# India Palace: Agent-Direct Score C (64.6%)

Site: https://indiapalacemn.com/uptown/index.php
Report: https://directindex.org/r/indiapalacemn.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.)
India Palace is partly visible to agents.
An AI assistant can open the website of India Palace. It can read what India Palace offers. It finds a way to book or order directly, through ChowNow.

## Direct links
- Order directly: https://direct.chownow.com/order/18277/locations (through chownow acting for the business)
- Menu: https://indiapalacemn.com/uptown/menu.php

## What to fix first
- **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). It is the one block every assistant reads first; the fix kit below has it filled in. 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": "India Palace",
  "url": "https://indiapalacemn.com/uptown/index.php",
  "address": {
    "@type": "PostalAddress",
    "streetAddress": "Hennepin Avenue South 2546"
  },
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 44.9561305,
    "longitude": -93.2971062
  },
  "openingHours": "11:00-22:00; PH off",
  "openingHoursSpecification": [
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [],
      "opens": "11:00",
      "closes": "22:00"
    }
  ],
  "servesCuisine": [
    "indian"
  ],
  "hasMenu": "https://indiapalacemn.com/uptown/menu.php",
  "potentialAction": [
    {
      "@type": "OrderAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://direct.chownow.com/order/18277/locations",
        "actionPlatform": [
          "http://schema.org/DesktopWebPlatform",
          "http://schema.org/MobileWebPlatform"
        ]
      }
    }
  ]
}
</script>
```

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

```
# India Palace

> restaurant (indian) in Hennepin Avenue South 2546, Minneapolis.

## Book or order directly

- Order: https://direct.chownow.com/order/18277/locations (through chownow acting for the business)
- Menu: https://indiapalacemn.com/uptown/menu.php

## Opening hours

11:00-22:00; PH off

## About

- Website: https://indiapalacemn.com/uptown/index.php
- This file follows llms.txt (https://llmstxt.org): a short plain-text description for language models.
```

## Already right
- **robots.txt lets AI crawlers in.** There is no robots.txt, which allows everything.
- **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.
- **Ordering through chownow on your own domain.** No marketplace commission, and the guest stays yours.

## Where it stands
232 of 416 in Minneapolis. Top 56% 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) | 95% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 69% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 2% | no |

Nearest places in the index: Soho Cafe (B, 34 m, https://directindex.org/r/sohocafemenu.com); Uptown Diner (C, 42 m, https://directindex.org/r/theuptowndiner.com); Nico's Taco and Tequila Bar (C, 99 m, https://directindex.org/r/nicostacobar.com); Namaste Cafe (B, 114 m, https://directindex.org/r/namastecafemn.com); Rinata Restaurant (D, 223 m, https://directindex.org/r/rinatarestaurant.com); Urban Eats Halal (F, 473 m, https://directindex.org/r/urbaneatsmn.com); Five Guys (A, 475 m, https://directindex.org/r/fiveguys.com); Kiku Bistro (B, 553 m, https://directindex.org/r/kikubistro.com); La Bodega Taco Bar (F, 576 m, https://directindex.org/r/labodegataco.com); Dreamstate Cafe (C, 691 m, https://directindex.org/r/dreamstatecafe.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 ChowNow 70% (50% A or B, 400 sites); This site 64.6%.

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

## Businesses like India Palace in Minneapolis

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Minneapolis | 416 | 63% | 48% | 64.6% |
| Sites using ChowNow in Minneapolis | 16 | 69% | 44% | 64.6% |

The best of the sites using ChowNow in Minneapolis: Restaurant at the Nicollet Island Inn (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/nicolletislandinn.com); Book Club Restaurant (A 86.2%, https://directindex.org/r/bookclubrestaurant.com); Pho 79 (A 86.2%, https://directindex.org/r/pho79caravellemlps.com); Valerie's Taqueria (B 84.6%, https://directindex.org/r/valeriestaqueria.com); Kyatchi (B 73.8%, https://directindex.org/r/kyatchi.com).

With the fix above (No structured data for the business) the score would be about 87.7%: 67th of 416 in Minneapolis, up from 232nd.

## The direct record
What agents get for India Palace, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/indiapalacemn.com
- Book: none on record
- Order: https://direct.chownow.com/order/18277/locations (vendor on own site: ChowNow; found by the scan of 2026-10-16, not yet tested)
- Menu: https://indiapalacemn.com/uptown/menu.php (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: 11:00-22:00; PH off (closed now) (from OpenStreetMap)
- Phone: none on record
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/indiapalacemn.com/order, https://directindex.org/go/indiapalacemn.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
- Vendor terms for agents, ChowNow: Not stated. ChowNow's customer terms (8 September 2025) bar automated means such as spiders, robots and crawlers to download or scrape data, except search engines; they do not address an agent placing an order for a person, and no agent programme was found. Read 2026-10-15: https://get.chownow.com/terms-of-service

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 25 | 25 |
| Readable | 7 | 25 |
| Actionable | 10 | 15 (the action test: pending) |
| Cited | 0 | 0 (the assistant citation check: pending) |

## Agent readiness (Cloudflare)
Level 0 of 5, Not Ready. Cloudflare's report: https://isitagentready.com/indiapalacemn.com
- Link headers on the homepage: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/link-headers/SKILL.md)
- sitemap.xml: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/sitemap/SKILL.md)
- AI bot rules in robots.txt: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/ai-rules/SKILL.md)
- 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: no

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