# Tia Maria's: Agent-Direct Score B (80%)

Site: http://tiamariasmex.com/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/tiamariasmex.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.)
Tia Maria's is mostly ready for agents.
An AI assistant can open Tia Maria's's website. It can read what Tia Maria's offers. It finds a way to book or order directly, through tiamariamex.zenfoody.com.

## Direct links
- Menu: https://tiamariasmex.com/main-menu
- Phone: 7136800825
- Address: Dacoma Street 4618
- Hours, from OpenStreetMap · Overture Maps: Mon–Wed 11:00–21:00; Thu–Sat 11:00–22:00; Sun 11:00–21:00
- Its menu mentions: a lunch or set menu
- Step-free access (OpenStreetMap)

## Nearby, also direct
Places near Tia Maria's that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Tatemó (290 m): https://directindex.org/r/tatemohtx.com
- Rustic Mexican HOUSE (870 m): https://directindex.org/r/rustichousefurniture.com
- Nana's (1.4 km): https://directindex.org/r/nanashouston.com
- Tony's (2.8 km): https://directindex.org/r/tonysmexicanrest.com
- El Pollo Loco (2.9 km): https://directindex.org/r/elpolloloco.com

## What to fix first
- **Ordering through an unrecognised third party.** (+9 points) Check that the provider keeps your business as the seller of record. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/online-ordering-without-delivery-apps
- **Structured data is incomplete.** (+1 points) Missing: telephone. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant

## What the site tells visitors (Measured, not scored)
- **The footer says © 2023.** Visitors and assistants may read that year as the last time anyone looked after the site. In Houston, 75% of comparable sites that show a year say 2025 or later.

## 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
<script type="application/ld+json">
{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "Restaurant",
  "name": "Tia Maria's",
  "url": "http://tiamariasmex.com/",
  "telephone": "7136800825",
  "address": {
    "@type": "PostalAddress",
    "streetAddress": "Dacoma Street 4618"
  },
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 29.8070386,
    "longitude": -95.4576941
  },
  "openingHours": "Mo-We,Su 11:00-21:00; Th-Sa 11:00-22:00",
  "openingHoursSpecification": [
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Monday",
        "Tuesday",
        "Wednesday",
        "Sunday"
      ],
      "opens": "11:00",
      "closes": "21:00"
    },
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Thursday",
        "Friday",
        "Saturday"
      ],
      "opens": "11:00",
      "closes": "22:00"
    }
  ],
  "servesCuisine": [
    "mexican"
  ],
  "hasMenu": "https://tiamariasmex.com/main-menu"
}
</script>
```

## 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 (LocalBusiness).** address, opening hours
- **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read the items and prices.

## Where it stands
492 of 2427 in Houston. Top 20% 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 | 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% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 51% | yes |

Nearest places with a similar menu: Tatemó (B, 289 m, https://directindex.org/r/tatemohtx.com); Rustic Mexican HOUSE (F, 868 m, https://directindex.org/r/rustichousefurniture.com); Los Nopalitos (F, 1342 m, https://directindex.org/r/nopalitos.com); Nana's (A, 1431 m, https://directindex.org/r/nanashouston.com); Tony's (C, 2785 m, https://directindex.org/r/tonysmexicanrest.com); El Pollo Loco (B, 2924 m, https://directindex.org/r/elpolloloco.com); El Taconazo (A, 3194 m, https://directindex.org/r/taconazo.com); La Viva (B, 3543 m, https://directindex.org/r/lavivatexmex.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 61 places. Tia Maria's wasn't one of them. See who was named: https://directindex.org/city/houston/recommended


Compared with its peers: Sites built with GoDaddy Website Builder 35% (9% A or B, 7300 sites); This site 80%.

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

## Businesses like Tia Maria's in Houston

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Houston | 2427 | 53% | 34% | 80% |
| Sites built with GoDaddy Website Builder in Houston | 83 | 48% | 23% | 80% |

The best of the sites built with GoDaddy Website Builder in Houston: Bashi (A 89.2%, https://directindex.org/r/bashihtx.com); Basa's Mexican Grill (B 83.1%, https://directindex.org/r/basasmexicangrill.net); Heights Asian Cafe (B 83.1%, https://directindex.org/r/heightsasiancafe.com); W Kitchen (B 83.1%, https://directindex.org/r/wkitchenhtx.com); The Brisket House (B 81.5%, https://directindex.org/r/thebriskethouse.com).

With the two fixes above (Ordering through an unrecognised third party; Structured data is incomplete), the score would be about 95.4%. That would be 104th of 2,427 in Houston, up from 492nd.

## The direct record
What agents get for Tia Maria's, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/tiamariasmex.com
- Book: none on record
- Order: none on record
- Menu: https://tiamariasmex.com/main-menu (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: Mo-We,Su 11:00-21:00; Th-Sa 11:00-22:00 (open now) (from OpenStreetMap)
- Phone: 7136800825
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/tiamariasmex.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: contact page /contact-us: phone.

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 25 | 25 |
| Readable | 21 | 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/tiamariasmex.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/tiamariasmex.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/tiamariasmex.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=tiamariasmex.com&force=1