# Empanada Mama: Agent-Direct Score A (87.7%)

Site: https://www.empanadamama.com/times-square
Report: https://directindex.org/r/empanadamama.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.)
Empanada Mama is ready for agents.

## Direct links
- Order directly: https://order.online/business/empanada-mama-115749 (through doordash_storefront acting for the business)
- Menu: https://www.empanadamama.com/menus-1
- Phone: +1-646-970 9895

## What to fix first
- **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

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

```
# Empanada Mama

> fast food restaurant (latin american) in West 40th Street 200 10018, New York. Phone +1-646-970 9895.

## Book or order directly

- Order: https://order.online/business/empanada-mama-115749 (through doordash_storefront acting for the business)
- Menu: https://www.empanadamama.com/menus-1

## Opening hours

24/7

## About

- Website: https://www.empanadamama.com/times-square
- 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.
- **Structured data present (LocalBusiness).** address, phone, opening hours
- **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read items and prices directly.
- **Ordering through doordash_storefront on your own domain.** No marketplace commission, and the guest stays yours.

## Where it stands
496 of 4270 in New York. Top 12% 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 | 99% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no edge block, no robots.txt block) | 94% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 50% | yes |
| Have an llms.txt | 13% | no |

Nearest places in the index: Margaritaville (A, 34 m, https://directindex.org/r/margaritavilletimessquare.com); Crab House Times Square (F, 65 m, https://directindex.org/r/crabhousets.com); Carnegie Pizza (B, 78 m, https://directindex.org/r/carnegiepizzanewyork.com); Bagel To Sandwiches (D, 110 m, https://directindex.org/r/bageltosandwich.com); The Counter (C, 135 m, https://directindex.org/r/thecounter.com); AperiBar (B, 218 m, https://directindex.org/r/aperibar.com); Schnippers Quality Kitchen (A, 231 m, https://directindex.org/r/schnippers.com); Carrot Express (B, 234 m, https://directindex.org/r/carrotexpress.com); Valbella at the Park (C, 247 m, https://directindex.org/r/valbellaatthepark.com); Wok to Walk (B, 258 m, https://directindex.org/r/woktowalk.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 Squarespace 65% (48% A or B, 7098 sites); Sites using DoorDash Storefront 72% (60% A or B, 546 sites); This site 87.7%.

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

## Businesses like Empanada Mama in New York

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Same kind in New York | 4270 | 52% | 40% | 87.7% |
| Built with Squarespace in New York | 584 | 74% | 65% | 87.7% |
| Using DoorDash Storefront in New York | 106 | 76% | 70% | 87.7% |
| Built with Squarespace and using DoorDash Storefront in New York | 31 | 80% | 87% | 87.7% |

The best of Built with Squarespace and using DoorDash Storefront in New York: Bhatti (A 93.8%, https://directindex.org/r/bhattinyc.com); Jora (A 92.3%, https://directindex.org/r/jorany.com); SANUKI UDON (A 92.3%, https://directindex.org/r/sanukiudonusa.com); Grand Banks (A 89.2%, https://directindex.org/r/crew.fun); Yopparai Ronin (A 86.2%, https://directindex.org/r/yopparainyc.com).

## The direct record
What agents get for Empanada Mama, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/empanadamama.com
- Book: none on record
- Order: https://order.online/business/empanada-mama-115749 (vendor on own site: DoorDash Storefront; found by the scan of 2026-10-14, not yet tested)
- Menu: https://www.empanadamama.com/menus-1 (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: 24/7 (open now) (from OpenStreetMap)
- Phone: +1-646-970 9895
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/empanadamama.com/order, https://directindex.org/go/empanadamama.com/menu
- Agents and people followed 1 direct link to this business this month (1 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, DoorDash Storefront: Not stated. The terms do not address an agent acting for a person (several bar scraping or data extraction only), could not be read on the date given, or the vendor has not been researched yet.

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/empanadamama.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

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