# Marx Cafe American Bar: Agent-Direct Score D (53.8%)

Site: https://marxcafemtp.com/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/marxcafemtp.com
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.)
Marx Cafe American Bar is hard for agents to use.

## Direct links
- Menu: https://marxcafemtp.com/item-category/brunch/
- Phone: +1 202-518-7600

## What to fix first
- **No structured data for the business.** (+14 points) Add schema.org JSON-LD for the business (CafeOrCoffeeShop, BarOrPub or the closest type, with name, address, telephone and openingHoursSpecification, plus servesCuisine). It is the one block every assistant reads first; the fix kit below has it filled in. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant
- **No booking or ordering path at all.** (+13 points) Only a phone number or WhatsApp. Agents cannot act on those yet. Add a booking or ordering page. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/book-direct-on-your-own-website
- **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

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": "BarOrPub",
  "name": "Marx Cafe American Bar",
  "url": "https://marxcafemtp.com/",
  "telephone": "+1 202-518-7600",
  "address": {
    "@type": "PostalAddress",
    "streetAddress": "Mount Pleasant Street Northwest 3203",
    "postalCode": "20010-2103",
    "addressLocality": "Washington"
  },
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 38.9313351,
    "longitude": -77.0382068
  },
  "openingHours": "Mo-Th 05:00-01:30; Fr 05:00-02:30; Sa 11:00-02:30; Su 11:00-01:30",
  "openingHoursSpecification": [
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Monday",
        "Tuesday",
        "Wednesday",
        "Thursday"
      ],
      "opens": "05:00",
      "closes": "01:30"
    },
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Friday"
      ],
      "opens": "05:00",
      "closes": "02:30"
    },
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Saturday"
      ],
      "opens": "11:00",
      "closes": "02:30"
    },
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Sunday"
      ],
      "opens": "11:00",
      "closes": "01:30"
    }
  ],
  "hasMenu": "https://marxcafemtp.com/item-category/brunch/"
}
</script>
```

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

```
# Marx Cafe American Bar

> bar or pub in Mount Pleasant Street Northwest 3203 20010-2103 Washington, Washington, DC cafes and bars. Phone +1 202-518-7600.

## Book or order directly

- Menu: https://marxcafemtp.com/item-category/brunch/

## Opening hours

Mo-Th 05:00-01:30; Fr 05:00-02:30; Sa 11:00-02:30; Su 11:00-01:30

## About

- Website: https://marxcafemtp.com/
- 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 key AI user agents.
- **AI crawlers get the page.** GPTBot, ClaudeBot and PerplexityBot all received a normal response.
- **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read items and prices directly.

## Where it stands
238 of 464 in Washington, DC cafes and bars. Top 51% 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% | no |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 98% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no edge block, no robots.txt block) | 100% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 38% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 17% | no |

Nearest places in the index: Ellē (B, 62 m, https://directindex.org/r/eatatelle.com); Raven Grill (F, 227 m, https://directindex.org/r/theravengrill.com); Zeba Bar (F, 507 m, https://directindex.org/r/zebabar.com); Potter's House (B, 706 m, https://directindex.org/r/pottershousedc.org); Toro Bar (F, 817 m, https://directindex.org/r/torobar14th.com); Red Derby (D, 837 m, https://directindex.org/r/redderby.com); Lyman's Tavern (D, 847 m, https://directindex.org/r/lymanstaverndc.com); Buddy's (A, 876 m, https://directindex.org/r/buddysdc.com); The Wonderland Ballroom (F, 898 m, https://directindex.org/r/thewonderlandballroom.com); Rue Cafe (D, 951 m, https://directindex.org/r/ruecafe.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 WordPress 58% (28% A or B, 36794 sites); This site 53.8%.

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

## Businesses like Marx Cafe American Bar in Washington, DC cafes and bars

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Same kind in Washington, DC cafes and bars | 464 | 48% | 33% | 53.8% |
| Built with WordPress in Washington, DC cafes and bars | 79 | 64% | 46% | 53.8% |

The best of Built with WordPress in Washington, DC cafes and bars: Bluestone Lane (A 96.3%, https://directindex.org/r/bluestonelane.com); Boundary Stone (A 93.8%, https://directindex.org/r/boundarystonedc.com); Cafe Berlin (A 93.8%, https://directindex.org/r/cafeberlin-dc.com); Fossette Focacceria (A 93.8%, https://directindex.org/r/fossettedc.com); Coffee Republic (A 90%, https://directindex.org/r/coffeerepub.com).

With the two fixes above (No structured data for the business; No booking or ordering path at all) the score would be about 95.4%: 4th of 464 in Washington, DC cafes and bars, up from 238th.

## The direct record
What agents get for Marx Cafe American Bar, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/marxcafemtp.com
- Book: none on record
- Order: none on record
- Menu: https://marxcafemtp.com/item-category/brunch/ (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: Mo-Th 05:00-01:30; Fr 05:00-02:30; Sa 11:00-02:30; Su 11:00-01:30 (open now) (from OpenStreetMap)
- Phone: +1 202-518-7600
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/marxcafemtp.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): 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 | 8 | 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/marxcafemtp.com
- 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: no

Deep report: https://directindex.org/r/marxcafemtp.com/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=marxcafemtp.com&force=1