# China Express: Agent-Direct Score A (98.2%)

Site: https://www.chinaexpress-va.com/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/chinaexpress-va.com
Scanned: 2026-10-14 (Provisional: the action test and the assistant citation check still to come; the hatched part of the bar is not measured yet.)
China Express is ready for agents.

## Direct links
- Order directly: https://www.chinaexpress-va.com/order (on the business's own site)
- Menu: https://www.chinaexpress-va.com/order
- Phone: +1-703-522-4413

## What to fix first
- **robots.txt blocks GPTBot.** (+1.2 points) These are the crawlers behind ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity and Google's AI features. Remove the Disallow lines for them, or add explicit Allow rules. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/robots-txt-for-ai-agents
- **No llms.txt.** (no points, still worth doing) Optional today, cheap to add: a short text file describing the business for language models. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/llms-txt-for-a-business

## Fix kit: What to paste

robots.txt. Add these lines to /robots.txt and delete any Disallow rule that names these crawlers.

```
# Let AI assistants read the site: they send people to you; a marketplace keeps them.
# Remove any Disallow lines for these names elsewhere in this file.
User-agent: GPTBot
Allow: /

User-agent: ClaudeBot
Allow: /

User-agent: PerplexityBot
Allow: /

User-agent: Google-Extended
Allow: /

User-agent: OAI-SearchBot
Allow: /

User-agent: ChatGPT-User
Allow: /

User-agent: Claude-User
Allow: /

User-agent: Perplexity-User
Allow: /
```

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

```
# China Express

> fast food restaurant (chinese) in North Glebe Road 81 22203-3703 Arlington, Washington, DC. Phone +1-703-522-4413.

## Book or order directly

- Order: https://www.chinaexpress-va.com/order (on the business's own site)
- Menu: https://www.chinaexpress-va.com/order

## Opening hours

Mo-Th 10:30-22:30; Fr-Sa 10:30-23:00; Su 11:30-22:30

## About

- Website: https://www.chinaexpress-va.com/
- This file follows llms.txt (https://llmstxt.org): a short plain-text description for language models.
```

## Already right
- **AI crawlers get the page.** GPTBot, ClaudeBot and PerplexityBot all received a normal response.
- **Structured data present (Restaurant).** address, phone, opening hours
- **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read items and prices directly.
- **Ordering on your own site.** Agents can order without a marketplace in the loop.

## Where it stands
Not ranked yet in Washington, DC.

| What the top tenth 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 | 100% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no edge block, no robots.txt block) | 95% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 53% | yes |
| Have an llms.txt | 25% | no |

Nearest places in the index: Rickys (C, 286 m, https://directindex.org/r/rickyspubarlington.com); Jon’s Joint (F, 311 m, https://directindex.org/r/seamless.com); Thai Curry (D, 377 m, https://directindex.org/r/singleplatform.com); Eastern Carryout (B, 412 m, https://directindex.org/r/allmenus.com); Jimmy John's (A, 843 m, https://directindex.org/r/jimmyjohns.com); &pizza (A, 963 m, https://directindex.org/r/andpizza.com); Urban Tandoor (A, 1009 m, https://directindex.org/r/utandoorva.com); Sweetgreen (F, 1066 m, https://directindex.org/r/sweetgreen.com); Punch Bowl Social (A, 1066 m, https://directindex.org/r/punchbowlsocial.com); Mezeh Mediterranean Grill (F, 1091 m, https://directindex.org/r/mezeh.com).

## What assistants answer
Not asked yet. Assistants are asked about the top-ranked businesses in each city index, and about every claimed business the moment it is claimed; claim this page to be included.

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

## The direct record
What agents get for China Express, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/chinaexpress-va.com
- Book: none on record
- Order: https://www.chinaexpress-va.com/order (own site; found by the scan of 2026-10-14, not yet tested)
- Menu: https://www.chinaexpress-va.com/order (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: Mo-Th 10:30-22:30; Fr-Sa 10:30-23:00; Su 11:30-22:30 (closed now) (from OpenStreetMap)
- Phone: +1-703-522-4413
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/chinaexpress-va.com/order, https://directindex.org/go/chinaexpress-va.com/menu
- Agents and people followed 2 direct links to this business this month (2 by AI agents).

## 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): not measured
- ACP discovery document (/.well-known/acp.json, OpenAI and Stripe's Agentic Commerce Protocol): not measured
- 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): not measured

Not measured at this scan; the next scan measures it.

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 23.8 | 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/chinaexpress-va.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: 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

Deep report: https://directindex.org/r/chinaexpress-va.com/deep. Ten questions the way people ask, each assistant's full answer, the eight nearest similar places, the fix plan and a PDF: 19 EUR, one-off.
Methodology: https://directindex.org/methodology · Rescan now: https://directindex.org/scan?url=chinaexpress-va.com&force=1