# Shan: Agent-Direct Score D (52.3%)

Site: https://www.shannyc.com
Report: https://directindex.org/r/shannyc.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.)
Shan is hard for agents to use.
AI assistants can't open Shan's website, so they go by what other sites say about it.

## Direct links
- Book directly: https://www.sevenrooms.com/explore/shan/reservations/create/search/ (through sevenrooms acting for the business)
- Order directly: https://shannyc.com/order (on the business's own site)
- Menu: https://shannyc.com/menu
- Phone: 13472944660
- Address: 191 Smith St, 11201-6410, Brooklyn
- Prices: 3 prices on the site, the middle one $10.00

## Nearby, also direct
Places near Shan that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Sal Tang's (790 m): https://directindex.org/r/saltangs.com
- Xifu Food (840 m): https://directindex.org/r/xifufoodtogo.com
- Oh! Dumpling (1.5 km): https://directindex.org/r/ohdumplings.com
- Mr. Wonton (1.8 km): https://directindex.org/r/mrwontonbk.com
- Nin Hao (1.9 km): https://directindex.org/r/ninhaonyc.com

## What to fix first
- **The site turns away every visitor that isn't a browser, AI agents included.** (+25 points) A plain fetch was refused (cloudflare_challenge). Only a real browser got the page. Every AI crawler and agent gets turned away the same way, so Reachable scores 0 and the rest is measured on the page as the browser rendered it. Ask the host to let the AI user agents through. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/blocking-ai-crawlers-without-knowing
- **Structured data is incomplete.** (+3 points) Missing: opening hours. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant

## What the site tells visitors (Measured, not scored)
- **3 prices on the landing page, the middle one $10.00.** In New York, the middle price of comparable sites that show prices is $14.00.

## 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
<script type="application/ld+json">
{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "Restaurant",
  "name": "Shan",
  "url": "https://www.shannyc.com",
  "telephone": "13472944660",
  "address": "191 Smith St, 11201-6410, Brooklyn",
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 40.6851255,
    "longitude": -73.9911831
  },
  "servesCuisine": [
    "chinese"
  ],
  "acceptsReservations": "https://www.sevenrooms.com/explore/shan/reservations/create/search/",
  "hasMenu": "https://shannyc.com/menu",
  "potentialAction": [
    {
      "@type": "ReserveAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://www.sevenrooms.com/explore/shan/reservations/create/search/",
        "actionPlatform": [
          "http://schema.org/DesktopWebPlatform",
          "http://schema.org/MobileWebPlatform"
        ]
      },
      "result": {
        "@type": "Reservation",
        "name": "Reservation"
      }
    },
    {
      "@type": "OrderAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://shannyc.com/order",
        "actionPlatform": [
          "http://schema.org/DesktopWebPlatform",
          "http://schema.org/MobileWebPlatform"
        ]
      }
    }
  ]
}
</script>
```

## Already right
- **robots.txt lets AI crawlers in.** No rule blocks the main AI user agents.
- **Structured data found (Restaurant).** address, phone
- **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read the items and prices.
- **Booking through sevenrooms on your own domain.** There's no marketplace commission, and the customer stays yours.
- **Ordering on your own site.** Agents can order without going through a marketplace.

## Where it stands
6017 of 11000 in New York. Top 55% 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) | 96% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 59% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 25% | no |

Nearest places with a similar menu: Sal Tang's (B, 785 m, https://directindex.org/r/saltangs.com); Xifu Food (A, 836 m, https://directindex.org/r/xifufoodtogo.com); Gourmet Garden 8 (F, 1192 m, https://directindex.org/r/gourmetgarden8.com); Petite Dumpling (D, 1415 m, https://directindex.org/r/petitedumpling.com); Oh! Dumpling (B, 1488 m, https://directindex.org/r/ohdumplings.com); Ruby Kitchen (F, 1737 m, https://directindex.org/r/rubyskitchen.nyc); Mr. Wonton (C, 1771 m, https://directindex.org/r/mrwontonbk.com); Zhongzhong Noodles (F, 1839 m, https://directindex.org/r/zhongzhong.us); Nin Hao (C, 1877 m, https://directindex.org/r/ninhaonyc.com); Noodle Lane (B, 1956 m, https://directindex.org/r/noodlelane.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 13 everyday questions about New York and named 69 places. Shan wasn't one of them. See who was named: https://directindex.org/city/new-york/recommended


Compared with its peers: Sites using SevenRooms 74% (63% A or B, 4509 sites); This site 52.3%.

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

## Businesses like Shan in New York

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in New York | 11000 | 52% | 34% | 52.3% |
| Sites using SevenRooms in New York | 119 | 78% | 72% | 52.3% |

The best of the sites using SevenRooms in New York: Gjelina (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/gjelina.com); Golden Steer New York (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/goldensteer.com); Kokomo (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/kokomonyc.com); Le Rock (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/lerocknyc.com); Manuela (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/manuela-nyc.com).

With the two fixes above (The site turns away every visitor that isn't a browser, AI agents included; Structured data is incomplete), the score would be about 95.4%. That would be 336th of 11,000 in New York, up from 6017th.

## The direct record
What agents get for Shan, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/shannyc.com
- Book: https://www.sevenrooms.com/explore/shan/reservations/create/search/ (vendor on own site: SevenRooms; found by the scan of 2026-10-24, not yet tested)
- Order: https://shannyc.com/order (own site; found by the scan of 2026-10-24, not yet tested)
- Menu: https://shannyc.com/menu (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: 13472944660
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/shannyc.com/book, https://directindex.org/go/shannyc.com/order, https://directindex.org/go/shannyc.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

Only a real browser got this page (a plain fetch got cloudflare_challenge); Readable and Actionable were measured on the rendered page.

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 0 | 25 |
| Readable | 19 | 25 |
| Actionable | 15 | 15 (the action test: pending) |
| Cited | 0 | 0 (the assistant citation check: pending) |

## Agent readiness (Cloudflare)
Not measured for this scan.
- JSON-LD for the business: yes

Keep watching this business (https://directindex.org/r/shannyc.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/shannyc.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=shannyc.com&force=1