# Howlin' Ray's: Agent-Direct Score D (49.2%)

Site: https://howlinrays.com/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/howlinrays.com
Scanned: 2026-10-14 (provisional: the action test and the assistant citation check pending)
Howlin' Ray's is hard for agents to use.

## Direct links
- Menu: https://howlinrays.com/pages/menu
- Phone: +1 213-935-8399

## What to fix first, by points
- **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 for a restaurant. It is the one block every assistant reads first. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant
- **No booking or ordering path at all.** (+15 points) Agents have nothing to act on. Add a booking or ordering page on your own domain. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/book-direct-on-your-own-website

## Fix kit: what to paste

Structured data, one block in the page head:

```html
<script type="application/ld+json">
{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "Restaurant",
  "name": "Howlin' Ray's",
  "url": "https://howlinrays.com/",
  "telephone": "+1 213-935-8399",
  "email": "hello@howlinrays.com",
  "address": {
    "@type": "PostalAddress",
    "streetAddress": "North Broadway 727",
    "postalCode": "90012",
    "addressLocality": "Los Angeles"
  },
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 34.0615478,
    "longitude": -118.2397115
  },
  "openingHours": "We-Su 11:00-19:00",
  "openingHoursSpecification": [
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Wednesday",
        "Thursday",
        "Friday",
        "Saturday",
        "Sunday"
      ],
      "opens": "11:00",
      "closes": "19:00"
    }
  ],
  "servesCuisine": [
    "american",
    "chicken",
    "sandwich"
  ],
  "hasMenu": "https://howlinrays.com/pages/menu"
}
</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.
- **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read items and prices directly.

## Where it stands
Rank 903 of 1672 in Los Angeles (top 54%).

| What the top tenth does | Top 10% | This site |
|---|---|---|
| Take bookings or orders on their own domain | 100% | no |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 97% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no edge block, no robots.txt block) | 96% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 48% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 19% | yes |

Nearest places with a similar menu: Philippe The Original (B, 329 m, https://directindex.org/r/philippes.com); Homeboy Diner (D, 927 m, https://directindex.org/r/homeboyindustries.org); Justice Urban Tavern (D, 1204 m, https://directindex.org/r/hugedomains.com); Redbird LA (A, 1284 m, https://directindex.org/r/redbird.la); Majordomo (C, 1505 m, https://directindex.org/r/momofuku.com); Sultan Chicken Restaurant (F, 1994 m, https://directindex.org/r/sultanchicken.com); BROKEN MOUTH (B, 2333 m, https://directindex.org/r/eatbrokenmouth.com); Uncle John's Cafe (F, 2398 m, https://directindex.org/r/unclejohnsdtla.com); Tokyo Fried Chicken (F, 2434 m, https://directindex.org/r/tokyofriedchicken.com); Hill Grill (F, 3002 m, https://directindex.org/r/hillgrilldtla.com).

## What assistants answer
Not asked yet. Assistants are asked about the top-ranked and claimed businesses in each city index.

Against its peers: Sites built with Shopify average 61% (36% A or B, 1336 sites); this site 49.2%.

What an AI agent reads on this site: https://directindex.org/r/howlinrays.com/agent-view

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| reachable | 25 | 25 |
| readable | 7 | 25 |
| actionable | 0 | 15 (action_test pending) |
| cited | 0 | 0 (probes pending) |

## Agent readiness (Cloudflare criteria)
Level 1 of 5: Basic Web Presence. Cloudflare's report: https://isitagentready.com/howlinrays.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: no

Methodology: https://directindex.org/methodology · Rescan: https://directindex.org/scan?url=howlinrays.com&force=1