# El Taco Loco: Agent-Direct Score C (55.4%)

Site: https://eltacolocoballard.com/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/eltacolocoballard.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 Taco Loco is partly visible to agents.

## Direct links
- Menu: https://eltacolocoballard.com/seattle-ballard-el-taco-loco-food-menu
- Phone: +1-206-376-8563

## What to fix first
- **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). It is the one block every assistant reads first; the fix kit below has it filled in. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant
- **Ordering only through grubhub.** (+12 points) Every agent transaction goes through the marketplace and its commission. Add a direct path on your own site, even a simple form. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/online-ordering-without-delivery-apps
- **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 (JSON-LD). One block in the page's head, or in the builder's custom-code slot. Replace anything that is wrong.

```html
<script type="application/ld+json">
{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "FastFoodRestaurant",
  "name": "El Taco Loco",
  "url": "https://eltacolocoballard.com/",
  "telephone": "+1-206-376-8563",
  "address": {
    "@type": "PostalAddress",
    "streetAddress": "Northwest Market Street 2840",
    "postalCode": "98107",
    "addressLocality": "Seattle"
  },
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 47.668879,
    "longitude": -122.3949314
  },
  "openingHours": "Mo-Fr 10:45-20:00; Su 10:30-17:00",
  "openingHoursSpecification": [
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Monday",
        "Tuesday",
        "Wednesday",
        "Thursday",
        "Friday"
      ],
      "opens": "10:45",
      "closes": "20:00"
    },
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Sunday"
      ],
      "opens": "10:30",
      "closes": "17:00"
    }
  ],
  "servesCuisine": [
    "mexican"
  ],
  "hasMenu": "https://eltacolocoballard.com/seattle-ballard-el-taco-loco-food-menu"
}
</script>
```

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

```
# El Taco Loco

> fast food restaurant (mexican) in Northwest Market Street 2840 98107 Seattle, Seattle. Phone +1-206-376-8563.

## Book or order directly

- Menu: https://eltacolocoballard.com/seattle-ballard-el-taco-loco-food-menu

## Opening hours

Mo-Fr 10:45-20:00; Su 10:30-17:00

## About

- Website: https://eltacolocoballard.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 key AI user agents.
- **AI crawlers get the page.** GPTBot, ClaudeBot and PerplexityBot all received a normal response.
- **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read items and prices directly.
- **Grubhub lets agents act only through its partners.** Grubhub's terms of use (17 December 2024) bar access with any robot, spider, crawler or automated process; since June 2026 Alexa+ users can browse, build an order and check out through Grubhub by voice. Read 2026-10-15: https://www.grubhub.com/legal/terms-of-use. An assistant that is not a partner cannot finish the step there; a direct path on your own domain works for all of them.

## Where it stands
529 of 969 in Seattle. Top 55% 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% | no |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 98% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no edge block, no robots.txt block) | 95% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 54% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 13% | no |

Nearest places with a similar menu: Taco Time (B, 62 m, https://directindex.org/r/tacotimenw.com); Kitchen Window (B, 593 m, https://directindex.org/r/thegarrisonseattle.com); La Carta de Oaxaca (D, 677 m, https://directindex.org/r/lacartadeoaxaca.com); Matador (B, 736 m, https://directindex.org/r/matadorrestaurants.com); Gracia (A, 876 m, https://directindex.org/r/graciaseattle.com); Fuego (B, 890 m, https://directindex.org/r/fuegoballard.com); Lupe’s Situ Tacos (D, 924 m, https://directindex.org/r/situtacos.com); Asadero - Ballard (A, 944 m, https://directindex.org/r/asaderoprime.com); El Moose (C, 1017 m, https://directindex.org/r/elmoose.com); Vacil Salvadoreño Taco Loco (F, 1377 m, https://directindex.org/r/ordervacilsalvadorenotacoloco.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 using Grubhub 66% (44% A or B, 150 sites); This site 55.4%.

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

## Businesses like El Taco Loco in Seattle

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Same kind in Seattle | 969 | 51% | 37% | 55.4% |
| Using Grubhub in Seattle | 4 | 61% | 50% | 55.4% |

The best of Using Grubhub in Seattle: El Farol Mexican (B 72.3%, https://directindex.org/r/elfarolseattle.com); Krungthep Thai Cuisine (B 72.3%, https://directindex.org/r/krungthep-thai.com); Son of a Butcher (D 44.6%, https://directindex.org/r/sobseattle.com).

With the two fixes above (No structured data for the business; Ordering only through grubhub) the score would be about 95.4%: 19th of 969 in Seattle, up from 529th.

## The direct record
What agents get for El Taco Loco, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/eltacolocoballard.com
- Book: none on record
- Order: none on record
- Menu: https://eltacolocoballard.com/seattle-ballard-el-taco-loco-food-menu (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: Mo-Fr 10:45-20:00; Su 10:30-17:00 (closed now) (from OpenStreetMap)
- Phone: +1-206-376-8563
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/eltacolocoballard.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): 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, Grubhub: Partners only. Grubhub's terms of use (17 December 2024) bar access with any robot, spider, crawler or automated process; since June 2026 Alexa+ users can browse, build an order and check out through Grubhub by voice. Read 2026-10-15: https://www.grubhub.com/legal/terms-of-use

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

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 25 | 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/eltacolocoballard.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: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/ai-rules/SKILL.md)
- 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

Deep report: https://directindex.org/r/eltacolocoballard.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=eltacolocoballard.com&force=1