# Fountain Dining Hall: Agent-Direct Score B (76.5%)

Site: https://dining.ncsu.edu/location/fountain/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/ncsu.edu
Scanned: 2026-10-24 (Provisional, with the action test still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.)
Fountain Dining Hall is mostly ready for agents.
An AI assistant can open Fountain Dining Hall's website. What Fountain Dining Hall offers is in a PDF or an image, and assistants read those badly. It finds a way to book or order directly on the site.

## Direct links
- Order directly: https://dining.ncsu.edu/services/grubhub/ (on the business's own site)
- Menu: https://dining.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Standard-Menu-Poster-2019-Update.pdf
- Phone: +19195153963
- Address: Sullivan Drive 2520 27607 Raleigh
- Hours, from OpenStreetMap: Mon–Fri 07:00–21:00; Sat–Sun 09:00–21:00
- Prices: 9 prices on the site, the middle one $13.05

## Nearby, also direct
Places near Fountain Dining Hall that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Oak City Pizza & Grill (470 m): https://directindex.org/r/oakcitypizzagrill.com
- D.P. Dough (700 m): https://directindex.org/r/dpdough.com
- La Terraza (780 m): https://directindex.org/r/laterrazaraleigh.com
- Raising Cane's (940 m): https://directindex.org/r/raisingcanes.com
- Chipotle (1 km): https://directindex.org/r/chipotle.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
- **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

## What the site tells visitors (Measured, not scored)
- **9 prices on the landing page, the middle one $13.05.** 

## 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
<script type="application/ld+json">
{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "Restaurant",
  "name": "Fountain Dining Hall",
  "url": "https://dining.ncsu.edu/location/fountain/",
  "telephone": "+19195153963",
  "address": {
    "@type": "PostalAddress",
    "streetAddress": "Sullivan Drive 2520",
    "postalCode": "27607",
    "addressLocality": "Raleigh"
  },
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 35.7854758,
    "longitude": -78.6776554
  },
  "openingHours": "Mo-Fr 07:00-21:00; Sa-Su 09:00-21:00; SH off",
  "openingHoursSpecification": [
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Monday",
        "Tuesday",
        "Wednesday",
        "Thursday",
        "Friday"
      ],
      "opens": "07:00",
      "closes": "21:00"
    },
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Saturday",
        "Sunday"
      ],
      "opens": "09:00",
      "closes": "21:00"
    }
  ],
  "hasMenu": "https://dining.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Standard-Menu-Poster-2019-Update.pdf",
  "potentialAction": [
    {
      "@type": "OrderAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://dining.ncsu.edu/services/grubhub/",
        "actionPlatform": [
          "http://schema.org/DesktopWebPlatform",
          "http://schema.org/MobileWebPlatform"
        ]
      }
    }
  ]
}
</script>
```

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

```
# Fountain Dining Hall

> restaurant in Sullivan Drive 2520 27607 Raleigh, Raleigh. Phone +19195153963.

## Book or order directly

- Order: https://dining.ncsu.edu/services/grubhub/ (on the business's own site)
- Menu: https://dining.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Standard-Menu-Poster-2019-Update.pdf

## Opening hours

Mo-Fr 07:00-21:00; Sa-Su 09:00-21:00; SH off

## About

- Website: https://dining.ncsu.edu/location/fountain/
- 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.
- **Ordering on your own site.** Agents can order without going through a marketplace.

## Where it stands
99 of 243 in Raleigh. Top 41% 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% | yes |
| 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 | 56% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 48% | no |

Nearest places in the index: Oak City Pizza & Grill (A, 474 m, https://directindex.org/r/oakcitypizzagrill.com); D.P. Dough (B, 701 m, https://directindex.org/r/dpdough.com); La Terraza (C, 775 m, https://directindex.org/r/laterrazaraleigh.com); Ruckus Pizza and Bar (B, 907 m, https://directindex.org/r/ruckuspizza.com); Raising Cane's (B, 943 m, https://directindex.org/r/raisingcanes.com); Kabab And Curry (F, 953 m, https://directindex.org/r/kababandcurrync.com); Chipotle (A, 1003 m, https://directindex.org/r/chipotle.com); Sushi Nine (D, 1055 m, https://directindex.org/r/sushinine.com); Gonza Tacos y Tequila (C, 1255 m, https://directindex.org/r/gonzatacosytequila.com); Jasmin & Olivz Mediterranean (C, 1364 m, https://directindex.org/r/jasminandolivz.com).

