# Cafe Rabelais: Agent-Direct Score A (94.9%)

Site: http://www.caferabelais.com/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/caferabelais.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.)
Cafe Rabelais is ready for agents.
Some AI assistants are turned away by Cafe Rabelais's website. It can read what Cafe Rabelais offers. It finds a way to book or order directly on the site.

## Direct links
- Book directly: https://www.caferabelais.com/reservations (on the business's own site)
- Order directly: https://www.caferabelais.com/popmenu-order (on the business's own site)
- Menu: https://www.caferabelais.com/menu
- Phone: +17135208841
- Address: 2442 Times Blvd, 77005, Houston

## Nearby, also direct
Places near Cafe Rabelais that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Torchy's Tacos (60 m): https://directindex.org/r/torchystacos.com
- Salento Bistrot ©️ (60 m): https://directindex.org/r/salentobistrot.com
- Ate Kitchen (70 m): https://directindex.org/r/bocagecatering.com
- Tiger Noodle House (90 m): https://directindex.org/r/tigernoodletexas.com
- Hamsa (100 m): https://directindex.org/r/hamsahtx.com

## What to fix first
- **The server turns AI crawlers away at the door.** (+3.3 points) Requests as GPTBot (connection_dropped:TimeoutError) 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

## Already right
- **robots.txt lets AI crawlers in.** No rule blocks the main AI user agents.
- **Structured data found (Restaurant).** address, phone, opening hours
- **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read the items and prices.
- **Booking on your own site.** Agents can book without going through a marketplace.
- **Ordering on your own site.** Agents can order without going through a marketplace.

## Where it stands
Not ranked yet in Houston.

| What the top 10% of the index does | Top 10% | This site |
|---|---|---|
| Take bookings or orders on their own domain | 100% | yes |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 89% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 89% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 70% | yes |
| Have an llms.txt | 30% | yes |

Nearest places in the index: Torchy's Tacos (B, 55 m, https://directindex.org/r/torchystacos.com); Yum Yum Cha (F, 57 m, https://directindex.org/r/yumyumchacafe.com); Salento Bistrot ©️ (C, 63 m, https://directindex.org/r/salentobistrot.com); Ate Kitchen (A, 72 m, https://directindex.org/r/bocagecatering.com); Rice Village F&b Llc (D, 72 m, https://directindex.org/r/rice-village.com); Navy Blue (D, 79 m, https://directindex.org/r/navybluerestaurant.com); Tiger Noodle House (B, 86 m, https://directindex.org/r/tigernoodletexas.com); Hamsa (A, 99 m, https://directindex.org/r/hamsahtx.com); K-Town Poke (B, 101 m, https://directindex.org/r/ktownpoke.com); Smoosh Cookie Sandwiches (B, 103 m, https://directindex.org/r/smooshcookies.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 Houston and named 62 places. Cafe Rabelais wasn't one of them. See who was named: https://directindex.org/city/houston/recommended


Compared with its peers: Sites built with Popmenu 76% (65% A or B, 54 sites); This site 94.9%.

See what an AI agent reads on this site: https://directindex.org/r/caferabelais.com/agent-view

## Businesses like Cafe Rabelais in Houston

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Houston | 365 | 53% | 38% | 94.9% |
| Sites built with Popmenu in Houston | 71 | 86% | 77% | 94.9% |

The best of the sites built with Popmenu in Houston: Annabelle Brasserie (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/annabellebrasserie.com); Birria Los Primos Wayside  (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/losprimoshtx.com); Brasserie Du Parc Houston (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/brasserieduparc.net); Cajun's City (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/cajunscity.com); Cellar 7 (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/cellar7htx.com).

With the fix above (The server turns AI crawlers away at the door), the score would be about 100%, which would be first of 365 in Houston.

## The direct record
What agents get for Cafe Rabelais, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/caferabelais.com
- Book: https://www.caferabelais.com/reservations (own site; found by the scan of 2026-10-23, not yet tested)
- Order: https://www.caferabelais.com/popmenu-order (own site; found by the scan of 2026-10-23, not yet tested)
- Menu: https://www.caferabelais.com/menu (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: +17135208841
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/caferabelais.com/book, https://directindex.org/go/caferabelais.com/order, https://directindex.org/go/caferabelais.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

Found one hop past the home page: menu page /menu: 32 menu items in JSON-LD; booking page /reservations: phone.

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 21.7 | 25 |
| Readable | 25 | 25 |
| Actionable | 15 | 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/caferabelais.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: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/ai-rules/SKILL.md)
- Content Signals in robots.txt: yes
- Markdown on Accept: text/markdown: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/markdown-negotiation/SKILL.md)
- llms.txt: yes
- 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/caferabelais.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/caferabelais.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=caferabelais.com&force=1