# Edley's Bar-B-Que: Agent-Direct Score A (92.3%) Site: https://www.edleysbbq.com/locations/12-south?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=yext Report: https://directindex.org/r/edleysbbq.com Scanned: 2026-11-12 (Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.) Edley's Bar-B-Que is ready for agents. An AI assistant can open Edley's Bar-B-Que's website. It can read what Edley's Bar-B-Que offers. It finds a way to book or order directly on the site. ## Direct links - Order directly: https://www.edleysbbq.com/order-online-landing-page (on the business's own site) - Menu: https://www.edleysbbq.com/menus/food - Phone: +16159532951 - Address: 2706 12th Ave S, Nashville 37204 ## Nearby, also direct Places near Edley's Bar-B-Que that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between. - The Peach Cobbler Factory (60 m): https://directindex.org/r/peachcobblerfactory.com - Hearts - 12 South (70 m): https://directindex.org/r/heartsnashville.com - The Henry (90 m): https://directindex.org/r/thehenryrestaurant.com - Mesero - 12South, Nashville (100 m): https://directindex.org/r/mesero.net - Burger Up (140 m): https://directindex.org/r/burger-up.com ## What to fix first - **Structured data is incomplete.** (+2 points) Missing: telephone. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant - **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 ## What the site tells visitors (Measured, not scored) - **The footer says © 2021.** Visitors and assistants may read that year as the last time anyone looked after the site. In Nashville, 80% of comparable sites that show a year say 2025 or later. ## 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 ``` llms.txt. Save as /llms.txt at the root of the site. ``` # Edley's Bar-B-Que > local business (barbecue) in 2706 12th Ave S, Nashville 37204, Nashville. Phone +16159532951. ## Book or order directly - Order: https://www.edleysbbq.com/order-online-landing-page (on the business's own site) - Menu: https://www.edleysbbq.com/menus/food ## About - Website: https://www.edleysbbq.com/locations/12-south?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=yext - 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, opening hours - **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read the items and prices. - **Ordering on your own site.** Agents can order without going through a marketplace. ## Where it stands 109 of 1166 in Nashville. Top 9% 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% | yes | | Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 99% | yes | | Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 95% | yes | | Structured data with address, phone and hours | 75% | no | | Have an llms.txt | 36% | no | Nearest places in the index: The Peach Cobbler Factory (B, 55 m, https://directindex.org/r/peachcobblerfactory.com); Hearts - 12 South (B, 72 m, https://directindex.org/r/heartsnashville.com); The Henry (A, 91 m, https://directindex.org/r/thehenryrestaurant.com); Mesero - 12South, Nashville (A, 97 m, https://directindex.org/r/mesero.net); Burger Up (A, 135 m, https://directindex.org/r/burger-up.com); Epice (A, 174 m, https://directindex.org/r/epicenashville.com); Frothy Monkey (A, 202 m, https://directindex.org/r/frothymonkey.com); Urban Grub (A, 261 m, https://directindex.org/r/urbangrub.net); Bottle Cap (B, 366 m, https://directindex.org/r/bottlecapnashville.com); Embers Ski Lodge (C, 371 m, https://directindex.org/r/embersskilodge.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. Recommended when people ask: "Dinner with two kids tonight, somewhere relaxed. Book a table for four." (Gemini) Compared with its peers: Sites built with Squarespace 61% (41% A or B, 34188 sites); This site 92.3%. See what an AI agent reads on this site: https://directindex.org/r/edleysbbq.com/agent-view ## Named by Gemini for "Dinner with two kids tonight, somewhere relaxed. Book a table for four" in Nashville, November 2026 - "Dinner with two kids tonight, somewhere relaxed. Book a table for four." (2026-11-12): Gemini with a link to this site. https://directindex.org/city/nashville/recommended/kids-family Named by 1 of 2 assistants asked. Badge: https://directindex.org/badge/named/edleysbbq.com.svg ## Businesses like Edley's Bar-B-Que in Nashville | Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site | |---|---|---|---|---| | Businesses of the same kind in Nashville | 1166 | 58% | 44% | 92.3% | | Sites built with Squarespace in Nashville | 131 | 74% | 66% | 92.3% | The best of the sites built with Squarespace in Nashville: Lona by Chef Richard Sandoval - Nashville (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/lonanashville.com); Midtown Cafe (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/midtowncafe.com); The Farm House (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/thefarmhousetn.com); Waldo's Chicken & Beer - Germantown (A 96.3%, https://directindex.org/r/waldoschicken.com); City House (A 95%, https://directindex.org/r/cityhousenashville.com). With the fix above (Structured data is incomplete), the score would be about 95.4%. That would be 53rd of 1,166 in Nashville, up from 109th. ## The direct record What agents get for Edley's Bar-B-Que, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/edleysbbq.com - Book: none on record - Order: https://www.edleysbbq.com/order-online-landing-page (own site; found by the scan of 2026-11-12, not yet tested) - Menu: https://www.edleysbbq.com/menus/food (html_page; from the scan) - Hours: none on record - Phone: +16159532951 - Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/edleysbbq.com/order, https://directindex.org/go/edleysbbq.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: booking page /order-online-landing-page: ordering link (own domain), ordering via toast. ## Score breakdown | Component | Points | Available | |---|---|---| | Reachable | 25 | 25 | | Readable | 20 | 25 | | Actionable | 15 | 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/edleysbbq.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 Keep watching this business (https://directindex.org/r/edleysbbq.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/edleysbbq.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=edleysbbq.com&force=1