# grounded. St Paul's: Agent-Direct Score C (66.2%)

Site: https://groundedcafe.co.uk/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/groundedcafe.co.uk
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.)
grounded. St Paul's is partly visible to agents.
An AI assistant can open the website of grounded. St Paul's. It finds no menu or price list, so it answers from other sites. It finds a way to book or order directly, through SimplyBook.me.

## Direct links
- Book directly: https://groundedbirmingham.simplybook.it/v2/ (through simplybook acting for the business)
- Phone: +44 121 663 6156

## What to fix first
- **Structured data is incomplete.** (+7 points) Missing: address, telephone, opening hours. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant
- **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
- **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": "CafeOrCoffeeShop",
  "name": "grounded. St Paul's",
  "url": "https://groundedcafe.co.uk/",
  "telephone": "+44 121 663 6156",
  "email": "birmingham@groundedcafe.co.uk",
  "address": {
    "@type": "PostalAddress",
    "streetAddress": "Saint Paul's Square 55",
    "postalCode": "B3 1QS",
    "addressLocality": "Birmingham"
  },
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 52.4844503,
    "longitude": -1.906056
  },
  "openingHours": "Tu-Th 08:30-15:30; Mo,Fr 08:30-18:00",
  "openingHoursSpecification": [
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Tuesday",
        "Wednesday",
        "Thursday"
      ],
      "opens": "08:30",
      "closes": "15:30"
    },
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Monday",
        "Friday"
      ],
      "opens": "08:30",
      "closes": "18:00"
    }
  ],
  "servesCuisine": [
    "coffee shop"
  ],
  "acceptsReservations": "https://groundedbirmingham.simplybook.it/v2/",
  "potentialAction": [
    {
      "@type": "ReserveAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://groundedbirmingham.simplybook.it/v2/",
        "actionPlatform": [
          "http://schema.org/DesktopWebPlatform",
          "http://schema.org/MobileWebPlatform"
        ]
      },
      "result": {
        "@type": "Reservation",
        "name": "Reservation"
      }
    }
  ]
}
</script>
```

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

```
# grounded. St Paul's

> cafe or coffee shop (coffee shop) in Saint Paul's Square 55 B3 1QS Birmingham, Birmingham cafes and bars. Phone +44 121 663 6156.

## Book or order directly

- Book: https://groundedbirmingham.simplybook.it/v2/ (through simplybook acting for the business)

## Opening hours

Tu-Th 08:30-15:30; Mo,Fr 08:30-18:00

## About

- Website: https://groundedcafe.co.uk/
- 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 (Organization).** but without address, phone or hours
- **Booking through simplybook on your own domain.** No marketplace commission, and the guest stays yours.

## Since the scan of 2026-10-14 (D then)
- Fixed: No booking or ordering path at all
- New: nothing

## Where it stands
66 of 190 in Birmingham cafes and bars. Top 35% 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 | 95% | yes |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 84% | no |
| Let AI crawlers in (no edge block, no robots.txt block) | 84% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 53% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 5% | no |

Nearest places with a similar menu: Urban Coffee Company (F, 514 m, https://directindex.org/r/gkrtmc.com); Starbucks (F, 518 m, https://directindex.org/r/starbucks.com); Java Roastery (F, 541 m, https://directindex.org/r/javaroastery.co.uk); Damascena Coffee House (C, 592 m, https://directindex.org/r/damascena.co.uk); Tim Hortons (D, 734 m, https://directindex.org/r/timhortons.co.uk); Boston Tea Party (C, 881 m, https://directindex.org/r/bostonteaparty.co.uk); Donuts N Chai (F, 953 m, https://directindex.org/r/donutsnchai.co.uk); Caffè Nero (D, 1076 m, https://directindex.org/r/caffenero.com); Blank Street Coffee (B, 1077 m, https://directindex.org/r/blankstreet.com); Muffin Break (C, 1079 m, https://directindex.org/r/muffinbreak.co.uk).

## 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 WordPress 58% (29% A or B, 36926 sites); This site 66.2%.

See what an AI agent reads on this site: https://directindex.org/r/groundedcafe.co.uk/agent-view

## Businesses like grounded. St Paul's in Birmingham cafes and bars

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Birmingham cafes and bars | 190 | 49% | 22% | 66.2% |
| Sites built with WordPress in Birmingham cafes and bars | 51 | 63% | 27% | 66.2% |
| Sites using SimplyBook.me in Birmingham cafes and bars | 1 | 66% | 0% | 66.2% |
| Sites built with WordPress and using SimplyBook.me in Birmingham cafes and bars | 1 | 66% | 0% | 66.2% |

The best of the sites built with WordPress in Birmingham cafes and bars: Centenary Coffee & Co (A 91.3%, https://directindex.org/r/centenarylounge.com); Nortons (A 90%, https://directindex.org/r/nortonsdigbeth.com); Roxy Ball Room (A 86.3%, https://directindex.org/r/roxyleisure.co.uk); The Old Irish Harp (A 86.2%, https://directindex.org/r/oldirishharppub.co.uk); The Plough and Harrow (A 86.2%, https://directindex.org/r/ploughharrowpub.co.uk).

With the two fixes above (Structured data is incomplete; No menu or price list found) the score would be about 87.7%: 6th of 190 in Birmingham cafes and bars, up from 66th.

## The direct record
What agents get for grounded. St Paul's, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/groundedcafe.co.uk
- Book: https://groundedbirmingham.simplybook.it/v2/ (vendor on own site: SimplyBook.me; found by the scan of 2026-10-14, not yet tested)
- Order: none on record
- Menu: none on record
- Hours: Tu-Th 08:30-15:30; Mo,Fr 08:30-18:00 (closed now) (from OpenStreetMap)
- Phone: +44 121 663 6156
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/groundedcafe.co.uk/book

## 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
- Vendor terms for agents, SimplyBook.me: Not stated. The terms do not address an agent acting for a person (several bar scraping or data extraction only), could not be read on the date given, or the vendor has not been researched yet.

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

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 25 | 25 |
| Readable | 8 | 25 |
| Actionable | 10 | 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/groundedcafe.co.uk
- 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

Keep watching this business (https://directindex.org/r/groundedcafe.co.uk/plan): the assistants asked again every month, with what changed; 2 EUR a month or 19 EUR a year.
Deep report: https://directindex.org/r/groundedcafe.co.uk/deep. Ten questions the way people ask, each assistant's full answer, the eight nearest similar places, the fix plan and a PDF: 5 EUR, one-off. 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=groundedcafe.co.uk&force=1