# The Stave Bar: Agent-Direct Score D (49.2%) Site: https://thestavebar.com Report: https://directindex.org/r/thestavebar.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 Stave Bar is hard for agents to use. ## Direct links - Menu: https://thestavebar.com/menu/ - Phone: +1-562-612-4750 ## What to fix first - **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). It is the one block every assistant reads first; the fix kit below has it filled in. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant - **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 - **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 ``` llms.txt. Save as /llms.txt at the root of the site. ``` # The Stave Bar > bar or pub in The Promenade North 170 90802 Long Beach, Los Angeles cafes and bars. Phone +1-562-612-4750. ## Book or order directly - Menu: https://thestavebar.com/menu/ ## Opening hours Mo-Th 14:00-26:00, Fr-Su 12:00-26:00 ## About - Website: https://thestavebar.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. - **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read items and prices directly. ## Where it stands 227 of 530 in Los Angeles cafes and bars. Top 43% 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 | 96% | no | | Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 92% | yes | | Let AI crawlers in (no edge block, no robots.txt block) | 96% | yes | | Structured data with address, phone and hours | 26% | no | | Have an llms.txt | 17% | no | Nearest places in the index: The Ordinaire (B, 59 m, https://directindex.org/r/theordinarie.com); ISM Brewing (B, 90 m, https://directindex.org/r/ism.beer); Doly‘s Delectables (C, 101 m, https://directindex.org/r/dolysdelectables.com); Recreational Coffee (A, 160 m, https://directindex.org/r/recreationalcoffee.com); Midnight Oil (C, 180 m, https://directindex.org/r/mnolbc.com); Potholder Cafe Too (D, 413 m, https://directindex.org/r/thepotholdercafe.com); Salud (F, 2154 m, https://directindex.org/r/saludjuice.com); Dolores (C, 2278 m, https://directindex.org/r/doloreslbc.com); Joe Jost’s (C, 3339 m, https://directindex.org/r/joejosts.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 57% (26% A or B, 35830 sites); This site 49.2%. See what an AI agent reads on this site: https://directindex.org/r/thestavebar.com/agent-view ## Businesses like The Stave Bar in Los Angeles cafes and bars | Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site | |---|---|---|---|---| | Same kind in Los Angeles cafes and bars | 530 | 36% | 18% | 49.2% | | Built with WordPress in Los Angeles cafes and bars | 85 | 60% | 32% | 49.2% | The best of Built with WordPress in Los Angeles cafes and bars: Cabinet Espresso Bar (A 96.3%, https://directindex.org/r/cabinet-espresso.com); Rainbow Bar & Grill (A 90%, https://directindex.org/r/rainbowbarandgrill.com); Sipp Coffee House (A 90%, https://directindex.org/r/sipplacoffee.com); Schmitty's (A 86.3%, https://directindex.org/r/schmittyswesthollywood.com); Story Tavern (A 86.3%, https://directindex.org/r/storytavernburbank.com). With the two fixes above (No structured data for the business; No booking or ordering path at all) the score would be about 95.4%: 3rd of 530 in Los Angeles cafes and bars, up from 227th. ## The direct record What agents get for The Stave Bar, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/thestavebar.com - Book: none on record - Order: none on record - Menu: https://thestavebar.com/menu/ (html_page; from the scan) - Hours: Mo-Th 14:00-26:00, Fr-Su 12:00-26:00 (from OpenStreetMap) - Phone: +1-562-612-4750 - Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/thestavebar.com/menu ## Score breakdown | Component | Points | Available | |---|---|---| | Reachable | 25 | 25 | | Readable | 7 | 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/thestavebar.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: no Deep report: https://directindex.org/r/thestavebar.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=thestavebar.com&force=1