- Visibility24
- Citations1
- Sentiment100
- Site quality93
- AI readiness21
AI assistants name Potbelly Sandwich Shop in 26.7% of answers, which is more often than the typical company in its sector. Its overall score is 45 out of 100, ranking 112th of 2,047 companies. The company's website passes 3 of 14 technical checks for readiness with AI tools.
We asked 15 unbranded questions about the travel market: none named Potbelly Sandwich Shop. AI assistants named it in 16 of 60 answers (26.7%). The typical travel company is named in 21.7% of answers. By how often it is named, Potbelly Sandwich Shop ranks 29 of 75 in its sector.
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Five parts, each scored out of 100.
How often AI assistants name the company
How often AI uses the company's own website as a source
How positively AI describes the company
How well built the website's own pages are
How easily AI tools can read and use the website
Visibility is calculated from the answers on this page. How the score is built.
75 companies in this sector. The line on each bar is the typical company.
An answer that names the company
“Best fast-casual sandwich meals for a quick office lunch?”
For a quick and satisfying office lunch, fast-casual sandwich meals offer convenience, flavor, and customization. The best options are portable, filling, and can cater to various dietary preferences.
Here are some top fast-casual sandwich meals and alternatives for a quick office lunch:
1. Chicken Sandwiches & Wraps:
Nashville Hot Chicken Sandwich: A popular choice for its flavor and handheld nature, often balancing juicy chicken with a crisp coating, tangy pickles, and creamy sauce.
Grilled Chicken Wrap: A versatile and often lighter option that can be customized with va …
The AI’s answer as we received it, shortened and not checked for accuracy.
How the mentions in these answers were split between this company and its rivals
Answers naming it, out of answers received
What this website publishes for an AI agent to read, use and buy from, on a scale of six levels.
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Level 1: Basic web presence. Two of robots.txt, a sitemap and Link headers are in place.
- Content Signals
The website turns away requests that do not come from a browser. AI agents that say what they are meet the same refusal.
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- study: 92.0%robots.txtPassed
A valid robots.txt with crawl rules at the site root.
- study: 86.8%SitemapPartly met
Serve an XML sitemap and reference it from robots.txt.
- study: 0.3%Link headersNot met
Send Link headers such as rel="api-catalog" or rel="describedby" on the homepage.
- study: 5.5%DNS for AI DiscoveryPassed
SVCB or HTTPS records under _agents that advertise agent endpoints.
- study: 1.9%Markdown negotiationNot met
Return a markdown version when asked with Accept: text/markdown, for example at the CDN.
- study: 25.1%llms.txtNot met
Publish an llms.txt with a short summary and the key links.
- study: 93.4%AI bot rulesPartly met
Add explicit robots.txt groups for the main AI crawlers.
- study: 1.4%Content SignalsNot met
Add a Content-Signal line for search, ai-input and ai-train to robots.txt.
- study: 0.2%Web Bot AuthNot present
Only relevant if you run your own agents or crawlers: publish a signing key directory.
- study: 0.3%API CatalogNot met
List public APIs in a linkset at /.well-known/api-catalog.
- study: 11.8%OAuth discoveryNot met
Publish OpenID Connect or OAuth server metadata under /.well-known.
- study: 10.3%OAuth Protected ResourceNot met
Serve protected resource metadata at /.well-known/oauth-protected-resource.
- study: 0.0%auth.mdNot met
Publish an auth.md describing how agents sign in.
- study: 0.2%MCP Server CardNot met
Offer an MCP server and publish its server card under /.well-known.
- study: 0.1%A2A Agent CardNot met
Publish an agent card at /.well-known/agent-card.json.
- study: 0.2%Agent SkillsNot met
Publish a skills index with the main tasks agents can do.
- study: 33.7%WebMCPCould not check
Register key actions such as search or cart as WebMCP tools.
- study: 0.1%ARD manifestNot met
Publish an ai-catalog.json listing every agent interface.
Score 26 of 100 · 97% of checks could run · checked on October 4, 2026 · potbelly.com · 2,047 companies scanned
3 of 14 passed. This list is for your technical team. The percentage is how many companies in the study pass each check.
These 14 checks ran during the audit and are what the AI readiness part of the overall score counts. The scan above ran later and is stricter on Link headers and Markdown, so a check can pass here and not there.
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- Passedrobots.txt publishedstudy: 85.0%
- PassedXML sitemapstudy: 73.2%
- Not metHTTP Link headers (RFC 8288)study: 29.0%
- Not metMarkdown content negotiationstudy: 8.3%
- Not metllms.txt publishedstudy: 21.7%
- PassedToken budget (page weight)study: 95.2%
- Not metExplicit AI bot rulesstudy: 13.0%
- Not metAPI Catalog (.well-known/api-catalog)study: 0.2%
- Not metOAuth Authorization Server discoverystudy: 10.1%
- Not metOAuth Protected Resource discoverystudy: 9.3%
- Not metMCP Server Cardstudy: 0.0%
- Not metA2A Agent Cardstudy: 0.0%
- Not metWebMCP toolsstudy: 4.2%
- Not metAgent Skills declaredstudy: 0.0%
This website sets no rules for any AI crawler by name, like 84% of the websites whose rules we could read. Every AI crawler follows its general rules.
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Read from the website’s own rules file (robots.txt). An asterisk marks a crawler the file names. The rest follow its general rules. “Partly” means only some pages are blocked.
How many times each website was listed as a source in these answers
In the study as Consumer brands.
- Best fast-casual sandwich meals for a quick office lunch?
- What are some healthy options at fast-casual sandwich restaurants for light dinners?
- Alternatives to fast-casual sandwich shops for convenient hot lunch delivery?
- Tips for ensuring salads and soups stay fresh and hot in takeout orders?
- Is it better value to order skinny combo meals or build your own sandwich at fast-casual spots?
- Are there rewards or perks programs for regulars at fast-casual sandwich restaurants?
- What should I do if my sandwich delivery order arrives incorrect from a fast-casual spot?
- Are meal combos at fast-casual sandwich restaurants worth the price?
- Fast-casual sandwich spots vs traditional delis: which is better for quick, convenient meals?
- How much do toasted sandwich and soup combos typically cost at fast-casual chains in the US?
- What are some non-sandwich quick meal options with online ordering and pick-up?
- How do fast-casual sandwich shops compare to salad bars for healthy lunch options?
- Where can I find made-to-order toasted sandwiches near me with pick-up options?
- Where can I find affordable soup and sandwich pairings with vegetarian options in the US?
- What are the best fast-casual sandwich restaurants for online ordering and delivery?
Columns, left to right: OpenAI, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini. The AI assistants often disagree. Across the study, on 40% of the questions where a company is named, only one of the four names it.
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