# Chemin à la Mer: Agent-Direct Score A (100%)

Site: https://www.cheminalamer.com
Report: https://directindex.org/r/cheminalamer.com
Scanned: 2026-11-13 (Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.)
Chemin à la Mer is ready for agents.
An AI assistant can open Chemin à la Mer's website. It can read what Chemin à la Mer offers. It finds a way to book or order directly on the site.

## Direct links
- Book directly: https://www.cheminalamer.com/ot-reservations/ (on the business's own site)
- Menu: https://www.cheminalamer.com/menus/
- Phone: +15044345898
- Address: 2 Canal St, New Orleans 70130
- Hours, from cheminalamer.com: Mon–Fri 11:00–22:00; Sat–Sun 10:00–22:00

## Nearby, also direct
Places near Chemin à la Mer that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Delacroix Restaurant (80 m): https://directindex.org/r/delacroixrestaurant.com
- Drago's Seafood Restaurant (160 m): https://directindex.org/r/dragosrestaurant.com
- Fuddruckers (170 m): https://directindex.org/r/fuddruckers.com
- Emeril's Kitchen - Caesars New Orleans (180 m): https://directindex.org/r/caesars.com
- Twisted Tenders (190 m): https://directindex.org/r/twistedchickentenders.com

## What to fix first
- **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

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

```
# Chemin à la Mer

> food establishment in 2 Canal St, New Orleans 70130, New Orleans. Phone +15044345898.

## Book or order directly

- Book: https://www.cheminalamer.com/ot-reservations/ (on the business's own site)
- Menu: https://www.cheminalamer.com/menus/

## Opening hours

Mo-Fr 11:00-22:00; Sa,Su 10:00-22:00

## About

- Website: https://www.cheminalamer.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.
- **Structured data found (FoodEstablishment).** 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.

## Where it stands
2 of 828 in New Orleans. Top 1% 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% | yes |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 95% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 98% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 65% | yes |
| Have an llms.txt | 42% | no |

Nearest places in the index: Miss River (D, 26 m, https://directindex.org/r/missrivernola.com); Delacroix Restaurant (A, 84 m, https://directindex.org/r/delacroixrestaurant.com); Drago's Seafood Restaurant (B, 156 m, https://directindex.org/r/dragosrestaurant.com); Fuddruckers (A, 167 m, https://directindex.org/r/fuddruckers.com); Emeril's Kitchen - Caesars New Orleans (B, 177 m, https://directindex.org/r/caesars.com); Twisted Tenders (B, 186 m, https://directindex.org/r/twistedchickentenders.com); Ruth's Chris Steak House (B, 228 m, https://directindex.org/r/ruthschris.com); Waterman Poolside Bar (C, 268 m, https://directindex.org/r/thewindsorcourt.com); Fulton Alley (B, 283 m, https://directindex.org/r/fultonalley.com); Ernst Cafe (D, 293 m, https://directindex.org/r/ernstcafe.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.

Recommended when people ask: "Seafood dinner with a view, table for four this week." (Gemini); "A quiet place for a business lunch on Tuesday, book for three at noon." (Gemini)


Compared with its peers: Sites built with BentoBox 78% (82% A or B, 2688 sites); This site 100%.

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

## Named by Gemini for "Seafood dinner with a view, table for four this week" and "A quiet place for a business lunch on Tuesday, book for three at noon" in New Orleans, November 2026
- "Seafood dinner with a view, table for four this week." (2026-11-13): Gemini with a link to this site. https://directindex.org/city/new-orleans/recommended/seafood-view
- "A quiet place for a business lunch on Tuesday, book for three at noon." (2026-11-13): Gemini with a link to this site. https://directindex.org/city/new-orleans/recommended/business-lunch
Named by 1 of 2 assistants asked. Badge: https://directindex.org/badge/named/cheminalamer.com.svg

## Businesses like Chemin à la Mer in New Orleans

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in New Orleans | 828 | 58% | 38% | 100% |
| Sites built with BentoBox in New Orleans | 21 | 73% | 67% | 100% |

The best of the sites built with BentoBox in New Orleans: Midcity Chicken and Poboy (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/midcitychickenandpoboys.com); Rib Room (A 93.8%, https://directindex.org/r/ribroomneworleans.com); Tableau (A 92.5%, https://directindex.org/r/tableaufrenchquarter.com); Copper Vine (A 92.3%, https://directindex.org/r/coppervine.com); Bourbon House (A 90.8%, https://directindex.org/r/bourbonhouse.com).

## The direct record
What agents get for Chemin à la Mer, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/cheminalamer.com
- Book: https://www.cheminalamer.com/ot-reservations/ (own site; found by the scan of 2026-11-13, not yet tested)
- Order: none on record
- Menu: https://www.cheminalamer.com/menus/ (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: Mo-Fr 11:00-22:00; Sa,Su 10:00-22:00 (open now) (from cheminalamer.com)
- Phone: +15044345898
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/cheminalamer.com/book, https://directindex.org/go/cheminalamer.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 /menus/: menu schema.

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 25 | 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/cheminalamer.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: 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/cheminalamer.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/cheminalamer.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=cheminalamer.com&force=1