# North Pond: Agent-Direct Score C (69.2%) Site: https://northpondrestaurant.com/ Report: https://directindex.org/r/northpondrestaurant.com 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.) North Pond is partly visible to agents. ## Direct links - Menu: https://northpondrestaurant.com/#home-menus - Phone: +1-773-477-5845 ## What to fix first - **Booking only through opentable.** (+12 points) Every agent transaction goes through the marketplace and its commission. Add a direct path on your own site, even a simple form. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/book-direct-on-your-own-website - **Structured data is incomplete.** (+5 points) Missing: address, opening hours. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant - **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 Structured data (JSON-LD). One block in the page's head, or in the builder's custom-code slot. Replace anything that is wrong. ```html ``` llms.txt. Save as /llms.txt at the root of the site. ``` # North Pond > restaurant (american) in North Cannon Drive 2610 60614 Chicago, Chicago. Phone +1-773-477-5845. ## Book or order directly - Menu: https://northpondrestaurant.com/#home-menus ## About - Website: https://northpondrestaurant.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 key AI user agents. - **AI crawlers get the page.** GPTBot, ClaudeBot and PerplexityBot all received a normal response. - **Structured data present (Organization).** phone - **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read items and prices directly. - **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. Read 2026-10-15: https://mynews13.com/fl/orlando/business/2026/07/14/opentable-new-terms. An assistant that is not a partner may not finish the step there; a direct path on your own domain works for all of them. ## Where it stands 617 of 1561 in Chicago. Top 40% 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% | no | | Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 97% | yes | | Let AI crawlers in (no edge block, no robots.txt block) | 95% | yes | | Structured data with address, phone and hours | 52% | no | | Have an llms.txt | 19% | no | Nearest places with a similar menu: Flub A Dub Chub's (D, 986 m, https://directindex.org/r/flubadubchub.com); RJ Grunts (C, 1087 m, https://directindex.org/r/rjgruntschicago.com); Lincoln Station (B, 1113 m, https://directindex.org/r/lincolnstation.com); John's Food and Wine (C, 1395 m, https://directindex.org/r/johnsfoodandwine.com); The Kennison (D, 1624 m, https://directindex.org/r/thekennison.com); Twin Anchors Restaurant & Tavern (A, 1900 m, https://directindex.org/r/twinanchorsribs.com); 1959 Kitchen & Bar (B, 2060 m, https://directindex.org/r/secondcity.com); Tied House (B, 2416 m, https://directindex.org/r/schubastiedhouse.com); Yard House (B, 2517 m, https://directindex.org/r/yardhouse.com); Mordecai (A, 2599 m, https://directindex.org/r/mordecaichicago.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. Against its peers: Sites built with WordPress 58% (29% A or B, 36926 sites); Sites using OpenTable 67% (43% A or B, 1462 sites); This site 69.2%. See what an AI agent reads on this site: https://directindex.org/r/northpondrestaurant.com/agent-view ## Businesses like North Pond in Chicago | Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site | |---|---|---|---|---| | Same kind in Chicago | 1561 | 50% | 38% | 69.2% | | Built with WordPress in Chicago | 324 | 70% | 51% | 69.2% | | Using OpenTable in Chicago | 121 | 71% | 45% | 69.2% | | Built with WordPress and using OpenTable in Chicago | 46 | 69% | 37% | 69.2% | The best of Built with WordPress and using OpenTable in Chicago: Roka Akor (A 92.3%, https://directindex.org/r/rokaakor.com); Luccas (A 86.2%, https://directindex.org/r/luccaspizzeria.com); Steak 48 (A 86.2%, https://directindex.org/r/steak48.com); Willow Cafe and Bistro (A 86.2%, https://directindex.org/r/willowcafeandbistro.com); A Tavola (B 83.1%, https://directindex.org/r/atavolachi.com). With the two fixes above (Booking only through opentable; Structured data is incomplete) the score would be about 95.4%: 38th of 1,561 in Chicago, up from 617th. ## The direct record What agents get for North Pond, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/northpondrestaurant.com - Book: none on record - Order: none on record - Menu: https://northpondrestaurant.com/#home-menus (html_page; from the scan) - Hours: none on record - Phone: +1-773-477-5845 - Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/northpondrestaurant.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 - 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 Not measured at this scan; the next scan measures it. ## Score breakdown | Component | Points | Available | |---|---|---| | Reachable | 25 | 25 | | Readable | 17 | 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/northpondrestaurant.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: 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: yes Deep report: https://directindex.org/r/northpondrestaurant.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 ยท Rescan now: https://directindex.org/scan?url=northpondrestaurant.com&force=1