# Maru: Agent-Direct Score A (95.4%)

Site: https://www.maru.ch/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/maru.ch
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.)
Maru is ready for agents.

## Direct links
- Book directly: https://www.maru.ch/reservation (on the business's own site)
- Menu: https://www.maru.ch/speisekarte
- Phone: +41 43 544 79 75

## 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.

```
# Maru

> fast food restaurant (japanese) in 8001 Zürich, Zurich. Phone +41 43 544 79 75.

## Book or order directly

- Book: https://www.maru.ch/reservation (on the business's own site)
- Menu: https://www.maru.ch/speisekarte

## Opening hours

Mo-Fr 09:00-21:00; Sa,Su 09:00-20:30

## About

- Website: https://www.maru.ch/
- 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.
- **Booking on your own site.** Agents can book without a marketplace in the loop.

## Where it stands
15 of 926 in Zurich. Top 2% 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 | 99% | yes |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 81% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no edge block, no robots.txt block) | 97% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 41% | yes |
| Have an llms.txt | 33% | no |

Nearest places with a similar menu: tsuru tsuru noodlebar (C, 215 m, https://directindex.org/r/tsuru-tsuru.ch); Sala of Tokyo (C, 216 m, https://directindex.org/r/sala-of-tokyo.ch); Machida Shoten (D, 299 m, https://directindex.org/r/machidashoten.com); Tokyo Express @ bridge (B, 497 m, https://directindex.org/r/bridgezurich.ch); SEAM – Japanese Kappo Cuisine (D, 516 m, https://directindex.org/r/kappo-seam.ch); Chifa Izakaya (A, 559 m, https://directindex.org/r/chifa-izakaya.ch); Ikoo (D, 931 m, https://directindex.org/r/ikoo.ch); Metropol (D, 1082 m, https://directindex.org/r/metropol-restaurant.ch); Gaijin Izakaya (A, 1105 m, https://directindex.org/r/gaijin-izakaya.ch); PUTPUTakeaway (F, 1143 m, https://directindex.org/r/putput.ch).

## 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 Squarespace 65% (47% A or B, 7027 sites); This site 95.4%.

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

## Businesses like Maru in Zurich

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Same kind in Zurich | 926 | 49% | 26% | 95.4% |
| Built with Squarespace in Zurich | 60 | 73% | 63% | 95.4% |

The best of Built with Squarespace in Zurich: Chiang Mai (A 93.8%, https://directindex.org/r/chiang-mai.ch); Nüni (A 93.8%, https://directindex.org/r/xn--nni-hoa.ch); Stubä (A 93.8%, https://directindex.org/r/stube.me); 8304 | Altes Feuerwehrgebäude (A 92.3%, https://directindex.org/r/8304.zuerich); Eatpunk (A 92.3%, https://directindex.org/r/eatpunk.ch).

## The direct record
What agents get for Maru, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/maru.ch
- Book: https://www.maru.ch/reservation (own site; found by the scan of 2026-10-14, not yet tested)
- Order: none on record
- Menu: https://www.maru.ch/speisekarte (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: Mo-Fr 09:00-21:00; Sa,Su 09:00-20:30 (closed now) (from OpenStreetMap)
- Phone: +41 43 544 79 75
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/maru.ch/book, https://directindex.org/go/maru.ch/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

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

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 25 | 25 |
| Readable | 22 | 25 |
| Actionable | 15 | 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/maru.ch
- 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/maru.ch/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=maru.ch&force=1