# The Bellwether: Agent-Direct Score C (64.6%)

Site: https://www.thebellwetherstl.com/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/thebellwetherstl.com
Scanned: 2026-11-14 (Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.)
The Bellwether is partly visible to agents.
An AI assistant can open The Bellwether's website. It can read what The Bellwether offers. It finds a way to book or order directly, through Tock.

## Direct links
- Book directly: https://www.exploretock.com/the-bellwether-st-louis (through tock acting for the business)
- Order directly: https://www.toasttab.com/the-bellwether-1419-carroll-st/marketing-signup (through toast acting for the business)
- Menu: https://www.thebellwetherstl.com/menu
- Phone: +1-314-380-3086
- Address: 1419 Carroll Street, Saint Louis, MO 63104

## Nearby, also direct
Places near The Bellwether that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- SqWires Restaurant & Market (370 m): https://directindex.org/r/sqwires.com
- 1894 Cafe (1.4 km): https://directindex.org/r/stlouisunionstation.com
- Sidney Street Cafe (1.6 km): https://directindex.org/r/sidneystreetcafestl.com
- A&W Restaurant (1.6 km): https://directindex.org/r/awrestaurants.com
- Cardinals Nation (1.7 km): https://directindex.org/r/mlb.com

## What to fix first
- **No structured data for the business.** (+15 points) Add schema.org JSON-LD for the business (Restaurant, LocalBusiness or the closest type, with name, address, telephone and openingHoursSpecification, plus servesCuisine and acceptsReservations). Every assistant reads this block first, and the fix kit below has it filled in. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant
- **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

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": "Restaurant",
  "name": "The Bellwether",
  "url": "https://www.thebellwetherstl.com/",
  "telephone": "+1-314-380-3086",
  "address": {
    "@type": "PostalAddress",
    "streetAddress": "1419 Carroll Street",
    "postalCode": "63104",
    "addressLocality": "Saint Louis",
    "addressRegion": "MO"
  },
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 38.6149361,
    "longitude": -90.2077366
  },
  "servesCuisine": [
    "american"
  ],
  "acceptsReservations": "https://www.exploretock.com/the-bellwether-st-louis",
  "hasMenu": "https://www.thebellwetherstl.com/menu",
  "potentialAction": [
    {
      "@type": "ReserveAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://www.exploretock.com/the-bellwether-st-louis",
        "actionPlatform": [
          "http://schema.org/DesktopWebPlatform",
          "http://schema.org/MobileWebPlatform"
        ]
      },
      "result": {
        "@type": "Reservation",
        "name": "Reservation"
      }
    },
    {
      "@type": "OrderAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://www.toasttab.com/the-bellwether-1419-carroll-st/marketing-signup",
        "actionPlatform": [
          "http://schema.org/DesktopWebPlatform",
          "http://schema.org/MobileWebPlatform"
        ]
      }
    }
  ]
}
</script>
```

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

```
# The Bellwether

> restaurant (american) in 1419 Carroll Street, Saint Louis, MO 63104, St. Louis. Phone +1-314-380-3086.

## Book or order directly

- Book: https://www.exploretock.com/the-bellwether-st-louis (through tock acting for the business)
- Order: https://www.toasttab.com/the-bellwether-1419-carroll-st/marketing-signup (through toast acting for the business)
- Menu: https://www.thebellwetherstl.com/menu

## About

- Website: https://www.thebellwetherstl.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 main AI user agents.
- **AI crawlers get the page.** GPTBot, ClaudeBot and PerplexityBot all got a normal response.
- **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read the items and prices.
- **Booking through tock on your own domain.** There's no marketplace commission, and the customer stays yours.
- **Ordering through toast on your own domain.** There's no marketplace commission, and the customer stays yours.
- **Tock works with agents through its partners.** Tock's terms (12 February 2026) prohibit robots, scripts, scrapers and automated systems except software expressly licensed by Tock; Google names Tock as an AI Mode booking partner. Terms read on 2026-10-15: https://www.exploretock.com/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
262 of 574 in St. Louis. Top 46% 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 | 100% | yes |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 92% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 95% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 66% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 34% | no |

