# Bar à Vins Nicolas: Agent-Direct Score C (58.5%)

Site: http://www.nicolas.com/magasins/BAR-A-VINS-LA-MADELEINE/s/00000801.html
Report: https://directindex.org/r/nicolas.com
Scanned: 2026-10-20 (Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.)
Bar à Vins Nicolas is partly visible to agents.
Some AI assistants are turned away by Bar à Vins Nicolas's website. It can't find a menu or price list, so it answers from other sites. It finds a way to book or order directly on the site.

## Direct links
- Book directly: https://www.nicolas.com/fr/fr/p/champagne-charles-mignon-premium-reserve-rose-381.html (on the business's own site)
- Order directly: https://www.nicolas.com/fr/fr/mes-commandes.php (on the business's own site)
- Phone: 01 44 51 90 22
- Address: 31 place de la Madeleine, 75008, Paris
- Prices: 94 prices on the site, the middle one €50.00
- Languages: English, French

## Nearby, also direct
Places near Bar à Vins Nicolas that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Maison de la Truffe (60 m): https://directindex.org/r/maison-de-la-truffe.com
- L'ecluse Madeleine (90 m): https://directindex.org/r/lecluse.paris
- Angélique (160 m): https://directindex.org/r/angeliqueparis.fr
- La Cave de la Madeleine (170 m): https://directindex.org/r/lescavesduvaletblanchet.com

## What to fix first
- **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.** (+7 points) Missing: address, telephone, opening hours. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant
- **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
- **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

## What the site tells visitors (Measured, not scored)
- **94 prices on the landing page, the middle one €50.00.** In Paris, the middle price of comparable sites that show prices is €22.35.

## 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": "Bar à Vins Nicolas",
  "url": "http://www.nicolas.com/magasins/BAR-A-VINS-LA-MADELEINE/s/00000801.html",
  "telephone": "01 44 51 90 22",
  "address": "31 place de la Madeleine, 75008, Paris",
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 48.8710822139369,
    "longitude": 2.3246567203582473
  },
  "potentialAction": [
    {
      "@type": "ReserveAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://www.nicolas.com/fr/fr/p/champagne-charles-mignon-premium-reserve-rose-381.html",
        "actionPlatform": [
          "http://schema.org/DesktopWebPlatform",
          "http://schema.org/MobileWebPlatform"
        ]
      },
      "result": {
        "@type": "Reservation",
        "name": "Reservation"
      }
    },
    {
      "@type": "OrderAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://www.nicolas.com/fr/fr/mes-commandes.php",
        "actionPlatform": [
          "http://schema.org/DesktopWebPlatform",
          "http://schema.org/MobileWebPlatform"
        ]
      }
    }
  ]
}
</script>
```

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

```
# Bar à Vins Nicolas

> organization in 31 place de la Madeleine, 75008, Paris, Paris cafes and bars. Phone 01 44 51 90 22.

## Book or order directly

- Book: https://www.nicolas.com/fr/fr/p/champagne-charles-mignon-premium-reserve-rose-381.html (on the business's own site)
- Order: https://www.nicolas.com/fr/fr/mes-commandes.php (on the business's own site)

## About

- Website: http://www.nicolas.com/magasins/BAR-A-VINS-LA-MADELEINE/s/00000801.html
- 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's no robots.txt, which means everything is allowed.
- **Structured data found (Organization).** no address, phone or hours in it
- **Booking on your own site.** Agents can book without going through a marketplace.
- **Ordering on your own site.** Agents can order without going through a marketplace.

## Where it stands
895 of 1883 in Paris cafes and bars. Top 48% 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 | 98% | yes |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 90% | no |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 98% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 53% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 44% | no |

Nearest places in the index: Café Madeleine (F, 23 m, https://directindex.org/r/cafemadeleineparis.com); Maison de la Truffe (C, 56 m, https://directindex.org/r/maison-de-la-truffe.com); L'ecluse Madeleine (A, 93 m, https://directindex.org/r/lecluse.paris); Grand Café Fauchon (B, 110 m, https://directindex.org/r/hotel-fauchon-paris.fr); Cafe (D, 143 m, https://directindex.org/r/cibex.fr); Chemin Des Vignes Paris (F, 146 m, https://directindex.org/r/chemindesvignes.com); Café Pouchkine (F, 148 m, https://directindex.org/r/cafe-pouchkine.fr); Brasseurs de France (F, 159 m, https://directindex.org/r/brasseurs-de-france.com); Angélique (F, 164 m, https://directindex.org/r/angeliqueparis.fr); La Cave de la Madeleine (C, 174 m, https://directindex.org/r/lescavesduvaletblanchet.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.


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

## Businesses like Bar à Vins Nicolas in Paris cafes and bars

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Paris cafes and bars | 1883 | 54% | 32% | 58.5% |

The best of the businesses of the same kind in Paris cafes and bars: 5 Pailles (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/5pailles.com); Baddies bar (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/lebaddiesbar.com); Bistrot Xviii (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/bistrotxviii.fr); Bistrot des Cinéastes (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/lebistrotdescineastes.com); Bodoma (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/bodoma.com).

With the three fixes above (The server turns AI crawlers away at the door; Structured data is incomplete; No menu or price list found), the score would be about 95.4%. That would be 35th of 1,883 in Paris cafes and bars, up from 895th.

This site appears in 2 cities (2 places on nicolas.com). https://directindex.org/brand/nicolas.com

## The direct record
What agents get for Bar à Vins Nicolas, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/nicolas.com
- Book: https://www.nicolas.com/fr/fr/p/champagne-charles-mignon-premium-reserve-rose-381.html (own site; found by the scan of 2026-10-20, not yet tested)
- Order: https://www.nicolas.com/fr/fr/mes-commandes.php (own site; found by the scan of 2026-10-20, not yet tested)
- Menu: none on record
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: 01 44 51 90 22
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/nicolas.com/book, https://directindex.org/go/nicolas.com/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

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 15 | 25 |
| Readable | 8 | 25 |
| Actionable | 15 | 15 (the action test: pending) |
| Cited | 0 | 0 (the assistant citation check: pending) |

## Agent readiness (Cloudflare)
Level 0 of 5, Not Ready. Cloudflare's report: https://isitagentready.com/nicolas.com
- Link headers on the homepage: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/link-headers/SKILL.md)
- sitemap.xml: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/sitemap/SKILL.md)
- 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/nicolas.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/nicolas.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=nicolas.com&force=1