# Harold's Chicken Shack: Agent-Direct Score B (73.8%)

Site: https://www.haroldschickendowntown.com/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/haroldschickendowntown.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.)
Harold's Chicken Shack is mostly ready for agents.

## Direct links
- Order directly: https://www.haroldschickendowntown.com/pages/takeout (on the business's own site)

## What to fix first
- **Structured data is incomplete.** (+7 points) Missing: address, telephone, opening hours. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant
- **No menu or price list found.** (+7 points) Agents answer 'what do they offer' from marketplaces instead. Add a menu or price list page and link it from the homepage. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/menu-pdf-ai

## 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": "FastFoodRestaurant",
  "name": "Harold's Chicken Shack",
  "url": "https://www.haroldschickendowntown.com/",
  "address": {
    "@type": "PostalAddress",
    "streetAddress": "South Wabash Avenue 612",
    "postalCode": "60605",
    "addressLocality": "Chicago"
  },
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 41.8739478,
    "longitude": -87.6262224
  },
  "servesCuisine": [
    "chicken"
  ],
  "potentialAction": [
    {
      "@type": "OrderAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://www.haroldschickendowntown.com/pages/takeout",
        "actionPlatform": [
          "http://schema.org/DesktopWebPlatform",
          "http://schema.org/MobileWebPlatform"
        ]
      }
    }
  ]
}
</script>
```

## 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 (Organization).** but without address, phone or hours
- **Ordering on your own site.** Agents can order without a marketplace in the loop.

## Where it stands
458 of 1561 in Chicago. Top 29% 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 | 97% | no |
| Let AI crawlers in (no edge block, no robots.txt block) | 95% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 52% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 19% | yes |

Nearest places with a similar menu: Jollibee (B, 711 m, https://directindex.org/r/jollibeefoods.com); Delmonico Restaurant (D, 1077 m, https://directindex.org/r/delmonicochicago.com); Chick-fil-A (A, 1304 m, https://directindex.org/r/chick-fil-a.com); CityBird Tenders (C, 1871 m, https://directindex.org/r/citybirdtenders.com); bb.q Chicken (F, 2164 m, https://directindex.org/r/bbq.co.kr).

## 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 Shopify 58% (37% A or B, 1345 sites); This site 73.8%.

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

## Businesses like Harold's Chicken Shack in Chicago

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Same kind in Chicago | 1561 | 50% | 38% | 73.8% |
| Built with Shopify in Chicago | 8 | 71% | 88% | 73.8% |

The best of Built with Shopify in Chicago: Italian Homemade Company (A 86.2%, https://directindex.org/r/italianhomemade.com); Mozzarella Store, Pizza & Caffè (B 76.9%, https://directindex.org/r/mozzarellastores.com); Luke's Lobster City Hall (B 75.4%, https://directindex.org/r/lukeslobster.com); Reef Kabob (B 73.8%, https://directindex.org/r/icanvas.rs); Nékter Juice Bar (B 72.3%, https://directindex.org/r/nekterjuicebar.com).

With the two fixes above (Structured data is incomplete; No menu or price list found) the score would be about 95.4%: 38th of 1,561 in Chicago, up from 458th.

## The direct record
What agents get for Harold's Chicken Shack, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/haroldschickendowntown.com
- Book: none on record
- Order: https://www.haroldschickendowntown.com/pages/takeout (own site; found by the scan of 2026-10-14, not yet tested)
- Menu: none on record
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: none on record
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/haroldschickendowntown.com/order

## 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

Not measured at this scan; the next scan measures it.

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 25 | 25 |
| Readable | 8 | 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/haroldschickendowntown.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: yes
- llms.txt: yes
- 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: yes
- OAuth protected resource metadata: yes
- 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: yes
- JSON-LD for the business: yes

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