The Direct Index
Report · Leeds cafes and bars · scanned 2026-10-24

Laynes

laynescafe.co.uk is ready for agents.

Listed by OpenStreetMap.

BookMenuCallWebsite

Ways to reach Laynes directly, with no marketplace in between. Checked 2026-10-24. On the business's own site. Report a mistake

Hours, from OpenStreetMap: Mon–Fri 07:30–19:00 · Sat 08:00–19:00 · Sun 09:00–16:00

New Station Street 12-16 LS1 5DL Leeds · +44 7828 823189

Its menu mentions: allergens, a lunch or set menu · Outdoor seating (OpenStreetMap)

Nearby, also direct

Places near Laynes that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.

Owners

The website's grade

An AI assistant can open Laynes's website. It can read what Laynes offers. It finds a way to book or order directly on the site.

92.3%

60 of 65 points available

1/5

agent-readiness level, Basic Web Presence

2

things to fix

Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.

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Named by assistants

Named by ChatGPT and Gemini for 4 questions, including "The best specialty coffee in town, open right now" in Leeds cafes and bars, October 2026

Each assistant was asked the way people ask, with web search on, for up to three places in Leeds cafes and bars and a link to each one's own site. This business was named in 4 answers, by 2 of the 2 assistants asked.

QuestionNamed byAsked
The best specialty coffee in town, open right now.ChatGPT with a link to this site2026-10-21
Brunch at a cafe on Saturday. Where do I book?Gemini with a link to this site2026-10-21
Coffee and a good cake this afternoon. Where should I go?Gemini with a link to this site2026-10-21
A cafe for breakfast near the centre tomorrow at 8.ChatGPT with a link to this site2026-10-21

Every place named in Leeds cafes and bars, question by question.

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The badge shows how many of the assistants asked named this business, and the month. It updates after every round.

Named by 2 of 2 assistants, Direct Index

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Assistants

What assistants answer

Each assistant gets three questions about this business: the official website, where to book and where to order. Each cell shows where the answer sent people.

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:
“The best specialty coffee in town, open right now.” (ChatGPT, Gemini, with a link to this site)
“Brunch at a cafe on Saturday. Where do I book?” (Gemini, with a link to this site)
“Coffee and a good cake this afternoon. Where should I go?” (Gemini, with a link to this site)
“A cafe for breakfast near the centre tomorrow at 8.” (ChatGPT, Gemini, with a link to this site)

Where it stands

How Laynes compares

Where it stands

11 of 178 in Leeds cafes and bars

Top 6% of the sites scanned in this index. Just above: Fearns A, Hyde Park Book Club A. Just below: The Corner 19 Cafe & Bistro A, Veeno - The Italian Wine Cafe A.

What the top 10% of the index doesTop 10%This site
Take bookings or orders on their own domain100%yes
Publish the menu or price list as HTML89%yes
Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt)94%yes
Structured data with address, phone and hours44%no
Have an llms.txt11%no

The top 10% are the 18 highest-scoring reachable sites in the index at the last update.

Compared with its peers

Average scoreA or BThis site
Sites built with Squarespace 32,150 sites61%41%92.3%

Nearest places with a similar menu

PlaceDistanceGradeDirect booking or ordering
Nero Express coffee_shop148 mDno
Blank Street Coffee coffee_shop238 mByes
Flamingos coffee_shop256 mFno
200° Coffee coffee_shop, sandwich, cake262 mCno
Moose Coffee coffee_shop329 mByes
HiiGRIND coffee_shop350 mFno
92 Degrees coffee_shop355 mDno
Olive & Rye breakfast, sandwich, salad, brunch, coffee_shop361 mCyes
Kapow Coffee coffee_shop396 mDno
Le Pain Quotidien coffee_shop405 mCyes
Businesses like yours

Businesses like Laynes in Leeds cafes and bars

GroupSitesAvg scoreA or BThis site
Businesses of the same kind in Leeds cafes and bars17860%37%92.3%
Sites built with Squarespace in Leeds cafes and bars1881%72%92.3%

The best of the sites built with Squarespace in Leeds cafes and bars

Eat Your Greens A 93.8% · Parkside Tavern A 93.8% · The Brunswick A 93.8% · Fearns A 92.3% · Hyde Park Book Club A 92.3%

After the top fixes

With the fix above (Structured data is incomplete), the score would be about 95.4%. That would be 3rd of 178 in Leeds cafes and bars, up from 11th.

Peers are the businesses in the same index that have a reachable site, using the latest scan of each. The rank comes from the index's current ranking.

Findings

What to fix first

  1. Structured data is incomplete +2 points

    Missing: telephone. How to fix it

  2. 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. How to fix it

Send the fixes to your web person

One email with the fixes and the link. Nothing is stored.

No one is listed yet to fix this in Leeds cafes and bars. List your agency or yourself. It's free, and every listing is reviewed by hand.

