# Ground Up: Agent-Direct Score D (53.8%)

Site: https://groundupchicago.com
Report: https://directindex.org/r/groundupchicago.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.)
Ground Up is hard for agents to use.

## Direct links
- Order directly: https://squareup.com/gift/2441HFSR199K3/order (through square acting for the business)
- Phone: +1-312-374-1348

## What to fix first
- **No structured data for the business.** (+15 points) Add schema.org JSON-LD for the business (CafeOrCoffeeShop, BarOrPub or the closest type, with name, address, telephone and openingHoursSpecification, plus servesCuisine). It is the one block every assistant reads first; the fix kit below has it filled in. 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

## 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": "Ground Up",
  "url": "https://groundupchicago.com",
  "telephone": "+1-312-374-1348",
  "address": {
    "@type": "PostalAddress",
    "streetAddress": "West Van Buren Street 900",
    "postalCode": "60607",
    "addressLocality": "Chicago"
  },
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 41.8767732,
    "longitude": -87.6497113
  },
  "openingHours": "Mo-Fr 06:00-18:00; Sa-Su 07:30-17:00",
  "openingHoursSpecification": [
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Monday",
        "Tuesday",
        "Wednesday",
        "Thursday",
        "Friday"
      ],
      "opens": "06:00",
      "closes": "18:00"
    },
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Saturday",
        "Sunday"
      ],
      "opens": "07:30",
      "closes": "17:00"
    }
  ],
  "servesCuisine": [
    "coffee shop"
  ],
  "potentialAction": [
    {
      "@type": "OrderAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://squareup.com/gift/2441HFSR199K3/order",
        "actionPlatform": [
          "http://schema.org/DesktopWebPlatform",
          "http://schema.org/MobileWebPlatform"
        ]
      }
    }
  ]
}
</script>
```

## 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.
- **Ordering through square on your own domain.** No marketplace commission, and the guest stays yours.

## Where it stands
409 of 806 in Chicago cafes and bars. Top 51% 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 | 100% | yes |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 96% | no |
| Let AI crawlers in (no edge block, no robots.txt block) | 98% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 34% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 21% | yes |

Nearest places with a similar menu: Moka & Co (A, 263 m, https://directindex.org/r/mokanco.com); Cor Coffee (D, 511 m, https://directindex.org/r/jp2newman.org); Vietfive Coffee (F, 715 m, https://directindex.org/r/vietfive.com); Little Toasted (C, 909 m, https://directindex.org/r/littletoasted.com); Two Shades Cafe (C, 973 m, https://directindex.org/r/thecoffeealley.com); Good Ambler (B, 1056 m, https://directindex.org/r/goodambler.com); Discourse Coffee (C, 1139 m, https://directindex.org/r/discourse.coffee); Coffee Bar (D, 1229 m, https://directindex.org/r/emilyhotel.com); OverLay Cafe (C, 1336 m, https://directindex.org/r/overlaycoffee.com); Biggby Coffee (B, 1497 m, https://directindex.org/r/biggby.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 Shopify 58% (37% A or B, 1345 sites); Sites using Square 69% (47% A or B, 793 sites); This site 53.8%.

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

## Businesses like Ground Up in Chicago cafes and bars

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Same kind in Chicago cafes and bars | 806 | 47% | 28% | 53.8% |
| Built with Shopify in Chicago cafes and bars | 23 | 61% | 52% | 53.8% |
| Using Square in Chicago cafes and bars | 21 | 71% | 52% | 53.8% |

The best of Using Square in Chicago cafes and bars: Casa Cactus (A 87.7%, https://directindex.org/r/casacactuscoffee.com); The Dandy Crown (A 87.7%, https://directindex.org/r/thedandycrown.com); The Waterfront Cafe (A 87.7%, https://directindex.org/r/waterfrontcafechicago.com); Bunker (B 84.6%, https://directindex.org/r/bunkerchicago.com); Green Tomato Cafe (B 80%, https://directindex.org/r/greentomatocafe.org).

With the two fixes above (No structured data for the business; No menu or price list found) the score would be about 87.7%: 23rd of 806 in Chicago cafes and bars, up from 409th.

## The direct record
What agents get for Ground Up, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/groundupchicago.com
- Book: none on record
- Order: https://squareup.com/gift/2441HFSR199K3/order (vendor on own site: Square; found by the scan of 2026-10-14, not yet tested)
- Menu: none on record
- Hours: Mo-Fr 06:00-18:00; Sa-Su 07:30-17:00 (open now) (from OpenStreetMap)
- Phone: +1-312-374-1348
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/groundupchicago.com/order

## 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, Square: Yes. Square takes orders placed in ChatGPT and Claude for US food sellers since 1 July 2026 with no seller setup; its Buyer Account Terms still bar robots and scrapers from accessing Block systems. Read 2026-10-15: https://squareup.com/us/en/press/claude-chatgpt-integrations

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

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 25 | 25 |
| Readable | 0 | 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/groundupchicago.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: yes
- 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: yes
- OAuth protected resource metadata: yes
- 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: yes
- JSON-LD for the business: no

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