# The Wharf: Agent-Direct Score D (45.7%)

Site: http://www.thewharf.co.nz
Report: https://directindex.org/r/thewharf.co.nz
Scanned: 2026-10-22 (Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.)
The Wharf is hard for agents to use.
Some AI assistants are turned away by The Wharf's website. It can't find a menu or price list, so it answers from other sites. It can't find a link to book or order online.

## Direct links
- Phone: 09 480 2590
- Address: 2 Queen Street, 0627, Northcote

## Nearby, also direct
Places near The Wharf that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Buoy (1 km): https://directindex.org/r/buoycafe.co.nz
- Stafford Rd Wine Bar (1.2 km): https://directindex.org/r/staffordroadwinebar.co.nz
- Cheese on Toast (1.7 km): https://directindex.org/r/cheeseontoast.nz
- Agnes (1.7 km): https://directindex.org/r/agnes.co.nz
- The Wreck (1.9 km): https://directindex.org/r/savor.co.nz

## 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 menu or price list found.** (+7 points) Agents answer 'what do they offer?' from marketplaces instead. Add a page with the menu or price list and link to it from the homepage. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/menu-pdf-ai
- **The server turns AI crawlers away at the door.** (+3.3 points) Requests as GPTBot (http_429) were refused, but a normal browser got the page. That's usually a bot list at the host or in a firewall that the owner never chose. Ask the host to allow these user agents. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/blocking-ai-crawlers-without-knowing
- **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

## 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": "Organization",
  "name": "The Wharf",
  "url": "http://www.thewharf.co.nz",
  "telephone": "09 480 2590",
  "address": "2 Queen Street, 0627, Northcote",
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": -36.826518237405985,
    "longitude": 174.74687379232157
  }
}
</script>
```

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

```
# The Wharf

> organization in 2 Queen Street, 0627, Northcote, Auckland cafes and bars. Phone 09 480 2590.

## About

- Website: http://www.thewharf.co.nz
- 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.
- **Structured data found (Organization).** no address, phone or hours in it

## Where it stands
Not ranked yet in Auckland cafes and bars.

| What the top 10% 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 | 97% | no |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 100% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 22% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 36% | no |

Nearest places in the index: Northcote Tavern (D, 447 m, https://directindex.org/r/northcotetavern.co.nz); Lighthouse Cafe (F, 1008 m, https://directindex.org/r/lighthousecafe.co.nz); Buoy (C, 1034 m, https://directindex.org/r/buoycafe.co.nz); Stafford Rd Wine Bar (A, 1181 m, https://directindex.org/r/staffordroadwinebar.co.nz); Cheese on Toast (A, 1667 m, https://directindex.org/r/cheeseontoast.nz); Agnes (A, 1674 m, https://directindex.org/r/agnes.co.nz); Allies Coffee Roasters (D, 1701 m, https://directindex.org/r/allies.co.nz); Joy Chic Bar (C, 1819 m, https://directindex.org/r/joychicbar.co.nz); The Wreck (C, 1852 m, https://directindex.org/r/savor.co.nz); Duo Eatery (A, 1865 m, https://directindex.org/r/duoeatery.co.nz).

## 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 WordPress 55% (25% A or B, 236086 sites); This site 45.7%.

See what an AI agent reads on this site: https://directindex.org/r/thewharf.co.nz/agent-view

## Businesses like The Wharf in Auckland cafes and bars

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sites built with WordPress in Auckland cafes and bars | 147 | 61% | 37% | 45.7% |

The best of the sites built with WordPress in Auckland cafes and bars: Aroma Bakery and Cafe (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/aromaalbany.co.nz); Fuel Cafe (A 95.4%, https://directindex.org/r/arenaentertainment.co.nz); The Delicious Cafe and Catering (A 95.4%, https://directindex.org/r/thedeliciouscafe.co.nz); The Arbory Coatesville - cafe restaurant bar (A 90.8%, https://directindex.org/r/thearborycoatesville.co.nz); Browns Bay Brewing Company (A 89.2%, https://directindex.org/r/brownsbaybrewing.co.nz).

## The direct record
What agents get for The Wharf, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/thewharf.co.nz
- Book: none on record
- Order: none on record
- Menu: none on record
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: 09 480 2590

## 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 | 21.7 | 25 |
| Readable | 8 | 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/thewharf.co.nz
- 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/thewharf.co.nz/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/thewharf.co.nz/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=thewharf.co.nz&force=1