# El Forastero: Agent-Direct Score A (90.8%)

Site: http://www.elpolloforastero.com/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/elpolloforastero.com
Scanned: 2026-11-04 (Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.)
El Forastero is ready for agents.
An AI assistant can open El Forastero's website. It can read what El Forastero offers. It finds a way to book or order directly on the site.

## Direct links
- Order directly: https://www.elpolloforastero.com/domicilio-pollo-forastero (on the business's own site)
- Menu: https://www.elpolloforastero.com/nuestro-men%C3%BA
- Phone: +593 99 549 2652
- Address: José Olmedo Quito

## Nearby, also direct
Places near El Forastero that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Sereno Moreno Bar (220 m): https://directindex.org/r/serenomorenoec.com
- Pizza Sa Centro Historico (370 m): https://directindex.org/r/pizzasa.com
- Querubin (460 m): https://directindex.org/r/querubinrestobar.com

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

## What the site tells visitors (Measured, not scored)
- **No English version declared.** Visitors from abroad, and assistants answering in English, read the page as it is. In Quito, 7.3% of comparable sites declare one.

## 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": "FastFoodRestaurant",
  "name": "El Forastero",
  "url": "http://www.elpolloforastero.com/",
  "telephone": "+593 99 549 2652",
  "address": {
    "@type": "PostalAddress",
    "streetAddress": "José Olmedo",
    "addressLocality": "Quito"
  },
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": -0.2206135,
    "longitude": -78.5078496
  },
  "servesCuisine": [
    "chicken"
  ],
  "hasMenu": "https://www.elpolloforastero.com/nuestro-men%C3%BA",
  "potentialAction": [
    {
      "@type": "OrderAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://www.elpolloforastero.com/domicilio-pollo-forastero",
        "actionPlatform": [
          "http://schema.org/DesktopWebPlatform",
          "http://schema.org/MobileWebPlatform"
        ]
      }
    }
  ]
}
</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 (LocalBusiness).** address, phone
- **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
19 of 349 in Quito. Top 5% 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% | yes |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 85% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 98% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 29% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 59% | yes |

Nearest places in the index: Sereno Moreno Bar (C, 221 m, https://directindex.org/r/serenomorenoec.com); Restaurante San Agustin Colonial (D, 231 m, https://directindex.org/r/hotelcolonialsanagustin.com); Heladeria San Agustin (D, 303 m, https://directindex.org/r/heladeriasanagustin.com); Pizza Sa Centro Historico (B, 370 m, https://directindex.org/r/pizzasa.com); La Purísima (D, 374 m, https://directindex.org/r/lapurisimaec.com); Café San Blas (C, 380 m, https://directindex.org/r/lasfritadasdesanblas.com); Runa Tulpa Andina (D, 440 m, https://directindex.org/r/runatulpaandina.com); Querubin (B, 456 m, https://directindex.org/r/querubinrestobar.com); SOCIAL Spirits (F, 467 m, https://directindex.org/r/socialprolunch.com); Café Plaza Grande (D, 497 m, https://directindex.org/r/plazagrandequito.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: "I'm feeling like chicken tonight. Where can I order from?" (ChatGPT)


Compared with its peers: Sites built with Wix 51% (28% A or B, 50610 sites); This site 90.8%.

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

## Named by ChatGPT for "I'm feeling like chicken tonight. Where can I order from?" in Quito, November 2026
- "I'm feeling like chicken tonight. Where can I order from?" (2026-11-06): ChatGPT with a link to this site. https://directindex.org/city/quito/recommended/chicken
Named by 1 of 2 assistants asked. Badge: https://directindex.org/badge/named/elpolloforastero.com.svg

## Businesses like El Forastero in Quito

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Quito | 349 | 48% | 21% | 90.8% |
| Sites built with Wix in Quito | 50 | 57% | 28% | 90.8% |

The best of the sites built with Wix in Quito: La Manaba Boutique (A 95.4%, https://directindex.org/r/lamanababoutique.com); Pizza Zú (A 95.4%, https://directindex.org/r/pizzazu.com); Restaurante El Ventanal (A 92.3%, https://directindex.org/r/elventanal.ec); Churromania Ecuador (A 90.8%, https://directindex.org/r/churromania.com); Las Especialidades de Chicho (A 90.8%, https://directindex.org/r/especialidadesdechicho.com).

With the fix above (Structured data is incomplete), the score would be about 95.4%. That would be 9th of 349 in Quito, up from 19th.

## The direct record
What agents get for El Forastero, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/elpolloforastero.com
- Book: none on record
- Order: https://www.elpolloforastero.com/domicilio-pollo-forastero (own site; found by the scan of 2026-11-04, not yet tested)
- Menu: https://www.elpolloforastero.com/nuestro-men%C3%BA (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: +593 99 549 2652
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/elpolloforastero.com/order, https://directindex.org/go/elpolloforastero.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): yes
- 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 /domicilio-pollo-forastero: ordering via ubereats.

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 25 | 25 |
| Readable | 19 | 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/elpolloforastero.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/elpolloforastero.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/elpolloforastero.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=elpolloforastero.com&force=1