# Crane Coffee: Agent-Direct Score D (52.8%)

Site: http://www.cranecoffeeco.com
Report: https://directindex.org/r/cranecoffeeco.com
Scanned: 2026-10-23 (Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.)
Crane Coffee is hard for agents to use.
Some AI assistants are turned away by Crane Coffee's website. It can't find a menu or price list, so it answers from other sites. It finds a way to book or order directly, through cash.app.

## Direct links
- Phone: 17046512933
- Address: 201 N Tryon St, 28202-2146, Charlotte

## Nearby, also direct
Places near Crane Coffee that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Cowbell Burger & Whiskey Bar (70 m): https://directindex.org/r/eatmorecowbell.com
- Ri Ra (100 m): https://directindex.org/r/rira.com
- Prohibition (100 m): https://directindex.org/r/prohibitionclt.com
- The Local (130 m): https://directindex.org/r/thelocalcharlotte.com
- Connollys Charlotte (140 m): https://directindex.org/r/connollysirishpub.com

## What to fix first
- **Ordering through an unrecognised third party.** (+9 points) Check that the provider keeps your business as the seller of record. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/online-ordering-without-delivery-apps
- **No menu or price list found.** (+7 points) Agents answer 'what do they offer?' from marketplaces instead. Add a page with the menu or price list and link to it from the homepage. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/menu-pdf-ai
- **The server turns AI crawlers away at the door.** (+6.7 points) Requests as GPTBot (http_403), ClaudeBot (http_403) were refused, but a normal browser got the page. That's usually a bot list at the host or in a firewall that the owner never chose. Ask the host to allow these user agents. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/blocking-ai-crawlers-without-knowing
- **No working HTTPS.** (+3 points) The page is only served over plain http. Browsers and agents rank it lower or refuse it.
- **Structured data is incomplete.** (+2 points) Missing: telephone. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant

## 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": "Crane Coffee",
  "url": "http://www.cranecoffeeco.com",
  "telephone": "17046512933",
  "address": "201 N Tryon St, 28202-2146, Charlotte",
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 35.2289232,
    "longitude": -80.8417691
  }
}
</script>
```

## Already right
- **robots.txt lets AI crawlers in.** No rule blocks the main AI user agents.
- **Structured data found (CafeOrCoffeeShop).** address, opening hours

## Where it stands
237 of 399 in Charlotte cafes and bars. Top 59% 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% | no |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 95% | no |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 98% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 51% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 34% | yes |

Nearest places in the index: Java Joe's (D, 53 m, https://directindex.org/r/javajoesbaltimore.com); Cowbell Burger & Whiskey Bar (D, 70 m, https://directindex.org/r/eatmorecowbell.com); Ri Ra (C, 97 m, https://directindex.org/r/rira.com); Prohibition (A, 104 m, https://directindex.org/r/prohibitionclt.com); Retro Bar (D, 108 m, https://directindex.org/r/retrobarclt.com); The Local (D, 128 m, https://directindex.org/r/thelocalcharlotte.com); Connollys Charlotte (B, 136 m, https://directindex.org/r/connollysirishpub.com); Havana Smoke and Reserve (C, 146 m, https://directindex.org/r/noveltyhouseclt.com); Dahlia’s Charlotte (B, 146 m, https://directindex.org/r/dahliasclt.com); Lanai Terrace Bar (D, 173 m, https://directindex.org/r/lanaiclt.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 Charlotte cafes and bars and named 57 places. Crane Coffee wasn't one of them. See who was named: https://directindex.org/city/charlotte-cafes-bars/recommended


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

## Businesses like Crane Coffee in Charlotte cafes and bars

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Charlotte cafes and bars | 399 | 55% | 33% | 52.8% |

The best of the businesses of the same kind in Charlotte cafes and bars: CRAZY LEGS Sports Cafe' (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/crazylegsclt.com); Carolina Ale House (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/carolinaalehouse.com); Fox & Hound Charlotte (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/foxandhound.com); The Craic (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/thecraicclt.com); OMB Biergarten (A 96.9%, https://directindex.org/r/ombbeer.com).

With the three fixes above (Ordering through an unrecognised third party; No menu or price list found; The server turns AI crawlers away at the door), the score would be about 87.7%. That would be 35th of 399 in Charlotte cafes and bars, up from 237th.

## The direct record
What agents get for Crane Coffee, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/cranecoffeeco.com
- Book: none on record
- Order: none on record
- Menu: none on record
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: 17046512933

## 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

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 15.3 | 25 |
| Readable | 13 | 25 |
| Actionable | 6 | 15 (the action test: pending) |
| Cited | 0 | 0 (the assistant citation check: pending) |

## Agent readiness (Cloudflare)
Level 2 of 5, Bot-Aware. Cloudflare's report: https://isitagentready.com/cranecoffeeco.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: yes
- 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/cranecoffeeco.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/cranecoffeeco.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=cranecoffeeco.com&force=1