# David's Hot Pot: Agent-Direct Score C (55.8%)

Site: https://www.davidshotpot.com.au
Report: https://directindex.org/r/davidshotpot.com.au
Scanned: 2026-10-17 (Provisional: the action test and the assistant citation check still to come; the hatched part of the bar is not measured yet.)
David's Hot Pot is partly visible to agents.
Some AI assistants are turned away by the website of David's Hot Pot. It can read what David's Hot Pot offers. To book or order, it is sent to OpenTable, a marketplace.

## Direct links
- Menu: https://davidshotpot.com.au/%e8%8f%9c%e5%93%81%e6%80%bb%e9%a1%b5%e9%9d%a2/
- Phone: +61 3 9191 8688

## What to fix first
- **Booking only through opentable.** (+12 points) Every agent transaction goes through the marketplace and its commission. Add a direct path on your own site, even a simple form. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/book-direct-on-your-own-website
- **Structured data is incomplete.** (+7 points) Missing: address, telephone, opening hours. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant
- **The server turns AI crawlers away at the door.** (+6.7 points) Live fetches as GPTBot (http_403), ClaudeBot (http_403) were refused while a normal browser got the page. This is usually a hosting or firewall bot list the owner never chose. Ask the host to allow these user agents. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/blocking-ai-crawlers-without-knowing

## Fix kit: What to paste

Structured data (JSON-LD). One block in the page's head, or in the builder's custom-code slot. Replace anything that is wrong.

```html
<script type="application/ld+json">
{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "Restaurant",
  "name": "David's Hot Pot",
  "url": "https://www.davidshotpot.com.au",
  "telephone": "+61 3 9191 8688",
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": -37.8887714,
    "longitude": 145.0561028
  },
  "openingHours": "Mo-Su 12:00-15:00, 17:30-22:00",
  "openingHoursSpecification": [
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [],
      "opens": "12:00",
      "closes": "15:00"
    },
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [],
      "opens": "17:30",
      "closes": "22:00"
    }
  ],
  "servesCuisine": [
    "chinese"
  ],
  "hasMenu": "https://davidshotpot.com.au/%e8%8f%9c%e5%93%81%e6%80%bb%e9%a1%b5%e9%9d%a2/"
}
</script>
```

## Already right
- **robots.txt lets AI crawlers in.** No rule blocks the key AI user agents.
- **Structured data present (Organization).** but without address, phone or hours
- **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read items and prices directly.
- **OpenTable works with agents through its partners.** OpenTable's terms page could not be fetched on 2026-10-15; OpenTable names over 200 authorized partners, Google, Meta and OpenAI among them, as the channels through which agents book. Read 2026-10-15: https://mynews13.com/fl/orlando/business/2026/07/14/opentable-new-terms. An assistant that is not a partner may not finish the step there; a direct path on your own domain works for all of them.

## Where it stands
570 of 966 in Melbourne. Top 59% of the sites scanned in this index.

| What the top tenth 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 | 88% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no edge block, no robots.txt block) | 96% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 46% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 15% | yes |

Nearest places in the index: Roule Galette (C, 163 m, https://directindex.org/r/roulegalette.com.au); S.OWL (F, 186 m, https://directindex.org/r/sowl-restaurant.com.au); Fat Cat Asian Takeaway (C, 902 m, https://directindex.org/r/fatcattakeaway.com.au); 458 Pizzeria (F, 1003 m, https://directindex.org/r/458pizzeria.com.au); Burger Bliss (C, 1147 m, https://directindex.org/r/burgerblissonline.com.au); Momo Ghar (C, 1158 m, https://directindex.org/r/momogharonline.com.au); Indian Harvest Restaurant (F, 1584 m, https://directindex.org/r/indianharvest.com.au); Racecourse Hotel (A, 1707 m, https://directindex.org/r/racecoursehotel.com.au); Rasa Malaysian Café (F, 1872 m, https://directindex.org/r/rasa.com.au); Theio Theo (F, 1906 m, https://directindex.org/r/theiotheo.com.au).

## 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.

Against its peers: Sites built with WordPress 59% (32% A or B, 54721 sites); Sites using OpenTable 65% (40% A or B, 2156 sites); This site 55.8%.

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

## Businesses like David's Hot Pot in Melbourne

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Melbourne | 966 | 58% | 37% | 55.8% |
| Sites built with WordPress in Melbourne | 284 | 67% | 50% | 55.8% |
| Sites using OpenTable in Melbourne | 61 | 66% | 39% | 55.8% |
| Sites built with WordPress and using OpenTable in Melbourne | 28 | 69% | 43% | 55.8% |

The best of the sites built with WordPress and using OpenTable in Melbourne: La Burrata (A 87.7%, https://directindex.org/r/laburrata.com.au); Pacino's Restaurant (A 87.7%, https://directindex.org/r/pacinospizza.com.au); Holy Basil Thai (A 85.7%, https://directindex.org/r/holybasilthai.com); Kumo (B 84.6%, https://directindex.org/r/kumoizakaya.com.au); Postmistress Eatery (B 78.5%, https://directindex.org/r/postmistress.com.au).

With the three fixes above (Booking only through opentable; Structured data is incomplete; The server turns AI crawlers away at the door) the score would be about 95.4%: 24th of 966 in Melbourne, up from 570th.

## The direct record
What agents get for David's Hot Pot, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/davidshotpot.com.au
- Book: none on record
- Order: none on record
- Menu: https://davidshotpot.com.au/%e8%8f%9c%e5%93%81%e6%80%bb%e9%a1%b5%e9%9d%a2/ (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: Mo-Su 12:00-15:00, 17:30-22:00 (closed now) (from OpenStreetMap)
- Phone: +61 3 9191 8688
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/davidshotpot.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
- Vendor terms for agents, OpenTable: Through partners. OpenTable's terms page could not be fetched on 2026-10-15; OpenTable names over 200 authorized partners, Google, Meta and OpenAI among them, as the channels through which agents book. Read 2026-10-15: https://mynews13.com/fl/orlando/business/2026/07/14/opentable-new-terms

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 18.3 | 25 |
| Readable | 15 | 25 |
| Actionable | 3 | 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/davidshotpot.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: 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/davidshotpot.com.au/plan): the assistants asked again every month, with what changed; 2 EUR a month or 19 EUR a year.
Deep report: https://directindex.org/r/davidshotpot.com.au/deep. Ten questions the way people ask, each assistant's full answer, the eight nearest similar places, the fix plan and a PDF: 5 EUR, one-off. 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=davidshotpot.com.au&force=1