# CBCo Brewing: Agent-Direct Score F (35.4%)

Site: https://cbco.beer/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/cbco.beer
Scanned: 2026-10-17 (Provisional: the action test and the assistant citation check still to come; the hatched part of the bar is not measured yet.)
CBCo Brewing is largely invisible to agents.
AI assistants cannot open the website of CBCo Brewing, so they rely on what other sites say about it.

## Direct links
- Book directly: https://www.sevenrooms.com/reservations/cbcobrewingmargaretriver (through sevenrooms acting for the business)
- Menu: https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0603/1179/7950/files/CBCo-MR-FOOD-MENU-ONLINE.pdf?v=1707803380
- Phone: +61 3 8644 4044

## What to fix first
- **The site turns every visitor without a browser away, AI agents included.** (+25 points) A plain fetch was refused (cloudflare_challenge); only a real browser got the page. Every AI crawler and agent is turned away the same way, so Reachable scores 0 and the rest is measured on the rendered page. Ask the host to let the AI user agents through. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/blocking-ai-crawlers-without-knowing
- **Structured data is incomplete.** (+6 points) Missing: address, telephone, opening hours. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant
- **Ordering through an unrecognised third party.** (+5 points) Check that the provider keeps you as the merchant of record. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/online-ordering-without-delivery-apps
- **Menu or price list is a PDF.** (+3 points) Most agents skip PDFs or read them badly. Publish it as HTML, keep the PDF as a download. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/menu-pdf-ai

## 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": "CBCo Brewing",
  "url": "https://cbco.beer/",
  "telephone": "+61 3 8644 4044",
  "address": {
    "@type": "PostalAddress",
    "streetAddress": "Bertie Street 89",
    "postalCode": "3207"
  },
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": -37.8286656,
    "longitude": 144.9368688
  },
  "openingHours": "We 15:00-19:00; Th 12:00-21:30; Fr-Sa 12:00-23:00; Su 12:00-18:00",
  "openingHoursSpecification": [
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Wednesday"
      ],
      "opens": "15:00",
      "closes": "19:00"
    },
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Thursday"
      ],
      "opens": "12:00",
      "closes": "21:30"
    },
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Friday",
        "Saturday"
      ],
      "opens": "12:00",
      "closes": "23:00"
    },
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Sunday"
      ],
      "opens": "12:00",
      "closes": "18:00"
    }
  ],
  "acceptsReservations": "https://www.sevenrooms.com/reservations/cbcobrewingmargaretriver",
  "hasMenu": "https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0603/1179/7950/files/CBCo-MR-FOOD-MENU-ONLINE.pdf?v=1707803380",
  "potentialAction": [
    {
      "@type": "ReserveAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://www.sevenrooms.com/reservations/cbcobrewingmargaretriver",
        "actionPlatform": [
          "http://schema.org/DesktopWebPlatform",
          "http://schema.org/MobileWebPlatform"
        ]
      },
      "result": {
        "@type": "Reservation",
        "name": "Reservation"
      }
    }
  ]
}
</script>
```

## Already right
- **robots.txt lets AI crawlers in.** There is no robots.txt, which allows everything.
- **Structured data present (Organization).** but without address, phone or hours
- **Booking through sevenrooms on your own domain.** No marketplace commission, and the guest stays yours.
- **SevenRooms works with agents through its partners.** SevenRooms' terms (17 April 2026) bar any robot, spider, scraper or other automated means except bona fide search engines; Google names SevenRooms as an AI Mode booking partner. Read 2026-10-15: https://sevenrooms.com/terms-of-service/. An assistant that is not a partner may not finish the step there; a direct path on your own domain works for all of them.

## Where it stands
692 of 911 in Melbourne cafes and bars. Top 76% 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 | 100% | yes |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 95% | no |
| Let AI crawlers in (no edge block, no robots.txt block) | 97% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 33% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 17% | no |

Nearest places in the index: The Espressionist (A, 760 m, https://directindex.org/r/the-espressonist.com); Westside Ale Works (A, 1173 m, https://directindex.org/r/westsidealeworks.com.au); Grey & Bliss (F, 1225 m, https://directindex.org/r/greyandbliss.com.au); Rex Hotel (C, 1296 m, https://directindex.org/r/rexhotel.com.au); Crane Bar & Lounge (C, 1349 m, https://directindex.org/r/1hotels.com); Tribu Coffee Roasters (F, 1395 m, https://directindex.org/r/tribucoffee.com.au); The General Assembly (B, 1405 m, https://directindex.org/r/thegeneralassembly.com.au); Pure Pie (D, 1416 m, https://directindex.org/r/purepie.com.au); Nixon Hotel (B, 1487 m, https://directindex.org/r/nixonhotel.au); The Boatbuilders Yard (F, 1502 m, https://directindex.org/r/theboatbuildersyard.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 Shopify 48% (26% A or B, 2586 sites); Sites using SevenRooms 70% (52% A or B, 1012 sites); This site 35.4%.

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

## Businesses like CBCo Brewing in Melbourne cafes and bars

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Melbourne cafes and bars | 911 | 56% | 34% | 35.4% |
| Sites built with Shopify in Melbourne cafes and bars | 68 | 29% | 0% | 35.4% |
| Sites using SevenRooms in Melbourne cafes and bars | 49 | 70% | 57% | 35.4% |
| Sites built with Shopify and using SevenRooms in Melbourne cafes and bars | 2 | 35% | 0% | 35.4% |

The best of the sites using SevenRooms in Melbourne cafes and bars: Natural History Public Bar (A 92.3%, https://directindex.org/r/naturalhistorypublicbar.com); Post Office Club Hotel (A 87.7%, https://directindex.org/r/postofficeclubhotel.com.au); Imperial Hotel (A 86.2%, https://directindex.org/r/bourkestreetimperial.com); Station Hotel (A 86.2%, https://directindex.org/r/thestationhotel.com.au); The Beehive Hotel (A 86.2%, https://directindex.org/r/thebeehivehotel.com.au).

With the three fixes above (The site turns every visitor without a browser away, AI agents included; Structured data is incomplete; Ordering through an unrecognised third party) the score would be about 90.8%: 77th of 911 in Melbourne cafes and bars, up from 692nd.

## The direct record
What agents get for CBCo Brewing, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/cbco.beer
- Book: https://www.sevenrooms.com/reservations/cbcobrewingmargaretriver (vendor on own site: SevenRooms; found by the scan of 2026-10-17, not yet tested)
- Order: none on record
- Menu: https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0603/1179/7950/files/CBCo-MR-FOOD-MENU-ONLINE.pdf?v=1707803380 (pdf; from the scan)
- Hours: We 15:00-19:00; Th 12:00-21:30; Fr-Sa 12:00-23:00; Su 12:00-18:00 (open now) (from OpenStreetMap)
- Phone: +61 3 8644 4044
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/cbco.beer/book, https://directindex.org/go/cbco.beer/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
- Vendor terms for agents, SevenRooms: Through partners. SevenRooms' terms (17 April 2026) bar any robot, spider, scraper or other automated means except bona fide search engines; Google names SevenRooms as an AI Mode booking partner. Read 2026-10-15: https://sevenrooms.com/terms-of-service/

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

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 0 | 25 |
| Readable | 13 | 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/cbco.beer/plan): the assistants asked again every month, with what changed; 2 EUR a month or 19 EUR a year.
Deep report: https://directindex.org/r/cbco.beer/deep. Ten questions the way people ask, each assistant's full answer, the eight nearest similar places, the fix plan and a PDF: 5 EUR, one-off. 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=cbco.beer&force=1