Nearest places with a similar menu: SqWires Restaurant & Market (C, 366 m, https://directindex.org/r/sqwires.com); Moulin (F, 833 m, https://directindex.org/r/it.com); Extra Wavy (C, 834 m, https://directindex.org/r/extrawavystl.com); Bistro 14 (F, 1152 m, https://directindex.org/r/stlouiscitycenterhotel.com); 1894 Cafe (F, 1421 m, https://directindex.org/r/stlouisunionstation.com); Savage Restaurant (F, 1495 m, https://directindex.org/r/savagestl.com); Sidney Street Cafe (B, 1550 m, https://directindex.org/r/sidneystreetcafestl.com); A&W Restaurant (C, 1598 m, https://directindex.org/r/awrestaurants.com); Sports & Social St. Louis (B, 1659 m, https://directindex.org/r/stlballparkvillage.com); Cardinals Nation (B, 1662 m, https://directindex.org/r/mlb.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.

Recommended when people ask: "A dinner for a group of twelve next Thursday. Who takes big tables online?" (Gemini)


Compared with its peers: Sites built with Squarespace 61% (42% A or B, 39056 sites); Sites using Tock 74% (65% A or B, 1013 sites); Sites using Toast 74% (63% A or B, 8324 sites); This site 64.6%.

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

## Named by Gemini for "A dinner for a group of twelve next Thursday. Who takes big tables online?" in St. Louis, November 2026
- "A dinner for a group of twelve next Thursday. Who takes big tables online?" (2026-11-13): Gemini with a link to this site. https://directindex.org/city/st-louis/recommended/group-12
Named by 1 of 3 assistants asked. Badge: https://directindex.org/badge/named/thebellwetherstl.com.svg

## Businesses like The Bellwether in St. Louis

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in St. Louis | 574 | 56% | 37% | 64.6% |
| Sites built with Squarespace in St. Louis | 85 | 70% | 52% | 64.6% |
| Sites using Tock in St. Louis | 11 | 73% | 55% | 64.6% |
| Sites built with Squarespace and using Tock in St. Louis | 7 | 77% | 71% | 64.6% |

The best of the sites built with Squarespace and using Tock in St. Louis: Molly's (A 92.3%, https://directindex.org/r/mollysinsoulard.com); Farmhaus Restaurant (B 84.6%, https://directindex.org/r/farmhausrestaurant.com); Polite Society Restaurant and Bar (B 84.6%, https://directindex.org/r/politesocietystl.com); Levels (B 76.9%, https://directindex.org/r/levelsstl.com); Brasas (B 72.3%, https://directindex.org/r/brasas-stl.com).

With the fix above (No structured data for the business), the score would be about 87.7%. That would be 59th of 574 in St. Louis, up from 262nd.

## The direct record
What agents get for The Bellwether, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/thebellwetherstl.com
- Book: https://www.exploretock.com/the-bellwether-st-louis (vendor on own site: Tock; found by the scan of 2026-11-14, not yet tested)
- Order: https://www.toasttab.com/the-bellwether-1419-carroll-st/marketing-signup (vendor on own site: Toast; found by the scan of 2026-11-14, not yet tested)
- Menu: https://www.thebellwetherstl.com/menu (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: +1-314-380-3086
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/thebellwetherstl.com/book, https://directindex.org/go/thebellwetherstl.com/order, https://directindex.org/go/thebellwetherstl.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): 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 (Toast): yes
- Vendor terms for agents, Tock: Through partners. Tock's terms (12 February 2026) prohibit robots, scripts, scrapers and automated systems except software expressly licensed by Tock; Google names Tock as an AI Mode booking partner. Read 2026-10-15: https://www.exploretock.com/terms

Found one hop past the home page: menu page /menu: 564 prices.

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 25 | 25 |
| Readable | 7 | 25 |
| Actionable | 10 | 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/thebellwetherstl.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

Keep watching this business (https://directindex.org/r/thebellwetherstl.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/thebellwetherstl.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=thebellwetherstl.com&force=1