# Brass Tack: Agent-Direct Score C (55.4%) Site: http://www.brasstackchicago.com/ Report: https://directindex.org/r/brasstackchicago.com Scanned: 2026-10-23 (Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.) Brass Tack is partly visible to agents. An AI assistant can open Brass Tack's website. It can read what Brass Tack offers. To book or order, it is sent to OpenTable, a marketplace. ## Direct links - Menu: https://brasstackchicago.com/menu/ - Phone: +13126461402 - Address: 11 E Walton St 3rd Floor, 60611, Chicago - Its menu mentions: vegetarian dishes, a lunch or set menu ## Nearby, also direct Places near Brass Tack that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between. - Adorn Bar & Restaurant (210 m): https://directindex.org/r/adornrestaurant.com - Hopsmith Chicago (470 m): https://directindex.org/r/hopsmithchicago.com - Yardbird Table & Bar (880 m): https://directindex.org/r/runchickenrun.com - Burton Place (1.2 km): https://directindex.org/r/burtonplacechi.com ## What to fix first - **No structured data for the business.** (+14 points) Add schema.org JSON-LD for the business (Restaurant, LocalBusiness or the closest type, with name, address, telephone and openingHoursSpecification, plus servesCuisine and acceptsReservations). Every assistant reads this block first, and the fix kit below has it filled in. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant - **Booking only through opentable.** (+12 points) Every transaction an agent makes goes through the marketplace, which takes its commission. Add a direct way on your own site. Even a simple form will do. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/book-direct-on-your-own-website - **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 ``` llms.txt. Save as /llms.txt at the root of the site. ``` # Brass Tack > local business (bar and grill) in 11 E Walton St 3rd Floor, 60611, Chicago, Chicago. Phone +13126461402. ## Book or order directly - Menu: https://brasstackchicago.com/menu/ ## About - Website: http://www.brasstackchicago.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. - **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read the items and prices. - **OpenTable works with agents through its partners.** OpenTable's terms page could not be fetched on 2026-10-15; OpenTable names over 200 authorized partners, Google, Meta and OpenAI among them, as the channels through which agents book. Terms read on 2026-10-15: https://mynews13.com/fl/orlando/business/2026/07/14/opentable-new-terms. An assistant that isn't a partner may not be able to finish there. A direct path on your own domain works for all of them. ## Since the scan of 2026-10-23 (C then) - Fixed: nothing - New: nothing ## Where it stands 1858 of 3640 in Chicago. Top 51% 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 | 94% | yes | | Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 94% | yes | | Structured data with address, phone and hours | 58% | no | | Have an llms.txt | 29% | no | Nearest places with a similar menu: Adorn Bar & Restaurant (A, 212 m, https://directindex.org/r/adornrestaurant.com); Hopsmith Chicago (A, 472 m, https://directindex.org/r/hopsmithchicago.com); Clark Street Ale House (C, 528 m, https://directindex.org/r/clarkstreetalehouse.com); Mom's Place (C, 686 m, https://directindex.org/r/momsplacechicago.com); The Rabbit Hole (D, 756 m, https://directindex.org/r/therabbitholechicago.com); Yardbird Table & Bar (B, 876 m, https://directindex.org/r/runchickenrun.com); Snickers Bar & Grill (F, 1011 m, https://directindex.org/r/snickersbargrill.com); Gus' Sip & Dip (D, 1126 m, https://directindex.org/r/gussipanddip.com); Burton Place (A, 1170 m, https://directindex.org/r/burtonplacechi.com); Shamrock Club (C, 1311 m, https://directindex.org/r/shamrockclubchicago.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. The assistants were asked 12 everyday questions about Chicago and named 31 places. Brass Tack wasn't one of them. See who was named: https://directindex.org/city/chicago/recommended Compared with its peers: Sites built with WordPress 57% (28% A or B, 145483 sites); Sites using OpenTable 65% (38% A or B, 3121 sites); This site 55.4%. See what an AI agent reads on this site: https://directindex.org/r/brasstackchicago.com/agent-view ## Businesses like Brass Tack in Chicago | Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site | |---|---|---|---|---| | Businesses of the same kind in Chicago | 3640 | 52% | 35% | 55.4% | | Sites built with WordPress in Chicago | 493 | 66% | 42% | 55.4% | | Sites using OpenTable in Chicago | 207 | 73% | 60% | 55.4% | | Sites built with WordPress and using OpenTable in Chicago | 55 | 70% | 42% | 55.4% | The best of the sites built with WordPress and using OpenTable in Chicago: Weber Grill (A 95.4%, https://directindex.org/r/webergrillrestaurant.com); Roka Akor (A 92.3%, https://directindex.org/r/rokaakor.com); A Tavola (A 90.8%, https://directindex.org/r/atavolachi.com); Chicago Oyster House (A 86.2%, https://directindex.org/r/chicagooysterhouse.com); Gibsons Italia (A 86.2%, https://directindex.org/r/gibsonsitalia.com). With the two fixes above (No structured data for the business; Booking only through opentable), the score would be about 95.4%. That would be 104th of 3,640 in Chicago, up from 1858th. ## The direct record What agents get for Brass Tack, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/brasstackchicago.com - Book: none on record - Order: none on record - Menu: https://brasstackchicago.com/menu/ (html_page; from the scan) - Hours: none on record - Phone: +13126461402 - Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/brasstackchicago.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 - Vendor terms for agents, OpenTable: Through partners. OpenTable's terms page could not be fetched on 2026-10-15; OpenTable names over 200 authorized partners, Google, Meta and OpenAI among them, as the channels through which agents book. Read 2026-10-15: https://mynews13.com/fl/orlando/business/2026/07/14/opentable-new-terms ## Score breakdown | Component | Points | Available | |---|---|---| | Reachable | 25 | 25 | | Readable | 8 | 25 | | Actionable | 3 | 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/brasstackchicago.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: yes - OAuth protected resource metadata: yes - 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 Keep watching this business (https://directindex.org/r/brasstackchicago.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/brasstackchicago.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 ยท Rescan now: https://directindex.org/scan?url=brasstackchicago.com&force=1