# Hardware Coffee Co.: Agent-Direct Score C (66.2%)

Site: https://www.hardwarecoffee.co/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/hardwarecoffee.co
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.)
Hardware Coffee Co. is partly visible to agents.

## Direct links
- Order directly: https://order.toasttab.com/egiftcards/hardware-coffee-co-west-portal-32-west-portal-avenue (through toast acting for the business)

## 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

## 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": "Hardware Coffee Co.",
  "url": "https://www.hardwarecoffee.co/",
  "address": {
    "@type": "PostalAddress",
    "streetAddress": "North Point Street 900",
    "postalCode": "94109",
    "addressLocality": "San Francisco"
  },
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 37.8058477,
    "longitude": -122.4229027
  },
  "openingHours": "Mo-Su 08:00-18:00",
  "openingHoursSpecification": [
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [],
      "opens": "08:00",
      "closes": "18:00"
    }
  ],
  "servesCuisine": [
    "coffee shop"
  ],
  "potentialAction": [
    {
      "@type": "OrderAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://order.toasttab.com/egiftcards/hardware-coffee-co-west-portal-32-west-portal-avenue",
        "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.
- **Structured data present (Organization).** but without address, phone or hours
- **Ordering through toast on your own domain.** No marketplace commission, and the guest stays yours.
- **Toast lets agents act only through its partners.** Toast's guest terms could not be read on 2026-10-15 (bot challenge); since August 2026 Google's Ask Maps completes orders at Toast restaurants through Toast Local under the UCP for Food standard. Read 2026-10-15: https://www.digitaltransactions.net/square-toast-jump-into-ai-boosted-google-maps/. An assistant that is not a partner cannot finish the step there; a direct path on your own domain works for all of them.

## Where it stands
154 of 478 in San Francisco cafes and bars. Top 32% 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 | 98% | yes |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 79% | no |
| Let AI crawlers in (no edge block, no robots.txt block) | 100% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 23% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 15% | yes |

Nearest places with a similar menu: Saint Frank (F, 822 m, https://directindex.org/r/saintfrankcoffee.com); Compton's Coffe House (C, 1326 m, https://directindex.org/r/comptonscoffee.com); Caffe Trieste (D, 1586 m, https://directindex.org/r/caffetrieste.com); Souvenir Coffee (C, 1675 m, https://directindex.org/r/souvenir-coffee.com); The Station (F, 1828 m, https://directindex.org/r/thestationsf.com); Another Cafe (D, 1864 m, https://directindex.org/r/anothercafesf.com); Crostini & Java (D, 1943 m, https://directindex.org/r/crostiniandjava.com); Bluestone Lane (A, 2179 m, https://directindex.org/r/bluestonelane.com); Home Coffee Roasters (C, 2210 m, https://directindex.org/r/homecoffeesf.com); Joy's Place (D, 2230 m, https://directindex.org/r/joysplacecafe.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 Toast 74% (63% A or B, 1884 sites); This site 66.2%.

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

Read by AI agents 2 times this month.

## Businesses like Hardware Coffee Co. in San Francisco cafes and bars

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Same kind in San Francisco cafes and bars | 478 | 47% | 25% | 66.2% |
| Built with Shopify in San Francisco cafes and bars | 36 | 49% | 33% | 66.2% |
| Using Toast in San Francisco cafes and bars | 24 | 74% | 58% | 66.2% |
| Built with Shopify and using Toast in San Francisco cafes and bars | 1 | 66% | 0% | 66.2% |

The best of Using Toast in San Francisco cafes and bars: Bartlett Hall (A 92.5%, https://directindex.org/r/bartletthall.com); Peacekeeper (A 88.8%, https://directindex.org/r/peacekeepersf.com); Arcana (A 87.5%, https://directindex.org/r/arcanasf.com); Wooly Pig (A 87.5%, https://directindex.org/r/woolypigsf.com); Afterwork Bar (A 86.3%, https://directindex.org/r/afterworkbarsf.com).

With the two fixes above (Structured data is incomplete; No menu or price list found) the score would be about 87.7%: 14th of 478 in San Francisco cafes and bars, up from 154th.

## The direct record
What agents get for Hardware Coffee Co., as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/hardwarecoffee.co
- Book: none on record
- Order: https://order.toasttab.com/egiftcards/hardware-coffee-co-west-portal-32-west-portal-avenue (vendor on own site: Toast; found by the scan of 2026-10-14, not yet tested)
- Menu: none on record
- Hours: Mo-Su 08:00-18:00 (closed now) (from OpenStreetMap)
- Phone: none on record
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/hardwarecoffee.co/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, Toast: Partners only. Toast's guest terms could not be read on 2026-10-15 (bot challenge); since August 2026 Google's Ask Maps completes orders at Toast restaurants through Toast Local under the UCP for Food standard. Read 2026-10-15: https://www.digitaltransactions.net/square-toast-jump-into-ai-boosted-google-maps/

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/hardwarecoffee.co
- 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: yes

Deep report: https://directindex.org/r/hardwarecoffee.co/deep. Ten questions the way people ask, each assistant's full answer, the eight nearest similar places, the fix plan and a PDF: 19 EUR, one-off.
Methodology: https://directindex.org/methodology · Rescan now: https://directindex.org/scan?url=hardwarecoffee.co&force=1