# Elsbethenstübli: Agent-Direct Score D (53.8%)

Site: https://elsbethenstuebli.ch
Report: https://directindex.org/r/elsbethenstuebli.ch
Scanned: 2026-10-17 (Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.)
Elsbethenstübli is hard for agents to use.
An AI assistant can open Elsbethenstübli's website. It can read what Elsbethenstübli offers. To book or order, it is sent to TheFork, a marketplace.

## Direct links
- Menu: https://www.elsbethenstuebli.ch/menus
- Hours, from OpenStreetMap · Overture Maps: Mon 17:30–23:00; Tue–Fri 11:30–14:00, 17:30–23:00; Sat 17:30–23:00; Sun closed
- Outdoor seating (OpenStreetMap)
- Languages: German, English

## Nearby, also direct
Places near Elsbethenstübli that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- St. Alban-Eck (670 m): https://directindex.org/r/stalbaneck.ch
- Restaurant Schnabel (700 m): https://directindex.org/r/restaurant-schnabel.ch
- Cantina E9 (760 m): https://directindex.org/r/cantina-e9.ch

## What to fix first
- **No structured data for the business.** (+15 points) Add schema.org JSON-LD for the business (Restaurant, LocalBusiness or the closest type, with name, address, telephone and openingHoursSpecification, plus servesCuisine and acceptsReservations). Every assistant reads this block first, and the fix kit below has it filled in. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant
- **Booking only through thefork.** (+12 points) Every transaction an agent makes goes through the marketplace, which takes its commission. Add a direct way on your own site. Even a simple form will do. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/book-direct-on-your-own-website

## What the site tells visitors (Measured, not scored)
- **The footer says © 2021.** Visitors and assistants may read that year as the last time anyone looked after the site.

## 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": "Restaurant",
  "name": "Elsbethenstübli",
  "url": "https://elsbethenstuebli.ch",
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 47.5511292,
    "longitude": 7.5908982
  },
  "openingHours": "Tu-Fr 11:30-14:00,17:30-23:00; Mo,Sa 17:30-23:00; Su,PH off",
  "openingHoursSpecification": [
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Tuesday",
        "Wednesday",
        "Thursday",
        "Friday"
      ],
      "opens": "11:30",
      "closes": "14:00"
    },
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Tuesday",
        "Wednesday",
        "Thursday",
        "Friday"
      ],
      "opens": "17:30",
      "closes": "23:00"
    },
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Monday",
        "Saturday"
      ],
      "opens": "17:30",
      "closes": "23:00"
    }
  ],
  "servesCuisine": [
    "regional"
  ],
  "hasMenu": "https://www.elsbethenstuebli.ch/menus"
}
</script>
```

## Already right
- **robots.txt lets AI crawlers in.** No rule blocks the main AI user agents.
- **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.
- **TheFork works with agents through its partners.** TheFork's terms page could not be fetched on 2026-10-15; TheFork integrated OpenAI's Operator agent for UK bookings in February 2025 and is a named Google AI Mode booking partner. Terms read on 2026-10-15: https://itbrief.co.uk/story/thefork-integrates-openai-s-operator-for-uk-bookings. 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.

## Since the scan of 2026-10-16 (D then)
- Fixed: The server turned AI crawlers away at the door; No llms.txt
- New: nothing

## Where it stands
238 of 385 in Basel. Top 62% 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 | 92% | no |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 82% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 95% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 46% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 38% | yes |

Nearest places with a similar menu: Zum Kuss (C, 148 m, https://directindex.org/r/zumkuss.ch); Restaurant Aeschenplatz (B, 381 m, https://directindex.org/r/aeschenplatz.ch); Alte Post (D, 456 m, https://directindex.org/r/altepostrestaurant.ch); Walliser Kanne (F, 553 m, https://directindex.org/r/walliserkanne-basel.ch); Zum Isaak (D, 589 m, https://directindex.org/r/zum-isaak.ch); St. Alban-Eck (A, 665 m, https://directindex.org/r/stalbaneck.ch); Restaurant Schnabel (A, 701 m, https://directindex.org/r/restaurant-schnabel.ch); Cafe Haltestelle (F, 704 m, https://directindex.org/r/bistro-haltestelle.ch); Restaurant Löwenzorn (C, 718 m, https://directindex.org/r/loewenzorn-basel.ch); Cantina E9 (C, 760 m, https://directindex.org/r/cantina-e9.ch).

## 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.

Recommended when people ask: "A traditional local restaurant that tourists don't know. Book me a table for Saturday." (ChatGPT); "A quiet place for a business lunch on Tuesday, book for three at noon." (ChatGPT); "Somewhere good that's actually open on Monday evening, book a table." (ChatGPT)


Score over 2 scans since 2026-10-16: 2026-10-16 49%, 2026-10-17 54%.

Compared with its peers: Sites built with Wix 52% (28% A or B, 48660 sites); Sites using TheFork 65% (40% A or B, 2102 sites); This site 53.8%.

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

## Named by ChatGPT for 3 questions, including "A traditional local restaurant that tourists don't know. Book me a table for Saturday" in Basel, November 2026
- "A traditional local restaurant that tourists don't know. Book me a table for Saturday." (2026-10-16): ChatGPT with a link to this site. https://directindex.org/city/basel/recommended/local-saturday
- "A quiet place for a business lunch on Tuesday, book for three at noon." (2026-11-01): ChatGPT with a link to this site. https://directindex.org/city/basel/recommended/business-lunch
- "Somewhere good that's actually open on Monday evening, book a table." (2026-11-01): ChatGPT with a link to this site. https://directindex.org/city/basel/recommended/open-monday
Named by 1 of 3 assistants asked. Badge: https://directindex.org/badge/named/elsbethenstuebli.ch.svg

## Businesses like Elsbethenstübli in Basel

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Basel | 385 | 54% | 24% | 53.8% |
| Sites built with Wix in Basel | 38 | 60% | 45% | 53.8% |
| Sites using TheFork in Basel | 5 | 55% | 20% | 53.8% |
| Sites built with Wix and using TheFork in Basel | 2 | 41% | 0% | 53.8% |

The best of the sites using TheFork in Basel: St. Alban-Eck (A 86.2%, https://directindex.org/r/stalbaneck.ch); Ristorante Coccodrillo (C 55.4%, https://directindex.org/r/coccodrillo-ristorante.com); Le S (D 50.8%, https://directindex.org/r/senevita.ch); Aroma (F 33.8%, https://directindex.org/r/a-roma.ch).

With the two fixes above (No structured data for the business; Booking only through thefork), the score would be about 95.4%. That would be 3rd of 385 in Basel, up from 238th.

## The direct record
What agents get for Elsbethenstübli, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/elsbethenstuebli.ch
- Book: none on record
- Order: none on record
- Menu: https://www.elsbethenstuebli.ch/menus (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: Tu-Fr 11:30-14:00,17:30-23:00; Mo,Sa 17:30-23:00; Su,PH off (closed now) (from OpenStreetMap)
- Phone: none on record
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/elsbethenstuebli.ch/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): yes
- 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
- Vendor terms for agents, TheFork: Through partners. TheFork's terms page could not be fetched on 2026-10-15; TheFork integrated OpenAI's Operator agent for UK bookings in February 2025 and is a named Google AI Mode booking partner. Read 2026-10-15: https://itbrief.co.uk/story/thefork-integrates-openai-s-operator-for-uk-bookings

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 25 | 25 |
| Readable | 7 | 25 |
| Actionable | 3 | 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/elsbethenstuebli.ch
- 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: no

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