# Niko the Barber at Dark Star Barbers: Agent-Direct Score B (75.4%)

Site: https://darkstarbarbers.com
Report: https://directindex.org/r/darkstarbarbers.com
Scanned: 2026-10-24 (Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.)
Niko the Barber at Dark Star Barbers is mostly ready for agents.
An AI assistant can open Niko the Barber at Dark Star Barbers's website. It can't find a menu or price list, so it answers from other sites. It finds a way to book or order directly, through Square.

## Direct links
- Order directly: http://dark-star-barbers.square.site/ (through square acting for the business)
- Phone: +1-406-240-6953
- Address: North Vancouver Way 10350 97217 Portland
- Hours, from OpenStreetMap: Mon–Fri 09:00–17:00; Sat–Sun closed

## What to fix first
- **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
- **Structured data is incomplete.** (+1 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

## What the site tells visitors (Measured, not scored)
- **The footer says © 2022.** 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
<script type="application/ld+json">
{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "HairSalon",
  "name": "Niko the Barber at Dark Star Barbers",
  "url": "https://darkstarbarbers.com",
  "telephone": "+1-406-240-6953",
  "email": "darkstarbarbers@gmail.com",
  "address": {
    "@type": "PostalAddress",
    "streetAddress": "North Vancouver Way 10350",
    "postalCode": "97217",
    "addressLocality": "Portland"
  },
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 45.5977863,
    "longitude": -122.6693176
  },
  "openingHours": "Mo-Fr 09:00-17:00",
  "openingHoursSpecification": [
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Monday",
        "Tuesday",
        "Wednesday",
        "Thursday",
        "Friday"
      ],
      "opens": "09:00",
      "closes": "17:00"
    }
  ],
  "potentialAction": [
    {
      "@type": "OrderAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "http://dark-star-barbers.square.site/",
        "actionPlatform": [
          "http://schema.org/DesktopWebPlatform",
          "http://schema.org/MobileWebPlatform"
        ]
      }
    }
  ]
}
</script>
```

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

```
# Niko the Barber at Dark Star Barbers

> hair salon in North Vancouver Way 10350 97217 Portland, Portland hairdressers and beauty salons. Phone +1-406-240-6953.

## Book or order directly

- Order: http://dark-star-barbers.square.site/ (through square acting for the business)

## Opening hours

Mo-Fr 09:00-17:00

## About

- Website: https://darkstarbarbers.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.
- **AI crawlers get the page.** GPTBot, ClaudeBot and PerplexityBot all got a normal response.
- **Structured data found (LocalBusiness).** address, opening hours
- **Ordering through square on your own domain.** There's no marketplace commission, and the customer stays yours.

## Where it stands
32 of 185 in Portland hairdressers and beauty salons. Top 17% 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 | 100% | yes |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 37% | no |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 100% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 16% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 26% | no |

Nearest places in the index: Luxury Nail Bar (F, 1933 m, https://directindex.org/r/luxurynailbarportland.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 GoDaddy Website Builder 35% (9% A or B, 7300 sites); Sites using Square 65% (41% A or B, 5073 sites); This site 75.4%.

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

## Businesses like Niko the Barber at Dark Star Barbers in Portland hairdressers and beauty salons

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Portland hairdressers and beauty salons | 185 | 54% | 25% | 75.4% |
| Sites built with GoDaddy Website Builder in Portland hairdressers and beauty salons | 9 | 53% | 22% | 75.4% |
| Sites using Square in Portland hairdressers and beauty salons | 22 | 67% | 45% | 75.4% |
| Sites built with GoDaddy Website Builder and using Square in Portland hairdressers and beauty salons | 2 | 68% | 50% | 75.4% |

The best of the sites using Square in Portland hairdressers and beauty salons: Manly & Sons (A 87.7%, https://directindex.org/r/manlyandsons.com); Barbès Salon (B 83.1%, https://directindex.org/r/barbessalon.com); Hair'en Dipity (B 81.5%, https://directindex.org/r/hairendipitypdx.com); Coterie (B 75.4%, https://directindex.org/r/coteriesalon.com); Green (B 73.8%, https://directindex.org/r/greenhairpdx.com).

With the two fixes above (No price list of services found; Structured data is incomplete), the score would be about 87.7%. That would be 2nd of 185 in Portland hairdressers and beauty salons, up from 32nd.

## The direct record
What agents get for Niko the Barber at Dark Star Barbers, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/darkstarbarbers.com
- Book: none on record
- Order: http://dark-star-barbers.square.site/ (vendor on own site: Square; found by the scan of 2026-10-24, not yet tested)
- Menu: none on record
- Hours: Mo-Fr 09:00-17:00 (closed now) (from OpenStreetMap)
- Phone: +1-406-240-6953
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/darkstarbarbers.com/order

## 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 | 14 | 25 |
| Actionable | 10 | 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/darkstarbarbers.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: 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: yes

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