# Excellence Barber Shop: Agent-Direct Score B (73.8%)

Site: https://excellencenyc.com
Report: https://directindex.org/r/excellencenyc.com
Scanned: 2026-10-14 (Provisional: the action test and the assistant citation check still to come; the hatched part of the bar is not measured yet.)
Excellence Barber Shop is mostly ready for agents.

## Direct links
- Book directly: https://www.excellencenyc.com/appointments (on the business's own site)
- Order directly: https://app.squareup.com/appointments/book/beujnjeo8gqwry/LSPVC47BE9A8M/start (through square acting for the business)
- Phone: +1-212-597-2743

## What to fix first
- **Structured data is incomplete.** (+7 points) Missing: address, telephone, opening hours. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant
- **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 with services and prices as text and link it from the homepage. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/menu-pdf-ai
- **No llms.txt.** (no points, still worth doing) Optional today, cheap to add: a short text file describing the business for language models. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/llms-txt-for-a-business

## Fix kit: What to paste

Structured data (JSON-LD). One block in the page's head, or in the builder's custom-code slot. Replace anything that is wrong.

```html
<script type="application/ld+json">
{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "HairSalon",
  "name": "Excellence Barber Shop",
  "url": "https://excellencenyc.com",
  "telephone": "+1-212-597-2743",
  "address": {
    "@type": "PostalAddress",
    "streetAddress": "Broadway 2487",
    "postalCode": "10025",
    "addressLocality": "New York",
    "addressCountry": "US"
  },
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 40.7925091,
    "longitude": -73.973736
  },
  "openingHours": "Mo-Fr 09:00-20:00; Sa 09:00-18:00; Su 10:00-18:00",
  "openingHoursSpecification": [
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Monday",
        "Tuesday",
        "Wednesday",
        "Thursday",
        "Friday"
      ],
      "opens": "09:00",
      "closes": "20:00"
    },
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Saturday"
      ],
      "opens": "09:00",
      "closes": "18:00"
    },
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Sunday"
      ],
      "opens": "10:00",
      "closes": "18:00"
    }
  ],
  "potentialAction": [
    {
      "@type": "ReserveAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://www.excellencenyc.com/appointments",
        "actionPlatform": [
          "http://schema.org/DesktopWebPlatform",
          "http://schema.org/MobileWebPlatform"
        ]
      },
      "result": {
        "@type": "Reservation",
        "name": "Reservation"
      }
    },
    {
      "@type": "OrderAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://app.squareup.com/appointments/book/beujnjeo8gqwry/LSPVC47BE9A8M/start",
        "actionPlatform": [
          "http://schema.org/DesktopWebPlatform",
          "http://schema.org/MobileWebPlatform"
        ]
      }
    }
  ]
}
</script>
```

