# The Bindery: Agent-Direct Score C (60%)

Site: http://thebinderydenver.com/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/thebinderydenver.com
Scanned: 2026-10-16 (Provisional: the action test and the assistant citation check still to come; the hatched part of the bar is not measured yet.)
The Bindery is partly visible to agents.
An AI assistant can open the website of The Bindery. What The Bindery offers is on another site. To book or order, it is sent to OpenTable, a marketplace.

## Direct links
- Phone: +1-303-993-2364

## What to fix first
- **Booking only through opentable.** (+12 points) Every agent transaction goes through the marketplace and its commission. Add a direct path on your own site, even a simple form. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/book-direct-on-your-own-website
- **Structured data is incomplete.** (+6 points) Missing: address, telephone, opening hours. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant
- **Menu or price list lives on another site.** (+5 points) The link points to ezcater.com, so the credit and the traffic go there. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/menu-pdf-ai
- **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": "Restaurant",
  "name": "The Bindery",
  "url": "http://thebinderydenver.com/",
  "telephone": "+1-303-993-2364",
  "address": {
    "@type": "PostalAddress",
    "streetAddress": "Central Street 1817",
    "postalCode": "80211",
    "addressLocality": "Denver"
  },
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 39.7605943,
    "longitude": -105.0066973
  },
  "openingHours": "Tu-Th 08:00-21:30; Fr-Sa 08:00-22:00; Su 08:00-15:00",
  "openingHoursSpecification": [
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Tuesday",
        "Wednesday",
        "Thursday"
      ],
      "opens": "08:00",
      "closes": "21:30"
    },
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Friday",
        "Saturday"
      ],
      "opens": "08:00",
      "closes": "22:00"
    },
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Sunday"
      ],
      "opens": "08:00",
      "closes": "15:00"
    }
  ],
  "hasMenu": "https://www.ezcater.com/catering/pvt/the-bindery-4?fcv=1"
}
</script>
```

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

```
# The Bindery

> restaurant in Central Street 1817 80211 Denver, Denver. Phone +1-303-993-2364.

## Book or order directly

- Menu: https://www.ezcater.com/catering/pvt/the-bindery-4?fcv=1

## Opening hours

Tu-Th 08:00-21:30; Fr-Sa 08:00-22:00; Su 08:00-15:00

## About

- Website: http://thebinderydenver.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.
- **AI crawlers get the page.** GPTBot, ClaudeBot and PerplexityBot all received a normal response.
- **Structured data present (Organization).** but without address, phone or hours
- **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. Read 2026-10-15: https://mynews13.com/fl/orlando/business/2026/07/14/opentable-new-terms. An assistant that is not a partner may not finish the step there; a direct path on your own domain works for all of them.

## Where it stands
403 of 753 in Denver. 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% | no |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 99% | no |
| Let AI crawlers in (no edge block, no robots.txt block) | 92% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 55% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 16% | no |

Nearest places in the index: Happy Camper (C, 181 m, https://directindex.org/r/happycamper.pizza); Blossom by SYC (F, 214 m, https://directindex.org/r/blossombysyc.com); Daughter Thai Kitchen & Bar (C, 275 m, https://directindex.org/r/daughterthaikitchenandbar.com); Family Jones Spirit House (F, 276 m, https://directindex.org/r/thefamilyjones.co); Kawa Ni (B, 311 m, https://directindex.org/r/kawanidenver.com); Dave's Hot Chicken (D, 354 m, https://directindex.org/r/daveshotchicken.com); Kobe An (C, 464 m, https://directindex.org/r/kobeandenver.com); Alma Fonda Fina (C, 507 m, https://directindex.org/r/almalohidenver.com); Uncle (B, 586 m, https://directindex.org/r/uncleramen.com); Pig & the Sprout (D, 744 m, https://directindex.org/r/pigandsprout.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 WordPress 59% (31% A or B, 38935 sites); Sites using OpenTable 66% (40% A or B, 1647 sites); This site 60%.

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

## Businesses like The Bindery in Denver

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Denver | 753 | 55% | 38% | 60% |
| Sites built with WordPress in Denver | 173 | 68% | 50% | 60% |
| Sites using OpenTable in Denver | 29 | 71% | 45% | 60% |
| Sites built with WordPress and using OpenTable in Denver | 10 | 66% | 20% | 60% |

The best of the sites built with WordPress and using OpenTable in Denver: Kona Grill (A 95.4%, https://directindex.org/r/konagrill.com); Denver Beer Company (B 78.5%, https://directindex.org/r/denverbeerco.com); Happy Camper (C 67.7%, https://directindex.org/r/happycamper.pizza); Pasque (C 67.7%, https://directindex.org/r/pasquerestaurant.com); Bistro Vendôme (C 66.2%, https://directindex.org/r/bistrovendome.com).

With the three fixes above (Booking only through opentable; Structured data is incomplete; Menu or price list lives on another site) the score would be about 95.4%: 23rd of 753 in Denver, up from 403rd.

## The direct record
What agents get for The Bindery, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/thebinderydenver.com
- Book: none on record
- Order: none on record
- Menu: https://www.ezcater.com/catering/pvt/the-bindery-4?fcv=1 (external; from the scan)
- Hours: Tu-Th 08:00-21:30; Fr-Sa 08:00-22:00; Su 08:00-15:00 (closed now) (from OpenStreetMap)
- Phone: +1-303-993-2364
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/thebinderydenver.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 (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

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 25 | 25 |
| Readable | 11 | 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/thebinderydenver.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: yes

Keep watching this business (https://directindex.org/r/thebinderydenver.com/plan): the assistants asked again every month, with what changed; 2 EUR a month or 19 EUR a year.
Deep report: https://directindex.org/r/thebinderydenver.com/deep. Ten questions the way people ask, each assistant's full answer, the eight nearest similar places, the fix plan and a PDF: 5 EUR, one-off. 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=thebinderydenver.com&force=1