# Yankee Lobster Eatery: Agent-Direct Score A (86.3%)

Site: https://www.yankeelobstercompany.com/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/yankeelobstercompany.com
Scanned: 2026-10-14 (Provisional: the assistant citation check still to come; the hatched part of the bar is not measured yet.)
Yankee Lobster Eatery is ready for agents.

## Direct links
- Order directly: https://yankeelobstercompany.com/delivery/ (on the business's own site)
- Menu: https://yankeelobstercompany.com/menu/
- Phone: +1 617-345-9799

## What to fix first
- Nothing to fix.

## 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 (Restaurant).** address, phone, opening hours
- **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read items and prices directly.
- **Ordering on your own site.** Agents can order without a marketplace in the loop.

## Where it stands
120 of 834 in Boston. Top 14% 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% | yes |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 98% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no edge block, no robots.txt block) | 95% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 42% | yes |
| Have an llms.txt | 18% | yes |

Nearest places with a similar menu: Maple & Ash (C, 482 m, https://directindex.org/r/mapleandash.com); The Barking Crab (C, 1234 m, https://directindex.org/r/barkingcrab.com); James Hook & Co. (A, 1459 m, https://directindex.org/r/jameshooklobster.com); The Daily Catch (A, 2080 m, https://directindex.org/r/thedailycatch.com); Boston Chowda (F, 2087 m, https://directindex.org/r/bostonchowda.com); Salty Dog Seafood Grille & Bar (F, 2114 m, https://directindex.org/r/saltydogboston.biz); Legal Sea Foods (C, 2193 m, https://directindex.org/r/legalseafoods.com); Aquapazza (A, 2269 m, https://directindex.org/r/aquapazza-boston.com); Neptune Oyster (B, 2374 m, https://directindex.org/r/neptuneoyster.com); Shaking Crab (C, 2533 m, https://directindex.org/r/shakingcrab.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% (28% A or B, 36794 sites); This site 86.3%.

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

## Businesses like Yankee Lobster Eatery in Boston

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Same kind in Boston | 834 | 53% | 41% | 86.3% |
| Built with WordPress in Boston | 149 | 69% | 50% | 86.3% |

The best of Built with WordPress in Boston: Fogo de Chão (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/fogodechao.com); Eddie Merlot's (A 96.3%, https://directindex.org/r/eddiemerlots.com); Ostra (A 96.3%, https://directindex.org/r/ostraboston.com); Sorellina (A 96.3%, https://directindex.org/r/sorellinaboston.com); Chick-fil-A (A 95.4%, https://directindex.org/r/chick-fil-a.com).

## The direct record
What agents get for Yankee Lobster Eatery, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/yankeelobstercompany.com
- Book: none on record
- Order: https://yankeelobstercompany.com/delivery/ (own site; could not verify: partial (2026-10-14))
- Menu: https://yankeelobstercompany.com/menu/ (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: +1 617-345-9799
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/yankeelobstercompany.com/order, https://directindex.org/go/yankeelobstercompany.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 | 22 | 25 |
| Actionable | 22 | 30 |
| Cited | 0 | 0 (the assistant citation check: pending) |

## Agent readiness (Cloudflare)
Level 1 of 5, Basic Web Presence. Cloudflare's report: https://isitagentready.com/yankeelobstercompany.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

Deep report: https://directindex.org/r/yankeelobstercompany.com/deep. Ten questions the way people ask, each assistant's full answer, the eight nearest similar places, the fix plan and a PDF: 19 EUR, one-off.
Methodology: https://directindex.org/methodology · Rescan now: https://directindex.org/scan?url=yankeelobstercompany.com&force=1