# Malone's Social Lounge & Taphouse: Agent-Direct Score A (90%)

Site: https://www.malones.bc.ca/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/malones.bc.ca
Scanned: 2026-10-14 (Provisional: the assistant citation check still to come; the hatched part of the bar is not measured yet.)
Malone's Social Lounge & Taphouse is ready for agents.
An AI assistant can open the website of Malone's Social Lounge & Taphouse. It can read what Malone's Social Lounge & Taphouse offers. It finds a way to book or order directly on the site.

## Direct links
- Book directly: https://malones.bc.ca/group-bookings (on the business's own site)
- Menu: https://malones.bc.ca/menu/food-menu
- Phone: +1-604-684-9977

## What to fix first
- **No llms.txt.** (no points, still worth doing) Optional today, cheap to add: a short text file describing the business for language models. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/llms-txt-for-a-business

## Fix kit: What to paste

llms.txt. Save as /llms.txt at the root of the site.

```
# Malone's Social Lounge & Taphouse

> bar or pub in West Pender Street 608 V6B 1V8 Vancouver, Vancouver cafes and bars. Phone +1-604-684-9977.

## Book or order directly

- Book: https://malones.bc.ca/group-bookings (on the business's own site)
- Menu: https://malones.bc.ca/menu/food-menu

## Opening hours

Su-Th 10:00-01:00, Fr,Sa 10:00-02:00

## About

- Website: https://www.malones.bc.ca/
- This file follows llms.txt (https://llmstxt.org): a short plain-text description for language models.
```

## Already right
- **robots.txt lets AI crawlers in.** There is no robots.txt, which allows everything.
- **AI crawlers get the page.** GPTBot, ClaudeBot and PerplexityBot all received a normal response.
- **Structured data present (BarOrPub).** address, phone, opening hours
- **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read items and prices directly.
- **Booking on your own site.** Agents can book without a marketplace in the loop.

## Where it stands
11 of 366 in Vancouver cafes and bars. Top 3% 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 | 89% | yes |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 92% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no edge block, no robots.txt block) | 97% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 46% | yes |
| Have an llms.txt | 35% | no |

Nearest places in the index: WINGS Tap & Social (B, 27 m, https://directindex.org/r/greatwings.ca); The 515 Bar (C, 28 m, https://directindex.org/r/the515bar.ca); Gong Cha (D, 61 m, https://directindex.org/r/gong-cha.com); Tractor (F, 131 m, https://directindex.org/r/tractorfoods.com); Railway Club (D, 141 m, https://directindex.org/r/therailwayclub.com); Deville Coffee (D, 200 m, https://directindex.org/r/devillecoffee.ca); Field & Social (A, 228 m, https://directindex.org/r/fieldandsocial.com); Slo Coffee (C, 230 m, https://directindex.org/r/slocoffee.ca); Social Crust Cafe & Catering (B, 256 m, https://directindex.org/r/socialcrustcafe.com); Saunter (D, 264 m, https://directindex.org/r/sauntercoffee.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 Webflow 59% (26% A or B, 1920 sites); This site 90%.

See what an AI agent reads on this site: https://directindex.org/r/malones.bc.ca/agent-view

## Businesses like Malone's Social Lounge & Taphouse in Vancouver cafes and bars

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Vancouver cafes and bars | 366 | 50% | 31% | 90% |
| Sites built with Webflow in Vancouver cafes and bars | 12 | 66% | 50% | 90% |

The best of the sites built with Webflow in Vancouver cafes and bars: Lumine Coffee (A 86.2%, https://directindex.org/r/luminecoffee.com); El Cafecito (B 81.5%, https://directindex.org/r/alimentariamexicana.com); Dublin Calling (B 78.8%, https://directindex.org/r/dublincalling.com); Caveman Cafe (B 72.3%, https://directindex.org/r/cavemancafe.ca); The Waffle Co. (B 70.8%, https://directindex.org/r/thewaffleco.ca).

## The direct record
What agents get for Malone's Social Lounge & Taphouse, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/malones.bc.ca
- Book: https://malones.bc.ca/group-bookings (own site; could not verify: partial (2026-10-14))
- Order: none on record
- Menu: https://malones.bc.ca/menu/food-menu (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: Su-Th 10:00-01:00, Fr,Sa 10:00-02:00 (from OpenStreetMap)
- Phone: +1-604-684-9977
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/malones.bc.ca/book, https://directindex.org/go/malones.bc.ca/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): 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

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

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 25 | 25 |
| Readable | 25 | 25 |
| Actionable | 22 | 30 |
| Cited | 0 | 0 (the assistant citation check: pending) |

## Agent readiness (Cloudflare)
Level 0 of 5, Not Ready. Cloudflare's report: https://isitagentready.com/malones.bc.ca
- 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: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/ai-rules/SKILL.md)
- 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/malones.bc.ca/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/malones.bc.ca/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=malones.bc.ca&force=1