# Embark DC Boat Tours: Agent-Direct Score B (83.1%)

Site: http://www.EmbarkDC.com/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/embarkdc.com
Scanned: 2026-10-24 (Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.)
Embark DC Boat Tours is mostly ready for agents.
An AI assistant can open Embark DC Boat Tours's website. It can't find a menu or price list, so it answers from other sites. It finds a way to book or order directly on the site.

## Direct links
- Book directly: https://www.embarkdc.com/reservations (on the business's own site)
- Phone: +18886343335
- Address: The Wharf Marina, 650 Wharf St SW, 20024, Washington

## Nearby, also direct
Places near Embark DC Boat Tours that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Capital Elite Cruises (310 m): https://directindex.org/r/cityexperiences.com
- Potomac Paddle Club - The Wharf (620 m): https://directindex.org/r/seasuitecruises.com
- Sloans Pink Boats (660 m): https://directindex.org/r/sloanspinkboats.com
- Journal Tour and Travels (840 m): https://directindex.org/r/journaltourtravels.com
- International Spy Museum (850 m): https://directindex.org/r/spymuseum.org

## What to fix first
- **No tickets and prices found.** (+7 points) Agents answer 'what does it cost and when?' from marketplaces instead. Add a page with tickets, times and prices as text, and link to it from the homepage. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/menu-pdf-ai
- **Structured data is incomplete.** (+1 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

## 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": "Embark DC Boat Tours",
  "url": "http://www.EmbarkDC.com/",
  "telephone": "+18886343335",
  "address": "The Wharf Marina, 650 Wharf St SW, 20024, Washington",
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 38.87661213,
    "longitude": -77.02257761
  },
  "potentialAction": [
    {
      "@type": "ReserveAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://www.embarkdc.com/reservations",
        "actionPlatform": [
          "http://schema.org/DesktopWebPlatform",
          "http://schema.org/MobileWebPlatform"
        ]
      },
      "result": {
        "@type": "Reservation",
        "name": "Reservation"
      }
    }
  ]
}
</script>
```

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

```
# Embark DC Boat Tours

> local business in The Wharf Marina, 650 Wharf St SW, 20024, Washington, Washington, DC tours, attractions and museums. Phone +18886343335.

## Book or order directly

- Book: https://www.embarkdc.com/reservations (on the business's own site)

## About

- Website: http://www.EmbarkDC.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.
- **Structured data found (LocalBusiness).** address, opening hours
- **Tickets on your own site.** Agents can buy tickets without going through a marketplace.

## Where it stands
10 of 223 in Washington, DC tours, attractions and museums. Top 4% 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 | 96% | yes |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 22% | no |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 96% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 30% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 48% | no |

Nearest places in the index: Nautiste (D, 0 m, https://directindex.org/r/nautiste.com); Capital Elite Cruises (C, 305 m, https://directindex.org/r/cityexperiences.com); Potomac Paddle Club - The Wharf (B, 624 m, https://directindex.org/r/seasuitecruises.com); Sloans Pink Boats (C, 657 m, https://directindex.org/r/sloanspinkboats.com); Trip Hacks DC Tours (D, 818 m, https://directindex.org/r/triphacksdc.com); Journal Tour and Travels (C, 835 m, https://directindex.org/r/journaltourtravels.com); International Spy Museum (C, 851 m, https://directindex.org/r/spymuseum.org); ARTECHOUSE (B, 999 m, https://directindex.org/r/artechouse.com); Capital Yacht Charters (A, 1009 m, https://directindex.org/r/yachtchartersnow.com); Museum of the Bible (C, 1028 m, https://directindex.org/r/museumofthebible.org).

## 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.


Compared with its peers: Sites built with Squarespace 61% (41% A or B, 32150 sites); This site 83.1%.

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

## Businesses like Embark DC Boat Tours in Washington, DC tours, attractions and museums

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Washington, DC tours, attractions and museums | 223 | 48% | 20% | 83.1% |
| Sites built with Squarespace in Washington, DC tours, attractions and museums | 10 | 56% | 20% | 83.1% |

The best of the sites built with Squarespace in Washington, DC tours, attractions and museums: Chinese American Museum DC (B 78.5%, https://directindex.org/r/chineseamericanmuseum.org); ParisSoul&Beyond (C 58.5%, https://directindex.org/r/parissoulbeyond.com); Select Concierge (C 58.5%, https://directindex.org/r/selectconcierge.com); Touchstone Gallery (C 58.5%, https://directindex.org/r/touchstonegallery.com); Emerald Travel Llc (C 55.4%, https://directindex.org/r/travel-emerald.com).

With the two fixes above (No tickets and prices found; Structured data is incomplete), the score would be about 95.4%, which would be first of 223 in Washington, DC tours, attractions and museums.

## The direct record
What agents get for Embark DC Boat Tours, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/embarkdc.com
- Book: https://www.embarkdc.com/reservations (own site; found by the scan of 2026-10-24, not yet tested)
- Order: none on record
- Menu: none on record
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: +18886343335
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/embarkdc.com/book

## 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

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 25 | 25 |
| Readable | 14 | 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/embarkdc.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/embarkdc.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/embarkdc.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=embarkdc.com&force=1
