# Modern Standard Coffee: Agent-Direct Score D (41.5%)

Site: http://www.modernstandardcoffee.com/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/modernstandardcoffee.co.uk
Scanned: 2026-10-21 (Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.)
Modern Standard Coffee is hard for agents to use.
AI assistants can't open Modern Standard Coffee's website, so they go by what other sites say about it.

## Direct links
- Order directly: https://modernstandardcoffee.co.uk/pages/modern-standard-coffee-roastery (on the business's own site)
- Phone: +441592725025
- Address: 49 Barclay Place, EH10 4HW, Edinburgh
- Prices: 21 prices on the site, the middle one £13.00

## Nearby, also direct
Places near Modern Standard Coffee that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Margot (20 m): https://directindex.org/r/margotedinburgh.co.uk
- The Golf Tavern (50 m): https://directindex.org/r/golftavern.co.uk
- The Belfry (90 m): https://directindex.org/r/thebelfryedinburgh.co.uk
- Loujayne's Khartoum Cafe (130 m): https://directindex.org/r/khartoumcafe.uk
- The Blackbird (170 m): https://directindex.org/r/theblackbirdedinburgh.co.uk

## 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 (cloudflare_challenge). 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 menu or price list found.** (+7 points) Agents answer 'what do they offer?' from marketplaces instead. Add a page with the menu or price list and link to it from the homepage. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/menu-pdf-ai
- **Structured data is incomplete.** (+3 points) Missing: opening hours. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant

## What the site tells visitors (Measured, not scored)
- **21 prices on the landing page, the middle one £13.00.** In Edinburgh, the middle price of comparable sites that show prices is £14.50.

## 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": "Organization",
  "name": "Modern Standard Coffee",
  "url": "http://www.modernstandardcoffee.com/",
  "telephone": "+441592725025",
  "address": "49 Barclay Place, EH10 4HW, Edinburgh",
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 55.93963451,
    "longitude": -3.20438749
  },
  "potentialAction": [
    {
      "@type": "OrderAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://modernstandardcoffee.co.uk/pages/modern-standard-coffee-roastery",
        "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.
- **Structured data found (Organization).** address, phone
- **Ordering on your own site.** Agents can order without going through a marketplace.

## Where it stands
Not ranked yet in Edinburgh cafes and bars.

| What the top 10% of the index does | Top 10% | This site |
|---|---|---|
| Take bookings or orders on their own domain | 100% | yes |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 85% | no |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 89% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 38% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 28% | no |

Nearest places in the index: Margot (C, 21 m, https://directindex.org/r/margotedinburgh.co.uk); The Golf Tavern (C, 52 m, https://directindex.org/r/golftavern.co.uk); The Belfry (B, 91 m, https://directindex.org/r/thebelfryedinburgh.co.uk); Henrick's Bar (F, 91 m, https://directindex.org/r/henricksbar.com); Loujayne's Khartoum Cafe (A, 128 m, https://directindex.org/r/khartoumcafe.uk); The Blackbird (D, 167 m, https://directindex.org/r/theblackbirdedinburgh.co.uk); A Wee Taste (A, 173 m, https://directindex.org/r/aweetaste.co.uk); Rigatoni's by the Kings (F, 183 m, https://directindex.org/r/rigatonis.co.uk); Quick and Plenty Cafe (D, 187 m, https://directindex.org/r/quickandplentycafe.co.uk); Back Stage at Bennets (F, 241 m, https://directindex.org/r/kuulseodomains.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.

The assistants were asked 12 everyday questions about Edinburgh cafes and bars and named 62 places. Modern Standard Coffee wasn't one of them. See who was named: https://directindex.org/city/edinburgh-cafes-bars/recommended


Compared with its peers: Sites built with Shopify 48% (24% A or B, 13925 sites); This site 41.5%.

See what an AI agent reads on this site: https://directindex.org/r/modernstandardcoffee.co.uk/agent-view

## Businesses like Modern Standard Coffee in Edinburgh cafes and bars

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sites built with Shopify in Edinburgh cafes and bars | 42 | 52% | 24% | 41.5% |

The best of the sites built with Shopify in Edinburgh cafes and bars: The Little Bakery (B 84.6%, https://directindex.org/r/littlebakery.co.uk); Brewdog Doghouse Bar & Terrace (B 78.8%, https://directindex.org/r/brewdog.com); The Hanging Bat (B 77.5%, https://directindex.org/r/northernmonk.com); Ardfern (B 73.8%, https://directindex.org/r/ardfern.uk); Cairngorm (B 73.8%, https://directindex.org/r/cairngorm.coffee).

## The direct record
What agents get for Modern Standard Coffee, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/modernstandardcoffee.co.uk
- Book: none on record
- Order: https://modernstandardcoffee.co.uk/pages/modern-standard-coffee-roastery (own site; found by the scan of 2026-10-21, not yet tested)
- Menu: none on record
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: +441592725025
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/modernstandardcoffee.co.uk/order

## 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

Only a real browser got this page (a plain fetch got cloudflare_challenge); Readable and Actionable were measured on the rendered page.

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 0 | 25 |
| Readable | 12 | 25 |
| Actionable | 15 | 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: yes

Keep watching this business (https://directindex.org/r/modernstandardcoffee.co.uk/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/modernstandardcoffee.co.uk/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=modernstandardcoffee.co.uk&force=1