# Rapscallion & Co.: Agent-Direct Score A (87.7%)

Site: http://www.rapandco.ca/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/rapandco.ca
Scanned: 2026-11-12 (Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.)
Rapscallion & Co. is ready for agents.
An AI assistant can open Rapscallion & Co.'s website. What Rapscallion & Co. offers is in a PDF or an image, and assistants read those badly. It finds a way to book or order directly on the site.

## Direct links
- Book directly: https://rapandco.ca/reservations (on the business's own site)
- Menu: https://rapandco.ca/menu
- Phone: +19055220088
- Address: 178 James St N, Hamilton L8R 2L1
- Hours, from rapandco.ca: Mon–Sun 17:00–02:00

## Nearby, also direct
Places near Rapscallion & Co. that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- The Burnt Tongue (70 m): https://directindex.org/r/theburnttongue.com
- Born and Raised (140 m): https://directindex.org/r/bornandraisedrestaurant.com
- Charred Rotisserie House (180 m): https://directindex.org/r/charred.ca
- Chicken Plus (190 m): https://directindex.org/r/chickenpluscanada.ca

## What to fix first
- **Menu or price list is a PDF.** (+3 points) Most agents skip PDFs or read them badly. Publish it as an HTML page and keep the PDF as a download. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/menu-pdf-ai
- **Structured data is incomplete.** (+2 points) Missing: telephone. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant
- **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
<script type="application/ld+json">
{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "LocalBusiness",
  "name": "Rapscallion & Co.",
  "url": "http://www.rapandco.ca/",
  "telephone": "+19055220088",
  "address": "178 James St N, Hamilton L8R 2L1",
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 43.26120273,
    "longitude": -79.86697642
  },
  "openingHours": "Mo-Su 17:00-02:00",
  "openingHoursSpecification": [
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Monday",
        "Tuesday",
        "Wednesday",
        "Thursday",
        "Friday",
        "Saturday",
        "Sunday"
      ],
      "opens": "17:00",
      "closes": "02:00"
    }
  ],
  "potentialAction": [
    {
      "@type": "ReserveAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://rapandco.ca/reservations",
        "actionPlatform": [
          "http://schema.org/DesktopWebPlatform",
          "http://schema.org/MobileWebPlatform"
        ]
      },
      "result": {
        "@type": "Reservation",
        "name": "Reservation"
      }
    }
  ]
}
</script>
```

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

```
# Rapscallion & Co.

> local business in 178 James St N, Hamilton L8R 2L1, Hamilton. Phone +19055220088.

## Book or order directly

- Book: https://rapandco.ca/reservations (on the business's own site)
- Menu: https://rapandco.ca/menu

## Opening hours

Mo-Su 17:00-02:00

## About

- Website: http://www.rapandco.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.** No rule blocks the main AI user agents.
- **AI crawlers get the page.** GPTBot, ClaudeBot and PerplexityBot all got a normal response.
- **Structured data found (LocalBusiness).** address, opening hours
- **Booking on your own site.** Agents can book without going through a marketplace.

## Where it stands
54 of 548 in Hamilton. Top 10% 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 | 100% | yes |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 96% | no |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 98% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 52% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 43% | no |

Nearest places in the index: Philthy Philly’s (D, 43 m, https://directindex.org/r/philthyphillys.com); Pho Dui Bo (D, 49 m, https://directindex.org/r/phoduibo.com); Claudio's (C, 50 m, https://directindex.org/r/claudios.ca); The Burnt Tongue (A, 74 m, https://directindex.org/r/theburnttongue.com); Gate of India (F, 85 m, https://directindex.org/r/gateofindia.ca); Born and Raised (F, 137 m, https://directindex.org/r/bornandraisedrestaurant.com); Cowabunga+ (C, 160 m, https://directindex.org/r/cowabungapizzeria.ca); Bánh Mì Huệ (D, 175 m, https://directindex.org/r/banhmihue.ca); Charred Rotisserie House (A, 180 m, https://directindex.org/r/charred.ca); Chicken Plus (A, 191 m, https://directindex.org/r/chickenpluscanada.ca).

## 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 dinner for a group of twelve next Thursday. Who takes big tables online?" (ChatGPT)


Compared with its peers: Sites built with Squarespace 61% (41% A or B, 36138 sites); This site 87.7%.

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

## Named by ChatGPT for "A dinner for a group of twelve next Thursday. Who takes big tables online?" in Hamilton, November 2026
- "A dinner for a group of twelve next Thursday. Who takes big tables online?" (2026-11-12): ChatGPT with a link to this site. https://directindex.org/city/hamilton/recommended/group-12
Named by 1 of 2 assistants asked. Badge: https://directindex.org/badge/named/rapandco.ca.svg

## Businesses like Rapscallion & Co. in Hamilton

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Hamilton | 548 | 56% | 35% | 87.7% |
| Sites built with Squarespace in Hamilton | 46 | 74% | 67% | 87.7% |

The best of the sites built with Squarespace in Hamilton: Victoria's Steak and Seafood (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/victoriasrestaurant.ca); LIMANI at Fifty (A 95.4%, https://directindex.org/r/limaniatfifty.com); Limani on Hess (A 95.4%, https://directindex.org/r/limanionhess.com); Berkeley North (A 93.8%, https://directindex.org/r/berkeleynorth.ca); Charred Rotisserie House (A 93.8%, https://directindex.org/r/charred.ca).

With the two fixes above (Menu or price list is a PDF; Structured data is incomplete), the score would be about 95.4%. That would be 16th of 548 in Hamilton, up from 54th.

## The direct record
What agents get for Rapscallion & Co., as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/rapandco.ca
- Book: https://rapandco.ca/reservations (own site; found by the scan of 2026-11-12, not yet tested)
- Order: none on record
- Menu: https://rapandco.ca/menu (pdf; from the scan)
- Hours: Mo-Su 17:00-02:00 (closed now) (from rapandco.ca)
- Phone: +19055220088
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/rapandco.ca/book, https://directindex.org/go/rapandco.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): 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 | 25 | 25 |
| Readable | 17 | 25 |
| Actionable | 15 | 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/rapandco.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: 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: yes

Keep watching this business (https://directindex.org/r/rapandco.ca/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/rapandco.ca/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=rapandco.ca&force=1