# The Dispatch: Agent-Direct Score B (75.4%)

Site: https://www.dispatchhouston.com/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/dispatchhouston.com
Scanned: 2026-10-23 (Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.)
The Dispatch is mostly ready for agents.
An AI assistant can open The Dispatch's website. It can read what The Dispatch offers. It finds a phone number, but no link to book or order online.

## Direct links
- Menu: https://www.dispatchhouston.com/menu/
- Phone: 7132210011
- Address: 1100 Texas St, 77002, Houston

## Nearby, also direct
Places near The Dispatch that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Noble Rot (130 m): https://directindex.org/r/noblerotpdx.com
- Flying Saucer Draught Emporium (150 m): https://directindex.org/r/beerknurd.com
- Mamajuana Cafe (180 m): https://directindex.org/r/mamajuanacafehouston.com
- Taste Kitchen and Bar (210 m): https://directindex.org/r/tastehtx.com
- Off The Record (210 m): https://directindex.org/r/offtherecordhtx.com

## What to fix first
- **No booking or ordering link on the website.** (+13 points) There's only a phone number or WhatsApp, and agents can't use those yet. 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. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/book-direct-on-your-own-website
- **Structured data is incomplete.** (+3 points) Missing: opening hours. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant

## Fix kit: What to paste

Structured data (JSON-LD). Paste it as one block in the page's head, or in the builder's custom code box. Change anything that's wrong.

```html
<script type="application/ld+json">
{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "Restaurant",
  "name": "The Dispatch",
  "url": "https://www.dispatchhouston.com/",
  "telephone": "7132210011",
  "address": "1100 Texas St, 77002, Houston",
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 29.75919953,
    "longitude": -95.36153854
  },
  "hasMenu": "https://www.dispatchhouston.com/menu/"
}
</script>
```

## 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
- **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read the items and prices.

## Where it stands
137 of 801 in Houston cafes and bars. Top 17% 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 | 98% | no |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 98% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 96% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 40% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 33% | yes |

Nearest places in the index: Noble Rot (B, 131 m, https://directindex.org/r/noblerotpdx.com); Conservatory (F, 137 m, https://directindex.org/r/conservatoryhtx.com); Underground Hall (D, 137 m, https://directindex.org/r/undergroundhall.com); The Moonshiners (D, 153 m, https://directindex.org/r/themoonshinershouston.com); Flying Saucer Draught Emporium (A, 154 m, https://directindex.org/r/beerknurd.com); Shay McElroy's Irish Pub (D, 158 m, https://directindex.org/r/shaymcelroys.com); Shay McElroy's Irish Pub (D, 161 m, https://directindex.org/r/mcelroyspub.com); Mamajuana Cafe (B, 177 m, https://directindex.org/r/mamajuanacafehouston.com); Taste Kitchen and Bar (C, 205 m, https://directindex.org/r/tastehtx.com); Off The Record (C, 209 m, https://directindex.org/r/offtherecordhtx.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 12 everyday questions about Houston cafes and bars and named 55 places. The Dispatch wasn't one of them. See who was named: https://directindex.org/city/houston-cafes-bars/recommended


Compared with its peers: Sites built with Webflow 56% (22% A or B, 9011 sites); This site 75.4%.

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

## Businesses like The Dispatch in Houston cafes and bars

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Houston cafes and bars | 801 | 48% | 24% | 75.4% |
| Sites built with Webflow in Houston cafes and bars | 16 | 60% | 31% | 75.4% |

The best of the sites built with Webflow in Houston cafes and bars: Biggio's (B 76.9%, https://directindex.org/r/biggioshouston.com); Cattleman's Club (B 75.4%, https://directindex.org/r/wyndhamhotels.com); Pluckers Wing Bar (B 72.3%, https://directindex.org/r/pluckers.com); Mama Mia (B 70.8%, https://directindex.org/r/mamamiasugarcane.com); CRU (C 67.5%, https://directindex.org/r/crulounge.com).

With the two fixes above (No booking or ordering link on the website; Structured data is incomplete), the score would be about 100%, which would be first of 801 in Houston cafes and bars.

## The direct record
What agents get for The Dispatch, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/dispatchhouston.com
- Book: none on record
- Order: none on record
- Menu: https://www.dispatchhouston.com/menu/ (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: 7132210011
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/dispatchhouston.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: contact page /contact-us/: address.

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 25 | 25 |
| Readable | 22 | 25 |
| Actionable | 2 | 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/dispatchhouston.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/dispatchhouston.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/dispatchhouston.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=dispatchhouston.com&force=1