## What assistants answer
Asked on 2026-10-28 with web search on. 100% of the answers pointed to the business's own site or to a vendor working for it. That share is the Cited part of the score.
| Assistant | Official website? | Where to book? | Where to order? |
|---|---|---|---|
| ChatGPT | own site | own site | own site |
| Gemini | own site | own site | own site |

The assistants were asked 22 everyday questions about Raleigh and named 138 places. Fountain Dining Hall wasn't one of them. See who was named: https://directindex.org/city/raleigh/recommended


**What ChatGPT said, Official website? (2026-10-28):** https://dining.ncsu.edu/location/fountain/ (dining.ncsu.edu (https://dining.ncsu.edu/location/fountain/?utmsource=openai))

**What ChatGPT said, Where to book? (2026-10-28):** Fountain Dining Hall doesn’t appear to offer online table reservations. You can find its official page here: https://dining.ncsu.edu/location/fountain/ (dining.ncsu.edu (https://dining.ncsu.edu/location/fountain/?utmsource=openai))

**What ChatGPT said, Where to order? (2026-10-28):** Use NC State’s Grubhub online ordering: https://dining.ncsu.edu/services/grubhub/ (dining.ncsu.edu (https://dining.ncsu.edu/services/grubhub/?utmsource=openai)) Open the Grubhub app, connect it to NC State, and check whether Fountain is available to order from.

**What Gemini said, Official website? (2026-10-28):** The official website for Fountain Dining Hall in Raleigh, United States, is part of NC State Dining. You can find information about Fountain Dining Hall on dining.ncsu.edu.

**What Gemini said, Where to book? (2026-10-28):** Fountain Dining Hall, located at 2520 Sullivan Dr, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA, operates as an all-you-care-to-eat dining hall on the NC State University campus, serving breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Based on the available information, there is no direct online booking link for individual table reservations at Fountain Dining Hall. It functions as a university dining hall with meal plans and offers…

**What Gemini said, Where to order? (2026-10-28):** To order food online from Fountain Dining Hall, you should use Grubhub through the NC State Dining system. NC State students, faculty, and staff can connect their Dining Dollars, All Campus Account, or payroll deduction to Grubhub for orders from on-campus dining locations, and students receive free Grubhub+ Student with unlimited $0 delivery fees. You can find more information and access Grubhub through the NC…

Compared with its peers: Sites built with WordPress 55% (25% A or B, 236086 sites); This site 76.5%.

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

## Businesses like Fountain Dining Hall in Raleigh

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Raleigh | 243 | 64% | 54% | 76.5% |
| Sites built with WordPress in Raleigh | 56 | 74% | 68% | 76.5% |

The best of the sites built with WordPress in Raleigh: Chuck E. Cheese (A 96.3%, https://directindex.org/r/chuckecheese.com); Golden Corral (A 96.3%, https://directindex.org/r/goldencorral.com); Barcelona Wine Bar (A 92.5%, https://directindex.org/r/barcelonawinebar.com); Waffle House (A 91.6%, https://directindex.org/r/wafflehouse.com); Bartaco (A 90.8%, https://directindex.org/r/bartaco.com).

With the two fixes above (No structured data for the business; Menu or price list is a PDF), the score would be about 96.5%. That would be 7th of 243 in Raleigh, up from 99th.

## The direct record
What agents get for Fountain Dining Hall, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/ncsu.edu
- Book: none on record
- Order: https://dining.ncsu.edu/services/grubhub/ (own site; found by the scan of 2026-10-24, not yet tested)
- Menu: https://dining.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Standard-Menu-Poster-2019-Update.pdf (pdf; from the scan)
- Hours: Mo-Fr 07:00-21:00; Sa-Su 09:00-21:00; SH off (closed now) (from OpenStreetMap)
- Phone: +19195153963
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/ncsu.edu/order, https://directindex.org/go/ncsu.edu/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

Found one hop past the home page: booking page /services/grubhub/: ordering via grubhub.

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 25 | 25 |
| Readable | 5 | 25 |
| Actionable | 15 | 15 (the action test: pending) |
| Cited | 20 | 20 |

## Agent readiness (Cloudflare)
Level 1 of 5, Basic Web Presence. Cloudflare's report: https://isitagentready.com/ncsu.edu
- 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/ncsu.edu/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/ncsu.edu/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 · Rescan now: https://directindex.org/scan?url=ncsu.edu&force=1