# Middle East Café: Agent-Direct Score A (86.3%)

Site: https://www.middleeastmarket.com/cafe
Report: https://directindex.org/r/middleeastmarket.com
Scanned: 2026-10-14 (Provisional: the assistant citation check still to come; the hatched part of the bar is not measured yet.)
Middle East Café is ready for agents.

## Direct links
- Book directly: https://middleeastmarket.com/party (on the business's own site)
- Menu: https://middleeastmarket.com/food-menu
- Phone: 5107048800

## 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.

```
# Middle East Café

> restaurant (persian) in San Pablo Avenue 2056 Berkeley, San Francisco. Phone 5107048800.

## Book or order directly

- Book: https://middleeastmarket.com/party (on the business's own site)
- Menu: https://middleeastmarket.com/food-menu

## About

- Website: https://www.middleeastmarket.com/cafe
- 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
152 of 1142 in San Francisco. Top 13% 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 | 94% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no edge block, no robots.txt block) | 94% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 48% | yes |
| Have an llms.txt | 13% | no |

Nearest places in the index: Luca Cucina (B, 39 m, https://directindex.org/r/lucacucinaitaliana.com); La Marcha (A, 47 m, https://directindex.org/r/lamarchaberkeley.com); Kabana (A, 130 m, https://directindex.org/r/thekabanarestaurants.com); Fosters Freeze (D, 260 m, https://directindex.org/r/fostersfreeze.com); Butterfish Sushi (F, 355 m, https://directindex.org/r/butterfishberkeley.com); Thai Table (F, 364 m, https://directindex.org/r/thaitableberkeley.com); Popeyes (F, 410 m, https://directindex.org/r/popeyes.com); Cultured Pickle Shop (C, 733 m, https://directindex.org/r/culturedpickleshop.com); Mountain Mike's (A, 769 m, https://directindex.org/r/mountainmikespizza.com); Iyasare (C, 769 m, https://directindex.org/r/iyasare-berkeley.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.

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

Read by AI agents 4 times this month (ClaudeBot 4).

## Businesses like Middle East Café in San Francisco

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Same kind in San Francisco | 1142 | 50% | 40% | 86.3% |

The best of Same kind in San Francisco: ABSteak (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/absteaksf.com); La Méditerranée (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/lamednoe.com); Lapisara (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/lapisaraeatery.com); Piatti (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/piatti.com); The Pawn Shop (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/thepawnshopsf.com).

## The direct record
What agents get for Middle East Café, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/middleeastmarket.com
- Book: https://middleeastmarket.com/party (own site; could not verify: partial (2026-10-14))
- Order: none on record
- Menu: https://middleeastmarket.com/food-menu (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: 5107048800
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/middleeastmarket.com/book, https://directindex.org/go/middleeastmarket.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

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

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 25 | 25 |
| Readable | 22 | 25 |
| Actionable | 22 | 30 |
| Cited | 0 | 0 (the assistant citation check: pending) |

## Agent readiness (Cloudflare)
Level 1 of 5, Basic Web Presence. Cloudflare's report: https://isitagentready.com/middleeastmarket.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: 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/middleeastmarket.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=middleeastmarket.com&force=1