# Publico: Agent-Direct Score B (73.8%)

Site: https://www.publicoboston.com
Report: https://directindex.org/r/publicoboston.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.)
Publico is mostly ready for agents.

## Direct links
- Order directly: https://www.publicoboston.com/order-online (on the business's own site)
- Menu: https://www.publicoboston.com/menu
- Phone: +1 617-622-5700

## 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). 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
- **Booking only through opentable.** (no points, still worth doing) 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": "Publico",
  "url": "https://www.publicoboston.com",
  "telephone": "+1 617-622-5700",
  "address": {
    "@type": "PostalAddress",
    "streetAddress": "Dorchester Street 11",
    "postalCode": "02127",
    "addressLocality": "South Boston"
  },
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 42.3373424,
    "longitude": -71.0435234
  },
  "openingHours": "Mo-Fr 11:00-24:00; Sa-Su 10:00-01:00",
  "openingHoursSpecification": [
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Monday",
        "Tuesday",
        "Wednesday",
        "Thursday",
        "Friday"
      ],
      "opens": "11:00",
      "closes": "24:00"
    },
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Saturday",
        "Sunday"
      ],
      "opens": "10:00",
      "closes": "01:00"
    }
  ],
  "hasMenu": "https://www.publicoboston.com/menu",
  "potentialAction": [
    {
      "@type": "OrderAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://www.publicoboston.com/order-online",
        "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.
- **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read items and prices directly.
- **Ordering on your own site.** Agents can order without a marketplace in the loop.

## Where it stands
283 of 834 in Boston. Top 34% 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 | 98% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no edge block, no robots.txt block) | 95% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 42% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 18% | yes |

Nearest places in the index: My Diner (A, 121 m, https://directindex.org/r/mydinerboston.com); Capo (A, 309 m, https://directindex.org/r/caposouthboston.com); Fat Baby (B, 335 m, https://directindex.org/r/fatbabysouthboston.com); Lincoln Tavern & Restaurant (A, 340 m, https://directindex.org/r/lincolnsouthboston.com); Roza Lyons (B, 574 m, https://directindex.org/r/rozalyons.com); Village Pizza & Grill (F, 686 m, https://directindex.org/r/villagesouthboston.com); Pizzeria 260 (F, 688 m, https://directindex.org/r/pizzeria260.com); Petula’s (B, 719 m, https://directindex.org/r/petulasboston.com); Lulu Green (B, 719 m, https://directindex.org/r/lulugreen.com); Alfredo's Italian Kitchen (F, 808 m, https://directindex.org/r/alfredossouthboston.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 Wix 58% (35% A or B, 3255 sites); Sites using OpenTable 67% (43% A or B, 1462 sites); This site 73.8%.

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

## Businesses like Publico in Boston

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Same kind in Boston | 834 | 53% | 41% | 73.8% |
| Built with Wix in Boston | 30 | 69% | 53% | 73.8% |
| Using OpenTable in Boston | 51 | 77% | 73% | 73.8% |
| Built with Wix and using OpenTable in Boston | 4 | 73% | 75% | 73.8% |

The best of Built with Wix and using OpenTable in Boston: Madre Osteria Bar & Resturant (A 86.2%, https://directindex.org/r/madreosteria.com); Banyan (B 83.1%, https://directindex.org/r/banyanboston.com); Lily's Bar Pizza Patio (D 49.2%, https://directindex.org/r/lilysboston.com).

With the fix above (No structured data for the business) the score would be about 95.4%: 16th of 834 in Boston, up from 283rd.

## The direct record
What agents get for Publico, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/publicoboston.com
- Book: none on record
- Order: https://www.publicoboston.com/order-online (own site; found by the scan of 2026-10-14, not yet tested)
- Menu: https://www.publicoboston.com/menu (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: Mo-Fr 11:00-24:00; Sa-Su 10:00-01:00 (closed now) (from OpenStreetMap)
- Phone: +1 617-622-5700
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/publicoboston.com/order, https://directindex.org/go/publicoboston.com/menu
- Agents and people followed 1 direct link to this business this month (1 by AI agents).

## 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

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

## 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/publicoboston.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

Deep report: https://directindex.org/r/publicoboston.com/deep. Ten questions the way people ask, each assistant's full answer, the eight nearest similar places, the fix plan and a PDF: 19 EUR, one-off.
Methodology: https://directindex.org/methodology · Rescan now: https://directindex.org/scan?url=publicoboston.com&force=1