# Cotton & Reed: Agent-Direct Score C (55.4%)

Site: https://www.cottonandreed.com/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/cottonandreed.com
Scanned: 2026-10-14 (Provisional: the action test and the assistant citation check still to come; the hatched part of the bar is not measured yet.)
Cotton & Reed is partly visible to agents.

## Direct links
- Phone: +1-202-544-2805

## What to fix first
- **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
- **No menu or price list found.** (+7 points) Agents answer 'what do they offer' from marketplaces instead. Add a menu or price list page and link it from the homepage. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/menu-pdf-ai
- **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
- **Structured data is incomplete.** (+2 points) Missing: telephone. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant
- **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": "Cotton & Reed",
  "url": "https://www.cottonandreed.com/",
  "telephone": "+1-202-544-2805",
  "address": {
    "@type": "PostalAddress",
    "streetAddress": "5th Street Northeast 1330",
    "postalCode": "20002-7004",
    "addressLocality": "Washington"
  },
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 38.909541,
    "longitude": -76.997709
  },
  "openingHours": "Mo-Th 16:00-00:00; Fr 16:00-02:00; Sa 12:00-02:00; Su 12:00-22:00",
  "openingHoursSpecification": [
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Monday",
        "Tuesday",
        "Wednesday",
        "Thursday"
      ],
      "opens": "16:00",
      "closes": "00:00"
    },
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Friday"
      ],
      "opens": "16:00",
      "closes": "02:00"
    },
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Saturday"
      ],
      "opens": "12:00",
      "closes": "02:00"
    },
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Sunday"
      ],
      "opens": "12:00",
      "closes": "22:00"
    }
  ]
}
</script>
```

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

```
# Cotton & Reed

> bar or pub in 5th Street Northeast 1330 20002-7004 Washington, Washington, DC cafes and bars. Phone +1-202-544-2805.

## Opening hours

Mo-Th 16:00-00:00; Fr 16:00-02:00; Sa 12:00-02:00; Su 12:00-22:00

## About

- Website: https://www.cottonandreed.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.
- **Structured data present (LocalBusiness).** address, opening hours

## Where it stands
227 of 464 in Washington, DC cafes and bars. Top 49% 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 | 98% | no |
| Let AI crawlers in (no edge block, no robots.txt block) | 100% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 38% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 17% | no |

Nearest places in the index: Aboveground Union Market (B, 99 m, https://directindex.org/r/abovegrounddc.com); Last Call (C, 102 m, https://directindex.org/r/lastcallbardc.com); Hi-Lawn (B, 109 m, https://directindex.org/r/hilawndc.com); F1 Arcade, Washington D.C. (B, 130 m, https://directindex.org/r/f1arcade.com); Songbyrd Music House (B, 141 m, https://directindex.org/r/songbyrddc.com); Suburbia (D, 154 m, https://directindex.org/r/suburbiabar.com); Sid Gold's Request Room (B, 204 m, https://directindex.org/r/sidgolds.com); Desert 5 Spot (B, 243 m, https://directindex.org/r/desertfivespot.com); Crooked Run Fermentation (B, 258 m, https://directindex.org/r/crookedrunfermentation.com); Lost Generation Brewing Company (C, 553 m, https://directindex.org/r/lostgenbrewing.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 Squarespace 65% (47% A or B, 7027 sites); This site 55.4%.

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

## Businesses like Cotton & Reed in Washington, DC cafes and bars

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Same kind in Washington, DC cafes and bars | 464 | 48% | 33% | 55.4% |
| Built with Squarespace in Washington, DC cafes and bars | 98 | 68% | 46% | 55.4% |

The best of Built with Squarespace in Washington, DC cafes and bars: Courthaus Social (A 95%, https://directindex.org/r/courthaussocial.com); Booeymonger (A 91.3%, https://directindex.org/r/booeymonger.com); Granville Moore's Brickyard (A 91.3%, https://directindex.org/r/granvillemoores.com); Maker's Union (A 91.3%, https://directindex.org/r/makersunionpub.com); Bar Charley (A 88.8%, https://directindex.org/r/barcharley.com).

With the three fixes above (No booking or ordering path at all; No menu or price list found; Almost no text without JavaScript) the score would be about 92.3%: 12th of 464 in Washington, DC cafes and bars, up from 227th.

## The direct record
What agents get for Cotton & Reed, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/cottonandreed.com
- Book: none on record
- Order: none on record
- Menu: none on record
- Hours: Mo-Th 16:00-00:00; Fr 16:00-02:00; Sa 12:00-02:00; Su 12:00-22:00 (open now) (from OpenStreetMap)
- Phone: +1-202-544-2805

## 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): not measured
- ACP discovery document (/.well-known/acp.json, OpenAI and Stripe's Agentic Commerce Protocol): not measured
- 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): not measured

Not measured at this scan; the next scan measures it.

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 23 | 25 |
| Readable | 13 | 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/cottonandreed.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: yes

Deep report: https://directindex.org/r/cottonandreed.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=cottonandreed.com&force=1