# Carte Blanche Salon: Agent-Direct Score D (49.2%)

Site: http://www.carteblanche-hk.com
Report: https://directindex.org/r/carteblanche-hk.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.)
Carte Blanche Salon is hard for agents to use.
AI assistants can't open Carte Blanche Salon's website, so they go by what other sites say about it.

## Direct links
- Book directly: https://carteblanche-hk.com/booking/ (on the business's own site)
- Menu: https://carteblanche-hk.com/
- Phone: +15127627752
- Address: 5448 Burnet Rd, 78756, Austin
- Languages: English, Japanese, Chinese
- WhatsApp: a link on the site

## Nearby, also direct
Places near Carte Blanche Salon that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Nails By Lynda (20 m): https://directindex.org/r/nailsbylynda.com
- Lucent Crystal Beauty (220 m): https://directindex.org/r/lucentcrystalbeauty.com
- Cuts by Them (230 m): https://directindex.org/r/cutsbythem.com
- Blade Square Barbershop (250 m): https://directindex.org/r/bladesquareatx.com
- Violet + Vesta Spiritual Spa (260 m): https://directindex.org/r/violetandvesta.com

## What to fix first
- **The site turns away every visitor that isn't a browser, AI agents included.** (+25 points) A plain fetch was refused (cloudflare_challenge). Only a real browser got the page. Every AI crawler and agent gets turned away the same way, so Reachable scores 0 and the rest is measured on the page as the browser rendered it. Ask the host to let the AI user agents through. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/blocking-ai-crawlers-without-knowing
- **Structured data is incomplete.** (+5 points) Missing: address, opening hours. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant
- **The phone number on the site doesn't match the open map data.** The site shows +85227391960, but OpenStreetMap or Overture Maps lists +15127627752. 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.

## 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": "Organization",
  "name": "Carte Blanche Salon",
  "url": "http://www.carteblanche-hk.com",
  "telephone": "+15127627752",
  "address": "5448 Burnet Rd, 78756, Austin",
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 30.32992812,
    "longitude": -97.74040576
  },
  "potentialAction": [
    {
      "@type": "ReserveAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://carteblanche-hk.com/booking/",
        "actionPlatform": [
          "http://schema.org/DesktopWebPlatform",
          "http://schema.org/MobileWebPlatform"
        ]
      },
      "result": {
        "@type": "Reservation",
        "name": "Reservation"
      }
    }
  ]
}
</script>
```

## Already right
- **robots.txt lets AI crawlers in.** No rule blocks the main AI user agents.
- **Structured data found (Organization).** phone
- **Price list of services is an HTML page.** Agents can read the items and prices.
- **Appointments on your own site.** Agents can book an appointment without going through a marketplace.

## Where it stands
752 of 1231 in Austin hairdressers and beauty salons. Top 61% 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 | 93% | yes |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 23% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 98% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 16% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 46% | no |

Nearest places in the index: Nails By Lynda (D, 21 m, https://directindex.org/r/nailsbylynda.com); Honest Barber (C, 64 m, https://directindex.org/r/honestbarberatx.com); Lucent Crystal Beauty (A, 224 m, https://directindex.org/r/lucentcrystalbeauty.com); Cuts by Them (C, 231 m, https://directindex.org/r/cutsbythem.com); Blade Square Barbershop (C, 252 m, https://directindex.org/r/bladesquareatx.com); Violet + Vesta Spiritual Spa (B, 261 m, https://directindex.org/r/violetandvesta.com); Salvador Salon Studio (F, 278 m, https://directindex.org/r/salvadorsalon.com); WildRye Hair Studio (D, 280 m, https://directindex.org/r/wildryehairstudio.com); Lotus Blue (C, 280 m, https://directindex.org/r/leahlawsonlotusblue.com); Creative Alchemy Studio (C, 282 m, https://directindex.org/r/tiffanydyan.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 WordPress 55% (25% A or B, 236087 sites); This site 49.2%.

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

## Businesses like Carte Blanche Salon in Austin hairdressers and beauty salons

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Austin hairdressers and beauty salons | 1231 | 51% | 24% | 49.2% |
| Sites built with WordPress in Austin hairdressers and beauty salons | 325 | 57% | 27% | 49.2% |

The best of the sites built with WordPress in Austin hairdressers and beauty salons: Ceremony (A 93.8%, https://directindex.org/r/ceremonyspa.com); Arco Blow Dry & Nail Bar (A 87.7%, https://directindex.org/r/arco-beauty.com); JOYCE African HAIR Braiding (A 86.2%, https://directindex.org/r/joyceafrican.com); Viva Day Spa (A 86.2%, https://directindex.org/r/vivadayspa.com); Brazilicious Beauty Spa (B 84.6%, https://directindex.org/r/braziliciousbeautyspa.com).

With the two fixes above (The site turns away every visitor that isn't a browser, AI agents included; Structured data is incomplete), the score would be about 95.4%. That would be 2nd of 1,231 in Austin hairdressers and beauty salons, up from 752nd.

This site appears in 2 cities (2 places on carteblanche-hk.com). https://directindex.org/brand/carteblanche-hk.com

## The direct record
What agents get for Carte Blanche Salon, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/carteblanche-hk.com
- Book: https://carteblanche-hk.com/booking/ (own site; found by the scan of 2026-10-23, not yet tested)
- Order: none on record
- Menu: https://carteblanche-hk.com/ (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: +15127627752
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/carteblanche-hk.com/book, https://directindex.org/go/carteblanche-hk.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

Only a real browser got this page (a plain fetch got cloudflare_challenge); Readable and Actionable were measured on the rendered page.

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 0 | 25 |
| Readable | 17 | 25 |
| Actionable | 15 | 15 (the action test: pending) |
| Cited | 0 | 0 (the assistant citation check: pending) |

## Agent readiness (Cloudflare)
Not measured for this scan.
- JSON-LD for the business: yes

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