# Strick Schnack Café: Agent-Direct Score F (3.1%)

Site: https://strickschnack-basel.ch/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/strickschnack-basel.ch
Scanned: 2026-10-16 (Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.)
Strick Schnack Café is largely invisible to agents.
AI assistants can't open Strick Schnack Café's website, so they go by what other sites say about it.

## Direct links
- Address: Schönaustrasse 88
- Hours, from OpenStreetMap: Mon 08:30–18:00; Tue closed; Wed–Fri 08:30–18:00; Sat–Sun 10:00–16:00

## Nearby, also direct
Places near Strick Schnack Café that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Magical Cafe (440 m): https://directindex.org/r/magicalcafe.ch
- Pasticceria Steiger (450 m): https://directindex.org/r/steigerfeinbaeckerei.ch
- Bar Rouge (530 m): https://directindex.org/r/barrouge.ch

## What to fix first
- **The site turns away every visitor that isn't a browser, AI agents included.** (+25 points) A plain fetch was refused (http_403). Only a real browser got the page. Every AI crawler and agent gets turned away the same way, so Reachable scores 0 and the rest is measured on the page as the browser rendered it. Ask the host to let the AI user agents through. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/blocking-ai-crawlers-without-knowing
- **No structured data for the business.** (+15 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 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

## What the site tells visitors (Measured, not scored)
- **No English version declared.** Visitors from abroad, and assistants answering in English, read the page as it is.

## 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": "Strick Schnack Café",
  "url": "https://strickschnack-basel.ch/",
  "address": {
    "@type": "PostalAddress",
    "streetAddress": "Schönaustrasse 88"
  },
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 47.5687973,
    "longitude": 7.6049089
  },
  "openingHours": "Mo,We-Fr 08:30-18:00; Tu off; Sa-Su 10:00-16:00",
  "openingHoursSpecification": [
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Monday",
        "Wednesday",
        "Thursday",
        "Friday"
      ],
      "opens": "08:30",
      "closes": "18:00"
    },
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Saturday",
        "Sunday"
      ],
      "opens": "10:00",
      "closes": "16:00"
    }
  ]
}
</script>
```

## Already right
- **robots.txt lets AI crawlers in.** There's no robots.txt, which means everything is allowed.

## Where it stands
209 of 229 in Basel cafes and bars. Top 91% 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 | 96% | no |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 43% | no |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 91% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 9% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 17% | no |

Nearest places in the index: Carambolage (F, 341 m, https://directindex.org/r/crmblg.ch); Magical Cafe (C, 436 m, https://directindex.org/r/magicalcafe.ch); Pasticceria Steiger (B, 447 m, https://directindex.org/r/steigerfeinbaeckerei.ch); Café Charlotte (C, 453 m, https://directindex.org/r/cafecharlotte.ch); Bar Rouge (B, 533 m, https://directindex.org/r/barrouge.ch); Café 4 you (F, 695 m, https://directindex.org/r/poinz.ch); SMUK Café Bar (F, 698 m, https://directindex.org/r/smuk.bar); Nebel (F, 724 m, https://directindex.org/r/nebelbar.ch); Safari Bar (F, 734 m, https://directindex.org/r/safaribarbasel.ch); Avant-Gouz (F, 757 m, https://directindex.org/r/avant-gouz.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.

The assistants were asked 12 everyday questions about Basel cafes and bars and named 45 places. Strick Schnack Café wasn't one of them. See who was named: https://directindex.org/city/basel-cafes-bars/recommended


Compared with its peers: Sites built with WordPress 55% (25% A or B, 236087 sites); This site 3.1%.

See what an AI agent reads on this site: https://directindex.org/r/strickschnack-basel.ch/agent-view

Read by AI agents 8 times this month (meta-externalagent 8).

## Businesses like Strick Schnack Café in Basel cafes and bars

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Basel cafes and bars | 229 | 46% | 13% | 3.1% |
| Sites built with WordPress in Basel cafes and bars | 63 | 51% | 21% | 3.1% |

The best of the sites built with WordPress in Basel cafes and bars: Smilla (A 90.8%, https://directindex.org/r/smillacafe.ch); VIP Bar Basel (A 86.2%, https://directindex.org/r/viprestaurantbar.ch); dean & david (B 84.6%, https://directindex.org/r/deananddavid.com); Pasticceria Steiger (B 80%, https://directindex.org/r/steigerfeinbaeckerei.ch); Perron Bar & Restaurant (B 78.5%, https://directindex.org/r/perron-basel.ch).

With the three fixes above (The site turns away every visitor that isn't a browser, AI agents included; No structured data for the business; No booking or ordering link on the website), the score would be about 84.6%. That would be 6th of 229 in Basel cafes and bars, up from 209th.

## The direct record
What agents get for Strick Schnack Café, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/strickschnack-basel.ch
- Book: none on record
- Order: none on record
- Menu: none on record
- Hours: Mo,We-Fr 08:30-18:00; Tu off; Sa-Su 10:00-16:00 (open now) (from OpenStreetMap)
- 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

Only a real browser got this page (a plain fetch got http_403); Readable and Actionable were measured on the rendered page.

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 0 | 25 |
| Readable | 0 | 25 |
| Actionable | 2 | 15 (the action test: pending) |
| Cited | 0 | 0 (the assistant citation check: pending) |

## Agent readiness (Cloudflare)
Not measured for this scan.
- JSON-LD for the business: no

Keep watching this business (https://directindex.org/r/strickschnack-basel.ch/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/strickschnack-basel.ch/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=strickschnack-basel.ch&force=1