# Kotobuki: Agent-Direct Score F (12.3%)

Site: https://kotobukisd.com/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/kotobukisd.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.)
Kotobuki is largely invisible to agents.
AI assistants cannot open the website of Kotobuki, so they rely on what other sites say about it.

## Direct links
- Phone: +1 858-737-4267

## What to fix first
- **The site turns every visitor without a browser away, AI agents included.** (+25 points) A plain fetch was refused (challenge:checking your browser); only a real browser got the page. Every AI crawler and agent is turned away the same way, so Reachable scores 0 and the rest is measured on the rendered page. Ask the host to let the AI user agents through. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/blocking-ai-crawlers-without-knowing
- **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
- **Ordering through an unrecognised third party.** (+9 points) Check that the provider keeps you as the merchant of record. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/online-ordering-without-delivery-apps
- **Menu or price list lives on another site.** (+5 points) The link points to talech.com, so the credit and the traffic go there. 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": "Restaurant",
  "name": "Kotobuki",
  "url": "https://kotobukisd.com/",
  "telephone": "+1 858-737-4267",
  "address": {
    "@type": "PostalAddress",
    "streetAddress": "Clairemont Mesa Boulevard 9340",
    "postalCode": "92123",
    "addressLocality": "San Diego"
  },
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 32.8324657,
    "longitude": -117.12805
  },
  "openingHours": "Tu-Sa 12:00-14:00, 17:00-19:00",
  "openingHoursSpecification": [
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Tuesday",
        "Wednesday",
        "Thursday",
        "Friday",
        "Saturday"
      ],
      "opens": "12:00",
      "closes": "14:00"
    },
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Tuesday",
        "Wednesday",
        "Thursday",
        "Friday",
        "Saturday"
      ],
      "opens": "17:00",
      "closes": "19:00"
    }
  ],
  "servesCuisine": [
    "sushi"
  ],
  "hasMenu": "https://microsite.talech.com/ordering/KOTOBUKI-San-Diego-CA/mXgOQ9krdKmYWazv"
}
</script>
```

## Already right
- **robots.txt lets AI crawlers in.** There is no robots.txt, which allows everything.

## Where it stands
703 of 788 in San Diego. Top 89% 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% | no |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 99% | no |
| Let AI crawlers in (no edge block, no robots.txt block) | 90% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 61% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 23% | no |

Nearest places with a similar menu: Sushi Deli 3 (F, 2573 m, https://directindex.org/r/sushideliusa.com); Obi's Sushi (B, 2662 m, https://directindex.org/r/obissushi.com); Bonchon Chicken (A, 2676 m, https://directindex.org/r/bonchon.com); Itacho Sushi (F, 3041 m, https://directindex.org/r/itachosushi.us); Harmony Cuisine 2b1 (B, 3190 m, https://directindex.org/r/hc2b1.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 WordPress 59% (31% A or B, 38935 sites); This site 12.3%.

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

## Businesses like Kotobuki in San Diego

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in San Diego | 788 | 59% | 42% | 12.3% |
| Sites built with WordPress in San Diego | 202 | 70% | 55% | 12.3% |

The best of the sites built with WordPress in San Diego: Buca di Beppo (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/dineatbuca.com); Fogo de Chão (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/fogodechao.com); K Sandwiches (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/ksandwiches.com); Osteria Panevino (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/osteriapanevino.com); Regents Pizzeria (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/regentspizza.com).

With the three fixes above (The site turns every visitor without a browser away, AI agents included; No structured data for the business; Ordering through an unrecognised third party) the score would be about 87.7%: 96th of 788 in San Diego, up from 703rd.

## The direct record
What agents get for Kotobuki, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/kotobukisd.com
- Book: none on record
- Order: none on record
- Menu: https://microsite.talech.com/ordering/KOTOBUKI-San-Diego-CA/mXgOQ9krdKmYWazv (external; from the scan)
- Hours: Tu-Sa 12:00-14:00, 17:00-19:00 (closed now) (from OpenStreetMap)
- Phone: +1 858-737-4267
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/kotobukisd.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

Only a real browser got this page (a plain fetch got challenge:checking your browser); Readable and Actionable were measured on the rendered page.

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 0 | 25 |
| Readable | 2 | 25 |
| Actionable | 6 | 15 (the action test: pending) |
| Cited | 0 | 0 (the assistant citation check: pending) |

## Agent readiness (Cloudflare)
Not measured for this scan.
- JSON-LD for the business: no

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