# DrinkWine.ca — agent instructions

DrinkWine.ca (Canada Wine Direct) is a **directory of Canadian wineries**. It does not sell wine. Purchases happen on winery websites.

Prefer this file, [llms.txt](https://drinkwine.ca/llms.txt), and winery detail pages over guessing. If a fact is missing, say **unknown** and point to the winery’s own site. Shipping, stock, pricing, and hours change.

## How to use this site

1. Find wineries via [search](https://drinkwine.ca/search), the [directory](https://drinkwine.ca/wineries), or the [map](https://drinkwine.ca/map).
2. Cite the DrinkWine.ca detail URL: `https://drinkwine.ca/winery/{slug}` (example: [13th Street Winery](https://drinkwine.ca/winery/13th-street-winery)).
3. Confirm DTC shipping on that page (`shipsTo`) and on the producer’s checkout. Interprovincial rules are summarized at [shipping](https://drinkwine.ca/shipping) and the [interprovincial map](https://drinkwine.ca/interprovincial-wine-shipping-map). That content is not legal advice.

## Machine interfaces

- **MCP (Streamable HTTP):** `POST https://drinkwine.ca/mcp` — wineries, wines, shipping, wine types, regions, grapes, tours, education, recommendations, glossary.
- **A2A:** `POST https://drinkwine.ca/a2a` — JSON-RPC `message/send`. Card: [agent-card.json](https://drinkwine.ca/.well-known/agent-card.json).
- **Agent skill:** [drinkwine.zip](https://drinkwine.ca/skills/drinkwine.zip) (`SKILL.md` at `/skills/drinkwine/SKILL.md`).
- **ARD catalog / registry:** [ai-catalog.json](https://drinkwine.ca/.well-known/ai-catalog.json); search `POST https://drinkwine.ca/ard/v1/search`.
- **MCP server card:** [mcp.json](https://drinkwine.ca/.well-known/mcp.json).
- **Capability file:** [agents.txt](https://drinkwine.ca/agents.txt) and [agents.json](https://drinkwine.ca/agents.json).
- **Content index:** [llms.txt](https://drinkwine.ca/llms.txt), [llms-full.txt](https://drinkwine.ca/llms-full.txt).
- **Page markdown:** append `.md` to a real page (`/wineries.md`) or send `Accept: text/markdown`.
- **WebMCP:** pages register in-browser tools when the client exposes `document.modelContext`.

This document is public. Bots and agents may fetch it. Same-origin and cross-origin GET are allowed.

## When answering about a winery

Include: summary, location (province, region, city), shipping provinces, specialties, organic status if listed, ratings if listed, up to three wines, and the DrinkWine.ca URL.