# Sepia: Agent-Direct Score A (100%)

Site: https://www.sepiachicago.com/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/sepiachicago.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.)
Sepia is ready for agents.

## Direct links
- Book directly: https://www.sepiachicago.com/reservations (on the business's own site)
- Order directly: https://www.toasttab.com/sepia/giftcards (through toast acting for the business)
- Menu: https://www.sepiachicago.com/menu
- Phone: +1-312-441-1920

## What to fix first
- **No llms.txt.** (no points, still worth doing) Optional today, cheap to add: a short text file describing the business for language models. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/llms-txt-for-a-business

## Fix kit: What to paste

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

```
# Sepia

> restaurant (american) in North Jefferson Street 123 60661 Chicago, Chicago. Phone +1-312-441-1920.

## Book or order directly

- Book: https://www.sepiachicago.com/reservations (on the business's own site)
- Order: https://www.toasttab.com/sepia/giftcards (through toast acting for the business)
- Menu: https://www.sepiachicago.com/menu

## About

- Website: https://www.sepiachicago.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 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.
- **Booking on your own site.** Agents can book without a marketplace in the loop.
- **Ordering through toast on your own domain.** No marketplace commission, and the guest stays yours.

## Where it stands
21 of 1561 in Chicago. Top 1% 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 | 97% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no edge block, no robots.txt block) | 95% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 52% | yes |
| Have an llms.txt | 19% | no |

Nearest places with a similar menu: Slightly Toasted (C, 192 m, https://directindex.org/r/slightlytoasted.com); SUNNYGUN (B, 318 m, https://directindex.org/r/sunnygunchicago.com); Oriole (B, 325 m, https://directindex.org/r/oriolechicago.com); Jubilee Juice & Grill (A, 421 m, https://directindex.org/r/jubileejuice.com); The Oakville Grill & Cellar (C, 491 m, https://directindex.org/r/theoakville.com); HIDE+SEEK (A, 537 m, https://directindex.org/r/hideandseekchicago.com); Green Street Smoked Meats (B, 541 m, https://directindex.org/r/greenstreetmeats.com); Beatrix Fulton Market (F, 629 m, https://directindex.org/r/beatrixrestaurants.com); Lou Mitchell's Restaurant (C, 681 m, https://directindex.org/r/loumitchells.com); Luke's Lobster City Hall (B, 815 m, https://directindex.org/r/lukeslobster.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 Squarespace 65% (48% A or B, 7098 sites); Sites using Toast 74% (63% A or B, 1884 sites); This site 100%.

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

## Businesses like Sepia in Chicago

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Same kind in Chicago | 1561 | 50% | 38% | 100% |
| Built with Squarespace in Chicago | 186 | 77% | 75% | 100% |
| Using Toast in Chicago | 191 | 76% | 64% | 100% |
| Built with Squarespace and using Toast in Chicago | 67 | 80% | 81% | 100% |

The best of Built with Squarespace and using Toast in Chicago: Galit (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/galitrestaurant.com); Bites (A 93.8%, https://directindex.org/r/biteskitchen.com); Kie-Gol-Lanee Logan Square (A 93.8%, https://directindex.org/r/kiegol.com); Munno Pizzeria & Bistro (A 93.8%, https://directindex.org/r/munnochicago.com); Alpana (A 92.3%, https://directindex.org/r/alpanachicago.com).

## The direct record
What agents get for Sepia, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/sepiachicago.com
- Book: https://www.sepiachicago.com/reservations (own site; found by the scan of 2026-10-14, not yet tested)
- Order: https://www.toasttab.com/sepia/giftcards (vendor on own site: Toast; found by the scan of 2026-10-14, not yet tested)
- Menu: https://www.sepiachicago.com/menu (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: +1-312-441-1920
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/sepiachicago.com/book, https://directindex.org/go/sepiachicago.com/order, https://directindex.org/go/sepiachicago.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 | 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/sepiachicago.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/sepiachicago.com/plan): the assistants asked again every month, with what changed; 2 EUR a month or 19 EUR a year.
Deep report: https://directindex.org/r/sepiachicago.com/deep. Ten questions the way people ask, each assistant's full answer, the eight nearest similar places, the fix plan and a PDF: 5 EUR, one-off. 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=sepiachicago.com&force=1