# Lincoln's Waffle Shop: Agent-Direct Score D (44.2%)

Site: https://www.lincolnswaffleshop.com/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/lincolnswaffleshop.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.)
Lincoln's Waffle Shop is hard for agents to use.

## Direct links
- Menu: https://www.lincolnswaffleshop.com/menu.html
- Phone: +1 202-638-4008

## 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 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
- **The server turns AI crawlers away at the door.** (+3.3 points) Live fetches as ClaudeBot (challenge:attention required) were refused while a normal browser got the page. This is usually a hosting or firewall bot list the owner never chose. Ask the host to allow these user agents. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/blocking-ai-crawlers-without-knowing
- **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": "Lincoln's Waffle Shop",
  "url": "https://www.lincolnswaffleshop.com/",
  "telephone": "+1 202-638-4008",
  "address": {
    "@type": "PostalAddress",
    "streetAddress": "10th Street Northwest 504",
    "postalCode": "20004-1401",
    "addressLocality": "Washington"
  },
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 38.8966087,
    "longitude": -77.0262106
  },
  "openingHours": "06:00-14:00",
  "openingHoursSpecification": [
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [],
      "opens": "06:00",
      "closes": "14:00"
    }
  ],
  "servesCuisine": [
    "american"
  ],
  "hasMenu": "https://www.lincolnswaffleshop.com/menu.html"
}
</script>
```

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

```
# Lincoln's Waffle Shop

> restaurant (american) in 10th Street Northwest 504 20004-1401 Washington, Washington, DC. Phone +1 202-638-4008.

## Book or order directly

- Menu: https://www.lincolnswaffleshop.com/menu.html

## Opening hours

06:00-14:00

## About

- Website: https://www.lincolnswaffleshop.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.
- **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read items and prices directly.

## Where it stands
Not ranked yet in Washington, DC.

Nearest places with a similar menu: Hard Rock Cafe (B, 54 m, https://directindex.org/r/hardrock.com); The Smith (B, 196 m, https://directindex.org/r/thesmithrestaurant.com); Proper 21 (C, 390 m, https://directindex.org/r/proper21.com); Avenue Grill (C, 430 m, https://directindex.org/r/marriott.com); HipCityVeg (B, 441 m, https://directindex.org/r/hipcityveg.com); Bobby Van's Grill (B, 513 m, https://directindex.org/r/bobbyvansnyave.com); Old Ebbitt Grill (B, 637 m, https://directindex.org/r/ebbitt.com); The Brown Bag (B, 876 m, https://directindex.org/r/brownbagonline.com); The Oval Room (F, 1157 m, https://directindex.org/r/ovalroom.com); Gerrard Street Kitchen (C, 1483 m, https://directindex.org/r/gotoeat.net).

## 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 Webflow 57% (25% A or B, 1854 sites); This site 44.2%.

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

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 21.7 | 25 |
| Readable | 7 | 25 |
| Actionable | 0 | 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/lincolnswaffleshop.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: no

Deep report: https://directindex.org/r/lincolnswaffleshop.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=lincolnswaffleshop.com&force=1