# The Common: Agent-Direct Score A (87.7%)

Site: https://www.thecommonbrooklyn.com
Report: https://directindex.org/r/thecommonbrooklyn.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.)
The Common is ready for agents.

## Direct links
- Order directly: https://getbento.com/?utm_source=header&utm_campaign=thecommonbrooklyn.com (through bentobox acting for the business)
- Menu: https://www.thecommonbrooklyn.com/bay-ridge-menu/
- Phone: +1-718-971-9580

## What to fix first
- **Booking only through resy.** (+5 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
- **BentoBox's terms do not allow agents; a direct form on your own site would.** (+5 points) BentoBox's terms of service (5 January 2023) say you will not use automated means, including spiders, robots, crawlers or data mining tools, except search engines; no agent programme was found. Read 2026-10-15: https://getbento.com/terms. An agent that books or orders there acts against the vendor's terms; a form or booking page on your own domain has no such limit. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/book-direct-on-your-own-website
- **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

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

```
# The Common

> cafe or coffee shop (eclectic, brunch) in 4th Avenue 548 11215, New York cafes and bars. Phone +1-718-971-9580.

## Book or order directly

- Order: https://getbento.com/?utm_source=header&utm_campaign=thecommonbrooklyn.com (through bentobox acting for the business)
- Menu: https://www.thecommonbrooklyn.com/bay-ridge-menu/

## About

- Website: https://www.thecommonbrooklyn.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 (FoodEstablishment).** address, phone, opening hours
- **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read items and prices directly.
- **Ordering through bentobox on your own domain.** No marketplace commission, and the guest stays yours.

## Where it stands
86 of 1625 in New York cafes and bars. Top 5% 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 | 98% | yes |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 96% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no edge block, no robots.txt block) | 99% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 23% | yes |
| Have an llms.txt | 10% | no |

Nearest places with a similar menu: 390 Social (D, 718 m, https://directindex.org/r/390social.com); LoFi (B, 1052 m, https://directindex.org/r/lofibrooklyn.com); Bar Louise (D, 1156 m, https://directindex.org/r/barlouisenyc.com); Abilene (A, 1424 m, https://directindex.org/r/abilenebarbrooklyn.com); Evalyn's Tap House (B, 1704 m, https://directindex.org/r/evalynstaphouse.com); Winner in the Park (B, 1728 m, https://directindex.org/r/winner.nyc); Bee's Knees Provisions (A, 1952 m, https://directindex.org/r/beeskneesprovisions.com); Clover Club (B, 1962 m, https://directindex.org/r/cloverclubny.com); Kasbah Bakery (F, 2065 m, https://directindex.org/r/kasbahbakery.com); Henry Public (A, 2624 m, https://directindex.org/r/henrypublic.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 BentoBox 84% (96% A or B, 911 sites); Sites using Resy 69% (48% A or B, 582 sites); Sites using BentoBox 83% (93% A or B, 343 sites); This site 87.7%.

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

## Businesses like The Common in New York cafes and bars

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Same kind in New York cafes and bars | 1625 | 45% | 28% | 87.7% |
| Built with BentoBox in New York cafes and bars | 109 | 84% | 94% | 87.7% |
| Using Resy in New York cafes and bars | 72 | 68% | 44% | 87.7% |
| Built with BentoBox and using Resy in New York cafes and bars | 12 | 83% | 92% | 87.7% |

The best of Built with BentoBox and using Resy in New York cafes and bars: Raf's (A 87.7%, https://directindex.org/r/rafsnewyork.com); Verona Inn (A 87.7%, https://directindex.org/r/veronainn.com); Jac's On Bond (B 84.6%, https://directindex.org/r/jacsonbond.com); Bar Francis (B 83.1%, https://directindex.org/r/barfrancisnyc.com); Buddy's (B 83.1%, https://directindex.org/r/buddysnyc.com).

With the two fixes above (Booking only through resy; BentoBox's terms do not allow agents; a direct form on your own site would) the score would be about 100%: first of 1,625 in New York cafes and bars.

## The direct record
What agents get for The Common, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/thecommonbrooklyn.com
- Book: none on record
- Order: https://getbento.com/?utm_source=header&utm_campaign=thecommonbrooklyn.com (vendor on own site: BentoBox; found by the scan of 2026-10-14, not yet tested)
- Menu: https://www.thecommonbrooklyn.com/bay-ridge-menu/ (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: +1-718-971-9580
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/thecommonbrooklyn.com/order, https://directindex.org/go/thecommonbrooklyn.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
- Vendor terms for agents, BentoBox: No. BentoBox's terms of service (5 January 2023) say you will not use automated means, including spiders, robots, crawlers or data mining tools, except search engines; no agent programme was found. Read 2026-10-15: https://getbento.com/terms

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

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 25 | 25 |
| Readable | 22 | 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/thecommonbrooklyn.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: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/ai-rules/SKILL.md)
- 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

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