# Marulilu Cafe: Agent-Direct Score A (87.7%)

Site: https://marulilu.com/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/marulilu.ca
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.)
Marulilu Cafe is ready for agents.

## Direct links
- Order directly: https://marulilu-cafe.square.site/ (through square acting for the business)
- Menu: https://marulilu.ca/side.html
- Phone: +1-604-568-4211

## 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.

```
# Marulilu Cafe

> restaurant (japanese) in West Broadway 451 V5Y 1R4 Vancouver, Vancouver. Phone +1-604-568-4211.

## Book or order directly

- Order: https://marulilu-cafe.square.site/ (through square acting for the business)
- Menu: https://marulilu.ca/side.html

## Opening hours

Mo,Th,Fr,PH 09:00-18:00; We 09:00-15:00; Sa,Su 08:30-18:00; Tu off

## About

- Website: https://marulilu.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.** There is no robots.txt, which allows everything.
- **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 square on your own domain.** No marketplace commission, and the guest stays yours.

## Since the scan of 2026-10-14 (A then)
- Fixed: nothing
- New: nothing

## Where it stands
68 of 972 in Vancouver. Top 7% 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 | 99% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no edge block, no robots.txt block) | 87% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 45% | yes |
| Have an llms.txt | 21% | no |

Nearest places with a similar menu: Oishinoya (F, 26 m, https://directindex.org/r/oishinoya.ca); Uma Sushi (A, 57 m, https://directindex.org/r/umasushi.ca); Kamei on Broadway (F, 309 m, https://directindex.org/r/kameibroadway.ca); Kisokoma Japanese Restaurant (C, 575 m, https://directindex.org/r/kisokoma.com); Shiro Japanese Restaurant (C, 602 m, https://directindex.org/r/shirovancouver.com); Alley 16 (D, 708 m, https://directindex.org/r/alley16.com); Homura Yakiniku (F, 829 m, https://directindex.org/r/homura-yakiniku.com); Miso Taco (B, 1001 m, https://directindex.org/r/misotaco.ca); Kaori Izakaya (B, 1096 m, https://directindex.org/r/kaoriizakaya.ca); Tojos (A, 1143 m, https://directindex.org/r/tojos.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.

Score over 2 scans since 2026-10-14: 2026-10-14 88%, 2026-10-14 88%.

Against its peers: Sites using Square 69% (48% A or B, 779 sites); This site 87.7%.

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

## Businesses like Marulilu Cafe in Vancouver

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Same kind in Vancouver | 972 | 53% | 38% | 87.7% |
| Using Square in Vancouver | 14 | 69% | 43% | 87.7% |

The best of Using Square in Vancouver: Anh And Chi (A 86.2%, https://directindex.org/r/anhandchi.com); Field & Social (B 83.1%, https://directindex.org/r/fieldandsocial.com); Nami Vietnamese (B 81.5%, https://directindex.org/r/namivietnamese.com); Kingyo (B 78.5%, https://directindex.org/r/kingyo-izakaya.ca); Hi5 Pizza and Donair (B 70.8%, https://directindex.org/r/hi5pizza.ca).

## The direct record
What agents get for Marulilu Cafe, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/marulilu.ca
- Book: none on record
- Order: https://marulilu-cafe.square.site/ (vendor on own site: Square; found by the scan of 2026-10-14, not yet tested)
- Menu: https://marulilu.ca/side.html (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: Mo,Th,Fr,PH 09:00-18:00; We 09:00-15:00; Sa,Su 08:30-18:00; Tu off (closed now) (from OpenStreetMap)
- Phone: +1-604-568-4211
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/marulilu.ca/order, https://directindex.org/go/marulilu.ca/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, Square: Yes. Square takes orders placed in ChatGPT and Claude for US food sellers since 1 July 2026 with no seller setup; its Buyer Account Terms still bar robots and scrapers from accessing Block systems. Read 2026-10-15: https://squareup.com/us/en/press/claude-chatgpt-integrations

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 0 of 5, Not Ready. Cloudflare's report: https://isitagentready.com/marulilu.ca
- 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: yes

Deep report: https://directindex.org/r/marulilu.ca/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=marulilu.ca&force=1