# The Ground Round: Agent-Direct Score B (72.3%)

Site: http://www.groundround.com/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/groundround.com
Scanned: 2026-10-23 (Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.)
The Ground Round is mostly ready for agents.
An AI assistant can open The Ground Round's website. It can read what The Ground Round offers. It finds a way to book or order directly, through SpotOn.

## Direct links
- Book directly: https://order.spoton.com/so-the-ground-round-21780/shrewsbury-ma/674e591663cf9ef5a44e97da (through spoton acting for the business)
- Order directly: https://www.groundround.com/coming-soon (on the business's own site)
- Menu: https://www.groundround.com/menu
- Phone: (617) 731-0065
- Address: 381 Chestnut Hill Ave, 02135, Brighton
- Its menu mentions: vegetarian dishes, a children's menu

## Nearby, also direct
Places near The Ground Round that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Harry's bar & grill (1.7 km): https://directindex.org/r/harrysbarboston.com
- LuLu's Allston (2.6 km): https://directindex.org/r/lulusallston.com
- Rhythm 'N Wraps (2.8 km): https://directindex.org/r/rhythmnwraps.com
- The Punch Bowl Tavern (3 km): https://directindex.org/r/punchbowlbrookline.com
- Sloane's (3.6 km): https://directindex.org/r/sloanesboston.com

## What to fix first
- **No structured data for the business.** (+15 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). Every assistant reads this block first, and the fix kit below has it filled in. 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": "The Ground Round",
  "url": "http://www.groundround.com/",
  "telephone": "(617) 731-0065",
  "address": "381 Chestnut Hill Ave, 02135, Brighton",
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 42.33523866368505,
    "longitude": -71.1504338635774
  },
  "potentialAction": [
    {
      "@type": "ReserveAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://order.spoton.com/so-the-ground-round-21780/shrewsbury-ma/674e591663cf9ef5a44e97da",
        "actionPlatform": [
          "http://schema.org/DesktopWebPlatform",
          "http://schema.org/MobileWebPlatform"
        ]
      },
      "result": {
        "@type": "Reservation",
        "name": "Reservation"
      }
    },
    {
      "@type": "OrderAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://www.groundround.com/coming-soon",
        "actionPlatform": [
          "http://schema.org/DesktopWebPlatform",
          "http://schema.org/MobileWebPlatform"
        ]
      }
    }
  ]
}
</script>
```

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

```
# The Ground Round

> local business (american) in 381 Chestnut Hill Ave, 02135, Brighton, Boston. Phone (617) 731-0065.

## Book or order directly

- Book: https://order.spoton.com/so-the-ground-round-21780/shrewsbury-ma/674e591663cf9ef5a44e97da (through spoton acting for the business)
- Order: https://www.groundround.com/coming-soon (on the business's own site)
- Menu: https://www.groundround.com/menu

## About

- Website: http://www.groundround.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.** There's no robots.txt, which means everything is allowed.
- **AI crawlers get the page.** GPTBot, ClaudeBot and PerplexityBot all got a normal response.
- **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read the items and prices.
- **Booking through spoton on your own domain.** There's no marketplace commission, and the customer stays yours.
- **Ordering on your own site.** Agents can order without going through a marketplace.

## Where it stands
486 of 1411 in Boston. Top 34% 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 | 100% | yes |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 99% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 96% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 57% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 33% | no |

Nearest places with a similar menu: Roggie's Brew & Grille (F, 198 m, https://directindex.org/r/roggies.com); Harry's bar & grill (A, 1692 m, https://directindex.org/r/harrysbarboston.com); LuLu's Allston (A, 2584 m, https://directindex.org/r/lulusallston.com); Rhythm 'N Wraps (A, 2835 m, https://directindex.org/r/rhythmnwraps.com); The Punch Bowl Tavern (B, 3010 m, https://directindex.org/r/punchbowlbrookline.com); Ziggy Bombs Specialty Steak & Cheese Subs (C, 3446 m, https://directindex.org/r/ziggybombssubs.com); Sloane's (A, 3591 m, https://directindex.org/r/sloanesboston.com); Davey the Clown (C, 3637 m, https://directindex.org/r/daveytheclown.com); The Joint (B, 3746 m, https://directindex.org/r/thejointjp.com); Costellos Jamaica Plain (D, 3979 m, https://directindex.org/r/costellostavern.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 Boston and named 35 places. The Ground Round wasn't one of them. See who was named: https://directindex.org/city/boston/recommended


Compared with its peers: Sites built with Webflow 57% (23% A or B, 6169 sites); Sites using SpotOn 70% (36% A or B, 440 sites); This site 72.3%.

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

## Businesses like The Ground Round in Boston

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Boston | 1411 | 54% | 37% | 72.3% |
| Sites built with Webflow in Boston | 17 | 62% | 35% | 72.3% |
| Sites using SpotOn in Boston | 32 | 79% | 72% | 72.3% |
| Sites built with Webflow and using SpotOn in Boston | 1 | 72% | 100% | 72.3% |

The best of the sites using SpotOn in Boston: Bab Al-Yemen (A 95.4%, https://directindex.org/r/babalyemenboston.com); Boston Kitchen Pizza (A 95.4%, https://directindex.org/r/bostonkitchenpizza.com); D'guru Restaurant (A 95.4%, https://directindex.org/r/guruthecaterer.com); Gangnam Spice (A 95.4%, https://directindex.org/r/gangnamspice.com); Rainbow Dragon Restaurant (A 95.4%, https://directindex.org/r/panasiarestaurant.com).

With the fix above (No structured data for the business), the score would be about 95.4%. That would be 42nd of 1,411 in Boston, up from 486th.

## The direct record
What agents get for The Ground Round, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/groundround.com
- Book: https://order.spoton.com/so-the-ground-round-21780/shrewsbury-ma/674e591663cf9ef5a44e97da (vendor on own site: SpotOn; found by the scan of 2026-10-23, not yet tested)
- Order: https://www.groundround.com/coming-soon (own site; found by the scan of 2026-10-23, not yet tested)
- Menu: https://www.groundround.com/menu (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: (617) 731-0065
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/groundround.com/book, https://directindex.org/go/groundround.com/order, https://directindex.org/go/groundround.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 | 25 | 25 |
| Readable | 7 | 25 |
| Actionable | 15 | 15 (the action test: pending) |
| Cited | 0 | 0 (the assistant citation check: pending) |

## Agent readiness (Cloudflare)
Level 0 of 5, Not Ready. Cloudflare's report: https://isitagentready.com/groundround.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

Keep watching this business (https://directindex.org/r/groundround.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/groundround.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=groundround.com&force=1