# The Rusty Onion: Agent-Direct Score A (100%)

Site: http://therustyonion.com
Report: https://directindex.org/r/therustyonion.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 Rusty Onion is ready for agents.
An AI assistant can open The Rusty Onion's website. It can read what The Rusty Onion offers. It finds a way to book or order directly on the site.

## Direct links
- Book directly: https://therustyonion.com/page/parties (on the business's own site)
- Order directly: https://therustyonion.com/menu (on the business's own site)
- Menu: https://therustyonion.com/menu
- Phone: (980) 219-7079
- Hours, from OpenStreetMap · Overture Maps: Mon–Sat 11:30–21:00; Sun 10:00–19:30
- Its menu mentions: a children's menu

## Nearby, also direct
Places near The Rusty Onion that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Cabo's Mexican Cuisine & Cantina (70 m): https://directindex.org/r/cabosmexrest.com
- Flip-a-Lo's (160 m): https://directindex.org/r/flipalos.com
- Cava Digital Kitcheb (170 m): https://directindex.org/r/cava.com
- Midtown Sundries (250 m): https://directindex.org/r/midtownsundries.com
- Umami Pokerito (260 m): https://directindex.org/r/umamipokerito.com

## What to fix first
- Nothing to fix.

## 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 on your own site.** Agents can book without going through a marketplace.
- **Ordering on your own site.** Agents can order without going through a marketplace.

## Where it stands
36 of 1138 in Charlotte. Top 3% 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) | 96% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 68% | yes |
| Have an llms.txt | 41% | yes |

Nearest places in the index: Cabo's Mexican Cuisine & Cantina (A, 70 m, https://directindex.org/r/cabosmexrest.com); Chicken Salad Chick (F, 120 m, https://directindex.org/r/chickensaladchick.com); Flip-a-Lo's (C, 155 m, https://directindex.org/r/flipalos.com); Cava Digital Kitcheb (F, 168 m, https://directindex.org/r/cava.com); Thrifty Deli (D, 190 m, https://directindex.org/r/thriftydeli.com); Honey Baked Ham (F, 241 m, https://directindex.org/r/honeybaked.com); Midtown Sundries (C, 247 m, https://directindex.org/r/midtownsundries.com); Umami Pokerito (C, 259 m, https://directindex.org/r/umamipokerito.com); Chuck E. Cheese (A, 265 m, https://directindex.org/r/chuckecheese.com); Chick-O-Rico (A, 277 m, https://directindex.org/r/chickorico.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 Charlotte and named 92 places. The Rusty Onion wasn't one of them. See who was named: https://directindex.org/city/charlotte/recommended


Compared with its peers: Sites built with Owner 63% (11% A or B, 464 sites); This site 100%.

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

## Businesses like The Rusty Onion in Charlotte

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Charlotte | 1138 | 56% | 37% | 100% |
| Sites built with Owner in Charlotte | 35 | 74% | 40% | 100% |

The best of the sites built with Owner in Charlotte: Irie Nation Restaurant - University (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/irienationclt.com); Kolapasi Indian Canteen - Matthews (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/kolapasimatthews.com); Mama's Caribbean Grill (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/mamascaribbeangrill.com); Papi Queso (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/papiquesoclt.com); Persis Biryani Indian Grill (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/persischarlotte.com).

## The direct record
What agents get for The Rusty Onion, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/therustyonion.com
- Book: https://therustyonion.com/page/parties (own site; found by the scan of 2026-10-23, not yet tested)
- Order: https://therustyonion.com/menu (own site; found by the scan of 2026-10-23, not yet tested)
- Menu: https://therustyonion.com/menu (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: Mo-Sa 11:30-21:00; Su 10:00-19:30 (closed now) (from OpenStreetMap)
- Phone: (980) 219-7079
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/therustyonion.com/book, https://directindex.org/go/therustyonion.com/order, https://directindex.org/go/therustyonion.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

Found one hop past the home page: menu page /menu: 271 menu items in JSON-LD, ordering via owner.

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 25 | 25 |
| Readable | 25 | 25 |
| Actionable | 15 | 15 (the action test: pending) |
| Cited | 0 | 0 (the assistant citation check: pending) |

## Agent readiness (Cloudflare)
Level 3 of 5, Agent-Readable. Cloudflare's report: https://isitagentready.com/therustyonion.com
- Link headers on the homepage: yes
- sitemap.xml: yes
- AI bot rules in robots.txt: yes
- Content Signals in robots.txt: yes
- Markdown on Accept: text/markdown: yes
- 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/therustyonion.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/therustyonion.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=therustyonion.com&force=1