# Merit Coffee: Agent-Direct Score F (26.2%)

Site: http://www.localcoffeesa.com
Report: https://directindex.org/r/localcoffee.com
Scanned: 2026-11-12 (Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.)
Merit Coffee is largely invisible to agents.
AI assistants can't open Merit Coffee's website, so they go by what other sites say about it.

## Direct links
- Order directly: https://localcoffeefounders.square.site/ (through square acting for the business)
- Menu: https://www.localcoffee.com/menu
- Address: 700 East Sonterra Boulevard
- Hours, from OpenStreetMap · Overture Maps: Mon–Fri 06:00–19:00; Sat 07:00–19:00; Sun 07:00–18:00

## Nearby, also direct
Places near Merit Coffee that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Little Woodrow's (720 m): https://directindex.org/r/littlewoodrows.com
- Fore Swing Lounge (840 m): https://directindex.org/r/foreswinglounge.com
- The Hush Room (1.6 km): https://directindex.org/r/thehushroom.com
- Chuy's (1.7 km): https://directindex.org/r/chuys.com
- NobiliTea - San Antonio (1.8 km): https://directindex.org/r/nobilitea.us

## What to fix first
- **The site turns away every visitor that isn't a browser, AI agents included.** (+25 points) A plain fetch was refused (TimeoutError: The operation was aborted due to timeout). Only a real browser got the page. Every AI crawler and agent gets turned away the same way, so Reachable scores 0 and the rest is measured on the page as the browser rendered it. Ask the host to let the AI user agents through. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/blocking-ai-crawlers-without-knowing
- **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). Every assistant reads this block first, and the fix kit below has it filled in. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant

## 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. In San Antonio, 74% of comparable sites that show a year say 2025 or later.

## 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": "CafeOrCoffeeShop",
  "name": "Merit Coffee",
  "url": "http://www.localcoffeesa.com",
  "address": {
    "@type": "PostalAddress",
    "streetAddress": "700 East Sonterra Boulevard"
  },
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 29.6143098,
    "longitude": -98.4839842
  },
  "openingHours": "Mo-Fr 06:00-19:00; Sa 07:00-19:00; Su 07:00-18:00",
  "openingHoursSpecification": [
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Monday",
        "Tuesday",
        "Wednesday",
        "Thursday",
        "Friday"
      ],
      "opens": "06:00",
      "closes": "19:00"
    },
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Saturday"
      ],
      "opens": "07:00",
      "closes": "19:00"
    },
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Sunday"
      ],
      "opens": "07:00",
      "closes": "18:00"
    }
  ],
  "servesCuisine": [
    "coffee shop"
  ],
  "hasMenu": "https://www.localcoffee.com/menu",
  "potentialAction": [
    {
      "@type": "OrderAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://localcoffeefounders.square.site/",
        "actionPlatform": [
          "http://schema.org/DesktopWebPlatform",
          "http://schema.org/MobileWebPlatform"
        ]
      }
    }
  ]
}
</script>
```

## Already right
- **robots.txt lets AI crawlers in.** No rule blocks the main AI user agents.
- **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read the items and prices.
- **Ordering through square on your own domain.** There's no marketplace commission, and the customer stays yours.

## Where it stands
393 of 463 in San Antonio cafes and bars. Top 85% 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 | 94% | yes |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 98% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 98% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 40% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 25% | no |

Nearest places in the index: Grand Agave Nightclub (D, 599 m, https://directindex.org/r/grandagave.com); Little Woodrow's (B, 722 m, https://directindex.org/r/littlewoodrows.com); Fore Swing Lounge (C, 836 m, https://directindex.org/r/foreswinglounge.com); Christian Coffee Co. (D, 1507 m, https://directindex.org/r/christiancoffeeco.org); Copa Wine Bar and Tasting Room (C, 1606 m, https://directindex.org/r/thecopawinebar.com); Full Belly Cafe (F, 1610 m, https://directindex.org/r/fullbellysa.com); The Hush Room (B, 1627 m, https://directindex.org/r/thehushroom.com); Chuy's (B, 1655 m, https://directindex.org/r/chuys.com); Y Bubble (F, 1683 m, https://directindex.org/r/menu2order.com); NobiliTea - San Antonio (B, 1752 m, https://directindex.org/r/nobilitea.us).

## 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.


Compared with its peers: Sites built with Squarespace 61% (41% A or B, 34188 sites); Sites using Square 65% (42% A or B, 5448 sites); This site 26.2%.

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

## Businesses like Merit Coffee in San Antonio cafes and bars

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in San Antonio cafes and bars | 463 | 51% | 29% | 26.2% |
| Sites built with Squarespace in San Antonio cafes and bars | 48 | 64% | 33% | 26.2% |
| Sites using Square in San Antonio cafes and bars | 16 | 70% | 56% | 26.2% |
| Sites built with Squarespace and using Square in San Antonio cafes and bars | 5 | 64% | 40% | 26.2% |

The best of the sites built with Squarespace and using Square in San Antonio cafes and bars: Theory Coffee (B 84.6%, https://directindex.org/r/theorycoffeeco.com); What's Brewing Coffee Drive Thru (B 80%, https://directindex.org/r/sacoffeeroasters.com); Cullum's Attagirl (C 64.6%, https://directindex.org/r/cullumsattagirl.com); Southwest Elixirs (C 64.6%, https://directindex.org/r/southwestelixirs.com).

With the two fixes above (The site turns away every visitor that isn't a browser, AI agents included; No structured data for the business), the score would be about 87.7%. That would be 14th of 463 in San Antonio cafes and bars, up from 393rd.

## The direct record
What agents get for Merit Coffee, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/localcoffee.com
- Book: none on record
- Order: https://localcoffeefounders.square.site/ (vendor on own site: Square; found by the scan of 2026-11-12, not yet tested)
- Menu: https://www.localcoffee.com/menu (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: Mo-Fr 06:00-19:00; Sa 07:00-19:00; Su 07:00-18:00 (open now) (from OpenStreetMap)
- Phone: none on record
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/localcoffee.com/order, https://directindex.org/go/localcoffee.com/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): 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): yes
- 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

Only a real browser got this page (a plain fetch got TimeoutError: The operation was aborted due to timeout); Readable and Actionable were measured on the rendered page.

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 0 | 25 |
| Readable | 7 | 25 |
| Actionable | 10 | 15 (the action test: pending) |
| Cited | 0 | 0 (the assistant citation check: pending) |

## Agent readiness (Cloudflare)
Not measured for this scan.
- JSON-LD for the business: no

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