# Captain Blacks: Agent-Direct Score D (41.5%)

Site: http://captainblacksseattle.com
Report: https://directindex.org/r/captainblacks.com
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.)
Captain Blacks is hard for agents to use.
AI assistants can't open Captain Blacks's website, so they go by what other sites say about it.

## Direct links
- Order directly: https://order.toasttab.com/online/tj-s-street-tacos (through toast acting for the business)
- Menu: https://www.captainblacks.com/s/CaptainBlacks_Menu-Back.pdf
- Address: Belmont Avenue East 129 98102 Seattle
- Hours, from OpenStreetMap · Overture Maps: Mo-Th 16:00-26:00; Fr-Su 14:00-26:00

## Nearby, also direct
Places near Captain Blacks that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- The Doctor's Office (10 m): https://directindex.org/r/tdosea.com
- Hot Cakes (70 m): https://directindex.org/r/getyourhotcakes.com
- Hillside Bar (180 m): https://directindex.org/r/hillsidebar.com
- Analog Coffee (180 m): https://directindex.org/r/analogcoffee.com

## What to fix first
- **The site turns away every visitor that isn't a browser, AI agents included.** (+25 points) A plain fetch was refused (http_429). Only a real browser got the page. Every AI crawler and agent gets turned away the same way, so Reachable scores 0 and the rest is measured on the page as the browser rendered it. Ask the host to let the AI user agents through. 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
- **Structured data is incomplete.** (+2 points) Missing: telephone. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant

## 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": "BarOrPub",
  "name": "Captain Blacks",
  "url": "http://captainblacksseattle.com",
  "address": {
    "@type": "PostalAddress",
    "streetAddress": "Belmont Avenue East 129",
    "postalCode": "98102",
    "addressLocality": "Seattle"
  },
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 47.6193202,
    "longitude": -122.3241849
  },
  "openingHours": "Mo-Th 16:00-26:00; Fr-Su 14:00-26:00",
  "openingHoursSpecification": [
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Monday",
        "Tuesday",
        "Wednesday",
        "Thursday"
      ],
      "opens": "16:00",
      "closes": "26:00"
    },
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Friday",
        "Saturday",
        "Sunday"
      ],
      "opens": "14:00",
      "closes": "26:00"
    }
  ],
  "hasMenu": "https://www.captainblacks.com/s/CaptainBlacks_Menu-Back.pdf",
  "potentialAction": [
    {
      "@type": "OrderAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://order.toasttab.com/online/tj-s-street-tacos",
        "actionPlatform": [
          "http://schema.org/DesktopWebPlatform",
          "http://schema.org/MobileWebPlatform"
        ]
      }
    }
  ]
}
</script>
```

## Already right
- **robots.txt lets AI crawlers in.** No rule blocks the main AI user agents.
- **Structured data found (LocalBusiness).** address, opening hours
- **Ordering through toast on your own domain.** There's no marketplace commission, and the customer stays yours.
- **Toast works with agents 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. Terms read on 2026-10-15: https://www.digitaltransactions.net/square-toast-jump-into-ai-boosted-google-maps/. An assistant that isn't a partner may not be able to finish there. A direct path on your own domain works for all of them.

## Since the scan of 2026-10-14 (F then)
- Fixed: The site couldn't be read at all
- New: The site turned away every visitor that wasn't a browser; Structured data was incomplete; Menu was a PDF

## Where it stands
662 of 1060 in Seattle cafes and bars. Top 62% 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 | 97% | no |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 96% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 28% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 26% | no |

Nearest places in the index: The Doctor's Office (D, 13 m, https://directindex.org/r/tdosea.com); Cafe Metropolitan (F, 66 m, https://directindex.org/r/cafemetropolitain.com); Hot Cakes (C, 67 m, https://directindex.org/r/getyourhotcakes.com); C C Attle's (C, 72 m, https://directindex.org/r/ccsseattle.com); Bar the Way (C, 88 m, https://directindex.org/r/barthewaycapitolhill.com); Rose Temple (F, 168 m, https://directindex.org/r/rosetemplebar.com); Hillside Bar (A, 176 m, https://directindex.org/r/hillsidebar.com); Analog Coffee (F, 183 m, https://directindex.org/r/analogcoffee.com); Revolver Bar (C, 189 m, https://directindex.org/r/revolverbarseattle.com); Hula Hula (F, 204 m, https://directindex.org/r/hulahula.org).

## 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 Squarespace 61% (41% A or B, 32150 sites); Sites using Toast 73% (62% A or B, 6097 sites); This site 41.5%.

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

## Businesses like Captain Blacks in Seattle cafes and bars

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Seattle cafes and bars | 1060 | 49% | 26% | 41.5% |
| Sites built with Squarespace in Seattle cafes and bars | 225 | 68% | 47% | 41.5% |
| Sites using Toast in Seattle cafes and bars | 88 | 72% | 57% | 41.5% |
| Sites built with Squarespace and using Toast in Seattle cafes and bars | 26 | 76% | 77% | 41.5% |

The best of the sites built with Squarespace and using Toast in Seattle cafes and bars: Sabine (A 93.8%, https://directindex.org/r/sabinecafe.com); Boombox (A 87.5%, https://directindex.org/r/boomboxbar.com); Vinnie's Wine Shop (A 85%, https://directindex.org/r/vinniesseattle.com); Mecca Cafe & Bar (B 84.6%, https://directindex.org/r/mecca-cafe.com); Navy Strength (B 84.6%, https://directindex.org/r/navystrengthseattle.com).

With the three fixes above (The site turns away every visitor that isn't a browser, AI agents included; Menu or price list is a PDF; Structured data is incomplete), the score would be about 87.7%. That would be 57th of 1,060 in Seattle cafes and bars, up from 662nd.

## The direct record
What agents get for Captain Blacks, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/captainblacks.com
- Book: none on record
- Order: https://order.toasttab.com/online/tj-s-street-tacos (vendor on own site: Toast; found by the scan of 2026-10-16, not yet tested)
- Menu: https://www.captainblacks.com/s/CaptainBlacks_Menu-Back.pdf (pdf; from the scan)
- Hours: Mo-Th 16:00-26:00; Fr-Su 14:00-26:00 (from OpenStreetMap)
- Phone: none on record
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/captainblacks.com/order, https://directindex.org/go/captainblacks.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 (Toast): yes
- Vendor terms for agents, Toast: Through 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/

Only a real browser got this page (a plain fetch got http_429); Readable and Actionable were measured on the rendered page.

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 0 | 25 |
| Readable | 17 | 25 |
| Actionable | 10 | 15 (the action test: pending) |
| Cited | 0 | 0 (the assistant citation check: pending) |

## Agent readiness (Cloudflare)
Not measured for this scan.
- JSON-LD for the business: yes

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