# El Mono: Agent-Direct Score A (87.7%)

Site: https://elmonofresh.com
Report: https://directindex.org/r/elmonofresh.com
Scanned: 2026-10-14 (Provisional: the action test and the assistant citation check still to come; the hatched part of the bar is not measured yet.)
El Mono is ready for agents.

## Direct links
- Order directly: https://el-mono.square.site/# (through square acting for the business)
- Menu: https://www.elmonofresh.com/menus
- Phone: 5107788884

## What to fix first
- Nothing to fix.

## 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, opening hours
- **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read items and prices directly.
- **Ordering through square on your own domain.** No marketplace commission, and the guest stays yours.

## Where it stands
119 of 1142 in San Francisco. Top 10% 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% | yes |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 94% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no edge block, no robots.txt block) | 94% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 48% | yes |
| Have an llms.txt | 13% | yes |

Nearest places in the index: Funky Elephant (D, 528 m, https://directindex.org/r/funkyelephantthai.com); Homeroom (A, 528 m, https://directindex.org/r/homeroom510.com); Dog Haus (A, 782 m, https://directindex.org/r/doghaus.com); Mountain Mike's (A, 923 m, https://directindex.org/r/mountainmikespizza.com); Tacubaya (B, 976 m, https://directindex.org/r/tacubaya.net); Divan (C, 986 m, https://directindex.org/r/divanberkeley.com); Zut! (B, 1040 m, https://directindex.org/r/zutonfourth.com); Iyasare (C, 1060 m, https://directindex.org/r/iyasare-berkeley.com); Sumo (F, 1108 m, https://directindex.org/r/sumojapanesealbany.com); Popeyes (F, 1218 m, https://directindex.org/r/popeyes.com).

## 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 Wix 58% (35% A or B, 3255 sites); Sites using Square 69% (47% A or B, 793 sites); This site 87.7%.

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

## Businesses like El Mono in San Francisco

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Same kind in San Francisco | 1142 | 50% | 40% | 87.7% |
| Built with Wix in San Francisco | 47 | 75% | 68% | 87.7% |
| Using Square in San Francisco | 37 | 72% | 54% | 87.7% |
| Built with Wix and using Square in San Francisco | 2 | 88% | 100% | 87.7% |

The best of Using Square in San Francisco: La Méditerranée (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/lamednoe.com); Apna Chulha (A 90.8%, https://directindex.org/r/apnachulhasf.com); Lavash (A 90.8%, https://directindex.org/r/lavashsf.com); Dalida (A 87.7%, https://directindex.org/r/dalidasf.com); Rooster and Rice (A 87.7%, https://directindex.org/r/roosterandrice.com).

## The direct record
What agents get for El Mono, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/elmonofresh.com
- Book: none on record
- Order: https://el-mono.square.site/# (vendor on own site: Square; found by the scan of 2026-10-14, not yet tested)
- Menu: https://www.elmonofresh.com/menus (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: 5107788884
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/elmonofresh.com/order, https://directindex.org/go/elmonofresh.com/menu
- Agents and people followed 3 direct links to this business this month (3 by AI agents).

## 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): not measured
- ACP discovery document (/.well-known/acp.json, OpenAI and Stripe's Agentic Commerce Protocol): not measured
- 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): not measured
- Vendor terms for agents, Square: Yes. Square takes orders placed in ChatGPT and Claude for US food sellers since 1 July 2026 with no seller setup; its Buyer Account Terms still bar robots and scrapers from accessing Block systems. Read 2026-10-15: https://squareup.com/us/en/press/claude-chatgpt-integrations

Not measured at this scan; the next scan measures it.

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 25 | 25 |
| Readable | 22 | 25 |
| Actionable | 10 | 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/elmonofresh.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

Deep report: https://directindex.org/r/elmonofresh.com/deep. Ten questions the way people ask, each assistant's full answer, the eight nearest similar places, the fix plan and a PDF: 19 EUR, one-off.
Methodology: https://directindex.org/methodology · Rescan now: https://directindex.org/scan?url=elmonofresh.com&force=1