# The Left Hook Coffee: Agent-Direct Score C (61.5%) Site: https://www.thelefthookcoffee.com Report: https://directindex.org/r/thelefthookcoffee.com Scanned: 2026-10-24 (Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.) The Left Hook Coffee is partly visible to agents. An AI assistant can open The Left Hook Coffee's website. It can read what The Left Hook Coffee offers. It can't find a link to book or order online. ## Direct links - Menu: https://www.thelefthookcoffee.com/menu - Address: West Morgan Street 927 27603 Raleigh - Hours, from OpenStreetMap: Mon–Tue closed; Wed–Sun 07:00–14:00 - Prices: 3 prices on the site, the middle one $20.00 ## Nearby, also direct Places near The Left Hook Coffee that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between. - Little Native Coffee Co. (2 km): https://directindex.org/r/drinklittlenative.com - Purr Cup Cafe (2.2 km): https://directindex.org/r/purrcupcafe.com - Pine State Coffee (3.5 km): https://directindex.org/r/pinestatecoffee.com ## What to fix first - **No booking or ordering link on the website.** (+15 points) There's no link on the site for an agent to follow. If you take bookings or orders through a platform, link to it from the site so agents can find it. 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.** (+7 points) Missing: address, telephone, opening hours. 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 ## What the site tells visitors (Measured, not scored) - **3 prices on the landing page, the middle one $20.00.** ## 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 ``` llms.txt. Save as /llms.txt at the root of the site. ``` # The Left Hook Coffee > cafe or coffee shop (coffee shop) in West Morgan Street 927 27603 Raleigh, Raleigh cafes and bars. ## Book or order directly - Menu: https://www.thelefthookcoffee.com/menu ## Opening hours We-Su 07:00-14:00 ## About - Website: https://www.thelefthookcoffee.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. - **Structured data found (LocalBusiness).** no address, phone or hours in it - **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read the items and prices. ## Where it stands 35 of 63 in Raleigh cafes and bars. Top 56% 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% | no | | Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 80% | yes | | Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 100% | yes | | Structured data with address, phone and hours | 40% | no | | Have an llms.txt | 30% | no | Nearest places with a similar menu: Global Village Organic Coffee (F, 1273 m, https://directindex.org/r/globalvillagecoffee.com); Crema (F, 1733 m, https://directindex.org/r/cremaandmore.com); Little Native Coffee Co. (D, 2018 m, https://directindex.org/r/drinklittlenative.com); Cup a Joe (F, 2166 m, https://directindex.org/r/cupajoe.com); Purr Cup Cafe (A, 2193 m, https://directindex.org/r/purrcupcafe.com); 321 Coffee - NC State Centennial (D, 2277 m, https://directindex.org/r/321coffee.com); The Third Place (F, 2687 m, https://directindex.org/r/thirdplaceraleigh.com); The Optimist (C, 3031 m, https://directindex.org/r/theoptimistraleigh.com); Pine State Coffee (B, 3525 m, https://directindex.org/r/pinestatecoffee.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: "The best specialty coffee in town, open right now." (ChatGPT) Compared with its peers: Sites built with Squarespace 61% (41% A or B, 32150 sites); This site 61.5%. See what an AI agent reads on this site: https://directindex.org/r/thelefthookcoffee.com/agent-view ## Named by ChatGPT for "The best specialty coffee in town, open right now" in Raleigh cafes and bars, October 2026 - "The best specialty coffee in town, open right now." (2026-10-25): ChatGPT with a link to this site. https://directindex.org/city/raleigh-cafes-bars/recommended/specialty-coffee Named by 1 of 2 assistants asked. Badge: https://directindex.org/badge/named/thelefthookcoffee.com.svg ## Businesses like The Left Hook Coffee in Raleigh cafes and bars | Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site | |---|---|---|---|---| | Businesses of the same kind in Raleigh cafes and bars | 63 | 60% | 25% | 61.5% | | Sites built with Squarespace in Raleigh cafes and bars | 10 | 63% | 30% | 61.5% | The best of the sites built with Squarespace in Raleigh cafes and bars: Purr Cup Cafe (A 89.2%, https://directindex.org/r/purrcupcafe.com); Jubala Coffee (B 84.6%, https://directindex.org/r/jubalacoffee.com); The Bike Library (B 73.8%, https://directindex.org/r/thebikelibrary.com); Songbird (C 69.2%, https://directindex.org/r/songbird.bar); Iris Coffee Lab (C 66.2%, https://directindex.org/r/iriscoffeelab.com). With the two fixes above (No booking or ordering link on the website; Structured data is incomplete), the score would be about 95.4%. That would be 3rd of 63 in Raleigh cafes and bars, up from 35th. ## The direct record What agents get for The Left Hook Coffee, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/thelefthookcoffee.com - Book: none on record - Order: none on record - Menu: https://www.thelefthookcoffee.com/menu (html_page; from the scan) - Hours: We-Su 07:00-14:00 (open now) (from OpenStreetMap) - Phone: none on record - Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/thelefthookcoffee.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 ## Score breakdown | Component | Points | Available | |---|---|---| | Reachable | 25 | 25 | | Readable | 15 | 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/thelefthookcoffee.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/thelefthookcoffee.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/thelefthookcoffee.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=thelefthookcoffee.com&force=1