# The Blind Goat: Agent-Direct Score A (92.3%)

Site: https://www.theblindgoat.com
Report: https://directindex.org/r/theblindgoat.com
Scanned: 2026-10-23 (Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.)
The Blind Goat is ready for agents.
An AI assistant can open The Blind Goat's website. It can read what The Blind Goat offers. It finds a way to book or order directly, through OpenTable.

## Direct links
- Book directly: https://www.opentable.com/widget/comms/mural?rid=1237339&lang=en-US (through opentable acting for the business)
- Order directly: https://order.toasttab.com/online/the-blind-goat (through toast acting for the business)
- Menu: https://www.theblindgoat.com/menu
- Phone: (346) 298-1660
- Address: 409 Travis St Apt 367, 77002, Houston
- Its menu mentions: vegan options, vegetarian dishes

## Nearby, also direct
Places near The Blind Goat that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Huynh Restaurant (1.3 km): https://directindex.org/r/huynhrestauranthouston.com
- Simply Phở (2.5 km): https://directindex.org/r/simply-pho.com
- Yummy Pho & Bo Ne The Heights (3.1 km): https://directindex.org/r/yummyphotheheights.com

## What to fix first
- **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

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

```
# The Blind Goat

> restaurant (vietnamese) in 409 Travis St Apt 367, 77002, Houston, Houston. Phone (346) 298-1660.

## Book or order directly

- Book: https://www.opentable.com/widget/comms/mural?rid=1237339&lang=en-US (through opentable acting for the business)
- Order: https://order.toasttab.com/online/the-blind-goat (through toast acting for the business)
- Menu: https://www.theblindgoat.com/menu

## About

- Website: https://www.theblindgoat.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.
- **Structured data found (Restaurant).** address, phone, opening hours
- **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read the items and prices.
- **Booking through opentable on your own domain.** There's no marketplace commission, and the customer stays yours.
- **Ordering through toast on your own domain.** There's no marketplace commission, and the customer stays yours.
- **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. Terms read on 2026-10-15: https://mynews13.com/fl/orlando/business/2026/07/14/opentable-new-terms. 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
174 of 2427 in Houston. Top 7% 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 | 96% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 92% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 72% | yes |
| Have an llms.txt | 51% | no |

Nearest places with a similar menu: Bodard Express (D, 399 m, https://directindex.org/r/bodardexpress.com); Top Taste (C, 589 m, https://directindex.org/r/toptasterestaurant.com); Kim's Cafe (D, 637 m, https://directindex.org/r/kimscafehouston.com); Spring Kitchen (F, 1145 m, https://directindex.org/r/springkitchen.com); Huynh Restaurant (C, 1292 m, https://directindex.org/r/huynhrestauranthouston.com); Cafe TH (F, 1802 m, https://directindex.org/r/cafeth.com); Local Pho Vietnamese Noodle (D, 2094 m, https://directindex.org/r/localpho.com); Simply Phở (D, 2509 m, https://directindex.org/r/simply-pho.com); Mai's Restaurant (D, 2863 m, https://directindex.org/r/maishouston.com); Yummy Pho & Bo Ne The Heights (B, 3131 m, https://directindex.org/r/yummyphotheheights.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 12 everyday questions about Houston and named 62 places. The Blind Goat wasn't one of them. See who was named: https://directindex.org/city/houston/recommended


Compared with its peers: Sites using OpenTable 69% (51% A or B, 5719 sites); Sites using Toast 73% (61% A or B, 5253 sites); This site 92.3%.

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

## Businesses like The Blind Goat in Houston

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Houston | 2427 | 53% | 34% | 92.3% |
| Sites using OpenTable in Houston | 88 | 73% | 55% | 92.3% |

The best of the sites using OpenTable in Houston: Annabelle Brasserie (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/annabellebrasserie.com); Brasserie 19 (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/brasserie19.com); Pacha Nikkei (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/pachanikkei.com); Say No Mas (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/saynomashtx.com); The Annie Café & Bar (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/theanniehouston.com).

## The direct record
What agents get for The Blind Goat, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/theblindgoat.com
- Book: https://www.opentable.com/widget/comms/mural?rid=1237339&lang=en-US (vendor on own site: OpenTable; found by the scan of 2026-10-23, not yet tested)
- Order: https://order.toasttab.com/online/the-blind-goat (vendor on own site: Toast; found by the scan of 2026-10-23, not yet tested)
- Menu: https://www.theblindgoat.com/menu (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: (346) 298-1660
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/theblindgoat.com/book, https://directindex.org/go/theblindgoat.com/order, https://directindex.org/go/theblindgoat.com/menu
- Agents and people followed 5 direct links to this business this month (5 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): 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 (Toast): yes
- 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

Found one hop past the home page: menu page /menu: 121 menu items in JSON-LD.

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 25 | 25 |
| Readable | 25 | 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/theblindgoat.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

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