# El Forne: Agent-Direct Score D (52.3%)

Site: https://www.elforne.com
Report: https://directindex.org/r/elforne.com
Scanned: 2026-10-19 (Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.)
El Forne is hard for agents to use.
An AI assistant can open El Forne's website. It can read what El Forne offers. To book or order, it is sent to Uber Eats, a marketplace.

## Direct links
- Menu: https://www.elforne.com/en#menu
- Phone: (438) 221-8176

## What to fix first
- Languages: English

- **No structured data for the business.** (+14 points) Add schema.org JSON-LD for the business (Restaurant, LocalBusiness or the closest type, with name, address, telephone and openingHoursSpecification, plus servesCuisine and acceptsReservations). Every assistant reads this block first, and the fix kit below has it filled in. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant
- **Ordering only through ubereats.** (+12 points) Every transaction an agent makes goes through the marketplace, which takes its commission. Add a direct way on your own site. Even a simple form will do. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/online-ordering-without-delivery-apps
- **Almost no text without JavaScript.** (+2 points) Crawlers that don't run scripts see an empty page. Put the menu, hours and address in plain HTML. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/website-blank-without-javascript
- **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

## 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": "LocalBusiness",
  "name": "El Forne",
  "url": "https://www.elforne.com",
  "telephone": "(438) 221-8176",
  "address": "6179 Rue Bélanger, H1T 3T4, Saint-Leonard",
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 45.586005326036236,
    "longitude": -73.57031152545915
  }
}
</script>
```

llms.txt. Save as /llms.txt at the root of the site.

```
# El Forne

> local business in 6179 Rue Bélanger, H1T 3T4, Saint-Leonard, Montreal. Phone (438) 221-8176.

## Book or order directly

- Menu: https://www.elforne.com/en#menu

## About

- Website: https://www.elforne.com
- 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.
- **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read the items and prices.
- **Uber Eats works with agents through its partners.** Uber's US terms of use (12 October 2026) bar scripts that burden the services and any use to build software or train AI; its Claude and ChatGPT integrations only browse menus, with checkout in the Uber Eats app. Terms read on 2026-10-15: https://www.uber.com/legal/en/document/?name=general-terms-of-use&country=united-states&lang=en. An assistant that isn't a partner may not be able to finish there. A direct path on your own domain works for all of them.

## Where it stands
1134 of 2162 in Montreal. Top 52% 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 | 99% | no |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 94% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 95% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 38% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 32% | no |

Nearest places in the index: Ebisu Sushi (F, 11 m, https://directindex.org/r/ebisusushi.ca); Sushi Presse (B, 690 m, https://directindex.org/r/sushipressebeaubien.com); Pho Long Phung (D, 694 m, https://directindex.org/r/pholongphung.com); Centrale Bergham (C, 701 m, https://directindex.org/r/bergham.com); Fu Lam Express (D, 713 m, https://directindex.org/r/fulam.ca); Adam's poulet frit & viande fumée (F, 715 m, https://directindex.org/r/adamsresto.com); Pizza 2 for 1 (F, 824 m, https://directindex.org/r/pizza2pour1jeantalon.com); Poissonnerie Espadon (F, 837 m, https://directindex.org/r/espadon.ca); Pizza 4 Freres (C, 871 m, https://directindex.org/r/pizza4freres.com); Ad-Deyafa (D, 886 m, https://directindex.org/r/ad-deyafa.ca).

## 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 Montreal and named 82 places. El Forne wasn't one of them. See who was named: https://directindex.org/city/montreal/recommended


Compared with its peers: Sites built with WordPress 58% (30% A or B, 68857 sites); Sites using Uber Eats 62% (33% A or B, 1135 sites); This site 52.3%.

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

## Businesses like El Forne in Montreal

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Montreal | 2162 | 51% | 27% | 52.3% |
| Sites built with WordPress in Montreal | 642 | 63% | 39% | 52.3% |
| Sites using Uber Eats in Montreal | 80 | 61% | 29% | 52.3% |
| Sites built with WordPress and using Uber Eats in Montreal | 34 | 66% | 35% | 52.3% |

The best of the sites built with WordPress and using Uber Eats in Montreal: Chez Gatse (A 88.8%, https://directindex.org/r/chezgatserestaurant.ca); La Toxica (A 86.3%, https://directindex.org/r/latoxica.ca); La Marinara (B 83.1%, https://directindex.org/r/lamarinara.ca); Modavie (B 83.1%, https://directindex.org/r/modavie.com); Devi (B 82.5%, https://directindex.org/r/devimontreal.com).

With the three fixes above (No structured data for the business; Ordering only through ubereats; Almost no text without JavaScript), the score would be about 95.4%. That would be 26th of 2,162 in Montreal, up from 1134th.

## The direct record
What agents get for El Forne, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/elforne.com
- Book: none on record
- Order: none on record
- Menu: https://www.elforne.com/en#menu (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: (438) 221-8176
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/elforne.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
- Vendor terms for agents, Uber Eats: Through partners. Uber's US terms of use (12 October 2026) bar scripts that burden the services and any use to build software or train AI; its Claude and ChatGPT integrations only browse menus, with checkout in the Uber Eats app. Read 2026-10-15: https://www.uber.com/legal/en/document/?name=general-terms-of-use&country=united-states&lang=en

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 23 | 25 |
| Readable | 8 | 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/elforne.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: no

Keep watching this business (https://directindex.org/r/elforne.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/elforne.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=elforne.com&force=1
