# Duende Salon & Beauty Shop: Agent-Direct Score C (69.7%)

Site: http://www.duendesalon.com/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/duendesalon.com
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.)
Duende Salon & Beauty Shop is partly visible to agents.
Some AI assistants are turned away by Duende Salon & Beauty Shop'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 Vagaro.

## Direct links
- Book directly: https://www.vagaro.com/duendesalonandbeautybar (through vagaro acting for the business)
- Phone: +16046817400

## 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
- **robots.txt blocks GPTBot, ClaudeBot, Google-Extended.** (+3.7 points) These are the crawlers behind ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity and Google's AI features. Remove the Disallow lines for them, or add explicit Allow rules. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/robots-txt-for-ai-agents
- **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

## 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": "Duende Salon & Beauty Shop",
  "url": "http://www.duendesalon.com/",
  "telephone": "+16046817400",
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 49.2842083,
    "longitude": -123.1182016
  },
  "potentialAction": [
    {
      "@type": "ReserveAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://www.vagaro.com/duendesalonandbeautybar",
        "actionPlatform": [
          "http://schema.org/DesktopWebPlatform",
          "http://schema.org/MobileWebPlatform"
        ]
      },
      "result": {
        "@type": "Reservation",
        "name": "Reservation"
      }
    }
  ]
}
</script>
```

robots.txt. Add these lines to /robots.txt and delete any Disallow rule that names these crawlers.

```
# Let AI assistants read the site: they send people to you; a marketplace keeps them.
# Remove any Disallow lines for these names elsewhere in this file.
User-agent: GPTBot
Allow: /

User-agent: ClaudeBot
Allow: /

User-agent: PerplexityBot
Allow: /

User-agent: Google-Extended
Allow: /

User-agent: OAI-SearchBot
Allow: /

User-agent: ChatGPT-User
Allow: /

User-agent: Claude-User
Allow: /

User-agent: Perplexity-User
Allow: /
```

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

```
# Duende Salon & Beauty Shop

> beauty salon in Vancouver hairdressers and beauty salons. Phone +16046817400.

## Book or order directly

- Book: https://www.vagaro.com/duendesalonandbeautybar (through vagaro acting for the business)

## About

- Website: http://www.duendesalon.com/
- This file follows llms.txt (https://llmstxt.org): a short plain-text description for language models.
```

## Already right
- **AI crawlers get the page.** GPTBot, ClaudeBot and PerplexityBot all got a normal response.
- **Structured data found (LocalBusiness).** address, opening hours
- **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
224 of 917 in Vancouver hairdressers and beauty salons. Top 24% 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 | 19% | no |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 98% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 14% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 47% | no |

Nearest places in the index: DermEngine (D, 77 m, https://directindex.org/r/dermengine.com); Sense A Rosewood Spa (B, 78 m, https://directindex.org/r/rosewoodhotels.com); Vancouver Sports Massage (C, 87 m, https://directindex.org/r/vancouversportsmassage.com); Barber and Co (F, 100 m, https://directindex.org/r/unionofbarbers.com); Acacia (D, 103 m, https://directindex.org/r/acaciahair.com); Swedish Touch (F, 103 m, https://directindex.org/r/theswedishtouch.com); Beautifi (F, 110 m, https://directindex.org/r/beautifi.com); Beauty Light Laser (C, 124 m, https://directindex.org/r/beautylightlaser.com); Philosophy at The Bay Downtown Vancouver (F, 167 m, https://directindex.org/r/philosophy.com); Spa Soleá at Hotel Vancouver (C, 194 m, https://directindex.org/r/spasolea.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 Squarespace 65% (49% A or B, 11547 sites); Sites using Vagaro 56% (21% A or B, 187 sites); This site 69.7%.

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

## Businesses like Duende Salon & Beauty Shop in Vancouver hairdressers and beauty salons

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Vancouver hairdressers and beauty salons | 917 | 52% | 24% | 69.7% |
| Sites built with Squarespace in Vancouver hairdressers and beauty salons | 125 | 68% | 50% | 69.7% |
| Sites using Vagaro in Vancouver hairdressers and beauty salons | 12 | 62% | 33% | 69.7% |
| Sites built with Squarespace and using Vagaro in Vancouver hairdressers and beauty salons | 2 | 73% | 50% | 69.7% |

The best of the sites using Vagaro in Vancouver hairdressers and beauty salons: Bliss Feet Spa on Robson (B 76.9%, https://directindex.org/r/blissfeetspa.com); In The Cut (B 75.4%, https://directindex.org/r/inthecut.ca); Enlightened Esthetics (B 72.3%, https://directindex.org/r/enlightenedesthetics.com); Theory Laser and Skin Care Lounge (B 72.3%, https://directindex.org/r/theorylaserskin.ca); Flawless SMP - Vancouver Scalp Micropigmentation (C 67.7%, https://directindex.org/r/flawlessscalp.com).

With the three fixes above (No price list of services found; robots.txt blocks GPTBot, ClaudeBot, Google-Extended; Structured data is incomplete), the score would be about 87.7%. That would be 11th of 917 in Vancouver hairdressers and beauty salons, up from 224th.

## The direct record
What agents get for Duende Salon & Beauty Shop, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/duendesalon.com
- Book: https://www.vagaro.com/duendesalonandbeautybar (vendor on own site: Vagaro; found by the scan of 2026-10-19, not yet tested)
- Order: none on record
- Menu: none on record
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: +16046817400
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/duendesalon.com/book

## 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 | 21.3 | 25 |
| Readable | 14 | 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/duendesalon.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/duendesalon.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/duendesalon.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=duendesalon.com&force=1