# Eddie Merlot's: Agent-Direct Score A (96.3%)

Site: https://www.eddiemerlots.com/boston/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/eddiemerlots.com
Scanned: 2026-10-14 (provisional: the assistant citation check pending)
Eddie Merlot's is ready for agents.

## Direct links
- Book: https://www.eddiemerlots.com/reservation/ (on the business's own site)
- Order: https://order.eddiemerlots.com/ (on the business's own site)
- Menu: https://www.eddiemerlots.com/menus/
- Phone: +1 857-233-5009

## What to fix first, by points
- **Structured data is incomplete.** (+3 points) Missing: opening hours. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant
- **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

Structured data, one block in the page head:

```html
<script type="application/ld+json">
{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "Restaurant",
  "name": "Eddie Merlot's",
  "url": "https://www.eddiemerlots.com/boston/",
  "telephone": "+1 857-233-5009",
  "address": {
    "@type": "PostalAddress",
    "streetAddress": "Congress Street 505"
  },
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 42.3480377,
    "longitude": -71.0410436
  },
  "servesCuisine": [
    "steak house"
  ],
  "acceptsReservations": "https://www.eddiemerlots.com/reservation/",
  "hasMenu": "https://www.eddiemerlots.com/menus/",
  "potentialAction": [
    {
      "@type": "ReserveAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://www.eddiemerlots.com/reservation/",
        "actionPlatform": [
          "http://schema.org/DesktopWebPlatform",
          "http://schema.org/MobileWebPlatform"
        ]
      },
      "result": {
        "@type": "Reservation",
        "name": "Reservation"
      }
    },
    {
      "@type": "OrderAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://order.eddiemerlots.com/",
        "actionPlatform": [
          "http://schema.org/DesktopWebPlatform",
          "http://schema.org/MobileWebPlatform"
        ]
      }
    }
  ]
}
</script>
```

llms.txt draft:

```
# Eddie Merlot's

> restaurant (steak house) in Congress Street 505, Boston. Phone +1 857-233-5009.

## Book or order directly

- Book: https://www.eddiemerlots.com/reservation/ (on the business's own site)
- Order: https://order.eddiemerlots.com/ (on the business's own site)
- Menu: https://www.eddiemerlots.com/menus/

## About

- Website: https://www.eddiemerlots.com/boston/
- 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 key AI user agents.
- **AI crawlers get the page.** GPTBot, ClaudeBot and PerplexityBot all received a normal response.
- **Structured data present (Restaurant).** address, phone
- **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read items and prices directly.
- **Booking on your own site.** Agents can book without a marketplace in the loop.
- **Ordering on your own site.** Agents can order without a marketplace in the loop.

## Where it stands
Rank 9 of 924 in Boston (top 1%).

| What the top tenth does | Top 10% | This site |
|---|---|---|
| Take bookings or orders on their own domain | 100% | yes |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 98% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no edge block, no robots.txt block) | 92% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 47% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 16% | no |

Nearest places with a similar menu: Morton's The Steakhouse (B, 124 m, https://directindex.org/r/mortons.com); Maple & Ash (C, 174 m, https://directindex.org/r/mapleandash.com); Del Frisco's Double Eagle Steakhouse (B, 233 m, https://directindex.org/r/delfriscos.com); Ruth's Chris Steak House (F, 1889 m, https://directindex.org/r/ruthschris.com); Bogie's Place (A, 1914 m, https://directindex.org/r/bogiesplace.com); Mooo.... (B, 2064 m, https://directindex.org/r/mooorestaurant.com); The Banks Seafood and Steak (C, 2714 m, https://directindex.org/r/thebanksboston.com); Fogo de Chão (A, 2963 m, https://directindex.org/r/fogodechao.com); Abe & Louie's (C, 3331 m, https://directindex.org/r/abeandlouies.com).

## What assistants answer
Not asked yet. Assistants are asked about the top-ranked and claimed businesses in each city index.

Against its peers: Sites built with WordPress average 57% (26% A or B, 35830 sites); this site 96.3%.

What an AI agent reads on this site: https://directindex.org/r/eddiemerlots.com/agent-view

Read by AI agents 1 times this month.

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| reachable | 25 | 25 |
| readable | 22 | 25 |
| actionable | 30 | 30 |
| cited | 0 | 0 (probes pending) |

## Agent readiness (Cloudflare criteria)
Level 1 of 5: Basic Web Presence. Cloudflare's report: https://isitagentready.com/eddiemerlots.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

Methodology: https://directindex.org/methodology · Rescan: https://directindex.org/scan?url=eddiemerlots.com&force=1