# KABA African Hair Braiding: Agent-Direct Score F (24.6%) Site: http://amykinabraidingnyc.com/ Report: https://directindex.org/r/amykinabraidingnyc.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.) KABA African Hair Braiding is largely invisible to agents. Some AI assistants are turned away by KABA African Hair Braiding's website. It can't find a menu or price list, so it answers from other sites. To book or order, it is sent to Booksy, a marketplace. ## Direct links - Phone: +13478628280 - Address: 1888 Park Ave, 10035, New York - Prices: 5 prices on the site, the middle one $180 ## Nearby, also direct Places near KABA African Hair Braiding that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between. - Spa Boutique 2 Go (150 m): https://directindex.org/r/spabnwl.com - Cilicia Rene' (240 m): https://directindex.org/r/ciliciarene.com - Infinity Nails Studio (260 m): https://directindex.org/r/heygoldie.com - Moe's Unisex Hair Hut (310 m): https://directindex.org/r/moeshairhut.com - Macenta African Hair Braiding (370 m): https://directindex.org/r/africanhairbraidingnyc.com ## What to fix first - **No structured data for the business.** (+14 points) Add schema.org JSON-LD for the business (HairSalon, BeautySalon or the closest type, with name, address, telephone and openingHoursSpecification). Every assistant reads this block first, and the fix kit below has it filled in. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant - **Appointments only through booksy.** (+12 points) Every transaction an agent makes goes through the marketplace, which takes its commission. Add a direct way on your own site. Even a simple form will do. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/book-direct-on-your-own-website - **The server turns AI crawlers away at the door.** (+10 points) Requests as GPTBot (http_403), ClaudeBot (http_403), PerplexityBot (http_403) were refused, but a normal browser got the page. That's usually a bot list at the host or in a firewall that the owner never chose. Ask the host to allow these user agents. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/blocking-ai-crawlers-without-knowing - **No price list of services found.** (+7 points) Agents answer 'what do they offer and what does it cost?' from marketplaces and directories instead. Add a page that lists services and prices as text, and link to it from the homepage. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/menu-pdf-ai - **No working HTTPS.** (+3 points) The page is only served over plain http. Browsers and agents rank it lower or refuse it. - **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 - **The phone number on the site doesn't match the open map data.** The site shows 18452006438, but OpenStreetMap or Overture Maps lists +13478628280. An assistant that sees two numbers can't tell which one to trust. Fix whichever is wrong, on the site or in the map data at openstreetmap.org. ## What the site tells visitors (Measured, not scored) - **5 prices on the landing page, the middle one $180.** In New York, the middle price of comparable sites that show prices is $75.00. ## 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. ``` # KABA African Hair Braiding > local business in 1888 Park Ave, 10035, New York, New York hairdressers and beauty salons. Phone +13478628280. ## About - Website: http://amykinabraidingnyc.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.** There's no robots.txt, which means everything is allowed. - **Booksy works with agents through its partners.** Booksy's US customer terms (June 2026), section 4.2.6, bar automated tools such as bots, crawlers or scrapers collecting data from the app; the sanctioned agent path is Google AI Mode, which books into the provider's calendar. Terms read on 2026-10-15: https://booksy.com/en-us/p/terms. 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 4278 of 5076 in New York hairdressers and beauty salons. Top 84% 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 | 94% | no | | Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 20% | no | | Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 98% | no | | Structured data with address, phone and hours | 19% | no | | Have an llms.txt | 48% | no | Nearest places in the index: Spa Boutique 2 Go (C, 146 m, https://directindex.org/r/spabnwl.com); IMENA Salon (F, 151 m, https://directindex.org/r/imenainc.com); Cilicia Rene' (C, 235 m, https://directindex.org/r/ciliciarene.com); Infinity Nails Studio (B, 256 m, https://directindex.org/r/heygoldie.com); Harlem Nail Bar (F, 276 m, https://directindex.org/r/harlemnailbar.com); Moe's Unisex Hair Hut (D, 314 m, https://directindex.org/r/moeshairhut.com); Farafina African Hair Braiding (F, 322 m, https://directindex.org/r/manhattanyouthbaseball.com); Macenta African Hair Braiding (B, 370 m, https://directindex.org/r/africanhairbraidingnyc.com); B’krowned (B, 372 m, https://directindex.org/r/bkrownedbeautybar.com); Advanced Dermatology P.C. | Harlem (B, 405 m, https://directindex.org/r/advanceddermatologypc.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 New York hairdressers and beauty salons and named 91 places. KABA African Hair Braiding wasn't one of them. See who was named: https://directindex.org/city/new-york-salons/recommended Compared with its peers: Sites using Booksy 50% (4% A or B, 1128 sites); This site 24.6%. See what an AI agent reads on this site: https://directindex.org/r/amykinabraidingnyc.com/agent-view ## Businesses like KABA African Hair Braiding in New York hairdressers and beauty salons | Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site | |---|---|---|---|---| | Businesses of the same kind in New York hairdressers and beauty salons | 5076 | 48% | 19% | 24.6% | | Sites using Booksy in New York hairdressers and beauty salons | 36 | 51% | 0% | 24.6% | The best of the sites using Booksy in New York hairdressers and beauty salons: Artisan Barber Shop (C 67.7%, https://directindex.org/r/artisanbarbershop.com); Park Ave Barbershop (C 67.7%, https://directindex.org/r/parkavebarbershop.com); Barber Shop NYC (C 66.2%, https://directindex.org/r/barbershop.nyc); Groomurrs (C 66.2%, https://directindex.org/r/groomurrs.com); Prime Barbershop (C 66.2%, https://directindex.org/r/primebarbershop.com). With the three fixes above (No structured data for the business; Appointments only through booksy; The server turns AI crawlers away at the door), the score would be about 80%. That would be 255th of 5,076 in New York hairdressers and beauty salons, up from 4278th. ## The direct record What agents get for KABA African Hair Braiding, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/amykinabraidingnyc.com - Book: none on record - Order: none on record - Menu: none on record - Hours: none on record - Phone: +13478628280 ## 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, Booksy: Through partners. Booksy's US customer terms (June 2026), section 4.2.6, bar automated tools such as bots, crawlers or scrapers collecting data from the app; the sanctioned agent path is Google AI Mode, which books into the provider's calendar. Read 2026-10-15: https://booksy.com/en-us/p/terms ## Score breakdown | Component | Points | Available | |---|---|---| | Reachable | 12 | 25 | | Readable | 1 | 25 | | Actionable | 3 | 15 (the action test: pending) | | Cited | 0 | 0 (the assistant citation check: pending) | ## Agent readiness (Cloudflare) Level 0 of 5, Not Ready. Cloudflare's report: https://isitagentready.com/amykinabraidingnyc.com - Link headers on the homepage: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/link-headers/SKILL.md) - sitemap.xml: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/sitemap/SKILL.md) - AI bot rules in robots.txt: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/ai-rules/SKILL.md) - 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: no Keep watching this business (https://directindex.org/r/amykinabraidingnyc.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/amykinabraidingnyc.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=amykinabraidingnyc.com&force=1