# AE Color Lab: Agent-Direct Score B (78.5%) Site: https://www.aecolorlab.com/ Report: https://directindex.org/r/aecolorlab.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.) AE Color Lab is mostly ready for agents. An AI assistant can open AE Color Lab's website. It can read what AE Color Lab offers. It finds a way to book or order directly, through Vagaro. ## Direct links - Book directly: https://www.vagaro.com/us04/aecolorlab (through vagaro acting for the business) - Menu: https://www.aecolorlab.com/servicemenu - Phone: +13122911085 - Address: 1431 N Ashland Ave, 60622, Chicago ## Nearby, also direct Places near AE Color Lab that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between. - SpaDerma (500 m): https://directindex.org/r/spaderma.com - H Med Spa (500 m): https://directindex.org/r/hmedicalspa.com - Clean Your Dirty Face (520 m): https://directindex.org/r/cleanyourdirtyface.com - Fringe / A Salon (530 m): https://directindex.org/r/fringechicago.com - Epoch Salon (670 m): https://directindex.org/r/epochchicago.com ## What to fix first - **Structured data is incomplete.** (+6 points) Missing: address, telephone, opening hours. 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 ## What the site tells visitors (Measured, not scored) - **The footer says © 2020.** Visitors and assistants may read that year as the last time anyone looked after the site. ## 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. ``` # AE Color Lab > local business in 1431 N Ashland Ave, 60622, Chicago, Chicago hairdressers and beauty salons. Phone +13122911085. ## Book or order directly - Book: https://www.vagaro.com/us04/aecolorlab (through vagaro acting for the business) - Menu: https://www.aecolorlab.com/servicemenu ## About - Website: https://www.aecolorlab.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).** no address, phone or hours in it - **Price list of services is an HTML page.** Agents can read the items and prices. - **Appointments through vagaro on your own domain.** There's no marketplace commission, and the customer stays yours. - **Vagaro works with agents through its partners.** Vagaro's user agreement (September 2025), section 3, bars robots, data mining and any software that interacts with the services without prior written consent; Google names Vagaro as an AI Mode agentic booking partner. Terms read on 2026-10-15: https://www.vagaro.com/pro/user-agreement. 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 178 of 1980 in Chicago hairdressers and beauty salons. Top 9% 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 | 18% | yes | | Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 98% | yes | | Structured data with address, phone and hours | 13% | no | | Have an llms.txt | 54% | no | Nearest places in the index: The Grooming Lounge (F, 388 m, https://directindex.org/r/groomingloungechicago.com); The Ordinary (C, 453 m, https://directindex.org/r/theordinary.com); SpaDerma (B, 500 m, https://directindex.org/r/spaderma.com); H Med Spa (B, 501 m, https://directindex.org/r/hmedicalspa.com); Clean Your Dirty Face (C, 516 m, https://directindex.org/r/cleanyourdirtyface.com); Fringe / A Salon (B, 527 m, https://directindex.org/r/fringechicago.com); Mojo Spa (C, 624 m, https://directindex.org/r/mojospa.com); Dynamic Salon Spa Studios (F, 635 m, https://directindex.org/r/dynamicsalon.com); Epoch Salon (D, 668 m, https://directindex.org/r/epochchicago.com); The Nail Bar on Division (C, 933 m, https://directindex.org/r/nailbardivision.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 Chicago hairdressers and beauty salons and named 55 places. AE Color Lab wasn't one of them. See who was named: https://directindex.org/city/chicago-salons/recommended Compared with its peers: Sites built with Squarespace 63% (46% A or B, 18903 sites); Sites using Vagaro 57% (24% A or B, 270 sites); This site 78.5%. See what an AI agent reads on this site: https://directindex.org/r/aecolorlab.com/agent-view ## Businesses like AE Color Lab in Chicago hairdressers and beauty salons | Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site | |---|---|---|---|---| | Businesses of the same kind in Chicago hairdressers and beauty salons | 1980 | 50% | 21% | 78.5% | | Sites built with Squarespace in Chicago hairdressers and beauty salons | 197 | 64% | 37% | 78.5% | | Sites using Vagaro in Chicago hairdressers and beauty salons | 67 | 64% | 46% | 78.5% | | Sites built with Squarespace and using Vagaro in Chicago hairdressers and beauty salons | 37 | 70% | 59% | 78.5% | The best of the sites built with Squarespace and using Vagaro in Chicago hairdressers and beauty salons: Mas Beauty Restoration (A 93.8%, https://directindex.org/r/masbeautyrestoration.com); Verde Wellness & Massage (A 86.2%, https://directindex.org/r/verdehws.com); Bespoke Men's Grooming (B 83.1%, https://directindex.org/r/bespokemensgrooming.com); ZaZaZoo Nail Salon (B 81.5%, https://directindex.org/r/zazazoonailsalon.com); Hair Party (B 80%, https://directindex.org/r/hairpartysalon.com). With the fix above (Structured data is incomplete), the score would be about 87.7%. That would be 14th of 1,980 in Chicago hairdressers and beauty salons, up from 178th. ## The direct record What agents get for AE Color Lab, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/aecolorlab.com - Book: https://www.vagaro.com/us04/aecolorlab (vendor on own site: Vagaro; found by the scan of 2026-10-23, not yet tested) - Order: none on record - Menu: https://www.aecolorlab.com/servicemenu (html_page; from the scan) - Hours: none on record - Phone: +13122911085 - Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/aecolorlab.com/book, https://directindex.org/go/aecolorlab.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, Vagaro: Through partners. Vagaro's user agreement (September 2025), section 3, bars robots, data mining and any software that interacts with the services without prior written consent; Google names Vagaro as an AI Mode agentic booking partner. Read 2026-10-15: https://www.vagaro.com/pro/user-agreement Found one hop past the home page: contact page /contact: phone. ## Score breakdown | Component | Points | Available | |---|---|---| | Reachable | 25 | 25 | | Readable | 16 | 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/aecolorlab.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/aecolorlab.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/aecolorlab.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=aecolorlab.com&force=1