# Porter Cafe: Agent-Direct Score A (87.7%)

Site: http://www.portercafe.com
Report: https://directindex.org/r/portercafe.com
Scanned: 2026-10-23 (Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.)
Porter Cafe is ready for agents.
An AI assistant can open Porter Cafe's website. It can read what Porter Cafe offers. To book or order, it is sent to Resy, a marketplace.

## Direct links
- Order directly: https://www.chownow.com/order/18715/locations/26873?source=pop_up&spot_id=40916&destination=order&promotion=order_online (through chownow acting for the business)
- Menu: https://portercafe.com/food-menu
- Phone: +16179422579
- Address: 1723 Centre St, 02132, Boston
- Prices: 5 prices on the site, the middle one $24.00

## Nearby, also direct
Places near Porter Cafe that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Sharon Korean Kitchen (20 m): https://directindex.org/r/toasttab.com
- West On Centre (40 m): https://directindex.org/r/westoncentreboston.com
- Himalayan Bistro (40 m): https://directindex.org/r/himalayanbistro.net
- Banh Mi Oi - West Roxbury (120 m): https://directindex.org/r/banhmioi.cafe
- Exodus Bagels (360 m): https://directindex.org/r/exodusbagels.com

## What to fix first
- **Booking only through resy.** (+5 points) Every transaction an agent makes goes through the marketplace, which takes its commission. Add a direct way on your own site. Even a simple form will do. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/book-direct-on-your-own-website
- **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)
- **5 prices on the landing page, the middle one $24.00.** In Boston, the middle price of comparable sites that show prices is $14.99.

## Fix kit: What to paste

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

```
# Porter Cafe

> restaurant in 1723 Centre St, 02132, Boston, Boston. Phone +16179422579.

## Book or order directly

- Order: https://www.chownow.com/order/18715/locations/26873?source=pop_up&spot_id=40916&destination=order&promotion=order_online (through chownow acting for the business)
- Menu: https://portercafe.com/food-menu

## About

- Website: http://www.portercafe.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
- **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read the items and prices.
- **Ordering through chownow on your own domain.** There's no marketplace commission, and the customer stays yours.

## Where it stands
183 of 1416 in Boston. Top 13% 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 | 99% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 96% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 58% | yes |
| Have an llms.txt | 33% | no |

Nearest places in the index: Sharon Korean Kitchen (D, 15 m, https://directindex.org/r/toasttab.com); West On Centre (A, 36 m, https://directindex.org/r/westoncentreboston.com); Himalayan Bistro (B, 44 m, https://directindex.org/r/himalayanbistro.net); Banh Mi Oi - West Roxbury (A, 118 m, https://directindex.org/r/banhmioi.cafe); Christo's Pizza (D, 124 m, https://directindex.org/r/christospizza.com.au); Exodus Bagels (C, 355 m, https://directindex.org/r/exodusbagels.com); MJ Sub & Pizza (F, 360 m, https://directindex.org/r/mjspizza.com); Bel Ave Pizza (B, 372 m, https://directindex.org/r/belavepizza.com); Maria's Kitchen (A, 379 m, https://directindex.org/r/mariaskitchenboston.com); Westbury Restaurant (F, 408 m, https://directindex.org/r/westbury.net).

## 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 Boston and named 63 places. Porter Cafe wasn't one of them. See who was named: https://directindex.org/city/boston/recommended


Compared with its peers: Sites using Resy 67% (45% A or B, 830 sites); Sites using ChowNow 70% (50% A or B, 424 sites); This site 87.7%.

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

## Businesses like Porter Cafe in Boston

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Boston | 1416 | 53% | 37% | 87.7% |
| Sites using Resy in Boston | 49 | 74% | 59% | 87.7% |

The best of the sites using Resy in Boston: Back Bay Social (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/backbaysocial.com); Mood Restaurant & Cafe (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/moodnorthend.com); Not Your Average Joe's (A 96.9%, https://directindex.org/r/notyouraveragejoes.com); Franklin Resturant Group (A 95.4%, https://directindex.org/r/franklincafe.com); Harvard Gardens (A 92.3%, https://directindex.org/r/harvardgardens.com).

With the fix above (Booking only through resy), the score would be about 95.4%. That would be 42nd of 1,416 in Boston, up from 183rd.

## The direct record
What agents get for Porter Cafe, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/portercafe.com
- Book: none on record
- Order: https://www.chownow.com/order/18715/locations/26873?source=pop_up&spot_id=40916&destination=order&promotion=order_online (vendor on own site: ChowNow; found by the scan of 2026-10-23, not yet tested)
- Menu: https://portercafe.com/food-menu (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: +16179422579
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/portercafe.com/order, https://directindex.org/go/portercafe.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 (Square, Toast, or a vendor whose terms allow agents): no
- Vendor terms for agents, ChowNow: Not stated. ChowNow's customer terms (8 September 2025) bar automated means such as spiders, robots and crawlers to download or scrape data, except search engines; they do not address an agent placing an order for a person, and no agent programme was found. Read 2026-10-15: https://get.chownow.com/terms-of-service

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 25 | 25 |
| Readable | 22 | 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/portercafe.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: 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: yes

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