# Sao Mai: Agent-Direct Score B (76.9%)

Site: https://saomainyc.com/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/saomainyc.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.)
Sao Mai is mostly ready for agents.

## Direct links
- Menu: https://saomainyc.com/menu.html
- Phone: +1-212-358-8880

## What to fix first
- **No booking or ordering path at all.** (+15 points) Agents have nothing to act on. Add a booking or ordering page on your own domain. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/book-direct-on-your-own-website

## 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.
- **Structured data present (Restaurant).** address, phone, opening hours
- **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read items and prices directly.

## Where it stands
1128 of 4270 in New York. Top 26% 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% | no |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 99% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no edge block, no robots.txt block) | 94% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 50% | yes |
| Have an llms.txt | 13% | yes |

Nearest places with a similar menu: Love Mama (C, 219 m, https://directindex.org/r/lovemamanyc.com); Madame Vo (B, 239 m, https://directindex.org/r/madamevo.com); Bánh Anh Em (F, 411 m, https://directindex.org/r/banhanhem.com); Mộc Mạc (F, 640 m, https://directindex.org/r/mocmacnyc.com); Indochine (A, 762 m, https://directindex.org/r/indochinenyc.com); La Dong (B, 1041 m, https://directindex.org/r/ladongnyc.com); Cloud Vietnamese (F, 1287 m, https://directindex.org/r/cloudvietnamesenyc.com); Saigon Vietnamese Sandwich (F, 1551 m, https://directindex.org/r/banhmi.nyc); Nom Nam (C, 1740 m, https://directindex.org/r/nomnamnyc.com); Pasteur (A, 2038 m, https://directindex.org/r/pasteurgrill.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.

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

## Businesses like Sao Mai in New York

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Same kind in New York | 4270 | 52% | 40% | 76.9% |

The best of Same kind in New York: Akdeniz (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/akdeniz46.com); Amelie Wine Bar (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/ameliewinebar.com); Antoya Korean BBQ (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/anto.com); Betty (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/bettynewyork.com); Club A Steakhouse (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/clubasteakhouse.com).

With the fix above (No booking or ordering path at all) the score would be about 100%: first of 4,270 in New York.

## The direct record
What agents get for Sao Mai, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/saomainyc.com
- Book: none on record
- Order: none on record
- Menu: https://saomainyc.com/menu.html (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: Mo-Su 11:00-22:00 (closed now) (from OpenStreetMap)
- Phone: +1-212-358-8880
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/saomainyc.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): 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 | 25 | 25 |
| Actionable | 0 | 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/saomainyc.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: yes

Deep report: https://directindex.org/r/saomainyc.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=saomainyc.com&force=1