# The Cottage: Agent-Direct Score B (72.3%)

Site: http://www.cottagenyc.com/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/cottagenyc.com
Scanned: 2026-10-24 (Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.)
The Cottage is mostly ready for agents.
An AI assistant can open The Cottage's website. It can read what The Cottage offers. It can't find a link to book or order online.

## Direct links
- Menu: https://www.cottagenyc.com/menu
- Phone: (212) 505-8600
- Address: 33 Irving Pl, 10003, New York
- Its menu mentions: vegetarian dishes

## Nearby, also direct
Places near The Cottage that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- For U (190 m): https://directindex.org/r/foru155.com
- Sauerkraut Fish (330 m): https://directindex.org/r/sauerkrautfish9855.com
- Shoo Loong Kan Hot Pot Manhattan 小龙坎火锅 (440 m): https://directindex.org/r/shooloongkan.us
- Mala House (480 m): https://directindex.org/r/malahouse21.com
- Lucky Māo (530 m): https://directindex.org/r/luckymao.com

## What to fix first
- **No booking or ordering link on the website.** (+15 points) There's no link on the site for an agent to follow. If you take bookings or orders through a platform, link to it from the site so agents can find it. Add a booking or ordering page on your own domain. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/book-direct-on-your-own-website
- **The phone number on the site doesn't match the open map data.** The site shows 7188408053, but OpenStreetMap or Overture Maps lists (212) 505-8600. An assistant that sees two numbers can't tell which one to trust. Fix whichever is wrong, on the site or in the map data at openstreetmap.org.

## 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 (Restaurant).** address, phone, opening hours
- **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read the items and prices.

## Where it stands
3392 of 11180 in New York. Top 30% 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 | 95% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 96% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 59% | yes |
| Have an llms.txt | 25% | yes |

Nearest places with a similar menu: For U (C, 194 m, https://directindex.org/r/foru155.com); little uluh hunan (D, 318 m, https://directindex.org/r/littleuluh.com); Sauerkraut Fish (C, 333 m, https://directindex.org/r/sauerkrautfish9855.com); by Antidote (B, 367 m, https://directindex.org/r/byantidote.com); Shoo Loong Kan Hot Pot Manhattan 小龙坎火锅 (B, 438 m, https://directindex.org/r/shooloongkan.us); Mala House (D, 475 m, https://directindex.org/r/malahouse21.com); Tim Ho Wan (D, 480 m, https://directindex.org/r/timhowanusa.com); Mimi Cheng's (C, 528 m, https://directindex.org/r/mimichengs.com); Lucky Māo (C, 528 m, https://directindex.org/r/luckymao.com); Gem Bing Shop (C, 655 m, https://directindex.org/r/gembingshop.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 13 everyday questions about New York and named 69 places. The Cottage wasn't one of them. See who was named: https://directindex.org/city/new-york/recommended


Compared with its peers: Sites built with Wix 54% (31% A or B, 42583 sites); This site 72.3%.

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

## Businesses like The Cottage in New York

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in New York | 11180 | 52% | 34% | 72.3% |
| Sites built with Wix in New York | 687 | 65% | 42% | 72.3% |

The best of the sites built with Wix in New York: Blend Williamsburg (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/blendwilliamsburg.com); Dive Bar LIC (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/divebarlic.com); Filippo's Italian Steakhouse (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/filippossteakhouse.com); Mikihana Sushi (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/mikihanasushi.com); Mr. Broadway (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/mrbroadwaynyc.com).

With the fix above (No booking or ordering link on the website), the score would be about 95.4%. That would be 343rd of 11,180 in New York, up from 3392nd.

## The direct record
What agents get for The Cottage, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/cottagenyc.com
- Book: none on record
- Order: none on record
- Menu: https://www.cottagenyc.com/menu (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: (212) 505-8600
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/cottagenyc.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): yes
- 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

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 25 | 25 |
| Readable | 22 | 25 |
| Actionable | 0 | 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/cottagenyc.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: 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/cottagenyc.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/cottagenyc.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=cottagenyc.com&force=1