# Shoe & Canoe: Agent-Direct Score C (66.2%)

Site: https://www.shoeandcanoe.ca/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/shoeandcanoe.ca
Scanned: 2026-10-19 (Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.)
Shoe & Canoe is partly visible to agents.
Some AI assistants are turned away by Shoe & Canoe's website. It can read what Shoe & Canoe offers. To book or order, it is sent to OpenTable, a marketplace.

## Direct links
- Menu: https://www.shoeandcanoe.ca/our-menus
- Phone: +1-403-205-5416

## What to fix first

- **Booking only through opentable.** (+12 points) Every transaction an agent makes goes through the marketplace, which takes its commission. Add a direct way on your own site. Even a simple form will do. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/book-direct-on-your-own-website
- **The server turns AI crawlers away at the door.** (+10 points) Requests as GPTBot (challenge:access denied), ClaudeBot (challenge:access denied), PerplexityBot (challenge:access denied) 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
- **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

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

```
# Shoe & Canoe

> bar or pub in Calgary cafes and bars. Phone +1-403-205-5416.

## Book or order directly

- Menu: https://www.shoeandcanoe.ca/our-menus

## Opening hours

Sa 06:00-01:00; Mo-Th,Su 06:00-24:00

## About

- Website: https://www.shoeandcanoe.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.
- **Structured data found (Restaurant).** address, phone, opening hours
- **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read the items and prices.
- **OpenTable works with agents through its partners.** OpenTable's terms page could not be fetched on 2026-10-15; OpenTable names over 200 authorized partners, Google, Meta and OpenAI among them, as the channels through which agents book. Terms read on 2026-10-15: https://mynews13.com/fl/orlando/business/2026/07/14/opentable-new-terms. An assistant that isn't a partner may not be able to finish there. A direct path on your own domain works for all of them.

## Where it stands
155 of 449 in Calgary cafes and bars. Top 35% 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 | 96% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 96% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 26% | yes |
| Have an llms.txt | 22% | no |

Nearest places in the index: Chatime (C, 189 m, https://directindex.org/r/chatime.com.tw); Paper Lantern (D, 256 m, https://directindex.org/r/paperlantern.ca); Prosperity Bar (D, 264 m, https://directindex.org/r/prosperitybar.ca); S'more Please! (F, 279 m, https://directindex.org/r/smoreplease.ca); Mama Dessert (C, 289 m, https://directindex.org/r/mamadessert.com); Lil E Coffee Cafe (D, 301 m, https://directindex.org/r/lilecoffee.ca); Frutta Gala (B, 323 m, https://directindex.org/r/fruttagala.ca); Standing Room Only Cocktail Bar (F, 340 m, https://directindex.org/r/srobar.com); BLEU Rooftop Bar & Day Club (D, 398 m, https://directindex.org/r/bleucalgary.ca); Workshop Kitchen + Culture (F, 426 m, https://directindex.org/r/workshopcalgary.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.


Compared with its peers: Sites built with Webflow 58% (26% A or B, 3358 sites); Sites using OpenTable 65% (40% A or B, 2352 sites); This site 66.2%.

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

## Businesses like Shoe & Canoe in Calgary cafes and bars

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Calgary cafes and bars | 449 | 52% | 27% | 66.2% |
| Sites built with Webflow in Calgary cafes and bars | 10 | 67% | 30% | 66.2% |
| Sites using OpenTable in Calgary cafes and bars | 16 | 63% | 38% | 66.2% |
| Sites built with Webflow and using OpenTable in Calgary cafes and bars | 2 | 73% | 50% | 66.2% |

The best of the sites using OpenTable in Calgary cafes and bars: Railyard Brewing (A 95%, https://directindex.org/r/railyardbrewing.ca); Tailgunner Brewing Company & Acme Pizza Co. (B 84.1%, https://directindex.org/r/tailgunnerbrewing.ca); True Wild Distilling (B 78.8%, https://directindex.org/r/truewilddistilling.com); Alforno Bakery & Cafe (B 77.5%, https://directindex.org/r/alforno.ca); Rendezvous (B 73.4%, https://directindex.org/r/rendesvouz.ca).

With the two fixes above (Booking only through opentable; The server turns AI crawlers away at the door), the score would be about 100%, which would be first of 449 in Calgary cafes and bars.

## The direct record
What agents get for Shoe & Canoe, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/shoeandcanoe.ca
- Book: none on record
- Order: none on record
- Menu: https://www.shoeandcanoe.ca/our-menus (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: Sa 06:00-01:00; Mo-Th,Su 06:00-24:00 (open now) (from OpenStreetMap)
- Phone: +1-403-205-5416
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/shoeandcanoe.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
- Vendor terms for agents, OpenTable: Through partners. OpenTable's terms page could not be fetched on 2026-10-15; OpenTable names over 200 authorized partners, Google, Meta and OpenAI among them, as the channels through which agents book. Read 2026-10-15: https://mynews13.com/fl/orlando/business/2026/07/14/opentable-new-terms

Found one hop past the home page: menu page /our-menus: 38 menu items in JSON-LD.

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 15 | 25 |
| Readable | 25 | 25 |
| Actionable | 3 | 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/shoeandcanoe.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/shoeandcanoe.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/shoeandcanoe.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=shoeandcanoe.ca&force=1