# Au Bouchon: Agent-Direct Score D (53.8%) Site: https://bouchonbistro.com Report: https://directindex.org/r/thomaskeller.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.) Au Bouchon is hard for agents to use. An AI assistant can open Au Bouchon's website. It can read what Au Bouchon offers. To book or order, it is sent to Resy, a marketplace. ## Direct links - Menu: https://thomaskeller.com/bouchonyountville/menus - Address: 1815 N 45th St, 98103-6856, Seattle ## Nearby, also direct Places near Au Bouchon that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between. - Juisala (60 m): https://directindex.org/r/juisala.com - Dumpling the Noodle (80 m): https://directindex.org/r/dumplingthenoodle.com - Secret Fort (100 m): https://directindex.org/r/secretfortseattle.com - Yoroshiku (100 m): https://directindex.org/r/yoroshikuseattle.com - Harvest Beat (100 m): https://directindex.org/r/harvestbeat.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 - **Booking only through resy.** (+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/book-direct-on-your-own-website - **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 ``` llms.txt. Save as /llms.txt at the root of the site. ``` # Au Bouchon > local business in 1815 N 45th St, 98103-6856, Seattle, Seattle. ## Book or order directly - Menu: https://thomaskeller.com/bouchonyountville/menus ## About - Website: https://bouchonbistro.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. - **Resy works with agents through its partners.** Resy's terms (9 June 2025) bar automated software that crawls, harvests or scrapes the service and require written consent for other automated use; Resy opened bookings inside ChatGPT on 10 August 2026. Terms read on 2026-10-15: https://resy.com/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 949 of 1768 in Seattle. Top 54% 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 | 92% | yes | | Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 97% | yes | | Structured data with address, phone and hours | 55% | no | | Have an llms.txt | 24% | no | Nearest places in the index: Juisala (B, 62 m, https://directindex.org/r/juisala.com); Dumpling the Noodle (A, 76 m, https://directindex.org/r/dumplingthenoodle.com); Theo's Gyros Seattle (F, 83 m, https://directindex.org/r/theosgyrosseattle.com); Secret Fort (C, 97 m, https://directindex.org/r/secretfortseattle.com); Patty's Eggnest (F, 98 m, https://directindex.org/r/pattyseggnestrestaurant.net); Yoroshiku (A, 99 m, https://directindex.org/r/yoroshikuseattle.com); Harvest Beat (D, 103 m, https://directindex.org/r/harvestbeat.com); 45th Vegetarian Thai (B, 117 m, https://directindex.org/r/45thvegetarianthai.com); Rusty Pelican Cafe (B, 131 m, https://directindex.org/r/rustypelicancafe.com); Silver Tray (D, 157 m, https://directindex.org/r/silvertraythai.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 Seattle and named 140 places. Au Bouchon wasn't one of them. See who was named: https://directindex.org/city/seattle/recommended Compared with its peers: Sites using Resy 67% (44% A or B, 2728 sites); This site 53.8%. See what an AI agent reads on this site: https://directindex.org/r/thomaskeller.com/agent-view ## Businesses like Au Bouchon in Seattle | Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site | |---|---|---|---|---| | Businesses of the same kind in Seattle | 1768 | 52% | 33% | 53.8% | | Sites using Resy in Seattle | 29 | 67% | 41% | 53.8% | The best of the sites using Resy in Seattle: Hatch Cantina (A 93.8%, https://directindex.org/r/hatchcantina.com); El Camino (A 86.2%, https://directindex.org/r/elcaminorestaurant.com); Fuji Sushi (A 86.2%, https://directindex.org/r/fujisushiseattle.com); L'Oursin (B 81.5%, https://directindex.org/r/loursinseattle.com); Harry’s Beach House (B 80%, https://directindex.org/r/harrysbeachhouse.com). With the two fixes above (No structured data for the business; Booking only through resy), the score would be about 95.4%. That would be 37th of 1,768 in Seattle, up from 949th. This site appears in 3 cities (3 places on thomaskeller.com). https://directindex.org/brand/thomaskeller.com ## The direct record What agents get for Au Bouchon, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/thomaskeller.com - Book: none on record - Order: none on record - Menu: https://thomaskeller.com/bouchonyountville/menus (html_page; from the scan) - Hours: none on record - Phone: none on record - Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/thomaskeller.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, Resy: Through partners. Resy's terms (9 June 2025) bar automated software that crawls, harvests or scrapes the service and require written consent for other automated use; Resy opened bookings inside ChatGPT on 10 August 2026. Read 2026-10-15: https://resy.com/terms Found one hop past the home page: booking page /yountville-california/bouchon-bistro/make-reservation: booking via resy. ## 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 0 of 5, Not Ready. Cloudflare's report: https://isitagentready.com/thomaskeller.com - Link headers on the homepage: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/link-headers/SKILL.md) - sitemap.xml: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/sitemap/SKILL.md) - 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/thomaskeller.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/thomaskeller.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=thomaskeller.com&force=1