# Dark Horse Coffee Roasters: Agent-Direct Score C (63.5%)

Site: http://www.darkhorsecoffeeroasters.com
Report: https://directindex.org/r/darkhorsecoffeeroasters.com
Scanned: 2026-10-24 (Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.)
Dark Horse Coffee Roasters is partly visible to agents.
Some AI assistants are turned away by Dark Horse Coffee Roasters's website. It can read what Dark Horse Coffee Roasters offers. It can't find a link to book or order online.

## Direct links
- Menu: https://www.darkhorsecoffeeroasters.com/kauaimenu
- Address: 25th Street 811 92102 San Diego
- Hours, from OpenStreetMap · Overture Maps: Mon–Sun 07:00–18:00
- Outdoor seating (OpenStreetMap)
- Prices: 19 prices on the site, the middle one $22.75

## Nearby, also direct
Places near Dark Horse Coffee Roasters that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Rikka Fika (1.2 km): https://directindex.org/r/rikkafika.com
- Copa Vida (1.6 km): https://directindex.org/r/copa-vida.com
- Coffee n Talk (1.8 km): https://directindex.org/r/coffeentalk.com
- The Cat Cafe (2 km): https://directindex.org/r/catcafesd.com
- Lofty Coffee & co. (2.7 km): https://directindex.org/r/loftycoffee.com

## What to fix first
- **No booking or ordering link on the website.** (+15 points) There's no link on the site for an agent to follow. If you take bookings or orders through a platform, link to it from the site so agents can find it. Add a booking or ordering page on your own domain. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/book-direct-on-your-own-website
- **robots.txt blocks GPTBot, ClaudeBot, Google-Extended.** (+3.7 points) These are the crawlers behind ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity and Google's AI features. Remove the Disallow lines for them, or add explicit Allow rules. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/robots-txt-for-ai-agents
- **Structured data is incomplete.** (+2 points) Missing: telephone. 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

## What the site tells visitors (Measured, not scored)
- **19 prices on the landing page, the middle one $22.75.** In San Diego, the middle price of comparable sites that show prices is $15.00.

## 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": "Dark Horse Coffee Roasters",
  "url": "http://www.darkhorsecoffeeroasters.com",
  "address": {
    "@type": "PostalAddress",
    "streetAddress": "25th Street 811",
    "postalCode": "92102",
    "addressLocality": "San Diego"
  },
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 32.7139221,
    "longitude": -117.1400988
  },
  "openingHours": "Mo-Su 07:00-18:00",
  "openingHoursSpecification": [
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Monday",
        "Tuesday",
        "Wednesday",
        "Thursday",
        "Friday",
        "Saturday",
        "Sunday"
      ],
      "opens": "07:00",
      "closes": "18:00"
    }
  ],
  "servesCuisine": [
    "coffee shop"
  ],
  "hasMenu": "https://www.darkhorsecoffeeroasters.com/kauaimenu"
}
</script>
```

robots.txt. Add these lines to /robots.txt and delete any Disallow rule that names these crawlers.

```
# Let AI assistants read the site: they send people to you; a marketplace keeps them.
# Remove any Disallow lines for these names elsewhere in this file.
User-agent: GPTBot
Allow: /

User-agent: ClaudeBot
Allow: /

User-agent: PerplexityBot
Allow: /

User-agent: Google-Extended
Allow: /

User-agent: OAI-SearchBot
Allow: /

User-agent: ChatGPT-User
Allow: /

User-agent: Claude-User
Allow: /

User-agent: Perplexity-User
Allow: /
```

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

```
# Dark Horse Coffee Roasters

> cafe or coffee shop (coffee shop) in 25th Street 811 92102 San Diego, San Diego cafes and bars.

## Book or order directly

- Menu: https://www.darkhorsecoffeeroasters.com/kauaimenu

## Opening hours

Mo-Su 07:00-18:00

## About

- Website: http://www.darkhorsecoffeeroasters.com
- This file follows llms.txt (https://llmstxt.org): a short plain-text description for language models.
```

## Already right
- **AI crawlers get the page.** GPTBot, ClaudeBot and PerplexityBot all got a normal response.
- **Structured data found (LocalBusiness).** address, opening hours
- **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read the items and prices.

## Where it stands
307 of 860 in San Diego cafes and bars. Top 36% 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 | 94% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 97% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 34% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 40% | no |

Nearest places with a similar menu: Krakatoa (F, 401 m, https://directindex.org/r/krakatoacafe.com); Rikka Fika (D, 1220 m, https://directindex.org/r/rikkafika.com); Copa Vida (D, 1601 m, https://directindex.org/r/copa-vida.com); Old Gallery Coffee House (D, 1790 m, https://directindex.org/r/oldgallerysd.com); Coffee n Talk (B, 1818 m, https://directindex.org/r/coffeentalk.com); The Cat Cafe (F, 2043 m, https://directindex.org/r/catcafesd.com); Lofty Coffee & co. (B, 2699 m, https://directindex.org/r/loftycoffee.com); Caffe Italia (B, 2844 m, https://directindex.org/r/caffeitalialittleitaly.com); Extraordinary Desserts (F, 3110 m, https://directindex.org/r/extraordinarydesserts.com); Cardomon Café (F, 3158 m, https://directindex.org/r/cardamomsandiego.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.


Compared with its peers: Sites built with Squarespace 61% (41% A or B, 33756 sites); This site 63.5%.

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

## Businesses like Dark Horse Coffee Roasters in San Diego cafes and bars

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in San Diego cafes and bars | 860 | 50% | 26% | 63.5% |
| Sites built with Squarespace in San Diego cafes and bars | 90 | 66% | 38% | 63.5% |

The best of the sites built with Squarespace in San Diego cafes and bars: Baci Coffee (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/bacicoffeehouse.com); Flower Pot Cafe (A 93.8%, https://directindex.org/r/flowerpotcafe.org); Trilogy Sanctuary (A 93.8%, https://directindex.org/r/trilogysanctuary.com); Choice Juicery (A 92.3%, https://directindex.org/r/choicejuicery.com); Dirty Birds Liberty Station (A 92.3%, https://directindex.org/r/dirtybirdsbarandgrill.com).

With the three fixes above (No booking or ordering link on the website; robots.txt blocks GPTBot, ClaudeBot, Google-Extended; Structured data is incomplete), the score would be about 95.4%. That would be 11th of 860 in San Diego cafes and bars, up from 307th.

## The direct record
What agents get for Dark Horse Coffee Roasters, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/darkhorsecoffeeroasters.com
- Book: none on record
- Order: none on record
- Menu: https://www.darkhorsecoffeeroasters.com/kauaimenu (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: Mo-Su 07:00-18:00 (closed now) (from OpenStreetMap)
- Phone: none on record
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/darkhorsecoffeeroasters.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

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 21.3 | 25 |
| Readable | 20 | 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/darkhorsecoffeeroasters.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: yes
- 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/darkhorsecoffeeroasters.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/darkhorsecoffeeroasters.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=darkhorsecoffeeroasters.com&force=1