# About-face.: Agent-Direct Score B (84.6%)

Site: http://www.aboutfacempls.com/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/aboutfacempls.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.)
About-face. is mostly ready for agents.
An AI assistant can open About-face.'s website. It can read what About-face. offers. It finds a way to book or order directly, through Square.

## Direct links
- Order directly: http://about-face-mpls-llc.square.site/ (through square acting for the business)
- Menu: https://www.aboutfacempls.com/menuofservices
- Phone: +16125819927
- Address: 1936 Lyndale Ave S Ste 135, 55403, Minneapolis

## Nearby, also direct
Places near About-face. that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Artifex Wellness (220 m): https://directindex.org/r/artifexwellness.com
- The Fox Den Salon (220 m): https://directindex.org/r/openhairspace.com
- The Curl Salon (280 m): https://directindex.org/r/thecurlsalon.com
- Best Minneapolis Massage (490 m): https://directindex.org/r/bestminneapolismassage.com

## What to fix first
- **Structured data is incomplete.** (+2 points) Missing: telephone. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant
- **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
<script type="application/ld+json">
{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "LocalBusiness",
  "name": "About-face.",
  "url": "http://www.aboutfacempls.com/",
  "telephone": "+16125819927",
  "address": "1936 Lyndale Ave S Ste 135, 55403, Minneapolis",
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 44.96306449,
    "longitude": -93.28854994
  },
  "potentialAction": [
    {
      "@type": "OrderAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "http://about-face-mpls-llc.square.site/",
        "actionPlatform": [
          "http://schema.org/DesktopWebPlatform",
          "http://schema.org/MobileWebPlatform"
        ]
      }
    }
  ]
}
</script>
```

llms.txt. Save as /llms.txt at the root of the site.

```
# About-face.

> local business in 1936 Lyndale Ave S Ste 135, 55403, Minneapolis, Minneapolis hairdressers and beauty salons. Phone +16125819927.

## Book or order directly

- Order: http://about-face-mpls-llc.square.site/ (through square acting for the business)
- Menu: https://www.aboutfacempls.com/menuofservices

## About

- Website: http://www.aboutfacempls.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.
- **Structured data found (LocalBusiness).** address, opening hours
- **Price list of services is an HTML page.** Agents can read the items and prices.
- **Ordering through square on your own domain.** There's no marketplace commission, and the customer stays yours.

## Where it stands
5 of 373 in Minneapolis hairdressers and beauty salons. Top 1% 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 | 97% | yes |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 29% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 97% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 5% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 24% | no |

Nearest places in the index: Artifex Wellness (D, 222 m, https://directindex.org/r/artifexwellness.com); The Fox Den Salon (B, 223 m, https://directindex.org/r/openhairspace.com); The Curl Salon (D, 281 m, https://directindex.org/r/thecurlsalon.com); Blush Beauty Room (C, 283 m, https://directindex.org/r/blushbeautyroom.com); Carol Cunnington Massage and Energy work (C, 357 m, https://directindex.org/r/carolcunningtonmassage.com); Luna Massage and Wellness (F, 430 m, https://directindex.org/r/lunamw.com); Best Minneapolis Massage (B, 491 m, https://directindex.org/r/bestminneapolismassage.com); Ritual Self Care (F, 518 m, https://directindex.org/r/nissavaldez.com); Paradise Body Works Therapeutic Massage (F, 526 m, https://directindex.org/r/blogspot.com); House of Beauté Atout (D, 583 m, https://directindex.org/r/hobampls.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.


Compared with its peers: Sites built with Squarespace 61% (41% A or B, 32150 sites); Sites using Square 65% (41% A or B, 5073 sites); This site 84.6%.

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

## Businesses like About-face. in Minneapolis hairdressers and beauty salons

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Minneapolis hairdressers and beauty salons | 373 | 51% | 23% | 84.6% |
| Sites built with Squarespace in Minneapolis hairdressers and beauty salons | 107 | 67% | 48% | 84.6% |
| Sites using Square in Minneapolis hairdressers and beauty salons | 35 | 61% | 31% | 84.6% |
| Sites built with Squarespace and using Square in Minneapolis hairdressers and beauty salons | 17 | 70% | 59% | 84.6% |

The best of the sites built with Squarespace and using Square in Minneapolis hairdressers and beauty salons: Therapeutic Massages By Liz (B 83.1%, https://directindex.org/r/integrativemassagebyliz.com); Arch Salon & Suites (B 81.5%, https://directindex.org/r/archsalonsuites.com); Barbers on Bryant (B 78.5%, https://directindex.org/r/barbersonbryant.com); The Glow Up (B 78.5%, https://directindex.org/r/theglowupmpls.com); Hairitage Beauty & Barber Lounge (B 73.8%, https://directindex.org/r/hairitagebeautybarberlounge.com).

With the fix above (Structured data is incomplete), the score would be about 87.7%. That would be 2nd of 373 in Minneapolis hairdressers and beauty salons, up from 5th.

## The direct record
What agents get for About-face., as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/aboutfacempls.com
- Book: none on record
- Order: http://about-face-mpls-llc.square.site/ (vendor on own site: Square; found by the scan of 2026-10-23, not yet tested)
- Menu: https://www.aboutfacempls.com/menuofservices (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: +16125819927
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/aboutfacempls.com/order, https://directindex.org/go/aboutfacempls.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): yes
- Vendor terms for agents, Square: Yes. Square takes orders placed in ChatGPT and Claude for US food sellers since 1 July 2026 with no seller setup; its Buyer Account Terms still bar robots and scrapers from accessing Block systems. Read 2026-10-15: https://squareup.com/us/en/press/claude-chatgpt-integrations

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 25 | 25 |
| Readable | 20 | 25 |
| Actionable | 10 | 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/aboutfacempls.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: 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: yes

Keep watching this business (https://directindex.org/r/aboutfacempls.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/aboutfacempls.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=aboutfacempls.com&force=1
