# Oba: Agent-Direct Score C (55.4%) Site: https://merrioncentre.co.uk/units/oba-kitchen-and-bar Report: https://directindex.org/r/merrioncentre.co.uk Scanned: 2026-10-24 (Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.) Oba is partly visible to agents. An AI assistant can open Oba's website. What Oba offers is in a PDF or an image, and assistants read those badly. It finds a way to book or order directly, through obaleeds.co.uk. ## Direct links - Menu: https://www.merrioncentre.co.uk/files/a72651f2db_2021-09-14-10-09-51.pdf - Phone: +44 113 244 2956 - Address: Wade Lane 2 LS2 8NG Leeds - Hours, from OpenStreetMap: Mo-Th 12:00-23:00, Fr-Sa 12:00-00:00 - Step-free access (OpenStreetMap) ## Nearby, also direct Places near Oba that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between. - Fuji Hiro (30 m): https://directindex.org/r/fuji-hiro.co.uk - Hama (90 m): https://directindex.org/r/hamakbbq.co.uk - Blue Sakura (120 m): https://directindex.org/r/bluesakura.co.uk - Mommy Mookrata (130 m): https://directindex.org/r/mommymookrata.co.uk - Teppanyaki (160 m): https://directindex.org/r/teppanyakileeds.com ## What to fix first - **No structured data for the business.** (+14 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). Every assistant reads this block first, and the fix kit below has it filled in. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant - **Booking through an unrecognised third party.** (+9 points) Check that the provider keeps your business as the seller of record. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/book-direct-on-your-own-website - **Ordering through an unrecognised third party.** (+9 points) Check that the provider keeps your business as the seller of record. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/online-ordering-without-delivery-apps - **Menu or price list is a PDF.** (+3 points) Most agents skip PDFs or read them badly. Publish it as an HTML page and keep the PDF as a download. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/menu-pdf-ai - **No llms.txt.** (no points, but worth doing) Optional for now and cheap to add. It's a short text file that describes the business for language models. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/llms-txt-for-a-business ## Fix kit: What to paste Structured data (JSON-LD). Paste it as one block in the page's head, or in the builder's custom code box. Change anything that's wrong. ```html ``` llms.txt. Save as /llms.txt at the root of the site. ``` # Oba > restaurant (korean, japanese) in Wade Lane 2 LS2 8NG Leeds, Leeds. Phone +44 113 244 2956. ## Book or order directly - Menu: https://www.merrioncentre.co.uk/files/a72651f2db_2021-09-14-10-09-51.pdf ## Opening hours Mo-Th 12:00-23:00, Fr-Sa 12:00-00:00 ## About - Website: https://merrioncentre.co.uk/units/oba-kitchen-and-bar - 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 main AI user agents. - **AI crawlers get the page.** GPTBot, ClaudeBot and PerplexityBot all got a normal response. ## Where it stands 165 of 234 in Leeds. Top 71% of the sites scanned in this index. | What the top 10% 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 | 100% | no | | Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 96% | yes | | Structured data with address, phone and hours | 58% | no | | Have an llms.txt | 42% | no | Nearest places with a similar menu: Fuji Hiro (A, 34 m, https://directindex.org/r/fuji-hiro.co.uk); Hama (B, 94 m, https://directindex.org/r/hamakbbq.co.uk); Blue Sakura (B, 124 m, https://directindex.org/r/bluesakura.co.uk); Mommy Mookrata (B, 128 m, https://directindex.org/r/mommymookrata.co.uk); Teppanyaki (B, 157 m, https://directindex.org/r/teppanyakileeds.com); House of Fu (C, 306 m, https://directindex.org/r/hellohouseoffu.com); Clapping Seoul (C, 462 m, https://directindex.org/r/clappingseoul.com); Little Tokyo (B, 525 m, https://directindex.org/r/littletokyoleeds.co.uk); KOKORO (D, 582 m, https://directindex.org/r/kokorouk.com); Chimaek Oppa (F, 2090 m, https://directindex.org/r/chimaekoppa.co.uk). ## What assistants answer The assistants haven't been asked about this business yet. They're asked about the top-ranked businesses in each city index, and about any business as soon as it's claimed. Claim this page to be included. The assistants were asked 22 everyday questions about Leeds and named 138 places. Oba wasn't one of them. See who was named: https://directindex.org/city/leeds/recommended See what an AI agent reads on this site: https://directindex.org/r/merrioncentre.co.uk/agent-view ## Businesses like Oba in Leeds | Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site | |---|---|---|---|---| | Businesses of the same kind in Leeds | 234 | 61% | 48% | 55.4% | The best of the businesses of the same kind in Leeds: Blue Pavilion (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/bluepavilion.co.uk); Konak Meze Turkish Restaurant (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/konakmeze.co.uk); Riva Blu (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/rivablu.co.uk); The Restaurant Bar & Grill (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/therestaurantbarandgrill.com); Kirbys (A 95.4%, https://directindex.org/r/kirbysfishandchips.co.uk). With the three fixes above (No structured data for the business; Booking through an unrecognised third party; Ordering through an unrecognised third party), the score would be about 100%, which would be first of 234 in Leeds. ## The direct record What agents get for Oba, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/merrioncentre.co.uk - Book: none on record - Order: none on record - Menu: https://www.merrioncentre.co.uk/files/a72651f2db_2021-09-14-10-09-51.pdf (pdf; from the scan) - Hours: Mo-Th 12:00-23:00, Fr-Sa 12:00-00:00 (from OpenStreetMap) - Phone: +44 113 244 2956 - Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/merrioncentre.co.uk/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 ## Score breakdown | Component | Points | Available | |---|---|---| | Reachable | 25 | 25 | | Readable | 5 | 25 | | Actionable | 6 | 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/merrioncentre.co.uk - 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 Keep watching this business (https://directindex.org/r/merrioncentre.co.uk/plan): the assistants are asked again every month, and you see what changed. 2 EUR a month or 19 EUR a year. Deep report: https://directindex.org/r/merrioncentre.co.uk/deep. Ten questions phrased the way people ask them, each assistant's full answer, the eight nearest similar places, the fix plan and a PDF. 5 EUR, paid once. 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 ยท Rescan now: https://directindex.org/scan?url=merrioncentre.co.uk&force=1