# Hand Cut Chophouse: Agent-Direct Score B (70.8%)

Site: https://handcutchophouse.com/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/handcutchophouse.com
Scanned: 2026-10-16 (Provisional: the action test and the assistant citation check still to come; the hatched part of the bar is not measured yet.)
Hand Cut Chophouse is mostly ready for agents.
Some AI assistants are turned away by the website of Hand Cut Chophouse. It can read what Hand Cut Chophouse offers. It finds a way to book or order directly on the site.

## Direct links
- Book directly: https://handcutchophouse.com/reservations/scottsdale/ (on the business's own site)
- Order directly: https://riothospitalitygroup.olo.com/menu/hand-cut-scottsdale (through olo acting for the business)
- Menu: https://handcutchophouse.com/menus/scottsdale/
- Phone: +1 480-494-2008

## What to fix first
- **The server turns AI crawlers away at the door.** (+10 points) Live fetches as GPTBot (http_403), ClaudeBot (http_403), PerplexityBot (http_403) were refused while a normal browser got the page. This is usually a hosting or firewall bot list the owner never chose. Ask the host to allow these user agents. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/blocking-ai-crawlers-without-knowing
- **Structured data is incomplete.** (+6 points) Missing: address, telephone, opening hours. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant
- **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": "Restaurant",
  "name": "Hand Cut Chophouse",
  "url": "https://handcutchophouse.com/",
  "telephone": "+1 480-494-2008",
  "email": "thomasjames@riothg.com",
  "address": {
    "@type": "PostalAddress",
    "streetAddress": "Camelback Rd 7135 E",
    "postalCode": "85251",
    "addressLocality": "Scottsdale"
  },
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 33.5012832,
    "longitude": -111.928436
  },
  "openingHours": "Mo-Th 11:00-21:00; Fr-Su 11:00-22:00",
  "openingHoursSpecification": [
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Monday",
        "Tuesday",
        "Wednesday",
        "Thursday"
      ],
      "opens": "11:00",
      "closes": "21:00"
    },
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Friday",
        "Saturday",
        "Sunday"
      ],
      "opens": "11:00",
      "closes": "22:00"
    }
  ],
  "acceptsReservations": "https://handcutchophouse.com/reservations/scottsdale/",
  "hasMenu": "https://handcutchophouse.com/menus/scottsdale/",
  "potentialAction": [
    {
      "@type": "ReserveAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://handcutchophouse.com/reservations/scottsdale/",
        "actionPlatform": [
          "http://schema.org/DesktopWebPlatform",
          "http://schema.org/MobileWebPlatform"
        ]
      },
      "result": {
        "@type": "Reservation",
        "name": "Reservation"
      }
    },
    {
      "@type": "OrderAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://riothospitalitygroup.olo.com/menu/hand-cut-scottsdale",
        "actionPlatform": [
          "http://schema.org/DesktopWebPlatform",
          "http://schema.org/MobileWebPlatform"
        ]
      }
    }
  ]
}
</script>
```

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

```
# Hand Cut Chophouse

> restaurant in Camelback Rd 7135 E 85251 Scottsdale, Phoenix. Phone +1 480-494-2008.

## Book or order directly

- Book: https://handcutchophouse.com/reservations/scottsdale/ (on the business's own site)
- Order: https://riothospitalitygroup.olo.com/menu/hand-cut-scottsdale (through olo acting for the business)
- Menu: https://handcutchophouse.com/menus/scottsdale/

## Opening hours

Mo-Th 11:00-21:00; Fr-Su 11:00-22:00

## About

- Website: https://handcutchophouse.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.
- **Structured data present (Organization).** but without address, phone or hours
- **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read items and prices directly.
- **Booking on your own site.** Agents can book without a marketplace in the loop.
- **Ordering through olo on your own domain.** No marketplace commission, and the guest stays yours.

## Where it stands
204 of 487 in Phoenix. Top 42% 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 | 100% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no edge block, no robots.txt block) | 94% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 52% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 36% | no |

Nearest places in the index: Maple & Ash (C, 80 m, https://directindex.org/r/mapleandash.com); P.F. Chang's (C, 177 m, https://directindex.org/r/pfchangs.com); Din Tai Fung (A, 178 m, https://directindex.org/r/dtf.com); Moxie's (B, 244 m, https://directindex.org/r/moxies.com); Auntie Anne's (F, 313 m, https://directindex.org/r/auntieannes.com); FnB (B, 392 m, https://directindex.org/r/fnbrestaurant.com); Tocaya Modern Mexican (B, 444 m, https://directindex.org/r/tocaya.com); Taj Mahal (F, 477 m, https://directindex.org/r/aztajmahal.com); Pizzeria Virtù (C, 925 m, https://directindex.org/r/virtuscottsdale.com); The House Brasserie (A, 927 m, https://directindex.org/r/thehousebrasserie.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 WordPress 59% (31% A or B, 38935 sites); Sites using Olo 74% (67% A or B, 66 sites); This site 70.8%.

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

## Businesses like Hand Cut Chophouse in Phoenix

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Phoenix | 487 | 57% | 42% | 70.8% |
| Sites built with WordPress in Phoenix | 136 | 72% | 63% | 70.8% |
| Sites using Olo in Phoenix | 8 | 79% | 88% | 70.8% |
| Sites built with WordPress and using Olo in Phoenix | 5 | 81% | 100% | 70.8% |

The best of the sites built with WordPress and using Olo in Phoenix: Chicken N Pickle (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/chickennpickle.com); Twin Peaks (B 83.1%, https://directindex.org/r/twinpeaksrestaurant.com); Ocean Prime (B 75.8%, https://directindex.org/r/ocean-prime.com); The Old Spaghetti Factory (B 73.8%, https://directindex.org/r/osf.com).

With the two fixes above (The server turns AI crawlers away at the door; Structured data is incomplete) the score would be about 95.4%: 16th of 487 in Phoenix, up from 204th.

## The direct record
What agents get for Hand Cut Chophouse, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/handcutchophouse.com
- Book: https://handcutchophouse.com/reservations/scottsdale/ (own site; found by the scan of 2026-10-16, not yet tested)
- Order: https://riothospitalitygroup.olo.com/menu/hand-cut-scottsdale (vendor on own site: Olo; found by the scan of 2026-10-16, not yet tested)
- Menu: https://handcutchophouse.com/menus/scottsdale/ (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: Mo-Th 11:00-21:00; Fr-Su 11:00-22:00 (closed now) (from OpenStreetMap)
- Phone: +1 480-494-2008
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/handcutchophouse.com/book, https://directindex.org/go/handcutchophouse.com/order, https://directindex.org/go/handcutchophouse.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

Found one hop past the home page: contact page /contact-us/: phone; booking page /reservations/scottsdale/: booking via opentable.

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 15 | 25 |
| Readable | 16 | 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/handcutchophouse.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/handcutchophouse.com/plan): the assistants asked again every month, with what changed; 2 EUR a month or 19 EUR a year.
Deep report: https://directindex.org/r/handcutchophouse.com/deep. Ten questions the way people ask, each assistant's full answer, the eight nearest similar places, the fix plan and a PDF: 5 EUR, one-off. 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=handcutchophouse.com&force=1