# Charleston: Agent-Direct Score D (46.2%)

Site: https://www.charlestonbarbrooklyn.com
Report: https://directindex.org/r/charlestonbarbrooklyn.com
Scanned: 2026-10-15 (Provisional: the action test and the assistant citation check still to come; the hatched part of the bar is not measured yet.)
Charleston is hard for agents to use.

## Direct links
- Menu: https://www.charlestonbarbrooklyn.com/the-menu
- Phone: +1-718-599-9599

## What to fix first
- **No structured data for the business.** (+15 points) Add schema.org JSON-LD for the business (CafeOrCoffeeShop, BarOrPub or the closest type, with name, address, telephone and openingHoursSpecification, plus servesCuisine). It is the one block every assistant reads first; the fix kit below has it filled in. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant
- **No booking or ordering path at all.** (+15 points) Agents have nothing to act on. Add a booking or ordering page on your own domain. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/book-direct-on-your-own-website
- **Almost no text without JavaScript.** (+2 points) Crawlers that do not run scripts see an empty page. Render the menu, hours and address as plain HTML. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/website-blank-without-javascript
- **No llms.txt.** (no points, still worth doing) Optional today, cheap to add: a short text file describing the business for language models. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/llms-txt-for-a-business

## 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": "Charleston",
  "url": "https://www.charlestonbarbrooklyn.com",
  "telephone": "+1-718-599-9599",
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 40.7181084,
    "longitude": -73.9575841
  },
  "openingHours": "Mo-We 15:00-03:00, Th-Fr 15:00-04:00, Sa 12:00-04:00, Su 12:00-03:00",
  "servesCuisine": [
    "pizza"
  ],
  "hasMenu": "https://www.charlestonbarbrooklyn.com/the-menu"
}
</script>
```

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

```
# Charleston

> bar or pub (pizza) in New York cafes and bars. Phone +1-718-599-9599.

## Book or order directly

- Menu: https://www.charlestonbarbrooklyn.com/the-menu

## Opening hours

Mo-We 15:00-03:00, Th-Fr 15:00-04:00, Sa 12:00-04:00, Su 12:00-03:00

## About

- Website: https://www.charlestonbarbrooklyn.com
- 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 key AI user agents.
- **AI crawlers get the page.** GPTBot, ClaudeBot and PerplexityBot all received a normal response.
- **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read items and prices directly.

## Since the scan of 2026-10-14 (D then)
- Fixed: nothing
- New: nothing

## Where it stands
924 of 1612 in New York cafes and bars. Top 57% 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 | 98% | no |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 96% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no edge block, no robots.txt block) | 99% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 24% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 11% | no |

Nearest places in the index: Bagelsmith (C, 66 m, https://directindex.org/r/bagelsmithny.com); Midnight's Bar (A, 98 m, https://directindex.org/r/midnightsbk.com); I'Milky (C, 134 m, https://directindex.org/r/imilkyusa.com); Black Star Bakery & Cafe (D, 139 m, https://directindex.org/r/blackstarbakery.com); The Craic (B, 232 m, https://directindex.org/r/thecraicbrooklyn.com); Copper Mug Coffee (C, 260 m, https://directindex.org/r/coppermugcoffee.com); pinkFROG Cafe (C, 271 m, https://directindex.org/r/pinkfrogcafe.com); Roebling Sporting Club (A, 277 m, https://directindex.org/r/roeblingsportingclub.com); Marcy and Myrtle (C, 289 m, https://directindex.org/r/paninisandwicheserie.com); The Bean (F, 297 m, https://directindex.org/r/thebeannyc.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.

Score over 2 scans since 2026-10-14: 2026-10-14 46%, 2026-10-15 46%.

Against its peers: Sites built with Squarespace 65% (48% A or B, 7098 sites); This site 46.2%.

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

## Businesses like Charleston in New York cafes and bars

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Same kind in New York cafes and bars | 1612 | 46% | 30% | 46.2% |
| Built with Squarespace in New York cafes and bars | 403 | 67% | 46% | 46.2% |

The best of Built with Squarespace in New York cafes and bars: Analogue (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/analoguenyc.com); Sandwell (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/getsandwell.com); Le Petit Parisienne (A 95%, https://directindex.org/r/lepetitparisienusa.com); Osamil (A 95%, https://directindex.org/r/osamil.com); Pitanga (A 95%, https://directindex.org/r/pitangabk.com).

With the three fixes above (No structured data for the business; No booking or ordering path at all; Almost no text without JavaScript) the score would be about 95.4%: 8th of 1,612 in New York cafes and bars, up from 924th.

## The direct record
What agents get for Charleston, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/charlestonbarbrooklyn.com
- Book: none on record
- Order: none on record
- Menu: https://www.charlestonbarbrooklyn.com/the-menu (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: Mo-We 15:00-03:00, Th-Fr 15:00-04:00, Sa 12:00-04:00, Su 12:00-03:00 (from OpenStreetMap)
- Phone: +1-718-599-9599
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/charlestonbarbrooklyn.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

Found one hop past the home page: menu page /the-menu: almost no text without JavaScript.

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 23 | 25 |
| Readable | 7 | 25 |
| Actionable | 0 | 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/charlestonbarbrooklyn.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: 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: no

Deep report: https://directindex.org/r/charlestonbarbrooklyn.com/deep. Ten questions the way people ask, each assistant's full answer, the eight nearest similar places, the fix plan and a PDF: 19 EUR, one-off.
Methodology: https://directindex.org/methodology · Rescan now: https://directindex.org/scan?url=charlestonbarbrooklyn.com&force=1
