 38 71.

## Book or order directly

- Menu: http://cafestoa.ch/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/260831-A5-Mittag-Website.pdf

## Opening hours

Mo-We 12:00-17:00; Fr 17:00-22:00; Sa 14:00-22:00; Su 14:00-20:00

## About

- Website: https://cafestoa.ch/
- 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.
- **Structured data found (Organization).** no address, phone or hours in it

## Where it stands
49 of 229 in Basel cafes and bars. Top 21% 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 | 96% | no |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 43% | no |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 91% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 9% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 17% | no |

Nearest places with a similar menu: Kitchen Angel (F, 541 m, https://directindex.org/r/kitchenangel.ch); Cinnamood (F, 999 m, https://directindex.org/r/cinnamoodrolls.com); Crêperie am Kohlenberg (F, 1094 m, https://directindex.org/r/xn--crperie-kya.online); Cream Cakery (C, 1418 m, https://directindex.org/r/creamcakery.ch); Bees and Birds Café (F, 3086 m, https://directindex.org/r/beesandbirdscafe.ch).

## 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 Basel cafes and bars and named 45 places. Café Stoa wasn't one of them. See who was named: https://directindex.org/city/basel-cafes-bars/recommended


Compared with its peers: Sites built with WordPress 55% (25% A or B, 236087 sites); This site 62.6%.

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

## Businesses like Café Stoa in Basel cafes and bars

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Basel cafes and bars | 229 | 46% | 13% | 62.6% |
| Sites built with WordPress in Basel cafes and bars | 63 | 51% | 21% | 62.6% |

The best of the sites built with WordPress in Basel cafes and bars: Smilla (A 90.8%, https://directindex.org/r/smillacafe.ch); VIP Bar Basel (A 86.2%, https://directindex.org/r/viprestaurantbar.ch); dean & david (B 84.6%, https://directindex.org/r/deananddavid.com); Pasticceria Steiger (B 80%, https://directindex.org/r/steigerfeinbaeckerei.ch); Perron Bar & Restaurant (B 78.5%, https://directindex.org/r/perron-basel.ch).

With the three fixes above (Booking through an unrecognised third party; Structured data is incomplete; The server turns AI crawlers away at the door), the score would be about 90.8%, which would be first of 229 in Basel cafes and bars.

## The direct record
What agents get for Café Stoa, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/cafestoa.ch
- Book: none on record
- Order: none on record
- Menu: http://cafestoa.ch/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/260831-A5-Mittag-Website.pdf (pdf; from the scan)
- Hours: Mo-We 12:00-17:00; Fr 17:00-22:00; Sa 14:00-22:00; Su 14:00-20:00 (closed now) (from OpenStreetMap)
- Phone: +41 77 217 38 71
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/cafestoa.ch/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 | 13 | 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/cafestoa.ch
- 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: yes

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