# Pot Still: Agent-Direct Score F (30.8%) Site: https://www.potstill.bar/ Report: https://directindex.org/r/potstill.bar Scanned: 2026-10-16 (Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.) Pot Still is largely invisible to agents. An AI assistant can open Pot Still's website. It can't find a menu or price list, so it answers from other sites. It can't find a link to book or order online. ## Direct links - Phone: +41 61 411 00 11 - Address: Kohlenberg 11 4051 Basel - Hours, from OpenStreetMap · Overture Maps: Mon–Tue closed; Wed–Thu 17:00–00:00; Fri–Sat 17:00–02:00; Sun closed - Outdoor seating (OpenStreetMap) ## Nearby, also direct Places near Pot Still that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between. - Daniska (20 m): https://directindex.org/r/daniska.coffee - VIP Bar Basel (140 m): https://directindex.org/r/viprestaurantbar.ch ## What to fix first - **No structured data for the business.** (+15 points) Add schema.org JSON-LD for the business (CafeOrCoffeeShop, BarOrPub or the closest type, with name, address, telephone and openingHoursSpecification, plus servesCuisine). Every assistant reads this block first, and the fix kit below has it filled in. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant - **No booking or ordering link on the website.** (+15 points) There's no link on the site for an agent to follow. 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 on your own domain. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/book-direct-on-your-own-website - **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 working HTTPS.** (+3 points) The page is only served over plain http. Browsers and agents rank it lower or refuse it. - **Almost no text without JavaScript.** (+2 points) Crawlers that don't run scripts see an empty page. Put the menu, hours and address in plain HTML. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/website-blank-without-javascript - **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. ``` # Pot Still > bar or pub in Kohlenberg 11 4051 Basel, Basel cafes and bars. Phone +41 61 411 00 11. ## Opening hours We-Th 17:00-24:00; Fr-Sa 17:00-02:00 ## About - Website: https://www.potstill.bar/ - 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. - **AI crawlers get the page.** GPTBot, ClaudeBot and PerplexityBot all got a normal response. ## Where it stands 184 of 229 in Basel cafes and bars. Top 80% 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 | 96% | no | | Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 43% | no | | Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 91% | yes | | Structured data with address, phone and hours | 9% | no | | Have an llms.txt | 17% | no | Nearest places in the index: Excalibar (D, 2 m, https://directindex.org/r/excalibar.ch); Daniska (D, 19 m, https://directindex.org/r/daniska.coffee); Crêperie am Kohlenberg (F, 29 m, https://directindex.org/r/xn--crperie-kya.online); Baragraph (F, 32 m, https://directindex.org/r/baragraph.ch); Rio Bar (F, 65 m, https://directindex.org/r/artbox-riobar.ch); Mr Pickwick (D, 89 m, https://directindex.org/r/pickwick.ch); Espresso (F, 121 m, https://directindex.org/r/espressobasel.ch); Oscar One (D, 137 m, https://directindex.org/r/kitchenbrew.ch); OscarOne Basel (F, 139 m, https://directindex.org/r/oscarone.ch); VIP Bar Basel (A, 142 m, https://directindex.org/r/viprestaurantbar.ch). ## 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 bar for a first date on Thursday evening. Can I book?" (ChatGPT) See what an AI agent reads on this site: https://directindex.org/r/potstill.bar/agent-view ## Named by ChatGPT for "A quiet bar for a first date on Thursday evening. Can I book?" in Basel cafes and bars, October 2026 - "A quiet bar for a first date on Thursday evening. Can I book?" (2026-10-22): ChatGPT with a link to this site. https://directindex.org/city/basel-cafes-bars/recommended/quiet-date Named by 1 of 2 assistants asked. Badge: https://directindex.org/badge/named/potstill.bar.svg ## Businesses like Pot Still in Basel cafes and bars | Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site | |---|---|---|---|---| | Businesses of the same kind in Basel cafes and bars | 229 | 46% | 13% | 30.8% | The best of the businesses of the same kind in Basel cafes and bars: Gibabo Restaurant & Bar (A 90.8%, https://directindex.org/r/gibabo-restaurant.ch); Smilla (A 90.8%, https://directindex.org/r/smillacafe.ch); Chez Jeannot Bistro (A 87.7%, https://directindex.org/r/tinguely.ch); BRÜ Specialty Coffee (A 86.2%, https://directindex.org/r/bruspecialtycoffee.com); VIP Bar Basel (A 86.2%, https://directindex.org/r/viprestaurantbar.ch). With the three fixes above (No structured data for the business; No booking or ordering link on the website; No menu or price list found), the score would be about 87.7%. That would be 3rd of 229 in Basel cafes and bars, up from 184th. ## The direct record What agents get for Pot Still, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/potstill.bar - Book: none on record - Order: none on record - Menu: none on record - Hours: We-Th 17:00-24:00; Fr-Sa 17:00-02:00 (closed now) (from OpenStreetMap) - Phone: +41 61 411 00 11 ## 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 | 20 | 25 | | Readable | 0 | 25 | | Actionable | 0 | 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/potstill.bar - 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: no Keep watching this business (https://directindex.org/r/potstill.bar/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/potstill.bar/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=potstill.bar&force=1