# Elle Yaletown: Agent-Direct Score B (73.4%)

Site: https://elleyaletown.ca/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/elleyaletown.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.)
Elle Yaletown is mostly ready for agents.
Some AI assistants are turned away by Elle Yaletown'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 on the site.

## Direct links
- Book directly: https://elleyaletown.ca/book-now/ (on the business's own site)
- Phone: +16044288650
- Address: 1236 Richards St, V6B 6M6, Vancouver

## Nearby, also direct
Places near Elle Yaletown that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- MASC (90 m): https://directindex.org/r/shopmasc.com
- Marla's (110 m): https://directindex.org/r/marlashairstudio.ca
- Olecranon Registered Massage Therapy (110 m): https://directindex.org/r/janeapp.com
- Beauty Vault Vancouver (110 m): https://directindex.org/r/beautyvaultvancouver.com
- Hair by melissa marano (120 m): https://directindex.org/r/melissamarano.com

## 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.** (+4 points) Missing: telephone, opening hours. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant
- **The server turns AI crawlers away at the door.** (+3.3 points) Requests as ClaudeBot (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 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": "Organization",
  "name": "Elle Yaletown",
  "url": "https://elleyaletown.ca/",
  "telephone": "+16044288650",
  "address": "1236 Richards St, V6B 6M6, Vancouver",
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 49.27549997,
    "longitude": -123.12470173
  },
  "potentialAction": [
    {
      "@type": "ReserveAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://elleyaletown.ca/book-now/",
        "actionPlatform": [
          "http://schema.org/DesktopWebPlatform",
          "http://schema.org/MobileWebPlatform"
        ]
      },
      "result": {
        "@type": "Reservation",
        "name": "Reservation"
      }
    }
  ]
}
</script>
```

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

```
# Elle Yaletown

> organization in 1236 Richards St, V6B 6M6, Vancouver, Vancouver hairdressers and beauty salons. Phone +16044288650.

## Book or order directly

- Book: https://elleyaletown.ca/book-now/ (on the business's own site)

## About

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

## Already right
- **robots.txt lets AI crawlers in.** No rule blocks the main AI user agents.
- **Structured data found (Organization).** address
- **Appointments on your own site.** Agents can book an appointment without going through a marketplace.

## Where it stands
177 of 917 in Vancouver hairdressers and beauty salons. Top 19% 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: Poised (F, 50 m, https://directindex.org/r/poisednails.com); MASC (F, 93 m, https://directindex.org/r/shopmasc.com); All4One Barbershop & Beauty Salon (D, 99 m, https://directindex.org/r/all4onebarbershops.ca); Opus Salon (C, 105 m, https://directindex.org/r/opussalon.com); Marla's (C, 108 m, https://directindex.org/r/marlashairstudio.ca); Olecranon Registered Massage Therapy (D, 109 m, https://directindex.org/r/janeapp.com); Beauty Vault Vancouver (B, 112 m, https://directindex.org/r/beautyvaultvancouver.com); Hair by melissa marano (C, 116 m, https://directindex.org/r/melissamarano.com); Bobos Philosophy Hair Salon (C, 117 m, https://directindex.org/r/bobosphilosophysalon.com); Farzad's Barber Shop (C, 119 m, https://directindex.org/r/farzadsbarbershop.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 58% (29% A or B, 108921 sites); This site 73.4%.

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

## Businesses like Elle Yaletown 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% | 73.4% |
| Sites built with WordPress in Vancouver hairdressers and beauty salons | 309 | 60% | 29% | 73.4% |

The best of the sites built with WordPress in Vancouver hairdressers and beauty salons: Sassy Nails (A 95.4%, https://directindex.org/r/sassynails.ca); Girlfriends Brow Bar (A 87.7%, https://directindex.org/r/gfbrowbar.ca); Hype Hair Studio (A 86.2%, https://directindex.org/r/hypehairstudio.com); Spice Beauty Bar (A 86.2%, https://directindex.org/r/spicebeautybar.com); Arion Skin Laser Clinic (B 84.6%, https://directindex.org/r/arionskinlaser.ca).

With the three fixes above (No price list of services found; Structured data is incomplete; The server turns AI crawlers away at the door), the score would be about 95.4%, which would be first of 917 in Vancouver hairdressers and beauty salons.

## The direct record
What agents get for Elle Yaletown, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/elleyaletown.ca
- Book: https://elleyaletown.ca/book-now/ (own site; found by the scan of 2026-10-19, not yet tested)
- Order: none on record
- Menu: none on record
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: +16044288650
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/elleyaletown.ca/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

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 21.7 | 25 |
| Readable | 11 | 25 |
| Actionable | 15 | 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/elleyaletown.ca
- 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/elleyaletown.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/elleyaletown.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=elleyaletown.ca&force=1
