# Taco Cantina: Agent-Direct Score D (53.8%)

Site: https://www.tacocantina.com/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/tacocantina.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.)
Taco Cantina is hard for agents to use.
An AI assistant can open Taco Cantina's website. It can read what Taco Cantina offers. To book or order, it is sent to DoorDash, a marketplace.

## Direct links
- Menu: https://www.tacocantina.com/menu
- Its menu mentions: vegetarian dishes
- Outdoor seating (OpenStreetMap)

## Nearby, also direct
Places near Taco Cantina that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Cilantro SF Taqueria (660 m): https://directindex.org/r/cilantrosftaqueria.com
- Tacolicious (1.1 km): https://directindex.org/r/tacolicious.com
- Barrio (1.1 km): https://directindex.org/r/barriosf.com
- La Salsa - Financial District (2 km): https://directindex.org/r/lasalsa.com

## What to fix first
- **No structured data for the business.** (+15 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). Every assistant reads this block first, and the fix kit below has it filled in. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant
- **Ordering only through doordash.** (+12 points) Every transaction an agent makes goes through the marketplace, which takes its commission. Add a direct way on your own site. Even a simple form will do. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/online-ordering-without-delivery-apps
- **No llms.txt.** (no points, but worth doing) Optional for now and cheap to add. It's a short text file that describes the business for language models. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/llms-txt-for-a-business

## 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": "FastFoodRestaurant",
  "name": "Taco Cantina",
  "url": "https://www.tacocantina.com/",
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 37.8098803,
    "longitude": -122.4102435
  },
  "servesCuisine": [
    "mexican"
  ],
  "hasMenu": "https://www.tacocantina.com/menu"
}
</script>
```

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

```
# Taco Cantina

> fast food restaurant (mexican) in San Francisco.

## Book or order directly

- Menu: https://www.tacocantina.com/menu

## About

- Website: https://www.tacocantina.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 main AI user agents.
- **AI crawlers get the page.** GPTBot, ClaudeBot and PerplexityBot all got a normal response.
- **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read the items and prices.
- **DoorDash works with agents through its partners.** DoorDash's consumer terms (13 August 2026) allow access only by means DoorDash authorizes and bar automated means without written permission; agents order only through its CLI and MCP limited betas. Terms read on 2026-10-15: https://help.doordash.com/legal/document?type=cx-terms-and-conditions&region=US&locale=en-US. An assistant that isn't a partner may not be able to finish there. A direct path on your own domain works for all of them.

## Where it stands
1225 of 2392 in San Francisco. Top 51% 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% | no |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 89% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 96% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 55% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 25% | no |

Nearest places with a similar menu: Cilantro SF Taqueria (B, 658 m, https://directindex.org/r/cilantrosftaqueria.com); Tacolicious (A, 1090 m, https://directindex.org/r/tacolicious.com); Barrio (C, 1142 m, https://directindex.org/r/barriosf.com); Taqueria Zorro (F, 1340 m, https://directindex.org/r/taqueriazorro.com); Tacorea (C, 1350 m, https://directindex.org/r/tacorea.com); Mercedes Hair of the Dog (F, 1839 m, https://directindex.org/r/mercedesrestaurant.com); Tlaloc (D, 1888 m, https://directindex.org/r/tlalocsf.com); La Salsa - Financial District (B, 1988 m, https://directindex.org/r/lasalsa.com); Pasilla Mexican Grill (D, 2101 m, https://directindex.org/r/pasillagrill.co); Cenote (F, 2222 m, https://directindex.org/r/cenotemexicankitchen.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 22 everyday questions about San Francisco and named 113 places. Taco Cantina wasn't one of them. See who was named: https://directindex.org/city/san-francisco/recommended


Compared with its peers: Sites built with Squarespace 61% (41% A or B, 32150 sites); Sites using DoorDash 63% (40% A or B, 631 sites); This site 53.8%.

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

## Businesses like Taco Cantina in San Francisco

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in San Francisco | 2392 | 49% | 32% | 53.8% |
| Sites built with Squarespace in San Francisco | 354 | 71% | 57% | 53.8% |
| Sites using DoorDash in San Francisco | 33 | 61% | 42% | 53.8% |
| Sites built with Squarespace and using DoorDash in San Francisco | 8 | 58% | 13% | 53.8% |

The best of the sites built with Squarespace and using DoorDash in San Francisco: La Connessa (B 72.3%, https://directindex.org/r/laconnessa.com); Bombay Brasserie (C 67.7%, https://directindex.org/r/bombaybrasseriesf.com); Louie's Original (C 66.2%, https://directindex.org/r/louiesoriginal.com); Bon, nene (C 55.4%, https://directindex.org/r/bonnene.com); Fifty Vara (C 55.4%, https://directindex.org/r/fiftyvarasf.com).

With the two fixes above (No structured data for the business; Ordering only through doordash), the score would be about 95.4%. That would be 42nd of 2,392 in San Francisco, up from 1225th.

## The direct record
What agents get for Taco Cantina, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/tacocantina.com
- Book: none on record
- Order: none on record
- Menu: https://www.tacocantina.com/menu (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: none on record
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/tacocantina.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
- Vendor terms for agents, DoorDash: Through partners. DoorDash's consumer terms (13 August 2026) allow access only by means DoorDash authorizes and bar automated means without written permission; agents order only through its CLI and MCP limited betas. Read 2026-10-15: https://help.doordash.com/legal/document?type=cx-terms-and-conditions&region=US&locale=en-US

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 25 | 25 |
| Readable | 7 | 25 |
| Actionable | 3 | 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/tacocantina.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

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