# Costi's Seafood and Grill: Agent-Direct Score A (86.2%)

Site: http://www.costistheponds.com.au/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/costistheponds.com.au
Scanned: 2026-10-18 (Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.)
Costi's Seafood and Grill is ready for agents.
An AI assistant can open Costi's Seafood and Grill's website. It can read what Costi's Seafood and Grill offers. It finds a way to book or order directly, through costis.orderexperience.net.

## Direct links
- Menu: https://costistheponds.com.au/costistheponds.com.au/menu
- Phone: +61288249223

## What to fix first

- **Ordering through an unrecognised third party.** (+9 points) Check that the provider keeps your business as the seller of record. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/online-ordering-without-delivery-apps
- **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.

```
# Costi's Seafood and Grill

> local business (seafood) in 91 The Ponds Blvd, 2769, Sydney, Sydney. Phone +61288249223.

## Book or order directly

- Menu: https://costistheponds.com.au/costistheponds.com.au/menu

## About

- Website: http://www.costistheponds.com.au/
- 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 (LocalBusiness).** address, phone, opening hours
- **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read the items and prices.

## Where it stands
450 of 3965 in Sydney. Top 11% 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 | 96% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 93% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 55% | yes |
| Have an llms.txt | 32% | no |

Nearest places in the index: Koko Thai Restaurant (D, 127 m, https://directindex.org/r/kokothai.com.au); Ricks Pizzeria e Ristorante (C, 1546 m, https://directindex.org/r/rickspizzeria.com.au); Just Cakes Stanhope Gardens (A, 1566 m, https://directindex.org/r/justcakes.com.au); Hale Burgers (F, 1577 m, https://directindex.org/r/haleburgers.com.au); Love Char Grill (D, 1609 m, https://directindex.org/r/lovechargrill.com.au); My Lotus Cafe (C, 1664 m, https://directindex.org/r/mylotuscafetallawong.com.au); New Turban Indian Restaurant (B, 1691 m, https://directindex.org/r/havelirestaurant.com.au); Lusso Italian (C, 2010 m, https://directindex.org/r/lussoitalian.com.au); Chef's Buffet Korean BBQ (F, 2022 m, https://directindex.org/r/chefsbuffet.com.au); Cinnabon (C, 2027 m, https://directindex.org/r/cinnabonaustralia.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 22 everyday questions about Sydney and named 110 places. Costi's Seafood and Grill wasn't one of them. See who was named: https://directindex.org/city/sydney/recommended


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

## Businesses like Costi's Seafood and Grill in Sydney

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Sydney | 3965 | 55% | 34% | 86.2% |

The best of the businesses of the same kind in Sydney: 170 Grammi (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/170grammi.com.au); 21 Espresso (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/21espresso.com.au); Alba Restaurant (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/albarestaurant.com.au); Alfie's (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/liquidandlarder.com.au); Alimento Pizza Cafe (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/alimentopizza.com.au).

With the fix above (Ordering through an unrecognised third party), the score would be about 100%, which would be first of 3,965 in Sydney.

## The direct record
What agents get for Costi's Seafood and Grill, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/costistheponds.com.au
- Book: none on record
- Order: none on record
- Menu: https://costistheponds.com.au/costistheponds.com.au/menu (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: +61288249223
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/costistheponds.com.au/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 /costistheponds.com.au/menu: menu schema.

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 25 | 25 |
| Readable | 25 | 25 |
| Actionable | 6 | 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/costistheponds.com.au
- 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

Keep watching this business (https://directindex.org/r/costistheponds.com.au/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/costistheponds.com.au/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=costistheponds.com.au&force=1