# Ember: Agent-Direct Score B (81.5%)

Site: https://www.emberottawa.com/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/emberottawa.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.)
Ember is mostly ready for agents.
An AI assistant can open Ember's website. It can read what Ember offers. It finds a way to book or order directly on the site.

## Direct links
- Book directly: https://www.emberottawa.com/reservations (on the business's own site)
- Menu: https://www.emberottawa.com/foodmenu
- Phone: +16135624700

## What to fix first

- **Structured data is incomplete.** (+7 points) Missing: address, telephone, opening hours. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant
- **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": "Ember",
  "url": "https://www.emberottawa.com/",
  "telephone": "+16135624700",
  "address": "92 Clarence St., K1N 7B5, Ottawa",
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 45.42900135,
    "longitude": -75.69262628
  },
  "potentialAction": [
    {
      "@type": "ReserveAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://www.emberottawa.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.

```
# Ember

> local business in 92 Clarence St., K1N 7B5, Ottawa, Ottawa. Phone +16135624700.

## Book or order directly

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

## About

- Website: https://www.emberottawa.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).** no address, phone or hours in it
- **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read the items and prices.
- **Booking on your own site.** Agents can book without going through a marketplace.

## Where it stands
185 of 1147 in Ottawa. Top 16% 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 | 96% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 98% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 40% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 38% | no |

Nearest places in the index: Stella Osteria (B, 29 m, https://directindex.org/r/stellaosteria.com); Saigon Restaurant (D, 36 m, https://directindex.org/r/edan.io); Ritz Clarence Street (F, 38 m, https://directindex.org/r/ritzrestaurants.com); steak & sushi (F, 38 m, https://directindex.org/r/steakottawa.ca); Back to Brooklyn (B, 45 m, https://directindex.org/r/backtobrooklyn.ca); Tucker’s Marketplace (C, 48 m, https://directindex.org/r/eattuckers.ca); Warehouse (A, 48 m, https://directindex.org/r/warehousegroup.ca); Guillotine Street Food (F, 50 m, https://directindex.org/r/guillotinestreetfood.com); Masakali Indian Resto Bar (D, 53 m, https://directindex.org/r/framer.website); Tomo (F, 61 m, https://directindex.org/r/wontonmama.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.

The assistants were asked 12 everyday questions about Ottawa and named 61 places. Ember wasn't one of them. See who was named: https://directindex.org/city/ottawa/recommended


Compared with its peers: Sites built with Squarespace 65% (49% A or B, 11547 sites); This site 81.5%.

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

## Businesses like Ember in Ottawa

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Ottawa | 1147 | 53% | 34% | 81.5% |
| Sites built with Squarespace in Ottawa | 61 | 72% | 61% | 81.5% |

The best of the sites built with Squarespace in Ottawa: Gongfu Bao (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/gongfu.ca); Crust & Crate (A 93.8%, https://directindex.org/r/crustandcrate.com); Grey's Social Eatery (A 93.8%, https://directindex.org/r/greyssocialeatery.com); Starling (A 93.8%, https://directindex.org/r/starlingottawa.ca); The Grand Pizzeria & Bar (A 93.8%, https://directindex.org/r/thegrandpizzeria.com).

With the two fixes above (Structured data is incomplete; Almost no text without JavaScript), the score would be about 95.4%. That would be 20th of 1,147 in Ottawa, up from 185th.

## The direct record
What agents get for Ember, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/emberottawa.com
- Book: https://www.emberottawa.com/reservations (own site; found by the scan of 2026-10-19, not yet tested)
- Order: none on record
- Menu: https://www.emberottawa.com/foodmenu (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: +16135624700
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/emberottawa.com/book, https://directindex.org/go/emberottawa.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

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 23 | 25 |
| Readable | 15 | 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/emberottawa.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/emberottawa.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/emberottawa.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=emberottawa.com&force=1
