# Li's Hot Pot & BBQ: Agent-Direct Score A (87.7%)

Site: https://www.lishotpotandbbq.com/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/lishotpotandbbq.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.)
Li's Hot Pot & BBQ is ready for agents.

## Direct links
- Order directly: https://direct.chownow.com/order/42226/locations/63816 (through chownow acting for the business)
- Menu: https://lishotpotandbbq.com/menu/
- Phone: +1 973-339-9136

## What to fix first
- **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

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

```
# Li's Hot Pot & BBQ

> restaurant (chinese, barbecue) in US Highway 46 475 07424 Little Falls, New York. Phone +1 973-339-9136.

## Book or order directly

- Order: https://direct.chownow.com/order/42226/locations/63816 (through chownow acting for the business)
- Menu: https://lishotpotandbbq.com/menu/

## Opening hours

Su-Th 12:00-22:00; Fr-Sa 12:00-23:00

## About

- Website: https://www.lishotpotandbbq.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 (Restaurant).** address, phone, opening hours
- **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
518 of 4270 in New York. Top 12% 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% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no edge block, no robots.txt block) | 94% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 50% | yes |
| Have an llms.txt | 13% | no |

Nearest places in the index: Dante's (C, 603 m, https://directindex.org/r/dantesclifton.com); The Hearth (D, 1128 m, https://directindex.org/r/hugedomains.com); Bask46 (A, 1902 m, https://directindex.org/r/bask46.com); Imperial 46 Restaurant (C, 1922 m, https://directindex.org/r/imperial46restaurant.com); The Barrow House (B, 1940 m, https://directindex.org/r/thebarrowhouse.com); Mr. Cupcakes (B, 2199 m, https://directindex.org/r/mrcupcakes.com); Naxos Estiatorio (C, 2354 m, https://directindex.org/r/naxosestiatorio.com); Maggie's Town Tavern (C, 2484 m, https://directindex.org/r/maggiestowntavern.com); Vietnam Pho (B, 2560 m, https://directindex.org/r/vietnamphonj.com); Slap Burger (F, 2805 m, https://directindex.org/r/seamless.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 58% (29% A or B, 36926 sites); Sites using ChowNow 72% (53% A or B, 270 sites); This site 87.7%.

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

## Businesses like Li's Hot Pot & BBQ in New York

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Same kind in New York | 4270 | 52% | 40% | 87.7% |
| Built with WordPress in New York | 667 | 67% | 49% | 87.7% |
| Using ChowNow in New York | 88 | 76% | 60% | 87.7% |
| Built with WordPress and using ChowNow in New York | 15 | 71% | 40% | 87.7% |

The best of Built with WordPress and using ChowNow in New York: Madison Bar & Grill (A 90.8%, https://directindex.org/r/madisonbarandgrill.com); Breeze (A 87.2%, https://directindex.org/r/breezebk.com); Pilgrim Diner (B 80%, https://directindex.org/r/thepilgrimdiner.com); Blue (B 78.5%, https://directindex.org/r/bluerestaurantnyc.com); Napoli's (B 76.9%, https://directindex.org/r/napolishobokenpizza.com).

## The direct record
What agents get for Li's Hot Pot & BBQ, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/lishotpotandbbq.com
- Book: none on record
- Order: https://direct.chownow.com/order/42226/locations/63816 (vendor on own site: ChowNow; found by the scan of 2026-10-14, not yet tested)
- Menu: https://lishotpotandbbq.com/menu/ (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: Su-Th 12:00-22:00; Fr-Sa 12:00-23:00 (closed now) (from OpenStreetMap)
- Phone: +1 973-339-9136
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/lishotpotandbbq.com/order, https://directindex.org/go/lishotpotandbbq.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): 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, 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

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

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 25 | 25 |
| Readable | 22 | 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/lishotpotandbbq.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

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