# Sushi Taro: Agent-Direct Score A (87.7%)

Site: https://www.sushitaro.com/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/sushitaro.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.)
Sushi Taro is ready for agents.

## Direct links
- Order directly: https://order.toasttab.com/online/sushi-taro-1503-17th-st-nw (through toast acting for the business)
- Menu: https://www.sushitaro.com/menus/
- Phone: +1-202-462-8999

## What to fix first
- **Booking only through resy.** (+5 points) 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

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

```
# Sushi Taro

> restaurant (sushi) in 17th Street Northwest 1503, Washington. Phone +1-202-462-8999.

## Book or order directly

- Order: https://order.toasttab.com/online/sushi-taro-1503-17th-st-nw (through toast acting for the business)
- Menu: https://www.sushitaro.com/menus/

## About

- Website: https://www.sushitaro.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 (FoodEstablishment).** address, phone, opening hours
- **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read items and prices directly.
- **Ordering through toast on your own domain.** No marketplace commission, and the guest stays yours.
- **Toast works with agents through its partners.** Toast's guest terms could not be read on 2026-10-15 (bot challenge); since August 2026 Google's Ask Maps completes orders at Toast restaurants through Toast Local under the UCP for Food standard. Read 2026-10-15: https://www.digitaltransactions.net/square-toast-jump-into-ai-boosted-google-maps/. An assistant that is not a partner may not finish the step there; a direct path on your own domain works for all of them.

## Where it stands
176 of 945 in Washington. Top 19% 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 | 100% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no edge block, no robots.txt block) | 94% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 66% | yes |
| Have an llms.txt | 19% | no |

Nearest places with a similar menu: Zepplin (C, 1226 m, https://directindex.org/r/zeppelindc.com); Izumi (C, 1383 m, https://directindex.org/r/izumi1832.com); Nobu (D, 1461 m, https://directindex.org/r/noburestaurants.com); Kura Sushi (F, 1903 m, https://directindex.org/r/kurasushi.com); Sushi Nakazawa (F, 2032 m, https://directindex.org/r/sushinakazawa.com); Fat Fish (B, 3350 m, https://directindex.org/r/fatfishrolls.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 BentoBox 84% (96% A or B, 951 sites); Sites using Resy 69% (48% A or B, 600 sites); Sites using Toast 74% (63% A or B, 1884 sites); This site 87.7%.

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

## Businesses like Sushi Taro in Washington

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Same kind in Washington | 945 | 58% | 47% | 87.7% |
| Built with BentoBox in Washington | 78 | 87% | 99% | 87.7% |
| Using Resy in Washington | 48 | 71% | 50% | 87.7% |
| Built with BentoBox and using Resy in Washington | 4 | 84% | 100% | 87.7% |

The best of Built with BentoBox and using Resy in Washington: Oyster Oyster (A 89.2%, https://directindex.org/r/oysteroysterdc.com); City Tap House (A 87.7%, https://directindex.org/r/citytap.com); Dauphine’s (A 87.7%, https://directindex.org/r/dauphinesdc.com); Little Pearl (B 72.3%, https://directindex.org/r/littlepearldc.com).

With the fix above (Booking only through resy) the score would be about 95.4%: 41st of 945 in Washington, up from 176th.

## The direct record
What agents get for Sushi Taro, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/sushitaro.com
- Book: none on record
- Order: https://order.toasttab.com/online/sushi-taro-1503-17th-st-nw (vendor on own site: Toast; found by the scan of 2026-10-14, not yet tested)
- Menu: https://www.sushitaro.com/menus/ (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: +1-202-462-8999
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/sushitaro.com/order, https://directindex.org/go/sushitaro.com/menu
- Agents and people followed 1 direct link to this business this month (1 by AI agents).

## 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
- Vendor terms for agents, Toast: Through partners. Toast's guest terms could not be read on 2026-10-15 (bot challenge); since August 2026 Google's Ask Maps completes orders at Toast restaurants through Toast Local under the UCP for Food standard. Read 2026-10-15: https://www.digitaltransactions.net/square-toast-jump-into-ai-boosted-google-maps/

Not measured at this scan; the next scan measures it.

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 25 | 25 |
| Readable | 22 | 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/sushitaro.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: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/ai-rules/SKILL.md)
- 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/sushitaro.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/sushitaro.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=sushitaro.com&force=1