# Common Ground Bakery Café: Agent-Direct Score B (72.5%)

Site: https://commongroundhampden.com/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/commongroundhampden.com
Scanned: 2026-11-13 (Provisional, with the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.)
Common Ground Bakery Café is mostly ready for agents.
An AI assistant can open Common Ground Bakery Café's website. It can read what Common Ground Bakery Café offers. It finds a way to book or order directly, through Toast.

## Direct links
- Order directly: https://order.toasttab.com/online/common-ground-workers-cafe-3543-chestnut-ave (through toast acting for the business)
- Menu: https://commongroundhampden.com/menu
- Phone: +1 443-438-5505
- Address: 3543 Chestnut Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21211-2546
- Hours, from OpenStreetMap · Overture Maps: Mon–Sun 07:00–15:00
- Its menu mentions: vegan options, vegetarian dishes

## Nearby, also direct
Places near Common Ground Bakery Café that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Catalog Coffee (270 m): https://directindex.org/r/catalogcoffeebmore.com
- Vent Coffee Roasters (1.4 km): https://directindex.org/r/ventcoffee.com
- Sophomore Coffee (2 km): https://directindex.org/r/sophomorecoffee.com
- Llamas' Corner (2.5 km): https://directindex.org/r/llamascorner.com
- On the Hill Cafe (2.5 km): https://directindex.org/r/onthehillcafe.com

## What to fix first
- **No structured data for the business.** (+14 points) Add schema.org JSON-LD for the business (CafeOrCoffeeShop, BarOrPub or the closest type, with name, address, telephone and openingHoursSpecification, plus servesCuisine). Every assistant reads this block first, and the fix kit below has it filled in. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant
- **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

## 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": "Common Ground Bakery Café",
  "url": "https://commongroundhampden.com/",
  "telephone": "+1 443-438-5505",
  "address": {
    "@type": "PostalAddress",
    "streetAddress": "3543 Chestnut Avenue",
    "postalCode": "21211-2546",
    "addressLocality": "Baltimore",
    "addressRegion": "MD"
  },
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 39.3308819,
    "longitude": -76.6291776
  },
  "openingHours": "07:00-15:00",
  "openingHoursSpecification": [
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Monday",
        "Tuesday",
        "Wednesday",
        "Thursday",
        "Friday",
        "Saturday",
        "Sunday"
      ],
      "opens": "07:00",
      "closes": "15:00"
    }
  ],
  "servesCuisine": [
    "sandwich",
    "coffee shop",
    "breakfast"
  ],
  "hasMenu": "https://commongroundhampden.com/menu",
  "potentialAction": [
    {
      "@type": "OrderAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://order.toasttab.com/online/common-ground-workers-cafe-3543-chestnut-ave",
        "actionPlatform": [
          "http://schema.org/DesktopWebPlatform",
          "http://schema.org/MobileWebPlatform"
        ]
      }
    }
  ]
}
</script>
```

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

```
# Common Ground Bakery Café

> cafe or coffee shop (sandwich, coffee shop, breakfast) in 3543 Chestnut Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21211-2546, Baltimore cafes and bars. Phone +1 443-438-5505.

## Book or order directly

- Order: https://order.toasttab.com/online/common-ground-workers-cafe-3543-chestnut-ave (through toast acting for the business)
- Menu: https://commongroundhampden.com/menu

## Opening hours

07:00-15:00

## About

- Website: https://commongroundhampden.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.** There's no robots.txt, which means everything is allowed.
- **AI crawlers get the page.** GPTBot, ClaudeBot and PerplexityBot all got a normal response.
- **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read the items and prices.
- **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.

## Where it stands
59 of 292 in Baltimore cafes and bars. Top 20% 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 | 93% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 97% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 23% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 17% | no |

Nearest places with a similar menu: Catalog Coffee (B, 267 m, https://directindex.org/r/catalogcoffeebmore.com); Starbucks (F, 1218 m, https://directindex.org/r/starbucks.com); Vent Coffee Roasters (C, 1384 m, https://directindex.org/r/ventcoffee.com); Sophomore Coffee (D, 2001 m, https://directindex.org/r/sophomorecoffee.com); Station North Arts Cafe (C, 2422 m, https://directindex.org/r/stationnortharts.com); Llamas' Corner (D, 2466 m, https://directindex.org/r/llamascorner.com); On the Hill Cafe (F, 2543 m, https://directindex.org/r/onthehillcafe.com).

## 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 Baltimore cafes and bars and named 52 places. Common Ground Bakery Café wasn't one of them. See who was named: https://directindex.org/city/baltimore-cafes-bars/recommended


Compared with its peers: Sites using Toast 73% (62% A or B, 7521 sites); This site 72.5%.

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

## Businesses like Common Ground Bakery Café in Baltimore cafes and bars

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Baltimore cafes and bars | 292 | 50% | 25% | 72.5% |
| Sites using Toast in Baltimore cafes and bars | 42 | 68% | 57% | 72.5% |

The best of the sites using Toast in Baltimore cafes and bars: No Land Beyond (A 95%, https://directindex.org/r/nolandbaltimore.com); Pratt Street Ale House (A 90%, https://directindex.org/r/prattstreetalehouse.com); The Point In Fells (A 88.8%, https://directindex.org/r/thepointfells.com); So Baltimore Sports Bar & Lounge (A 87.7%, https://directindex.org/r/sobaltimoresportsbar.com); Shotti's Point Charm City (A 87.5%, https://directindex.org/r/shottispointcharmcity.com).

With the fix above (No structured data for the business), the score would be about 90%. That would be 8th of 292 in Baltimore cafes and bars, up from 59th.

## The direct record
What agents get for Common Ground Bakery Café, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/commongroundhampden.com
- Book: none on record
- Order: https://order.toasttab.com/online/common-ground-workers-cafe-3543-chestnut-ave (vendor on own site: Toast; verified direct, 2026-11-13)
- Menu: https://commongroundhampden.com/menu (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: 07:00-15:00 (closed now) (from OpenStreetMap)
- Phone: +1 443-438-5505
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/commongroundhampden.com/order, https://directindex.org/go/commongroundhampden.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/

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 25 | 25 |
| Readable | 8 | 25 |
| Actionable | 25 | 30 |
| Cited | 0 | 0 (the assistant citation check: pending) |

## Agent readiness (Cloudflare)
Level 0 of 5, Not Ready. Cloudflare's report: https://isitagentready.com/commongroundhampden.com
- Link headers on the homepage: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/link-headers/SKILL.md)
- sitemap.xml: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/sitemap/SKILL.md)
- AI bot rules in robots.txt: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/ai-rules/SKILL.md)
- 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

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