# Ramen Melrose: Agent-Direct Score A (93.8%) Site: https://ramenmelrose.com Report: https://directindex.org/r/ramenmelrose.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.) Ramen Melrose is ready for agents. An AI assistant can open Ramen Melrose's website. It can read what Ramen Melrose offers. It finds a way to book or order directly on the site. ## Direct links - Order directly: https://order.ramenmelrose.com/ (on the business's own site) - Menu: https://ramenmelrose.com/menu - Phone: +13236457766 - Address: 5784 Melrose Ave, 90038, Los Angeles - Its menu mentions: vegan options - Prices: 328 prices on the site, the middle one $9.95 ## Nearby, also direct Places near Ramen Melrose that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between. - Tonchin (220 m): https://directindex.org/r/tonchinus.com - Soregashi (1.4 km): https://directindex.org/r/soregashi-la.com - IKI Nori (1.7 km): https://directindex.org/r/ikiramen.com - Tatsu Ramen (1.7 km): https://directindex.org/r/tatsuramen.com - Waku Waku Sake Bar (1.7 km): https://directindex.org/r/wakuhollywood.com ## What to fix first - **Structured data is incomplete.** (+1 points) Missing: telephone. 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 ## What the site tells visitors (Measured, not scored) - **The footer says © 2021.** Visitors and assistants may read that year as the last time anyone looked after the site. In Los Angeles, 74% of comparable sites that show a year say 2025 or later. - **328 prices on the landing page, the middle one $9.95.** In Los Angeles, the middle price of comparable sites that show prices is $15.00. ## 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 ``` llms.txt. Save as /llms.txt at the root of the site. ``` # Ramen Melrose > local business (japanese) in 5784 Melrose Ave, 90038, Los Angeles, Los Angeles. Phone +13236457766. ## Book or order directly - Order: https://order.ramenmelrose.com/ (on the business's own site) - Menu: https://ramenmelrose.com/menu ## About - Website: https://ramenmelrose.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 (LocalBusiness).** address, opening hours - **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read the items and prices. - **Ordering on your own site.** Agents can order without going through a marketplace. ## Where it stands 255 of 4350 in Los Angeles. Top 6% 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 | 95% | yes | | Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 97% | yes | | Structured data with address, phone and hours | 59% | no | | Have an llms.txt | 37% | no | Nearest places with a similar menu: Tonchin (A, 221 m, https://directindex.org/r/tonchinus.com); Soregashi (B, 1384 m, https://directindex.org/r/soregashi-la.com); IKI Nori (C, 1670 m, https://directindex.org/r/ikiramen.com); Tatsu Ramen (B, 1689 m, https://directindex.org/r/tatsuramen.com); Waku Waku Sake Bar (C, 1703 m, https://directindex.org/r/wakuhollywood.com); Kirin Sushi and Ramen (F, 1706 m, https://directindex.org/r/kirinsushiramen.com); MUSUME (F, 1775 m, https://directindex.org/r/musumela.com); Rokusho Los Angeles (B, 1776 m, https://directindex.org/r/rokushola.com); Umaya La - Kaiseki & Sushi (C, 2235 m, https://directindex.org/r/umayala.com); WAKABA (B, 2371 m, https://directindex.org/r/wakabalosangeles.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 12 everyday questions about Los Angeles and named 95 places. Ramen Melrose wasn't one of them. See who was named: https://directindex.org/city/los-angeles/recommended Compared with its peers: Sites built with Squarespace 61% (42% A or B, 29454 sites); This site 93.8%. See what an AI agent reads on this site: https://directindex.org/r/ramenmelrose.com/agent-view ## Businesses like Ramen Melrose in Los Angeles | Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site | |---|---|---|---|---| | Businesses of the same kind in Los Angeles | 4350 | 50% | 31% | 93.8% | | Sites built with Squarespace in Los Angeles | 442 | 70% | 54% | 93.8% | The best of the sites built with Squarespace in Los Angeles: Salina (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/salina.la); Theia (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/ilovetheia.com); New York Chicken & Gyro, North Hollywood (A 95.4%, https://directindex.org/r/nyc-gyro.com); Sticky Rice (A 95.4%, https://directindex.org/r/eatstickyrice.com); All Roads (A 93.8%, https://directindex.org/r/allroadspinseria.com). With the fix above (Structured data is incomplete), the score would be about 95.4%. That would be 115th of 4,350 in Los Angeles, up from 255th. ## The direct record What agents get for Ramen Melrose, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/ramenmelrose.com - Book: none on record - Order: https://order.ramenmelrose.com/ (own site; found by the scan of 2026-10-23, not yet tested) - Menu: https://ramenmelrose.com/menu (html_page; from the scan) - Hours: none on record - Phone: +13236457766 - Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/ramenmelrose.com/order, https://directindex.org/go/ramenmelrose.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 ## Score breakdown | Component | Points | Available | |---|---|---| | Reachable | 25 | 25 | | Readable | 21 | 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/ramenmelrose.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/ramenmelrose.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/ramenmelrose.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=ramenmelrose.com&force=1