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.
  • Structured data found (LocalBusiness) address, opening hours
  • Menu or price list is an HTML page Agents can read the items and prices.
  • Booking on your own site Agents can book without going through a marketplace.

Builder: squarespace · contact page /information: nothing new; menu page /menu: nothing new; booking page /bookings: booking via resdiary

Fix kit

What to paste

Filled in from the business's own record and this scan. Check every line before it goes live. The guides show where it goes on squarespace.

Where to paste it on Squarespace: the Code Injection panel, in the Header field, which applies to every page. It needs the Core plan or above. the official help page.

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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. Guide.

<script type="application/ld+json">
{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "CafeOrCoffeeShop",
  "name": "Laynes",
  "url": "https://laynescafe.co.uk/",
  "telephone": "+44 7828 823189",
  "address": {
    "@type": "PostalAddress",
    "streetAddress": "New Station Street 12-16",
    "postalCode": "LS1 5DL",
    "addressLocality": "Leeds"
  },
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 53.7953439,
    "longitude": -1.5451346
  },
  "openingHours": "Mo-Th 07:30-19:00; Fr 07:30-19:00; Sa 08:00-19:00; Su 09:00-16:00",
  "openingHoursSpecification": [
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Monday",
        "Tuesday",
        "Wednesday",
        "Thursday"
      ],
      "opens": "07:30",
      "closes": "19:00"
    },
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Friday"
      ],
      "opens": "07:30",
      "closes": "19:00"
    },
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Saturday"
      ],
      "opens": "08:00",
      "closes": "19:00"
    },
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Sunday"
      ],
      "opens": "09:00",
      "closes": "16:00"
    }
  ],
  "servesCuisine": [
    "coffee shop",
    "breakfast"
  ],
  "acceptsReservations": "https://laynescafe.co.uk/bookings",
  "hasMenu": "https://laynescafe.co.uk/menu",
  "potentialAction": [
    {
      "@type": "ReserveAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://laynescafe.co.uk/bookings",
        "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. Guide.

# Laynes

> cafe or coffee shop (coffee shop, breakfast) in New Station Street 12-16 LS1 5DL Leeds, Leeds cafes and bars. Phone +44 7828 823189.

## Book or order directly

- Book: https://laynescafe.co.uk/bookings (on the business's own site)
- Menu: https://laynescafe.co.uk/menu

## Opening hours

Mo-Th 07:30-19:00; Fr 07:30-19:00; Sa 08:00-19:00; Su 09:00-16:00

## About

- Website: https://laynescafe.co.uk/
- This file follows llms.txt (https://llmstxt.org): a short plain-text description for language models.
Owners

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Agent-Direct Score A

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For developers and agents

What agents get, and what the site publishes

The direct record agents get for this business, the rails an agent could transact through, and the agent standards the site publishes.

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The direct record

What agents get for Laynes

The links an assistant is sent when it books, orders or reads the menu for this business, where each leads, and when a browser last checked it. The same record is served as JSON at /api/direct/laynescafe.co.uk, through the MCP tool direct_record and in the city feed /city/leeds-cafes-bars/direct.json.

PathLinkStatus
Booklaynescafe.co.uk/bookings own sitefound by the scan of 2026-10-24, not yet tested
Ordernone on record
Menulaynescafe.co.uk/menu html_pagefrom the scan
HoursMo-Th 07:30-19:00; Fr 07:30-19:00; Sa 08:00-19:00; Su 09:00-16:00 (closed now)from OpenStreetMap
Phone+44 7828 823189

Stable links that count: /go/laynescafe.co.uk/book, /go/laynescafe.co.uk/menu answer 302 to the links above; the count is the line "followed N direct links" on this page.

Owners: claim the business below to correct this record; the claim email carries the link.

Transactable

Can an agent transact?

Measured, not scored: the Agent-Direct Score stays at specification v1.0. This says which rails an agent could transact through today, and what the booking or ordering vendor's terms allow.

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

Found one hop past the home page: booking page /bookings: booking via resdiary.

Agent readiness

Level 1 of 5, Basic Web Presence

These are the standards an agent looks for before it reads a page, checked the same way as Cloudflare's Agent Readiness scan. They don't count toward the score. Each missing item links to a how-to. Cloudflare's report.

Link headers on the homepageno how
sitemap.xmlyes
AI bot rules in robots.txtyes
Content Signals in robots.txtno how
Markdown on Accept: text/markdownno how
llms.txtno how
API catalog (RFC 9727)no how
MCP server cardno how
A2A agent cardno how
Agent Skills indexno how
OAuth or OIDC discoveryno how
OAuth protected resource metadatano how
auth.mdno how
Web Bot Auth key directoryno how
ARD capability manifestno how
DNS-AID recordsno how
WebMCP tools on the pageno how
JSON-LD for the businessyes