# The Flame: Agent-Direct Score C (64.6%)

Site: https://www.theflamediner.com/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/theflamediner.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 Flame is partly visible to agents.
An AI assistant can open the website of The Flame. What The Flame offers is on another site. It finds a way to book or order directly, through getsauce.com.

## Direct links
- Phone: +1 212-765-7962

## What to fix first
- **Ordering through an unrecognised third party.** (+9 points) Check that the provider keeps you as the merchant of record. 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
- **Menu or price list lives on another site.** (+5 points) The link points to getsauce.com, so the credit and the traffic go there. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/menu-pdf-ai

## 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
<script type="application/ld+json">
{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "Restaurant",
  "name": "The Flame",
  "url": "https://www.theflamediner.com/",
  "telephone": "+1 212-765-7962",
  "address": {
    "@type": "PostalAddress",
    "streetAddress": "9th Avenue 893",
    "postalCode": "10019",
    "addressLocality": "New York"
  },
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 40.7685722,
    "longitude": -73.985481
  },
  "openingHours": "24/7",
  "openingHoursSpecification": [
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Monday",
        "Tuesday",
        "Wednesday",
        "Thursday",
        "Friday",
        "Saturday",
        "Sunday"
      ],
      "opens": "00:00",
      "closes": "23:59"
    }
  ],
  "servesCuisine": [
    "greek",
    "diner"
  ],
  "hasMenu": "https://www.getsauce.com/order/the-flame-diner/menu?utm_source=wp-site&amp;utm_medium=order-now"
}
</script>
```

## 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 (Organization).** but without address, phone or hours

## Where it stands
2007 of 4270 in New York. Top 47% 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 | 99% | no |
| Let AI crawlers in (no edge block, no robots.txt block) | 94% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 50% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 13% | yes |

Nearest places with a similar menu: The Greek Kitchen (B, 273 m, https://directindex.org/r/greekkitchennyc.com); Applejack Diner (B, 503 m, https://directindex.org/r/applejackdiner.com); Brooklyn Diner (A, 509 m, https://directindex.org/r/brooklyndiner.com); Loi Estiatorio (B, 725 m, https://directindex.org/r/loiestiatorio.com); Mom's Kitchen & Bar (B, 782 m, https://directindex.org/r/eatatmomsnyc.com); Times Square Diner & Grill (C, 790 m, https://directindex.org/r/ordertimessquarediner.com); Astro Restaurant (F, 853 m, https://directindex.org/r/astrorestaurant.com); Utopia Diner (D, 1193 m, https://directindex.org/r/utopiadiner.com); Viand Cafe (F, 1409 m, https://directindex.org/r/viandnyc.com); ammos estiatorio (A, 1739 m, https://directindex.org/r/ammosny.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 WordPress 58% (29% A or B, 36926 sites); This site 64.6%.

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

## Businesses like The Flame in New York

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in New York | 4270 | 52% | 40% | 64.6% |
| Sites built with WordPress in New York | 607 | 65% | 45% | 64.6% |

The best of the sites built with WordPress in New York: Club A Steakhouse (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/clubasteakhouse.com); East Coast Burger (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/ecbny.com); Manuela (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/manuela-nyc.com); Orale Mexican Kitchen (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/oralemk.com); Red Crab (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/redcrabseafood.com).

With the three fixes above (Ordering through an unrecognised third party; Structured data is incomplete; Menu or price list lives on another site) the score would be about 95.4%: 74th of 4,270 in New York, up from 2007th.

## The direct record
What agents get for The Flame, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/theflamediner.com
- Book: none on record
- Order: none on record
- Menu: https://www.getsauce.com/order/the-flame-diner/menu?utm_source=wp-site&amp;utm_medium=order-now (external; from the scan)
- Hours: 24/7 (open now) (from OpenStreetMap)
- Phone: +1 212-765-7962
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/theflamediner.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

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

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 25 | 25 |
| Readable | 11 | 25 |
| Actionable | 6 | 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/theflamediner.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: yes
- 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/theflamediner.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/theflamediner.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=theflamediner.com&force=1