# Sam's BBQ Diner: Agent-Direct Score B (78.5%)

Site: http://www.samsbbq.com
Report: https://directindex.org/r/samsbbq.com
Scanned: 2026-10-24 (Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.)
Sam's BBQ Diner is mostly ready for agents.
An AI assistant can open Sam's BBQ Diner's website. It can read what Sam's BBQ Diner offers. It finds a way to book or order directly, through SpotOn.

## Direct links
- Book directly: https://order.spoton.com/gcms-sams-bar-b-que-14618/san-jose-ca/64a6d82bf7809b883f06af62 (through spoton acting for the business)
- Menu: https://samsbbq.com/menu/
- Phone: +1-408-270-1738
- Address: San Felipe Road 3309 95135 San Jose
- Its menu mentions: vegetarian dishes

## Nearby, also direct
Places near Sam's BBQ Diner that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Papas and Eggs (60 m): https://directindex.org/r/papasandeggs.com
- Curry Bhavan (70 m): https://directindex.org/r/currybhavan.com
- Yuri Japanese Restaurant (290 m): https://directindex.org/r/yurirestaurant.com

## What to fix first
- **Structured data is incomplete.** (+6 points) Missing: address, telephone, opening hours. 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 © 2020.** Visitors and assistants may read that year as the last time anyone looked after the site. In San Jose, 78% of comparable sites that show a year say 2025 or later.

## 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": "Sam's BBQ Diner",
  "url": "http://www.samsbbq.com",
  "telephone": "+1-408-270-1738",
  "address": {
    "@type": "PostalAddress",
    "streetAddress": "San Felipe Road 3309",
    "postalCode": "95135",
    "addressLocality": "San Jose"
  },
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 37.3129866,
    "longitude": -121.791861
  },
  "servesCuisine": [
    "barbecue"
  ],
  "acceptsReservations": "https://order.spoton.com/gcms-sams-bar-b-que-14618/san-jose-ca/64a6d82bf7809b883f06af62",
  "hasMenu": "https://samsbbq.com/menu/",
  "potentialAction": [
    {
      "@type": "ReserveAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://order.spoton.com/gcms-sams-bar-b-que-14618/san-jose-ca/64a6d82bf7809b883f06af62",
        "actionPlatform": [
          "http://schema.org/DesktopWebPlatform",
          "http://schema.org/MobileWebPlatform"
        ]
      },
      "result": {
        "@type": "Reservation",
        "name": "Reservation"
      }
    }
  ]
}
</script>
```

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

```
# Sam's BBQ Diner

> restaurant (barbecue) in San Felipe Road 3309 95135 San Jose, San Jose. Phone +1-408-270-1738.

## Book or order directly

- Book: https://order.spoton.com/gcms-sams-bar-b-que-14618/san-jose-ca/64a6d82bf7809b883f06af62 (through spoton acting for the business)
- Menu: https://samsbbq.com/menu/

## About

- Website: http://www.samsbbq.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 (Organization).** no address, phone or hours in it
- **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read the items and prices.
- **Booking through spoton on your own domain.** There's no marketplace commission, and the customer stays yours.

## Where it stands
169 of 987 in San Jose. Top 17% 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 | 89% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 97% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 64% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 32% | no |

Nearest places in the index: Noura Indian Multi Cuisine Restaurant (B, 9 m, https://directindex.org/r/nourarestaurant.com); Rajjot Evergreen (C, 51 m, https://directindex.org/r/singleplatform.com); Papas and Eggs (C, 60 m, https://directindex.org/r/papasandeggs.com); Curry Bhavan (B, 71 m, https://directindex.org/r/currybhavan.com); Hyderabad Cafe (F, 121 m, https://directindex.org/r/hyderabadcafe.com); Yuri Japanese Restaurant (C, 289 m, https://directindex.org/r/yurirestaurant.com); Royal Haveli Cuisine (C, 350 m, https://directindex.org/r/royalhavelisj.com); Surya Indian Cuisine (A, 1202 m, https://directindex.org/r/suryaindiancuisine.com); Claw Shack (F, 1305 m, https://directindex.org/r/clawshack.com); Raj Palace (D, 1320 m, https://directindex.org/r/rajpalace.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 22 everyday questions about San Jose and named 125 places. Sam's BBQ Diner wasn't one of them. See who was named: https://directindex.org/city/san-jose/recommended


Compared with its peers: Sites built with WordPress 55% (24% A or B, 224455 sites); Sites using SpotOn 78% (68% A or B, 2171 sites); This site 78.5%.

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

## Businesses like Sam's BBQ Diner in San Jose

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in San Jose | 987 | 52% | 30% | 78.5% |
| Sites built with WordPress in San Jose | 192 | 63% | 41% | 78.5% |
| Sites using SpotOn in San Jose | 25 | 71% | 48% | 78.5% |
| Sites built with WordPress and using SpotOn in San Jose | 6 | 70% | 50% | 78.5% |

The best of the sites built with WordPress and using SpotOn in San Jose: Yuki Sushi (A 86.2%, https://directindex.org/r/yukisushi.com); WOWMIA PIZZA (B 78.5%, https://directindex.org/r/wowmiapizza.com); Sweet Tomatoes (C 68.6%, https://directindex.org/r/sweettomatoes.com); Ancora Vino (C 56.9%, https://directindex.org/r/enotecalastoria.com); B'anne (D 49.2%, https://directindex.org/r/bannebakery.com).

With the fix above (Structured data is incomplete), the score would be about 87.7%. That would be 84th of 987 in San Jose, up from 169th.

## The direct record
What agents get for Sam's BBQ Diner, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/samsbbq.com
- Book: https://order.spoton.com/gcms-sams-bar-b-que-14618/san-jose-ca/64a6d82bf7809b883f06af62 (vendor on own site: SpotOn; found by the scan of 2026-10-24, not yet tested)
- Order: none on record
- Menu: https://samsbbq.com/menu/ (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: +1-408-270-1738
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/samsbbq.com/book, https://directindex.org/go/samsbbq.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, SpotOn: Not stated. The terms do not address an agent acting for a person (several bar scraping or data extraction only), could not be read on the date given, or the vendor has not been researched yet.

Found one hop past the home page: menu page /menu/: booking via spoton.

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 25 | 25 |
| Readable | 16 | 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/samsbbq.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/samsbbq.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/samsbbq.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=samsbbq.com&force=1