# Riverbank Coffee: Agent-Direct Score D (53.8%)

Site: http://www.riverbankcoffee.com/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/riverbankcoffee.com
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.)
Riverbank Coffee is hard for agents to use.
An AI assistant can open Riverbank Coffee's website. It can read what Riverbank Coffee offers. It finds a phone number, but no link to book or order online.

## Direct links
- Menu: https://riverbankcoffee.com/menu
- Phone: +441613990501
- Address: NCN 62, Sale, M41 9WL, Trafford

## Nearby, also direct
Places near Riverbank Coffee that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- The Urmston (930 m): https://directindex.org/r/theurmston.co.uk
- Maddeson's Cafe (1.3 km): https://directindex.org/r/maddesons.com
- Scrumptious Tea Rooms (1.5 km): https://directindex.org/r/scrumptioustearooms.com
- A Nice Sip 賞茶 - Sale (1.6 km): https://directindex.org/r/anicesip.com
- The Barking Dog (1.6 km): https://directindex.org/r/the-barking-dog.co.uk

## 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). 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.** (+13 points) There's only a phone number or WhatsApp, and agents can't use those yet. 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. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/book-direct-on-your-own-website
- **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": "Riverbank Coffee",
  "url": "http://www.riverbankcoffee.com/",
  "telephone": "+441613990501",
  "address": "NCN 62, Sale, M41 9WL, Trafford",
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 53.43800212,
    "longitude": -2.33493626
  }
}
</script>
```

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

```
# Riverbank Coffee

> local business in NCN 62, Sale, M41 9WL, Trafford, Manchester cafes and bars. Phone +441613990501.

## Book or order directly

- Menu: https://riverbankcoffee.com/menu

## About

- Website: http://www.riverbankcoffee.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 main AI user agents.
- **AI crawlers get the page.** GPTBot, ClaudeBot and PerplexityBot all got a normal response.
- **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read the items and prices.

## Where it stands
621 of 1309 in Manchester cafes and bars. Top 47% 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% | no |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 92% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 86% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 30% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 20% | no |

Nearest places in the index: The Urmston (B, 933 m, https://directindex.org/r/theurmston.co.uk); Budweiser (C, 978 m, https://directindex.org/r/thebuckinn.uk); Maddeson's Cafe (B, 1262 m, https://directindex.org/r/maddesons.com); Scrumptious Tea Rooms (D, 1548 m, https://directindex.org/r/scrumptioustearooms.com); Kelder Wines (D, 1561 m, https://directindex.org/r/kelder.co.uk); A Nice Sip 賞茶 - Sale (C, 1568 m, https://directindex.org/r/anicesip.com); Uplift @ Cafe Connect (F, 1587 m, https://directindex.org/r/upliftcafe.uk); The Barking Dog (B, 1596 m, https://directindex.org/r/the-barking-dog.co.uk); Bridge Inn (D, 1672 m, https://directindex.org/r/punchpubs.com); Bean & Brush Family Art Cafe (A, 1734 m, https://directindex.org/r/beanandbrush.co.uk).

## 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 Manchester cafes and bars and named 52 places. Riverbank Coffee wasn't one of them. See who was named: https://directindex.org/city/manchester-cafes-bars/recommended


Compared with its peers: Sites built with WordPress 55% (24% A or B, 224455 sites); This site 53.8%.

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

## Businesses like Riverbank Coffee in Manchester cafes and bars

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Manchester cafes and bars | 1309 | 49% | 24% | 53.8% |
| Sites built with WordPress in Manchester cafes and bars | 426 | 60% | 35% | 53.8% |

The best of the sites built with WordPress in Manchester cafes and bars: Goodtime Games (A 96.3%, https://directindex.org/r/goodtimegames.co.uk); Brown Cow (A 95.4%, https://directindex.org/r/butcombe.com); Bulls Head Hale Barns (A 95.4%, https://directindex.org/r/bullsheadhalebarns.pub); The Airport (A 95.4%, https://directindex.org/r/airport.pub); The Brown Cow (A 95.4%, https://directindex.org/r/butcombe.com).

With the two fixes above (No structured data for the business; No booking or ordering link on the website), the score would be about 95.4%. That would be 7th of 1,309 in Manchester cafes and bars, up from 621st.

## The direct record
What agents get for Riverbank Coffee, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/riverbankcoffee.com
- Book: none on record
- Order: none on record
- Menu: https://riverbankcoffee.com/menu (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: +441613990501
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/riverbankcoffee.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): 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 | 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/riverbankcoffee.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

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