# Harvard Gardens: Agent-Direct Score A (92.3%)

Site: https://www.harvardgardens.com
Report: https://directindex.org/r/harvardgardens.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.)
Harvard Gardens is ready for agents.

## Direct links
- Order directly: https://order.online/store/harvard-gardens-boston-29697036 (through doordash_storefront acting for the business)
- Menu: https://www.harvardgardens.com/menus
- Phone: +1-617-523-2727

## What to fix first
- **Booking only through resy.** (+5 points) Every agent transaction goes through the marketplace and its commission. Add a direct path on your own site, even a simple form. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/book-direct-on-your-own-website

## 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 (Restaurant).** 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
31 of 924 in Boston. Top 3% 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 | 98% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no edge block, no robots.txt block) | 92% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 47% | yes |
| Have an llms.txt | 16% | yes |

Nearest places with a similar menu: Tip Tap Room (B, 407 m, https://directindex.org/r/thetiptaproom.com); Banners Kitchen & Tap (B, 791 m, https://directindex.org/r/bannerskitchenandtap.com); Ruth's Chris Steak House (F, 832 m, https://directindex.org/r/ruthschris.com); Democracy Brewing (C, 861 m, https://directindex.org/r/democracybrewing.com); The Cheesecake Factory (B, 916 m, https://directindex.org/r/thecheesecakefactory.com); Blu (C, 995 m, https://directindex.org/r/blurestaurant.com); Neptune Oyster (B, 1091 m, https://directindex.org/r/neptuneoyster.com); Commonwealth Cambridge (D, 1157 m, https://directindex.org/r/milkandhoneythebakery.com); Smith & Wollensky (A, 1619 m, https://directindex.org/r/smithandwollensky.com); State Park (C, 1886 m, https://directindex.org/r/stateparkbar.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 using Resy 69% (48% A or B, 548 sites); Sites using DoorDash Storefront 72% (59% A or B, 506 sites); This site 92.3%.

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

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 25 | 25 |
| Readable | 25 | 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/harvardgardens.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: 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: 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/harvardgardens.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=harvardgardens.com&force=1