# Nine-Ten: Agent-Direct Score B (81.5%)

Site: https://www.nine-ten.com/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/nine-ten.com
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.)
Nine-Ten is mostly ready for agents.
An AI assistant can open Nine-Ten's website. It can read what Nine-Ten offers. To book or order, it is sent to OpenTable, a marketplace.

## Direct links
- Menu: https://www.nine-ten.com/menu/breakfast/
- Phone: 858-964-5400
- Address: Prospect Street 910 La Jolla
- Outdoor seating (OpenStreetMap)

## Nearby, also direct
Places near Nine-Ten that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Vigilucci's Seafood, Steak & Chophouse (110 m): https://directindex.org/r/vigiluccis.com
- Bubba’s Smokehouse BBQ (110 m): https://directindex.org/r/bubbassmokehousebbq.com
- Cherrywine Sushi and Burmese Cuisine (110 m): https://directindex.org/r/lajollacherrywine.com
- Olive And Basil Restaurant (120 m): https://directindex.org/r/oliveandbasillajolla.com
- Catania (130 m): https://directindex.org/r/cataniasd.com

## What to fix first
- **Booking only through opentable.** (+12 points) Every transaction an agent makes goes through the marketplace, which takes its commission. Add a direct way on your own site. Even a simple form will do. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/book-direct-on-your-own-website
- **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

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

```
# Nine-Ten

> restaurant in Prospect Street 910 La Jolla, San Diego. Phone 858-964-5400.

## Book or order directly

- Menu: https://www.nine-ten.com/menu/breakfast/

## About

- Website: https://www.nine-ten.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.** No rule blocks the main AI user agents.
- **AI crawlers get the page.** GPTBot, ClaudeBot and PerplexityBot all got a normal response.
- **Structured data found (FoodEstablishment).** address, phone, opening hours
- **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read the items and prices.
- **OpenTable works with agents through its partners.** OpenTable's terms page could not be fetched on 2026-10-15; OpenTable names over 200 authorized partners, Google, Meta and OpenAI among them, as the channels through which agents book. Terms read on 2026-10-15: https://mynews13.com/fl/orlando/business/2026/07/14/opentable-new-terms. An assistant that isn't a partner may not be able to finish there. A direct path on your own domain works for all of them.

## Where it stands
420 of 2243 in San Diego. Top 19% 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 | 94% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 94% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 62% | yes |
| Have an llms.txt | 37% | no |

Nearest places in the index: Cody's La Jolla (B, 92 m, https://directindex.org/r/codyslj.com); Vigilucci's Seafood, Steak & Chophouse (B, 108 m, https://directindex.org/r/vigiluccis.com); Bubba’s Smokehouse BBQ (C, 111 m, https://directindex.org/r/bubbassmokehousebbq.com); Cherrywine Sushi and Burmese Cuisine (C, 111 m, https://directindex.org/r/lajollacherrywine.com); Spiro's Mediterranean Cuisine (C, 115 m, https://directindex.org/r/spiroscuisine.com); Olive And Basil Restaurant (B, 115 m, https://directindex.org/r/oliveandbasillajolla.com); I Love Sushi (F, 118 m, https://directindex.org/r/ilovesushi.net); Crab City (La Jolla Cove) (D, 121 m, https://directindex.org/r/crabcitylajolla.com); Catania (A, 128 m, https://directindex.org/r/cataniasd.com); Jose's (B, 135 m, https://directindex.org/r/joses.com).

## 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.

Recommended when people ask: "Brunch on Sunday for four. Where can I reserve?" (ChatGPT)


Compared with its peers: Sites built with BentoBox 80% (86% A or B, 2256 sites); Sites using OpenTable 69% (51% A or B, 6152 sites); This site 81.5%.

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

## Named by ChatGPT for "Brunch on Sunday for four. Where can I reserve?" in San Diego, October 2026
- "Brunch on Sunday for four. Where can I reserve?" (2026-10-18): ChatGPT with a link to this site. https://directindex.org/city/san-diego/recommended/brunch
Named by 1 of 2 assistants asked. Badge: https://directindex.org/badge/named/nine-ten.com.svg

## Businesses like Nine-Ten in San Diego

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in San Diego | 2243 | 55% | 36% | 81.5% |
| Sites built with BentoBox in San Diego | 36 | 82% | 89% | 81.5% |
| Sites using OpenTable in San Diego | 141 | 73% | 66% | 81.5% |
| Sites built with BentoBox and using OpenTable in San Diego | 4 | 87% | 100% | 81.5% |

The best of the sites built with BentoBox and using OpenTable in San Diego: Hudson & Nash (A 96.3%, https://directindex.org/r/hudsonandnashsd.com); La Doña (A 87.7%, https://directindex.org/r/ladonaob.com); Peohe's (B 81.5%, https://directindex.org/r/peohes.com).

With the fix above (Booking only through opentable), the score would be about 100%, which would be first of 2,243 in San Diego.

## The direct record
What agents get for Nine-Ten, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/nine-ten.com
- Book: none on record
- Order: none on record
- Menu: https://www.nine-ten.com/menu/breakfast/ (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: 858-964-5400
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/nine-ten.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): 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
- Vendor terms for agents, OpenTable: Through partners. OpenTable's terms page could not be fetched on 2026-10-15; OpenTable names over 200 authorized partners, Google, Meta and OpenAI among them, as the channels through which agents book. Read 2026-10-15: https://mynews13.com/fl/orlando/business/2026/07/14/opentable-new-terms

Found one hop past the home page: menu page /menu/breakfast/: menu schema.

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 25 | 25 |
| Readable | 25 | 25 |
| Actionable | 3 | 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/nine-ten.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

Keep watching this business (https://directindex.org/r/nine-ten.com/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/nine-ten.com/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=nine-ten.com&force=1