# Pho City: Agent-Direct Score B (73.8%)

Site: https://phocity.ca/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/phocity.ca
Scanned: 2026-10-16 (Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.)
Pho City is mostly ready for agents.
An AI assistant can open Pho City's website. It can read what Pho City offers. It finds a way to book or order directly on the site.

## Direct links
- Book directly: https://phocity.ca/-party?source=pop_up&spot_id=408625&destination=private_parties&promotion=holiday_party (on the business's own site)
- Order directly: https://order.chownow.com/order/36187/locations/54927 (through chownow acting for the business)
- Menu: https://phocity.ca/calgary-pho-city-food-menu
- Phone: +1-587-391-7188

## 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
- **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

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": "Pho City",
  "url": "https://phocity.ca/",
  "telephone": "+1-587-391-7188",
  "address": {
    "@type": "PostalAddress",
    "streetAddress": "1 Street SE 207",
    "postalCode": "T2G 2G3"
  },
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 51.0507292,
    "longitude": -114.0604991
  },
  "servesCuisine": [
    "vietnamese"
  ],
  "acceptsReservations": "https://phocity.ca/-party?source=pop_up&spot_id=408625&destination=private_parties&promotion=holiday_party",
  "hasMenu": "https://phocity.ca/calgary-pho-city-food-menu",
  "potentialAction": [
    {
      "@type": "ReserveAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://phocity.ca/-party?source=pop_up&spot_id=408625&destination=private_parties&promotion=holiday_party",
        "actionPlatform": [
          "http://schema.org/DesktopWebPlatform",
          "http://schema.org/MobileWebPlatform"
        ]
      },
      "result": {
        "@type": "Reservation",
        "name": "Reservation"
      }
    },
    {
      "@type": "OrderAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://order.chownow.com/order/36187/locations/54927",
        "actionPlatform": [
          "http://schema.org/DesktopWebPlatform",
          "http://schema.org/MobileWebPlatform"
        ]
      }
    }
  ]
}
</script>
```

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

```
# Pho City

> restaurant (vietnamese) in 1 Street SE 207 T2G 2G3, Calgary. Phone +1-587-391-7188.

## Book or order directly

- Book: https://phocity.ca/-party?source=pop_up&spot_id=408625&destination=private_parties&promotion=holiday_party (on the business's own site)
- Order: https://order.chownow.com/order/36187/locations/54927 (through chownow acting for the business)
- Menu: https://phocity.ca/calgary-pho-city-food-menu

## About

- Website: https://phocity.ca/
- 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.
- **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read the items and prices.
- **Booking on your own site.** Agents can book without going through a marketplace.
- **Ordering through chownow on your own domain.** There's no marketplace commission, and the customer stays yours.

## Where it stands
389 of 1362 in Calgary. Top 29% 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 | 99% | yes |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 98% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 93% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 63% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 39% | no |

Nearest places with a similar menu: Pho Hoai Vietnamese Noodle House (B, 35 m, https://directindex.org/r/pho-hoai-vietnamese.com); Che Bong Dessert & Snack (C, 186 m, https://directindex.org/r/chebong.com); Ha Long Bay (C, 659 m, https://directindex.org/r/halongbay.ca); Pho Daddy (B, 1380 m, https://directindex.org/r/phodaddy.ca); NAM Vietnamese Kitchen (C, 1686 m, https://directindex.org/r/namvk.com); Pho Kim (F, 1700 m, https://directindex.org/r/phokim.ca); Pho HouZ (C, 1880 m, https://directindex.org/r/phohouz.com); Chez Nguyen (B, 1944 m, https://directindex.org/r/cheznguyenrestaurant.ca); Phở Minh Châu (D, 2209 m, https://directindex.org/r/minhchaurestaurant.shop); Golden Bell (F, 2368 m, https://directindex.org/r/goldenbell.ca).

## 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 12 everyday questions about Calgary and named 56 places. Pho City wasn't one of them. See who was named: https://directindex.org/city/calgary/recommended


Compared with its peers: Sites using ChowNow 70% (50% A or B, 410 sites); This site 73.8%.

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

## Businesses like Pho City in Calgary

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Calgary | 1362 | 57% | 39% | 73.8% |
| Sites using ChowNow in Calgary | 8 | 66% | 25% | 73.8% |

The best of the sites using ChowNow in Calgary: 4th Spot Kitchen & Bar (A 95%, https://directindex.org/r/4thspot.com); Kam Han (C 66.2%, https://directindex.org/r/kamhanszechuanhouse.com); Pho Time (C 64.6%, https://directindex.org/r/photime.ca); Ginger Beef Peking House (C 61.5%, https://directindex.org/r/gingerbeef.com); Posto Pizzeria (C 61.5%, https://directindex.org/r/posto.ca).

With the fix above (No structured data for the business), the score would be about 95.4%. That would be 37th of 1,362 in Calgary, up from 389th.

## The direct record
What agents get for Pho City, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/phocity.ca
- Book: https://phocity.ca/-party?source=pop_up&spot_id=408625&destination=private_parties&promotion=holiday_party (own site; found by the scan of 2026-10-16, not yet tested)
- Order: https://order.chownow.com/order/36187/locations/54927 (vendor on own site: ChowNow; found by the scan of 2026-10-16, not yet tested)
- Menu: https://phocity.ca/calgary-pho-city-food-menu (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: +1-587-391-7188
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/phocity.ca/book, https://directindex.org/go/phocity.ca/order, https://directindex.org/go/phocity.ca/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: contact page /calgary-pho-city-catering: booking via spoton.

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 25 | 25 |
| Readable | 8 | 25 |
| Actionable | 15 | 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/phocity.ca
- 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: no

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