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

```
# Excellence Barber Shop

> hair salon in Broadway 2487 10025 New York, New York hairdressers and beauty salons. Phone +1-212-597-2743.

## Book or order directly

- Book: https://www.excellencenyc.com/appointments (on the business's own site)
- Order: https://app.squareup.com/appointments/book/beujnjeo8gqwry/LSPVC47BE9A8M/start (through square acting for the business)

## Opening hours

Mo-Fr 09:00-20:00; Sa 09:00-18:00; Su 10:00-18:00

## About

- Website: https://excellencenyc.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.** No rule blocks the key AI user agents.
- **AI crawlers get the page.** GPTBot, ClaudeBot and PerplexityBot all received a normal response.
- **Structured data present (LocalBusiness).** but without address, phone or hours
- **Appointments on your own site.** Agents can book an appointment without a marketplace in the loop.
- **Ordering through square on your own domain.** No marketplace commission, and the guest stays yours.

## Since the scan of 2026-10-14 (B then)
- Fixed: nothing
- New: nothing

## Where it stands
68 of 575 in New York hairdressers and beauty salons. Top 12% of the sites scanned in this index.

| What the top tenth 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 | 32% | no |
| Let AI crawlers in (no edge block, no robots.txt block) | 100% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 17% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 22% | no |

Nearest places in the index: Melt Feathers Spa (C, 545 m, https://directindex.org/r/meltfeathersspa.com); Masa-Kanai (D, 564 m, https://directindex.org/r/masa-kanai.com); Beau Eyelash Studio (B, 586 m, https://directindex.org/r/eyelashstudionyc.com); Salon Above (C, 630 m, https://directindex.org/r/salonabove.com); Tresses Belle Studio (F, 735 m, https://directindex.org/r/tressesbellestudio.com); Spa Bene (B, 941 m, https://directindex.org/r/spabene.com); Columbus Ave Barber Shop (C, 997 m, https://directindex.org/r/columbusavebarbershop.com); PHS (D, 1082 m, https://directindex.org/r/phs.hair); Mai Hair Salon (C, 1122 m, https://directindex.org/r/maisalonnyc.com); Restore Hyper Wellness (B, 1366 m, https://directindex.org/r/restore.com).

## What assistants answer
Not asked yet. Assistants are asked about the top-ranked businesses in each city index, and about every claimed business the moment it is claimed; claim this page to be included.

Score over 2 scans since 2026-10-14: 2026-10-14 74%, 2026-10-14 74%.

Against its peers: Sites built with Squarespace 65% (48% A or B, 7098 sites); Sites using Square 69% (47% A or B, 793 sites); This site 73.8%.

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

## Businesses like Excellence Barber Shop in New York hairdressers and beauty salons

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Same kind in New York hairdressers and beauty salons | 575 | 41% | 17% | 73.8% |
| Built with Squarespace in New York hairdressers and beauty salons | 76 | 65% | 36% | 73.8% |
| Using Square in New York hairdressers and beauty salons | 15 | 68% | 47% | 73.8% |
| Built with Squarespace and using Square in New York hairdressers and beauty salons | 5 | 73% | 80% | 73.8% |

The best of Built with Squarespace and using Square in New York hairdressers and beauty salons: Capulet's Salon (B 75.4%, https://directindex.org/r/capuletsalon.com); Earth + Sky (B 75.4%, https://directindex.org/r/earthskylic.com); Pearlita (B 73.8%, https://directindex.org/r/pearlitanyc.com); Mildred (C 67.7%, https://directindex.org/r/mildrednewyork.com).

With the two fixes above (Structured data is incomplete; No price list of services found) the score would be about 95.4%: first of 575 in New York hairdressers and beauty salons.

## The direct record
What agents get for Excellence Barber Shop, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/excellencenyc.com
- Book: https://www.excellencenyc.com/appointments (own site; found by the scan of 2026-10-14, not yet tested)
- Order: https://app.squareup.com/appointments/book/beujnjeo8gqwry/LSPVC47BE9A8M/start (vendor on own site: Square; found by the scan of 2026-10-14, not yet tested)
- Menu: none on record
- Hours: Mo-Fr 09:00-20:00; Sa 09:00-18:00; Su 10:00-18:00 (open now) (from OpenStreetMap)
- Phone: +1-212-597-2743
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/excellencenyc.com/book, https://directindex.org/go/excellencenyc.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): not measured
- ACP discovery document (/.well-known/acp.json, OpenAI and Stripe's Agentic Commerce Protocol): not measured
- 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): not measured

Not measured at this scan; the next scan measures it.

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 25 | 25 |
| Readable | 8 | 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/excellencenyc.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/excellencenyc.com/plan): the assistants asked again every month, with what changed; 2 EUR a month or 19 EUR a year.
Deep report: https://directindex.org/r/excellencenyc.com/deep. Ten questions the way people ask, each assistant's full answer, the eight nearest similar places, the fix plan and a PDF: 5 EUR, one-off. 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=excellencenyc.com&force=1