# Broad Lane Café: Agent-Direct Score D (51.8%)

Site: http://www.shepcom.com
Report: https://directindex.org/r/shepcom.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.)
Broad Lane Café is hard for agents to use.
Some AI assistants are turned away by Broad Lane Café's website. It can't find a menu or price list, so it answers from other sites. It finds a phone number, but no link to book or order online.

## Direct links
- Phone: +441564778890

## Nearby, also direct
Places near Broad Lane Café that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Kids Kandy Co (1.4 km): https://directindex.org/r/kidskandy.co.uk
- The Pavilion (1.4 km): https://directindex.org/r/pavilionkingsheath.co.uk
- Sol Bistro (1.8 km): https://directindex.org/r/solbistro.co.uk
- Colanzo Cafe (1.8 km): https://directindex.org/r/colanzo.co.uk

## What to fix first
- **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 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.** (+5 points) Missing: address, opening hours. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant
- **The server turns AI crawlers away at the door.** (+3.3 points) Requests as ClaudeBot (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

## 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": "CafeOrCoffeeShop",
  "name": "Broad Lane Café",
  "url": "http://www.shepcom.com",
  "telephone": "+441564778890",
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 52.4138656,
    "longitude": -1.9031252
  }
}
</script>
```

## Already right
- **robots.txt lets AI crawlers in.** No rule blocks the main AI user agents.
- **Structured data found (Organization).** phone

## Where it stands
267 of 544 in Birmingham cafes and bars. Top 49% 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% | no |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 91% | no |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 89% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 41% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 18% | yes |

Nearest places in the index: Love Life Coffee (F, 347 m, https://directindex.org/r/lovelifecoffee.com); The Kings Arms (F, 1084 m, https://directindex.org/r/thekingsarmsbydavenports.co.uk); H C F Takeaway (D, 1089 m, https://directindex.org/r/hcfonline.co.uk); Spirit Cafe - Birmingham UK (D, 1280 m, https://directindex.org/r/harvestministries.co.uk); 15 Club (F, 1325 m, https://directindex.org/r/the515club.co.uk); Kids Kandy Co (B, 1394 m, https://directindex.org/r/kidskandy.co.uk); The Pavilion (B, 1398 m, https://directindex.org/r/pavilionkingsheath.co.uk); Photo-Me (D, 1618 m, https://directindex.org/r/megroup.uk); Sol Bistro (C, 1781 m, https://directindex.org/r/solbistro.co.uk); Colanzo Cafe (B, 1836 m, https://directindex.org/r/colanzo.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.


Compared with its peers: Sites built with WordPress 57% (28% A or B, 145483 sites); This site 51.8%.

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

## Businesses like Broad Lane Café in Birmingham cafes and bars

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Birmingham cafes and bars | 544 | 48% | 23% | 51.8% |
| Sites built with WordPress in Birmingham cafes and bars | 148 | 60% | 32% | 51.8% |

The best of the sites built with WordPress in Birmingham cafes and bars: Centenary Coffee & Co (A 91.3%, https://directindex.org/r/centenarylounge.com); Heidi's Bier Bar (A 90.8%, https://directindex.org/r/barbarasbierhaus.co.uk); Nortons (A 90%, https://directindex.org/r/nortonsdigbeth.com); Roxy Ball Room (A 86.3%, https://directindex.org/r/roxyleisure.co.uk); Arch 13 (A 86.2%, https://directindex.org/r/arch13bar.co.uk).

With the three fixes above (No booking or ordering link on the website; No menu or price list found; Structured data is incomplete), the score would be about 90.3%. That would be 14th of 544 in Birmingham cafes and bars, up from 267th.

## The direct record
What agents get for Broad Lane Café, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/shepcom.com
- Book: none on record
- Order: none on record
- Menu: none on record
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: +441564778890

## 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 | 21.7 | 25 |
| Readable | 10 | 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/shepcom.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: yes
- 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/shepcom.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/shepcom.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=shepcom.com&force=1