# The Banks Seafood and Steak: Agent-Direct Score C (67.7%) Site: https://thebanksboston.com/ Report: https://directindex.org/r/thebanksboston.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.) The Banks Seafood and Steak is partly visible to agents. ## Direct links - Menu: https://thebanksboston.com/menus - Phone: +16173990015 ## What to fix first - **Booking only through opentable.** (+12 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 - **Ordering only through doordash.** (+12 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/online-ordering-without-delivery-apps - **Structured data is incomplete.** (+6 points) Missing: address, telephone, opening hours. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant - **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 (JSON-LD). One block in the page's head, or in the builder's custom-code slot. Replace anything that is wrong. ```html ``` llms.txt. Save as /llms.txt at the root of the site. ``` # The Banks Seafood and Steak > restaurant (seafood, steak house) in Stuart Street 406 02116 Boston, Boston. Phone +16173990015. ## Book or order directly - Menu: https://thebanksboston.com/menus ## About - Website: https://thebanksboston.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 (LocalBusiness).** but without address, phone or hours - **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read items and prices directly. - **OpenTable works with agents through its partners.** OpenTable's terms page could not be fetched on 2026-10-15; OpenTable names over 200 authorized partners, Google, Meta and OpenAI among them, as the channels through which agents book. Read 2026-10-15: https://mynews13.com/fl/orlando/business/2026/07/14/opentable-new-terms. 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 356 of 834 in Boston. Top 43% 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% | no | | Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 98% | yes | | Let AI crawlers in (no edge block, no robots.txt block) | 95% | yes | | Structured data with address, phone and hours | 42% | no | | Have an llms.txt | 18% | no | Nearest places with a similar menu: Fogo de Chão (A, 249 m, https://directindex.org/r/fogodechao.com); Samurai Express (D, 327 m, https://directindex.org/r/hugedomains.com); Saltie Girl (A, 390 m, https://directindex.org/r/saltiegirl.com); McCormick & Schmick's (B, 415 m, https://directindex.org/r/mccormickandschmicks.com); Luke's Lobster Back Bay (B, 433 m, https://directindex.org/r/lukeslobster.com); Bootleg Special (C, 497 m, https://directindex.org/r/bootlegspecial.com); Atlantic Fish (C, 588 m, https://directindex.org/r/atlanticfish.com); Ostra (A, 613 m, https://directindex.org/r/ostraboston.com); Abe & Louie's (C, 617 m, https://directindex.org/r/abeandlouies.com); Lobstah on a Roll (F, 715 m, https://directindex.org/r/lobstahonaroll.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 OpenTable 67% (43% A or B, 1462 sites); Sites using DoorDash 63% (35% A or B, 137 sites); This site 67.7%. See what an AI agent reads on this site: https://directindex.org/r/thebanksboston.com/agent-view ## Businesses like The Banks Seafood and Steak in Boston | Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site | |---|---|---|---|---| | Same kind in Boston | 834 | 53% | 41% | 67.7% | | Built with Squarespace in Boston | 122 | 78% | 75% | 67.7% | | Using OpenTable in Boston | 51 | 77% | 73% | 67.7% | | Built with Squarespace and using OpenTable in Boston | 18 | 80% | 83% | 67.7% | The best of Built with Squarespace and using OpenTable in Boston: Bar Vlaha (A 93.8%, https://directindex.org/r/barvlaha.com); Krasi (A 92.3%, https://directindex.org/r/krasiboston.com); Steel & Rye (A 92.3%, https://directindex.org/r/steelandrye.com); Fox & The Knife (A 86.2%, https://directindex.org/r/foxandtheknife.com); Pearl&Lime (A 86.2%, https://directindex.org/r/pearlandlime.com). With the three fixes above (Booking only through opentable; Ordering only through doordash; Structured data is incomplete) the score would be about 100%: first of 834 in Boston. ## The direct record What agents get for The Banks Seafood and Steak, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/thebanksboston.com - Book: none on record - Order: none on record - Menu: https://thebanksboston.com/menus (html_page; from the scan) - Hours: none on record - Phone: +16173990015 - Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/thebanksboston.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 - Vendor terms for agents, OpenTable: Through partners. OpenTable's terms page could not be fetched on 2026-10-15; OpenTable names over 200 authorized partners, Google, Meta and OpenAI among them, as the channels through which agents book. Read 2026-10-15: https://mynews13.com/fl/orlando/business/2026/07/14/opentable-new-terms Not measured at this scan; the next scan measures it. ## Score breakdown | Component | Points | Available | |---|---|---| | Reachable | 25 | 25 | | Readable | 16 | 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/thebanksboston.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 Deep report: https://directindex.org/r/thebanksboston.com/deep. Ten questions the way people ask, each assistant's full answer, the eight nearest similar places, the fix plan and a PDF: 19 EUR, one-off. Methodology: https://directindex.org/methodology · Rescan now: https://directindex.org/scan?url=thebanksboston.com&force=1