# Pho Ba 9: Agent-Direct Score B (72.3%)

Site: http://www.phobanine.com/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/phobanine.com
Scanned: 2026-11-12 (Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.)
Pho Ba 9 is mostly ready for agents.
An AI assistant can open Pho Ba 9's website. What Pho Ba 9 offers is on another site. It finds a way to book or order directly, through Chowbus POS.

## Direct links
- Order directly: https://pos.chowbus.com/online-ordering/store/Pho-Ba-9/14569 (through chowbus_pos acting for the business)
- Phone: +12107217736
- Address: 5374 Walzem Rd, San Antonio 78218

## Nearby, also direct
Places near Pho Ba 9 that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Wienerschnitzel (2.5 km): https://directindex.org/r/wienerschnitzel.com
- Street Fair SA (3.4 km): https://directindex.org/r/streetfaresa.com
- Thai Lao 78 (4 km): https://directindex.org/r/thailaostreetfoodtx.com

## What to fix first
- **Structured data is incomplete.** (+5 points) Missing: telephone, opening hours. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant
- **Menu or price list is on another site.** (+5 points) The link goes to chowbus.com, so that site gets the credit and the visits. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/menu-pdf-ai

## 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": "LocalBusiness",
  "name": "Pho Ba 9",
  "url": "http://www.phobanine.com/",
  "telephone": "+12107217736",
  "address": "5374 Walzem Rd, San Antonio 78218",
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 29.50965902,
    "longitude": -98.38590897
  },
  "potentialAction": [
    {
      "@type": "OrderAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://pos.chowbus.com/online-ordering/store/Pho-Ba-9/14569",
        "actionPlatform": [
          "http://schema.org/DesktopWebPlatform",
          "http://schema.org/MobileWebPlatform"
        ]
      }
    }
  ]
}
</script>
```

## 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 (LocalBusiness).** address
- **Ordering through chowbus_pos on your own domain.** There's no marketplace commission, and the customer stays yours.

## Where it stands
454 of 1321 in San Antonio. Top 34% 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 | 82% | no |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 96% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 75% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 40% | yes |

Nearest places in the index: Wienerschnitzel (B, 2530 m, https://directindex.org/r/wienerschnitzel.com); Street Fair SA (B, 3412 m, https://directindex.org/r/streetfaresa.com); Thai Lao 78 (C, 4017 m, https://directindex.org/r/thailaostreetfoodtx.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.

The assistants were asked 22 everyday questions about San Antonio and named 97 places. Pho Ba 9 wasn't one of them. See who was named: https://directindex.org/city/san-antonio/recommended


Compared with its peers: Sites built with Wix 51% (28% A or B, 50657 sites); Sites using Chowbus POS 67% (59% A or B, 150 sites); This site 72.3%.

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

## Businesses like Pho Ba 9 in San Antonio

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in San Antonio | 1321 | 55% | 37% | 72.3% |
| Sites built with Wix in San Antonio | 72 | 67% | 47% | 72.3% |
| Sites using Chowbus POS in San Antonio | 5 | 64% | 80% | 72.3% |
| Sites built with Wix and using Chowbus POS in San Antonio | 4 | 76% | 100% | 72.3% |

The best of the sites built with Wix and using Chowbus POS in San Antonio: Sushishima (B 80%, https://directindex.org/r/sushishima.com); Tasty Modern Asian Kitchen (B 80%, https://directindex.org/r/tastymodernasiankitchen.com); Yippon Ramen (B 72.3%, https://directindex.org/r/yipponramen.com).

With the two fixes above (Structured data is incomplete; Menu or price list is on another site), the score would be about 87.7%. That would be 141st of 1,321 in San Antonio, up from 454th.

## The direct record
What agents get for Pho Ba 9, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/phobanine.com
- Book: none on record
- Order: https://pos.chowbus.com/online-ordering/store/Pho-Ba-9/14569 (vendor on own site: Chowbus POS; found by the scan of 2026-11-12, not yet tested)
- Menu: https://pos.chowbus.com/online-ordering/store/Pho-Ba-9/14569 (external; from the scan)
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: +12107217736
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/phobanine.com/order, https://directindex.org/go/phobanine.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): yes
- 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, Chowbus POS: Not stated. The terms do not address an agent acting for a person (several bar scraping or data extraction only), could not be read on the date given, or the vendor has not been researched yet.

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 25 | 25 |
| Readable | 12 | 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/phobanine.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: yes

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