# Plate Restaurant: Agent-Direct Score A (93.8%)

Site: https://www.platekc.com/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/platekc.com
Scanned: 2026-11-13 (Provisional, with the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.)
Plate Restaurant is ready for agents.
An AI assistant can open Plate Restaurant's website. What Plate Restaurant offers is on another site. It finds a way to book or order directly on the site.

## Direct links
- Book directly: https://www.platekc.com/plate-restaurant-leawood-ks (on the business's own site)
- Order directly: https://order.toasttab.com/online/plate-restaurant-leawood-11655-ash-st (through toast acting for the business)
- Phone: +18167750098
- Address: 701 East 63rd Street, Kansas City, MO 64110
- Hours, from platekc.com: Mon–Thu 11:00–22:00; Fri–Sat 11:00–23:00; Sun 10:00–21:00
- Prices: 3 prices on the site, the middle one $4.00

## Nearby, also direct
Places near Plate Restaurant that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Captain D's (310 m): https://directindex.org/r/captainds.com
- Baba's Pantry (310 m): https://directindex.org/r/babaspantrykc.com
- Wah Gwan (360 m): https://directindex.org/r/wahgwantan.com
- Heirloom Bakery and Hearth (400 m): https://directindex.org/r/heirloomkc.com
- Friendship Chinese Restaurant (460 m): https://directindex.org/r/friendshipchinesekcmo.com

## What to fix first
- **Menu or price list is on another site.** (+5 points) The link goes to toasttab.com, so that site gets the credit and the visits. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/menu-pdf-ai
- **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

## What the site tells visitors (Measured, not scored)
- **3 prices on the landing page, the middle one $4.00.** In Kansas City, the middle price of comparable sites that show prices is $11.99.

## Fix kit: What to paste

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

```
# Plate Restaurant

> restaurant in 701 East 63rd Street, Kansas City, MO 64110, Kansas City. Phone +18167750098.

## Book or order directly

- Book: https://www.platekc.com/plate-restaurant-leawood-ks (on the business's own site)
- Order: https://order.toasttab.com/online/plate-restaurant-leawood-11655-ash-st (through toast acting for the business)
- Menu: https://order.toasttab.com/online/plate-restaurant-leawood-11655-ash-st

## Opening hours

Mo-Th 11:00-22:00; Fr,Sa 11:00-23:00; Su 10:00-21:00

## About

- Website: https://www.platekc.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 (Restaurant).** address, phone, opening hours
- **Booking on your own site.** Agents can book without going through a marketplace.
- **Ordering through toast on your own domain.** There's no marketplace commission, and the customer stays yours.

## Where it stands
37 of 684 in Kansas City. Top 5% 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 | 91% | no |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 99% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 66% | yes |
| Have an llms.txt | 36% | no |

Nearest places in the index: Brady and Fox (F, 137 m, https://directindex.org/r/bradyandfox.com); Captain D's (B, 310 m, https://directindex.org/r/captainds.com); Baba's Pantry (C, 311 m, https://directindex.org/r/babaspantrykc.com); Wah Gwan (C, 362 m, https://directindex.org/r/wahgwantan.com); Heirloom Bakery and Hearth (B, 396 m, https://directindex.org/r/heirloomkc.com); Brookside Sushi (B, 401 m, https://directindex.org/r/brooksidesushi.com); Friendship Chinese Restaurant (A, 464 m, https://directindex.org/r/friendshipchinesekcmo.com); Niecie's (A, 514 m, https://directindex.org/r/nieciesrestaurant.com); 1VP Restaurant (F, 597 m, https://directindex.org/r/1vprestaurant.com); Yummi Crab (A, 629 m, https://directindex.org/r/yummicrab.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: "A special tasting menu for our anniversary next month. Book us in." (ChatGPT)


Compared with its peers: Sites built with Squarespace 61% (42% A or B, 37558 sites); Sites using Toast 73% (62% A or B, 7911 sites); This site 93.8%.

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

## Named by ChatGPT for "A special tasting menu for our anniversary next month. Book us in" in Kansas City, November 2026
- "A special tasting menu for our anniversary next month. Book us in." (2026-11-13): ChatGPT with a link to this site. https://directindex.org/city/kansas-city/recommended/fine-dining
Named by 1 of 2 assistants asked. Badge: https://directindex.org/badge/named/platekc.com.svg

## Businesses like Plate Restaurant in Kansas City

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Kansas City | 684 | 62% | 45% | 93.8% |
| Sites built with Squarespace in Kansas City | 57 | 72% | 58% | 93.8% |
| Sites using Toast in Kansas City | 84 | 75% | 64% | 93.8% |
| Sites built with Squarespace and using Toast in Kansas City | 13 | 74% | 62% | 93.8% |

The best of the sites built with Squarespace and using Toast in Kansas City: The Mixx (A 87.7%, https://directindex.org/r/mixxingitup.com); Martin City Brewing Co. Pizza & Taproom - 135th Street (B 84.6%, https://directindex.org/r/martincitybrewingcompany.com); Urban (B 81.3%, https://directindex.org/r/urbanontroost.com); Ding Dong Dogs (B 76.9%, https://directindex.org/r/dingdongdogs.com); Hot Rocks Pizza Kitchen (B 73.8%, https://directindex.org/r/hrpizzakitchen.com).

With the fix above (Menu or price list is on another site), the score would be about 100%, which would be first of 684 in Kansas City.

## The direct record
What agents get for Plate Restaurant, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/platekc.com
- Book: https://www.platekc.com/plate-restaurant-leawood-ks (own site; verified direct, 2026-11-13)
- Order: https://order.toasttab.com/online/plate-restaurant-leawood-11655-ash-st (vendor on own site: Toast; found by the scan of 2026-11-13, not yet tested)
- Menu: https://order.toasttab.com/online/plate-restaurant-leawood-11655-ash-st (external; from the scan)
- Hours: Mo-Th 11:00-22:00; Fr,Sa 11:00-23:00; Su 10:00-21:00 (open now) (from platekc.com)
- Phone: +18167750098
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/platekc.com/book, https://directindex.org/go/platekc.com/order, https://directindex.org/go/platekc.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 (Toast): yes

Found one hop past the home page: booking page /plate-restaurant-leawood-ks: 2 menu items in JSON-LD, booking via opentable.

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 25 | 25 |
| Readable | 20 | 25 |
| Actionable | 30 | 30 |
| Cited | 0 | 0 (the assistant citation check: pending) |

## Agent readiness (Cloudflare)
Level 1 of 5, Basic Web Presence. Cloudflare's report: https://isitagentready.com/platekc.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

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