# Beauté Cove: Agent-Direct Score F (15.4%)

Site: https://covebeauty.ca/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/covebeauty.ca
Scanned: 2026-10-19 (Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.)
Beauté Cove is largely invisible to agents.
AI assistants can't open Beauté Cove's website, so they go by what other sites say about it.

## Direct links
- Menu: https://www.covebeauty.ca/pages/carte-cadeau

## What to fix first
- Languages: English, French

- **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
- **No structured data for the business.** (+15 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 fresha.** (+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

## 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": "BeautySalon",
  "name": "Beauté Cove",
  "url": "https://covebeauty.ca/",
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 45.4776705,
    "longitude": -73.5847897
  }
}
</script>
```

## Already right
- **robots.txt lets AI crawlers in.** No rule blocks the main AI user agents.
- **Price list of services is an HTML page.** Agents can read the items and prices.
- **Fresha works with agents through its partners.** Fresha's terms of use (August 2026) bar automated programs, bots and scraping; sanctioned assistant integrations exist (ChatGPT and Claude through Fresha's MCP server, Gemini, Alexa), and clients complete the booking on Fresha. Terms read on 2026-10-15: https://terms.fresha.com/terms-use. 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
992 of 1089 in Montreal hairdressers and beauty salons. Top 91% 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 | 98% | no |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 28% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 94% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 23% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 53% | no |

Nearest places in the index: Spa Savanna (F, 29 m, https://directindex.org/r/spasavanna.com); Dan Masso Shiatsu (C, 217 m, https://directindex.org/r/danmassoshiatsu.ca); Massage Shiatsu, Artémis Papert (F, 218 m, https://directindex.org/r/onira.ca); Barbarella (C, 226 m, https://directindex.org/r/barbarellaspa.com); Peauesie (A, 423 m, https://directindex.org/r/peauesie.ca); Priska and Co (C, 425 m, https://directindex.org/r/priska.co); Studio Caroline Théoret (D, 428 m, https://directindex.org/r/studiocarolinetheoret.com); Muse Coiffure (F, 431 m, https://directindex.org/r/christinamonica.com); Atelier Eva Blanca (F, 452 m, https://directindex.org/r/atelierevablanca.com); Aboveacademyhq (F, 469 m, https://directindex.org/r/stan.store).

## 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 Shopify 46% (24% A or B, 3402 sites); Sites using Fresha 49% (1% A or B, 300 sites); This site 15.4%.

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

## Businesses like Beauté Cove in Montreal hairdressers and beauty salons

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Montreal hairdressers and beauty salons | 1089 | 50% | 22% | 15.4% |
| Sites built with Shopify in Montreal hairdressers and beauty salons | 79 | 56% | 41% | 15.4% |
| Sites using Fresha in Montreal hairdressers and beauty salons | 30 | 50% | 7% | 15.4% |
| Sites built with Shopify and using Fresha in Montreal hairdressers and beauty salons | 3 | 41% | 33% | 15.4% |

The best of the sites using Fresha in Montreal hairdressers and beauty salons: Candy Nail Bar (A 90.8%, https://directindex.org/r/candynailbar.com); DeNeuville coiffure esthétique et spa Anjou (B 83.1%, https://directindex.org/r/deneuville.ca); Club Mani Plateau Mont Royal (C 66.2%, https://directindex.org/r/clubmani.ca); Lebiobar.com (C 64.6%, https://directindex.org/r/lebiobar.com); La Maison LAB (C 61.5%, https://directindex.org/r/lamaisonlab.com).

With the three fixes above (The site turns away every visitor that isn't a browser, AI agents included; No structured data for the business; Appointments only through fresha), the score would be about 95.4%, which would be first of 1,089 in Montreal hairdressers and beauty salons.

## The direct record
What agents get for Beauté Cove, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/covebeauty.ca
- Book: none on record
- Order: none on record
- Menu: https://www.covebeauty.ca/pages/carte-cadeau (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: none on record
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/covebeauty.ca/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, Fresha: Through partners. Fresha's terms of use (August 2026) bar automated programs, bots and scraping; sanctioned assistant integrations exist (ChatGPT and Claude through Fresha's MCP server, Gemini, Alexa), and clients complete the booking on Fresha. Read 2026-10-15: https://terms.fresha.com/terms-use

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 | 7 | 25 |
| Actionable | 3 | 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: no

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