# Clayton & Me: Agent-Direct Score A (89.7%)

Site: https://www.claytonandme.com.au/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/claytonandme.com.au
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.)
Clayton & Me is ready for agents.
Some AI assistants are turned away by the website of Clayton & Me. It can read what Clayton & Me offers. It finds a way to book or order directly on the site.

## Direct links
- Book directly: https://www.claytonandme.com.au/reservations/ (on the business's own site)
- Menu: https://www.claytonandme.com.au/menu/
- Phone: +61 3 9462 0032

## What to fix first
- **The server turns AI crawlers away at the door.** (+6.7 points) Live fetches as GPTBot (http_403), ClaudeBot (http_403) were refused while a normal browser got the page. This is usually a hosting or firewall bot list the owner never chose. Ask the host to allow these user agents. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/blocking-ai-crawlers-without-knowing
- **Ordering only through doordash.** (no points, still worth doing) Every agent transaction goes through the marketplace and its commission. Add a direct path on your own site, even a simple form. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/online-ordering-without-delivery-apps

## Already right
- **robots.txt lets AI crawlers in.** No rule blocks the key AI user agents.
- **Structured data present (CafeOrCoffeeShop).** address, phone, opening hours
- **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read items and prices directly.
- **Booking on your own site.** Agents can book without a marketplace in the loop.

## Where it stands
82 of 911 in Melbourne cafes and bars. Top 9% 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% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no edge block, no robots.txt block) | 97% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 33% | yes |
| Have an llms.txt | 17% | yes |

Nearest places in the index: Felix Culpa (B, 541 m, https://directindex.org/r/felixculpa.com.au); Sardinas (B, 1385 m, https://directindex.org/r/sardinas.com.au); La Sirène (F, 1658 m, https://directindex.org/r/lasirene.com.au); Steam Jacket Brewing (B, 1771 m, https://directindex.org/r/steamjacket.com.au); Ragtime Tavern (C, 1823 m, https://directindex.org/r/ragtimetavern.com.au); Nord (C, 1843 m, https://directindex.org/r/nordbar.au); Tyler's Milk Bar (B, 1906 m, https://directindex.org/r/tylersmilkbar.com.au); Jackson Dodds (B, 1907 m, https://directindex.org/r/jacksondodds.com.au); Cheshire (C, 1976 m, https://directindex.org/r/cheshirecafe.com.au); Cafe Lucchini (F, 2583 m, https://directindex.org/r/lucchinicakes.com.au).

## 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 using DoorDash 60% (33% A or B, 235 sites); This site 89.7%.

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

## Businesses like Clayton & Me 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% | 89.7% |
| Sites using DoorDash in Melbourne cafes and bars | 1 | 90% | 100% | 89.7% |

The best of the businesses of the same kind in Melbourne cafes and bars: Bincho Boss (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/binchoboss.com.au); Café Zoo (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/cafezoo.com.au); Eastwood (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/eastwood3151.com.au); Good Heavens Rooftop (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/goodheavens.com.au); Green Man's Arms (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/greenmansarms.com.au).

With the fix above (The server turns AI crawlers away at the door) the score would be about 100%: first of 911 in Melbourne cafes and bars.

## The direct record
What agents get for Clayton & Me, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/claytonandme.com.au
- Book: https://www.claytonandme.com.au/reservations/ (own site; found by the scan of 2026-10-17, not yet tested)
- Order: none on record
- Menu: https://www.claytonandme.com.au/menu/ (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: Mo-Fr 07:00-17:00; Sa,Su 07:30-17:00 (closed now) (from OpenStreetMap)
- Phone: +61 3 9462 0032
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/claytonandme.com.au/book, https://directindex.org/go/claytonandme.com.au/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/: 92 menu items in JSON-LD, ordering via doordash, ordering via ubereats.

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 18.3 | 25 |
| Readable | 25 | 25 |
| Actionable | 15 | 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/claytonandme.com.au
- 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/claytonandme.com.au/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/claytonandme.com.au/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=claytonandme.com.au&force=1