# Perla Oyster Bar: Agent-Direct Score D (53.8%)

Site: http://perlanj.com
Report: https://directindex.org/r/perlanj.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.)
Perla Oyster Bar is hard for agents to use.
An AI assistant can open the website of Perla Oyster Bar. It finds no menu or price list, so it answers from other sites. To book or order, it is sent to Resy, a marketplace.

## Direct links
- Order directly: https://app.squareup.com/gift/ML39CRK658HXJ/order?utm_source=ig&utm_medium=social&utm_content=link_in_bio (through square acting for the business)

## What to fix first
- **No structured data for the business.** (+15 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). It is the one block every assistant reads first; the fix kit below has it filled in. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant
- **No menu or price list found.** (+7 points) Agents answer 'what do they offer' from marketplaces instead. Add a menu or price list page and link it from the homepage. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/menu-pdf-ai
- **Booking only through resy.** (+5 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

## 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
<script type="application/ld+json">
{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "Restaurant",
  "name": "Perla Oyster Bar",
  "url": "http://perlanj.com",
  "address": {
    "@type": "PostalAddress",
    "streetAddress": "Boyden Avenue 415",
    "postalCode": "07040"
  },
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 40.7182459,
    "longitude": -74.2555549
  },
  "openingHours": "Th-Su 17:00-21:00",
  "openingHoursSpecification": [
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Thursday",
        "Friday",
        "Saturday",
        "Sunday"
      ],
      "opens": "17:00",
      "closes": "21:00"
    }
  ],
  "servesCuisine": [
    "seafood"
  ],
  "potentialAction": [
    {
      "@type": "OrderAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://app.squareup.com/gift/ML39CRK658HXJ/order?utm_source=ig&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_content=link_in_bio",
        "actionPlatform": [
          "http://schema.org/DesktopWebPlatform",
          "http://schema.org/MobileWebPlatform"
        ]
      }
    }
  ]
}
</script>
```

## 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.
- **Ordering through square on your own domain.** No marketplace commission, and the guest stays yours.

## Where it stands
2525 of 4133 in New York. Top 61% 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 | 99% | no |
| Let AI crawlers in (no edge block, no robots.txt block) | 94% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 47% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 14% | yes |

Nearest places in the index: Corner Slice (B, 11 m, https://directindex.org/r/cornerslice.pizza); Artie's (B, 215 m, https://directindex.org/r/artiesnj.com); Cornbread Maplewood (A, 479 m, https://directindex.org/r/cornbreadsoul.com); Golden Wings - Fish and Chicken (C, 1503 m, https://directindex.org/r/goldenwingsfishandchicken.com); Burnett BBQ (F, 1665 m, https://directindex.org/r/burnetbbq.com); Harusame Japanese Cuisine (F, 2894 m, https://directindex.org/r/bigbearsubsandpizza.com); Town Hall Deli (C, 2928 m, https://directindex.org/r/townhalldeli.com); Jackie and Sons (C, 2995 m, https://directindex.org/r/jackieandsons.com); Lucky Fortune Chinese and Japanese Restaurant (D, 3050 m, https://directindex.org/r/weebly.com); Royal Taste Caribbean Restaurant (D, 3890 m, https://directindex.org/r/royaltastenj.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 GoDaddy Website Builder 54% (23% A or B, 285 sites); Sites using Resy 69% (48% A or B, 600 sites); Sites using Square 69% (47% A or B, 793 sites); This site 53.8%.

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

## Businesses like Perla Oyster Bar in New York

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in New York | 4133 | 55% | 42% | 53.8% |
| Sites built with GoDaddy Website Builder in New York | 71 | 56% | 31% | 53.8% |
| Sites using Resy in New York | 283 | 68% | 46% | 53.8% |
| Sites built with GoDaddy Website Builder and using Resy in New York | 9 | 53% | 11% | 53.8% |

The best of the sites built with GoDaddy Website Builder and using Resy in New York: Coszcal de Allende (B 73.8%, https://directindex.org/r/coszcalbk.com); Dravida (C 63.1%, https://directindex.org/r/dravidanyc.com); Maaser Okakase (C 60%, https://directindex.org/r/omakaseroombymaaser.com); Ramen Ishida (D 53.8%, https://directindex.org/r/ramenishidachelsea.com); Omakase 95 (D 44.6%, https://directindex.org/r/omakase95.com).

With the three fixes above (No structured data for the business; No menu or price list found; Booking only through resy) the score would be about 95.4%: 73rd of 4,133 in New York, up from 2525th.

## The direct record
What agents get for Perla Oyster Bar, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/perlanj.com
- Book: none on record
- Order: https://app.squareup.com/gift/ML39CRK658HXJ/order?utm_source=ig&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_content=link_in_bio (vendor on own site: Square; found by the scan of 2026-10-14, not yet tested)
- Menu: none on record
- Hours: Th-Su 17:00-21:00 (open now) (from OpenStreetMap)
- Phone: none on record
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/perlanj.com/order

## 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, Square: Yes. Square takes orders placed in ChatGPT and Claude for US food sellers since 1 July 2026 with no seller setup; its Buyer Account Terms still bar robots and scrapers from accessing Block systems. Read 2026-10-15: https://squareup.com/us/en/press/claude-chatgpt-integrations

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

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 25 | 25 |
| Readable | 0 | 25 |
| Actionable | 10 | 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/perlanj.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: yes
- 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/perlanj.com/plan): the assistants asked again every month, with what changed; 2 EUR a month or 19 EUR a year.
Deep report: https://directindex.org/r/perlanj.com/deep. Ten questions the way people ask, each assistant's full answer, the eight nearest similar places, the fix plan and a PDF: 5 EUR, one-off. 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=perlanj.com&force=1