# Ho Foods: Agent-Direct Score C (66.2%)

Site: https://www.hofoodsnyc.com/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/hofoodsnyc.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.)
Ho Foods is partly visible to agents.
An AI assistant can open the website of Ho Foods. It finds no menu or price list, so it answers from other sites. It finds a way to book or order directly, through Square.

## Direct links
- Order directly: https://hofoods.square.site/ (through square acting for the business)
- Phone: +1 347-788-0682

## 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
- **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": "Ho Foods",
  "url": "https://www.hofoodsnyc.com/",
  "telephone": "+1 347-788-0682",
  "email": "hello@hofoodsnyc.com",
  "address": {
    "@type": "PostalAddress",
    "streetAddress": "East 7th Street 110",
    "postalCode": "10009"
  },
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 40.7264166,
    "longitude": -73.9847126
  },
  "openingHours": "Th,Fr 12:00-20:00; Sa,Su 10:30-15:30,17:00-21:00",
  "openingHoursSpecification": [
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Thursday",
        "Friday"
      ],
      "opens": "12:00",
      "closes": "20:00"
    },
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Saturday",
        "Sunday"
      ],
      "opens": "10:30",
      "closes": "15:30"
    },
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Saturday",
        "Sunday"
      ],
      "opens": "17:00",
      "closes": "21:00"
    }
  ],
  "servesCuisine": [
    "taiwanese"
  ],
  "potentialAction": [
    {
      "@type": "OrderAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://hofoods.square.site/",
        "actionPlatform": [
          "http://schema.org/DesktopWebPlatform",
          "http://schema.org/MobileWebPlatform"
        ]
      }
    }
  ]
}
</script>
```

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

```
# Ho Foods

> restaurant (taiwanese) in East 7th Street 110 10009, New York. Phone +1 347-788-0682.

## Book or order directly

- Order: https://hofoods.square.site/ (through square acting for the business)

## Opening hours

Th,Fr 12:00-20:00; Sa,Su 10:30-15:30,17:00-21:00

## About

- Website: https://www.hofoodsnyc.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.
- **AI crawlers get the page.** GPTBot, ClaudeBot and PerplexityBot all received a normal response.
- **Structured data present (LocalBusiness).** but without address, phone or hours
- **Ordering through square on your own domain.** No marketplace commission, and the guest stays yours.

## Where it stands
1870 of 4270 in New York. Top 44% 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% | no |
| Let AI crawlers in (no edge block, no robots.txt block) | 94% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 50% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 13% | no |

Nearest places in the index: Giano (C, 53 m, https://directindex.org/r/gianonyc.com); Pylos Restaurant (D, 60 m, https://directindex.org/r/pylosrestaurant.com); Caravan of Dreams (B, 85 m, https://directindex.org/r/caravanofdreams.net); Hunan Slurp (A, 90 m, https://directindex.org/r/hunanslurp.com); Twilight Lounge (C, 91 m, https://directindex.org/r/twilightloungenyc.com); MaLa Project (C, 99 m, https://directindex.org/r/malaproject.com); Avant Garden (B, 104 m, https://directindex.org/r/avantgardennyc.com); Cafe Mogador (B, 107 m, https://directindex.org/r/cafemogador.com); Crif Dogs (A, 107 m, https://directindex.org/r/crifdogs.com); Superiority Burger (B, 108 m, https://directindex.org/r/superiorityburger.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 Square 69% (47% A or B, 793 sites); This site 66.2%.

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

## Businesses like Ho Foods in New York

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in New York | 4270 | 52% | 40% | 66.2% |
| Sites built with Squarespace in New York | 543 | 74% | 64% | 66.2% |
| Sites using Square in New York | 87 | 76% | 63% | 66.2% |
| Sites built with Squarespace and using Square in New York | 31 | 77% | 71% | 66.2% |

The best of the sites built with Squarespace and using Square in New York: noreetuh (A 92.3%, https://directindex.org/r/noreetuh.com); A.T.M. Vegan Deli (A 89.2%, https://directindex.org/r/atmvegandeli.com); Dame (A 86.2%, https://directindex.org/r/damenewyork.com); El Mitote (A 86.2%, https://directindex.org/r/elmitoteny.com); Ella Social (A 86.2%, https://directindex.org/r/ellasocial.com).

With the two fixes above (Structured data is incomplete; No menu or price list found) the score would be about 87.7%: 471st of 4,270 in New York, up from 1870th.

## The direct record
What agents get for Ho Foods, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/hofoodsnyc.com
- Book: none on record
- Order: https://hofoods.square.site/ (vendor on own site: Square; found by the scan of 2026-10-14, not yet tested)
- Menu: none on record
- Hours: Th,Fr 12:00-20:00; Sa,Su 10:30-15:30,17:00-21:00 (open now) (from OpenStreetMap)
- Phone: +1 347-788-0682
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/hofoodsnyc.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
- Vendor terms for agents, Square: Yes. Square takes orders placed in ChatGPT and Claude for US food sellers since 1 July 2026 with no seller setup; its Buyer Account Terms still bar robots and scrapers from accessing Block systems. Read 2026-10-15: https://squareup.com/us/en/press/claude-chatgpt-integrations

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

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 25 | 25 |
| Readable | 8 | 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/hofoodsnyc.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/hofoodsnyc.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/hofoodsnyc.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=hofoodsnyc.com&force=1