# The Layup: Agent-Direct Score C (67.7%)

Site: https://www.thelayupbar.com/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/thelayupbar.com
Scanned: 2026-10-15 (Provisional: the action test and the assistant citation check still to come; the hatched part of the bar is not measured yet.)
The Layup is partly visible to agents.

## Direct links
- Menu: https://www.thelayupbar.com/menu
- Phone: +1-347-677-3112

## What to fix first
- **No booking or ordering path at all.** (+15 points) Agents have nothing to act on. Add a booking or ordering page on your own domain. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/book-direct-on-your-own-website
- **Structured data is incomplete.** (+3 points) Missing: opening hours. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant

## 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": "BarOrPub",
  "name": "The Layup",
  "url": "https://www.thelayupbar.com/",
  "telephone": "+1-347-677-3112",
  "address": {
    "@type": "PostalAddress",
    "streetAddress": "5th Avenue 47",
    "postalCode": "11217"
  },
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 40.6813334,
    "longitude": -73.9769684
  },
  "openingHours": "Mo-Sa 17:00-24:00, Su 12:00-24:00",
  "hasMenu": "https://www.thelayupbar.com/menu"
}
</script>
```

## 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 (BarOrPub).** address, phone
- **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read items and prices directly.

## Since the scan of 2026-10-14 (C then)
- Fixed: nothing
- New: nothing

## Where it stands
521 of 1612 in New York cafes and bars. Top 32% 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% | no |
| 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 | 24% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 11% | yes |

Nearest places in the index: Drums and Flats (B, 26 m, https://directindex.org/r/drumsandflatsbk.com); Uncle Barry's (F, 30 m, https://directindex.org/r/unclebarrys.com); Honeycomb (D, 89 m, https://directindex.org/r/honeycombk.com); Sofreh Cafe (C, 124 m, https://directindex.org/r/sofrehcafe.com); Bar Goto (B, 128 m, https://directindex.org/r/bargoto.com); 333 Lounge (A, 532 m, https://directindex.org/r/333lounge.com); Ocean's 8 (D, 549 m, https://directindex.org/r/oceans8ny.com); IXV (F, 550 m, https://directindex.org/r/ixvcoffee.com); Konditori (D, 554 m, https://directindex.org/r/konditori.com); DSK Brooklyn (B, 572 m, https://directindex.org/r/dsk-brooklyn.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.

Score over 2 scans since 2026-10-14: 2026-10-14 68%, 2026-10-15 68%.

Against its peers: Sites built with Squarespace 65% (48% A or B, 7098 sites); This site 67.7%.

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

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

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Same kind in New York cafes and bars | 1612 | 46% | 30% | 67.7% |
| Built with Squarespace in New York cafes and bars | 384 | 68% | 46% | 67.7% |

The best of Built with Squarespace in New York cafes and bars: Analogue (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/analoguenyc.com); Sandwell (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/getsandwell.com); Le Petit Parisienne (A 95%, https://directindex.org/r/lepetitparisienusa.com); Osamil (A 95%, https://directindex.org/r/osamil.com); Pitanga (A 95%, https://directindex.org/r/pitangabk.com).

With the two fixes above (No booking or ordering path at all; Structured data is incomplete) the score would be about 95.4%: 8th of 1,612 in New York cafes and bars, up from 521st.

## The direct record
What agents get for The Layup, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/thelayupbar.com
- Book: none on record
- Order: none on record
- Menu: https://www.thelayupbar.com/menu (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: Mo-Sa 17:00-24:00, Su 12:00-24:00 (from OpenStreetMap)
- Phone: +1-347-677-3112
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/thelayupbar.com/menu
- Agents and people followed 1 direct link to this business this month (1 by AI agents).

## 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

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 25 | 25 |
| Readable | 19 | 25 |
| Actionable | 0 | 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/thelayupbar.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: yes
- 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/thelayupbar.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/thelayupbar.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=thelayupbar.com&force=1