# Sweet Bean: Agent-Direct Score D (51.2%)

Site: https://www.sweetbeanchicago.com/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/sweetbeanchicago.com
Scanned: 2026-10-14 (Provisional: the action test and the assistant citation check still to come; the hatched part of the bar is not measured yet.)
Sweet Bean is hard for agents to use.

## Direct links
- Order directly: https://www.sweetbeanchicago.com/catering (on the business's own site)
- Phone: +1-312-248-1881

## What to fix first
- **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). It is the one block every assistant reads first; the fix kit below has it filled in. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant
- **The server turns AI crawlers away at the door.** (+6.7 points) Live fetches as ClaudeBot (cloudflare_challenge), PerplexityBot (cloudflare_challenge) 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
- **Menu or price list lives on another site.** (+5 points) The link points to square.site, so the credit and the traffic go there. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/menu-pdf-ai
- **Almost no text without JavaScript.** (+2 points) Crawlers that do not run scripts see an empty page. Render the menu, hours and address as plain HTML. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/website-blank-without-javascript
- **No llms.txt.** (no points, still worth doing) Optional today, cheap to add: a short text file describing the business for language models. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/llms-txt-for-a-business

## 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": "Sweet Bean",
  "url": "https://www.sweetbeanchicago.com/",
  "telephone": "+1-312-248-1881",
  "address": {
    "@type": "PostalAddress",
    "streetAddress": "South Wabash Avenue 1152",
    "postalCode": "60605",
    "addressLocality": "Chicago"
  },
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 41.8676519,
    "longitude": -87.6260638
  },
  "openingHours": "Mo-Su 08:00-17:00",
  "openingHoursSpecification": [
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [],
      "opens": "08:00",
      "closes": "17:00"
    }
  ],
  "servesCuisine": [
    "taiwanese"
  ],
  "hasMenu": "https://sweet-bean.square.site/",
  "potentialAction": [
    {
      "@type": "OrderAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://www.sweetbeanchicago.com/catering",
        "actionPlatform": [
          "http://schema.org/DesktopWebPlatform",
          "http://schema.org/MobileWebPlatform"
        ]
      }
    }
  ]
}
</script>
```

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

```
# Sweet Bean

> cafe or coffee shop (taiwanese) in South Wabash Avenue 1152 60605 Chicago, Chicago cafes and bars. Phone +1-312-248-1881.

## Book or order directly

- Order: https://www.sweetbeanchicago.com/catering (on the business's own site)
- Menu: https://sweet-bean.square.site/

## Opening hours

Mo-Su 08:00-17:00

## About

- Website: https://www.sweetbeanchicago.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 key AI user agents.
- **Ordering on your own site.** Agents can order without a marketplace in the loop.

## Where it stands
433 of 806 in Chicago cafes and bars. Top 54% 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 | 100% | yes |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 96% | no |
| Let AI crawlers in (no edge block, no robots.txt block) | 98% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 34% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 21% | no |

Nearest places in the index: Molly’s Cupcakes (C, 11 m, https://directindex.org/r/mollyscupcakes.com); Little Branch Cafe (D, 422 m, https://directindex.org/r/littlebranchcafe.com); Victory Tap Chicago (F, 477 m, https://directindex.org/r/armandspizzeria.com); Vice District Taproom (D, 590 m, https://directindex.org/r/vicedistrictbrewing.com); 720 South Bar & Grill (B, 603 m, https://directindex.org/r/hiltonchicagomeetings.com); Kasey's Tavern (C, 659 m, https://directindex.org/r/kaseystavern.com); Weather Mark Tavern (A, 670 m, https://directindex.org/r/weathermarktavern.com); First Draft (D, 738 m, https://directindex.org/r/firstdraftchicago.com); Gong Cha (D, 784 m, https://directindex.org/r/gong-cha.com); The Staley (D, 1081 m, https://directindex.org/r/thestaley.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.

Against its peers: Sites built with Wix 58% (35% A or B, 3255 sites); This site 51.2%.

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

Read by AI agents 8 times this month (ClaudeBot 8).

## Businesses like Sweet Bean in Chicago cafes and bars

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Same kind in Chicago cafes and bars | 806 | 47% | 28% | 51.2% |
| Built with Wix in Chicago cafes and bars | 28 | 68% | 50% | 51.2% |

The best of Built with Wix in Chicago cafes and bars: Central Park Bar (A 95.4%, https://directindex.org/r/centralparkbarchicago.com); Weather Mark Tavern (A 93.8%, https://directindex.org/r/weathermarktavern.com); Owl and Lark (A 87.7%, https://directindex.org/r/owlandlark.com); Vintage Bar (A 87.7%, https://directindex.org/r/vintageontaylor.com); Lizzie McNeill‘s Irish Pub (B 83.1%, https://directindex.org/r/lizziemcneills.com).

With the three fixes above (No structured data for the business; The server turns AI crawlers away at the door; Menu or price list lives on another site) the score would be about 92.3%: 17th of 806 in Chicago cafes and bars, up from 433rd.

## The direct record
What agents get for Sweet Bean, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/sweetbeanchicago.com
- Book: none on record
- Order: https://www.sweetbeanchicago.com/catering (own site; found by the scan of 2026-10-14, not yet tested)
- Menu: https://sweet-bean.square.site/ (external; from the scan)
- Hours: Mo-Su 08:00-17:00 (open now) (from OpenStreetMap)
- Phone: +1-312-248-1881
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/sweetbeanchicago.com/order, https://directindex.org/go/sweetbeanchicago.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): not measured
- ACP discovery document (/.well-known/acp.json, OpenAI and Stripe's Agentic Commerce Protocol): not measured
- 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): not measured

Not measured at this scan; the next scan measures it.

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 16.3 | 25 |
| Readable | 2 | 25 |
| Actionable | 15 | 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/sweetbeanchicago.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

Deep report: https://directindex.org/r/sweetbeanchicago.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=sweetbeanchicago.com&force=1