# Shaw’s Crab House: Agent-Direct Score B (73.8%)

Site: http://shawscrabhouse.com/chicago/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/shawscrabhouse.com
Scanned: 2026-10-14 (provisional: the action test and the assistant citation check pending)
Shaw’s Crab House is mostly ready for agents.

## Direct links
- Order: https://www.shawscrabhouse.com/schaumburg-illinois/order-online-nationwide/ (on the business's own site)
- Menu: https://www.shawscrabhouse.com/chicago-illinois/menus/
- Phone: +1-312-527-2722

## What to fix first, by points
- **No structured data for the business.** (+14 points) Add schema.org JSON-LD for the business (Restaurant, LocalBusiness or the closest type, with name, address, telephone and openingHoursSpecification, plus servesCuisine and acceptsReservations). It is the one block every assistant reads first; the fix kit below has it filled in. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant
- **Booking only through opentable.** (no points, still worth doing) Every agent transaction goes through the marketplace and its commission. Add a direct path on your own site, even a simple form. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/book-direct-on-your-own-website
- **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

Structured data, one block in the page head:

```html
<script type="application/ld+json">
{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "Restaurant",
  "name": "Shaw’s Crab House",
  "url": "http://shawscrabhouse.com/chicago/",
  "telephone": "+1-312-527-2722",
  "address": {
    "@type": "PostalAddress",
    "streetAddress": "East Hubbard Street 21",
    "postalCode": "60611",
    "addressLocality": "Chicago"
  },
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 41.8898798,
    "longitude": -87.6271532
  },
  "hasMenu": "https://www.shawscrabhouse.com/chicago-illinois/menus/",
  "potentialAction": [
    {
      "@type": "OrderAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://www.shawscrabhouse.com/schaumburg-illinois/order-online-nationwide/",
        "actionPlatform": [
          "http://schema.org/DesktopWebPlatform",
          "http://schema.org/MobileWebPlatform"
        ]
      }
    }
  ]
}
</script>
```

llms.txt draft:

```
# Shaw’s Crab House

> restaurant in East Hubbard Street 21 60611 Chicago, Chicago. Phone +1-312-527-2722.

## Book or order directly

- Order: https://www.shawscrabhouse.com/schaumburg-illinois/order-online-nationwide/ (on the business's own site)
- Menu: https://www.shawscrabhouse.com/chicago-illinois/menus/

## About

- Website: http://shawscrabhouse.com/chicago/
- 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.
- **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read items and prices directly.
- **Ordering on your own site.** Agents can order without a marketplace in the loop.

## Since the previous scan (2026-10-14, B)
- Fixed: nothing
- New: nothing

## Where it stands
Rank 489 of 1720 in Chicago (top 28%).

| What the top tenth 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 | 51% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 18% | no |

Nearest places in the index: Star of Siam (B, 93 m, https://directindex.org/r/starofsiamchicago.com); Dough Bros Pizzeria & Sub Shop (D, 97 m, https://directindex.org/r/doughbrospizza.com); Beacon Tavern (F, 126 m, https://directindex.org/r/beacontavern.com); STK (D, 142 m, https://directindex.org/r/togrp.com); Travelle Kitchen + Bar (C, 150 m, https://directindex.org/r/travellechicago.com); Ummo (A, 155 m, https://directindex.org/r/ummochicago.com); Tortoise Supper Club (A, 156 m, https://directindex.org/r/tortoisesupperclub.com); Cantina Laredo (B, 173 m, https://directindex.org/r/cantinalaredo.com); Yolk - Marina City (A, 181 m, https://directindex.org/r/eatyolk.com); P.F. Chang's (B, 221 m, https://directindex.org/r/pfchangs.com).

## What assistants answer
Not asked yet. Assistants are asked about the top-ranked and claimed businesses in each city index.

Score history: 2026-10-14 74%, 2026-10-14 74%.

Against its peers: Sites built with WordPress average 57% (26% A or B, 35830 sites); Sites using OpenTable average 67% (42% A or B, 1409 sites); this site 73.8%.

What an AI agent reads on this site: https://directindex.org/r/shawscrabhouse.com/agent-view

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| reachable | 25 | 25 |
| readable | 8 | 25 |
| actionable | 15 | 15 (action_test pending) |
| cited | 0 | 0 (probes pending) |

## Agent readiness (Cloudflare criteria)
Level 1 of 5: Basic Web Presence. Cloudflare's report: https://isitagentready.com/shawscrabhouse.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: no

Methodology: https://directindex.org/methodology · Rescan: https://directindex.org/scan?url=shawscrabhouse.com&force=1