# Sote Coffee Roasters: Agent-Direct Score D (45.7%)

Site: https://sotecoffeeroasters.com
Report: https://directindex.org/r/sotecoffeeroasters.com
Scanned: 2026-10-15 (Provisional: the action test and the assistant citation check still to come; the hatched part of the bar is not measured yet.)
Sote Coffee Roasters is hard for agents to use.

## What to fix first
- **No booking or ordering path at all.** (+15 points) Agents have nothing to act on. Add a booking or ordering page on your own domain. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/book-direct-on-your-own-website
- **Structured data is incomplete.** (+7 points) Missing: address, telephone, opening hours. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant
- **No menu or price list found.** (+7 points) Agents answer 'what do they offer' from marketplaces instead. Add a menu or price list page and link it from the homepage. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/menu-pdf-ai
- **The server turns AI crawlers away at the door.** (+3.3 points) Live fetches as GPTBot (http_429) were refused while a normal browser got the page. This is usually a hosting or firewall bot list 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). One block in the page's head, or in the builder's custom-code slot. Replace anything that is wrong.

```html
<script type="application/ld+json">
{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "CafeOrCoffeeShop",
  "name": "Sote Coffee Roasters",
  "url": "https://sotecoffeeroasters.com",
  "address": {
    "@type": "PostalAddress",
    "streetAddress": "West 76th Street 180"
  },
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 40.7807826,
    "longitude": -73.9797975
  }
}
</script>
```

## Already right
- **robots.txt lets AI crawlers in.** No rule blocks the key AI user agents.
- **Structured data present (Organization).** but without address, phone or hours

## Since the scan of 2026-10-14 (D then)
- Fixed: nothing
- New: nothing

## Where it stands
940 of 1625 in New York cafes and bars. Top 58% of the sites scanned in this index.

| What the top tenth 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% | no |
| Let AI crawlers in (no edge block, no robots.txt block) | 99% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 24% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 11% | yes |

Nearest places in the index: West Side Comedy Club (F, 51 m, https://directindex.org/r/westsidecomedyclub.com); The Owl's Tail (B, 93 m, https://directindex.org/r/owlstail.com); Mille-Feuille Bakery Cafe (A, 208 m, https://directindex.org/r/millefeuille-nyc.com); New York Comedy Club (B, 234 m, https://directindex.org/r/newyorkcomedyclub.com); Brunch (D, 291 m, https://directindex.org/r/brunchbroadway.com); Mochi Dolci & 222 Speakeasy (B, 292 m, https://directindex.org/r/mochidolci.com); Dublin House (D, 332 m, https://directindex.org/r/thedublinhousenyc.com); Gebhard's Beer Culture (B, 340 m, https://directindex.org/r/beerculture.nyc); Sandwell (A, 349 m, https://directindex.org/r/getsandwell.com); 72nd Eatery (A, 377 m, https://directindex.org/r/72ndeatery.com).

## What assistants answer
Not asked yet. Assistants are asked about the top-ranked businesses in each city index, and about every claimed business the moment it is claimed; claim this page to be included.

Score over 2 scans since 2026-10-14: 2026-10-14 46%, 2026-10-15 46%.

Against its peers: Sites built with WordPress 58% (29% A or B, 36926 sites); This site 45.7%.

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

## Businesses like Sote Coffee Roasters in New York cafes and bars

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Same kind in New York cafes and bars | 1625 | 46% | 29% | 45.7% |
| Built with WordPress in New York cafes and bars | 235 | 60% | 33% | 45.7% |

The best of Built with WordPress in New York cafes and bars: The Winslow (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/thewinslownyc.com); Vista Lounge (A 95.4%, https://directindex.org/r/pendry.com); Kissa Kissa (A 93.8%, https://directindex.org/r/kissakissa.us); La Bagel Delight (A 90.8%, https://directindex.org/r/labageldelight.com); Brooklyn Bread (A 89.7%, https://directindex.org/r/brooklynbread.com).

With the three fixes above (No booking or ordering path at all; Structured data is incomplete; No menu or price list found) the score would be about 90.3%: 62nd of 1,625 in New York cafes and bars, up from 940th.

## The direct record
What agents get for Sote Coffee Roasters, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/sotecoffeeroasters.com
- Book: none on record
- Order: none on record
- Menu: none on record
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: none on record

## 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 | 8 | 25 |
| Actionable | 0 | 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/sotecoffeeroasters.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

Deep report: https://directindex.org/r/sotecoffeeroasters.com/deep. Ten questions the way people ask, each assistant's full answer, the eight nearest similar places, the fix plan and a PDF: 19 EUR, one-off.
Methodology: https://directindex.org/methodology · Rescan now: https://directindex.org/scan?url=sotecoffeeroasters.com&force=1