# Maelstrøm Saint-Roch: Agent-Direct Score C (55.4%) Site: https://maelstrom.cafe/ Report: https://directindex.org/r/maelstrom.cafe Scanned: 2026-10-24 (Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.) Maelstrøm Saint-Roch is partly visible to agents. Some AI assistants are turned away by Maelstrøm Saint-Roch's website. It can read what Maelstrøm Saint-Roch offers. It finds a phone number, but no link to book or order online. ## Direct links - Menu: https://maelstrom.cafe/menu-jour/ - Phone: +1-418-523-0700 - Address: Rue De Saint-Vallier Est 181 G1K 3V1 Québec - Languages: French, English ## Nearby, also direct Places near Maelstrøm Saint-Roch that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between. - Nektar Caféologue (200 m): https://directindex.org/r/nektar.ca - La Korrigane - Brasserie Artisanale (280 m): https://directindex.org/r/korrigane.ca - La Molette (420 m): https://directindex.org/r/lamolette.ca - Noctem Artisans Brasseurs (450 m): https://directindex.org/r/noctem.ca - Phoenix du Parvis (470 m): https://directindex.org/r/phoenixduparvis.com ## What to fix first - **No booking or ordering link on the website.** (+13 points) There's only a phone number or WhatsApp, and agents can't use those yet. If you take bookings or orders through a platform, link to it from the site so agents can find it. Add a booking or ordering page. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/book-direct-on-your-own-website - **The server turns AI crawlers away at the door.** (+10 points) Requests as GPTBot (http_403), ClaudeBot (http_403), PerplexityBot (http_403) were refused, but a normal browser got the page. That's usually a bot list at the host or in a firewall that the owner never chose. Ask the host to allow these user agents. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/blocking-ai-crawlers-without-knowing - **Structured data is incomplete.** (+3 points) Missing: address, telephone. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant - **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. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/llms-txt-for-a-business ## 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 ``` llms.txt. Save as /llms.txt at the root of the site. ``` # Maelstrøm Saint-Roch > cafe or coffee shop in Rue De Saint-Vallier Est 181 G1K 3V1 Québec, Quebec City cafes and bars. Phone +1-418-523-0700. ## Book or order directly - Menu: https://maelstrom.cafe/menu-jour/ ## About - Website: https://maelstrom.cafe/ - 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 main AI user agents. - **Structured data found (CafeOrCoffeeShop).** opening hours - **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read the items and prices. ## Where it stands 38 of 50 in Quebec City cafes and bars. Top 76% 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 | 90% | no | | Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 100% | yes | | Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 90% | no | | Structured data with address, phone and hours | 40% | no | | Have an llms.txt | 60% | no | Nearest places in the index: Nektar Caféologue (B, 198 m, https://directindex.org/r/nektar.ca); La Korrigane - Brasserie Artisanale (A, 282 m, https://directindex.org/r/korrigane.ca); Les Brûleries Saint-Roch (D, 334 m, https://directindex.org/r/lesbruleries.com); La Molette (C, 424 m, https://directindex.org/r/lamolette.ca); Café Pekoe (C, 431 m, https://directindex.org/r/cafepekoe.com); Noctem Artisans Brasseurs (B, 452 m, https://directindex.org/r/noctem.ca); Phoenix du Parvis (B, 471 m, https://directindex.org/r/phoenixduparvis.com); Le Lit Double (A, 484 m, https://directindex.org/r/lelitdouble.com); Bar Le Sacrilège (C, 506 m, https://directindex.org/r/barlesacrilege.com); Buvette Scott (C, 544 m, https://directindex.org/r/buvettescott.com). ## 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. Recommended when people ask: "A quiet cafe near the centre where I can sit with my laptop this morning." (Gemini); "The best specialty coffee in town, open right now." (Gemini); "Coffee and a good cake this afternoon. Where should I go?" (Gemini) Compared with its peers: Sites built with WordPress 55% (24% A or B, 224455 sites); This site 55.4%. See what an AI agent reads on this site: https://directindex.org/r/maelstrom.cafe/agent-view ## Named by Gemini for 3 questions, including "A quiet cafe near the centre where I can sit with my laptop this morning" in Quebec City cafes and bars, October 2026 - "A quiet cafe near the centre where I can sit with my laptop this morning." (2026-10-25): Gemini with a link to this site. https://directindex.org/city/quebec-city-cafes-bars/recommended/laptop-cafe - "The best specialty coffee in town, open right now." (2026-10-25): Gemini with a link to this site. https://directindex.org/city/quebec-city-cafes-bars/recommended/specialty-coffee - "Coffee and a good cake this afternoon. Where should I go?" (2026-10-25): Gemini with a link to this site. https://directindex.org/city/quebec-city-cafes-bars/recommended/cake-coffee Named by 1 of 2 assistants asked. Badge: https://directindex.org/badge/named/maelstrom.cafe.svg ## Businesses like Maelstrøm Saint-Roch in Quebec City cafes and bars | Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site | |---|---|---|---|---| | Businesses of the same kind in Quebec City cafes and bars | 50 | 66% | 48% | 55.4% | | Sites built with WordPress in Quebec City cafes and bars | 21 | 70% | 52% | 55.4% | The best of the sites built with WordPress in Quebec City cafes and bars: Au 1884 (A 95.4%, https://directindex.org/r/au1884.ca); Second Cup (A 90%, https://directindex.org/r/secondcup.com); Dooly's (A 86.2%, https://directindex.org/r/doolysquebec.com); Tapis Vert (A 86.2%, https://directindex.org/r/tapisvertstefoy.ca); Ninkasi du Faubourg (B 81.1%, https://directindex.org/r/laninkasi.ca). With the three fixes above (No booking or ordering link on the website; The server turns AI crawlers away at the door; Structured data is incomplete), the score would be about 95.4%, which would be first of 50 in Quebec City cafes and bars. ## The direct record What agents get for Maelstrøm Saint-Roch, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/maelstrom.cafe - Book: none on record - Order: none on record - Menu: https://maelstrom.cafe/menu-jour/ (html_page; from the scan) - Hours: none on record - Phone: +1-418-523-0700 - Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/maelstrom.cafe/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, Toast, or a vendor whose terms allow agents): no ## Score breakdown | Component | Points | Available | |---|---|---| | Reachable | 15 | 25 | | Readable | 19 | 25 | | Actionable | 2 | 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/maelstrom.cafe - 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/maelstrom.cafe/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/maelstrom.cafe/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=maelstrom.cafe&force=1