# Cavern: Agent-Direct Score F (33.8%)

Site: http://thecavern.ca
Report: https://directindex.org/r/thecavern.ca
Scanned: 2026-11-04 (Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.)
Cavern is largely invisible to agents.
AI assistants can't open Cavern's website, so they go by what other sites say about it.

## Direct links
- Book directly: https://thecavern.ca/cheese-school#2cf0e9e1-2a59-4fdc-8bb9-37c86e4c4963 (on the business's own site)
- Order directly: https://cavern-ltd.square.site/ (through square acting for the business)
- Menu: https://thecavern.ca/wine-bar-1
- Phone: +1-780-455-1336
- Address: 10169 104 Street NW, Edmonton

## Nearby, also direct
Places near Cavern that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Fawkes Café & Bakery (70 m): https://directindex.org/r/fawkescoffee.com
- Rocky Mountain Ice House (230 m): https://directindex.org/r/rockymountainicehouse.ca
- The Whiskey Barn (240 m): https://directindex.org/r/smokebar.ca
- The Wine Room (270 m): https://directindex.org/r/thewineroom.ca
- Pub 1905 (270 m): https://directindex.org/r/pub1905.ca

## 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 (TimeoutError: The operation was aborted due to timeout). 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

## What the site tells visitors (Measured, not scored)
- **The footer says © 2020.** Visitors and assistants may read that year as the last time anyone looked after the site.

## 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": "Cavern",
  "url": "http://thecavern.ca",
  "telephone": "+1-780-455-1336",
  "address": {
    "@type": "PostalAddress",
    "streetAddress": "10169 104 Street NW",
    "addressLocality": "Edmonton"
  },
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 53.542463,
    "longitude": -113.4990033
  },
  "servesCuisine": [
    "cheese"
  ],
  "acceptsReservations": "https://thecavern.ca/cheese-school#2cf0e9e1-2a59-4fdc-8bb9-37c86e4c4963",
  "hasMenu": "https://thecavern.ca/wine-bar-1",
  "potentialAction": [
    {
      "@type": "ReserveAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://thecavern.ca/cheese-school#2cf0e9e1-2a59-4fdc-8bb9-37c86e4c4963",
        "actionPlatform": [
          "http://schema.org/DesktopWebPlatform",
          "http://schema.org/MobileWebPlatform"
        ]
      },
      "result": {
        "@type": "Reservation",
        "name": "Reservation"
      }
    },
    {
      "@type": "OrderAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://cavern-ltd.square.site/",
        "actionPlatform": [
          "http://schema.org/DesktopWebPlatform",
          "http://schema.org/MobileWebPlatform"
        ]
      }
    }
  ]
}
</script>
```

## Already right
- **robots.txt lets AI crawlers in.** There's no robots.txt, which means everything is allowed.
- **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read the items and prices.
- **Booking on your own site.** Agents can book without going through a marketplace.
- **Ordering through square on your own domain.** There's no marketplace commission, and the customer stays yours.

## Where it stands
58 of 68 in Edmonton cafes and bars. Top 85% 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 | 100% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 100% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 50% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 30% | no |

Nearest places in the index: Fawkes Café & Bakery (C, 68 m, https://directindex.org/r/fawkescoffee.com); Credo Coffee (D, 75 m, https://directindex.org/r/credocoffee.ca); Tzin Wine and Tapas (D, 117 m, https://directindex.org/r/tzin.ca); Obj3cts (D, 153 m, https://directindex.org/r/objectsedmonton.ca); Honi Honi Tiki Lounge (F, 222 m, https://directindex.org/r/honihonitiki.com); Rocky Mountain Ice House (B, 233 m, https://directindex.org/r/rockymountainicehouse.ca); The Whiskey Barn (C, 238 m, https://directindex.org/r/smokebar.ca); Farrow (F, 247 m, https://directindex.org/r/farrowsandwiches.ca); The Wine Room (C, 267 m, https://directindex.org/r/thewineroom.ca); Pub 1905 (C, 272 m, https://directindex.org/r/pub1905.ca).

## 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.


Compared with its peers: Sites built with GoDaddy Website Builder 35% (9% A or B, 7569 sites); Sites using Square 65% (42% A or B, 5422 sites); This site 33.8%.

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

## Businesses like Cavern in Edmonton cafes and bars

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Edmonton cafes and bars | 68 | 56% | 31% | 33.8% |
| Sites built with GoDaddy Website Builder in Edmonton cafes and bars | 2 | 38% | 0% | 33.8% |
| Sites using Square in Edmonton cafes and bars | 4 | 54% | 25% | 33.8% |
| Sites built with GoDaddy Website Builder and using Square in Edmonton cafes and bars | 1 | 34% | 0% | 33.8% |

The best of the sites using Square in Edmonton cafes and bars: The Colombian French Quarter (B 73.8%, https://directindex.org/r/thecolombian.ca); Deville Coffee (D 53.8%, https://directindex.org/r/devillecoffee.ca); Sweet Pea Cafe & Playhouse (D 53.8%, https://directindex.org/r/sweetpeacafeandplayhouse.com).

With the two fixes above (The site turns away every visitor that isn't a browser, AI agents included; No structured data for the business), the score would be about 95.4%, which would be first of 68 in Edmonton cafes and bars.

## The direct record
What agents get for Cavern, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/thecavern.ca
- Book: https://thecavern.ca/cheese-school#2cf0e9e1-2a59-4fdc-8bb9-37c86e4c4963 (own site; found by the scan of 2026-11-04, not yet tested)
- Order: https://cavern-ltd.square.site/ (vendor on own site: Square; found by the scan of 2026-11-04, not yet tested)
- Menu: https://thecavern.ca/wine-bar-1 (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: +1-780-455-1336
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/thecavern.ca/book, https://directindex.org/go/thecavern.ca/order, https://directindex.org/go/thecavern.ca/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): yes

Only a real browser got this page (a plain fetch got TimeoutError: The operation was aborted due to timeout); Readable and Actionable were measured on the rendered page.

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 0 | 25 |
| Readable | 7 | 25 |
| Actionable | 15 | 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/thecavern.ca/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/thecavern.ca/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=thecavern.ca&force=1