# Hair by the Collective: Agent-Direct Score A (86.2%)

Site: http://www.hairbythecollective.com.au/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/hairbythecollective.com.au
Scanned: 2026-10-18 (Provisional: the action test and the assistant citation check still to come; the hatched part of the bar is not measured yet.)
Hair by the Collective is ready for agents.
An AI assistant can open the website of Hair by the Collective. It can read what Hair by the Collective offers. It finds a way to book or order directly on the site.

## Direct links
- Book directly: https://hairbythecollective.com.au/book-an-appointment (on the business's own site)
- Menu: https://hairbythecollective.com.au/our-services
- Phone: 0733923963

## What to fix first

- **Structured data is incomplete.** (+6 points) Missing: address, telephone, opening hours. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant
- **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": "Hair by the Collective",
  "url": "http://www.hairbythecollective.com.au/",
  "telephone": "0733923963",
  "address": {
    "@type": "PostalAddress",
    "streetAddress": "Overend Street 22",
    "postalCode": "4169",
    "addressLocality": "Brisbane"
  },
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": -27.487286,
    "longitude": 153.0417164
  },
  "potentialAction": [
    {
      "@type": "ReserveAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://hairbythecollective.com.au/book-an-appointment",
        "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.

```
# Hair by the Collective

> hair salon in Overend Street 22 4169 Brisbane, Brisbane hairdressers and beauty salons. Phone 0733923963.

## Book or order directly

- Book: https://hairbythecollective.com.au/book-an-appointment (on the business's own site)
- Menu: https://hairbythecollective.com.au/our-services

## About

- Website: http://www.hairbythecollective.com.au/
- 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 (Organization).** but without address, phone or hours
- **Price list of services is an HTML page.** Agents can read items and prices directly.
- **Appointments on your own site.** Agents can book an appointment without a marketplace in the loop.

## Where it stands
34 of 2081 in Brisbane hairdressers and beauty salons. Top 2% 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 | 29% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no edge block, no robots.txt block) | 99% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 17% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 46% | no |

Nearest places in the index: Ellie Nails & Beauty (B, 596 m, https://directindex.org/r/ellienailsbeauty.com.au); The Barber Parlour (B, 626 m, https://directindex.org/r/thebarberparlour.com.au); Paul De Luca Barbershop (C, 1178 m, https://directindex.org/r/pauldelucabarbershop.com.au); Nail Salon (F, 1201 m, https://directindex.org/r/neocities.org); Glow Skincare (B, 1201 m, https://directindex.org/r/glowskincare.net); Dieter Slicke (A, 1458 m, https://directindex.org/r/slic.ke); Stones Corner Barber (D, 1488 m, https://directindex.org/r/stonescornerbarber.com); Gold Class Nails (D, 1543 m, https://directindex.org/r/goldclassnailsduttonpark.com.au); Kelly Elle (B, 1585 m, https://directindex.org/r/kellyellesalon.com.au); Reborn Aesthetics (B, 1906 m, https://directindex.org/r/rebornaesthetics.com.au).

## 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.


Against its peers: Sites built with WordPress 58% (30% A or B, 68857 sites); This site 86.2%.

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

## Businesses like Hair by the Collective in Brisbane hairdressers and beauty salons

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Brisbane hairdressers and beauty salons | 2081 | 53% | 25% | 86.2% |
| Sites built with WordPress in Brisbane hairdressers and beauty salons | 151 | 60% | 30% | 86.2% |

The best of the sites built with WordPress in Brisbane hairdressers and beauty salons: Studio Health (A 86.2%, https://directindex.org/r/studiohealth.com.au); Wax It (A 86.2%, https://directindex.org/r/waxit.net.au); Orb Hair & Beauty (B 84.6%, https://directindex.org/r/orbhair.com.au); Steve Wynder Hair & Beauty (B 84.6%, https://directindex.org/r/stevewynder.com); Subtle Energy Solution (B 84.6%, https://directindex.org/r/entle.com.au).

With the fix above (Structured data is incomplete) the score would be about 95.4%: first of 2,081 in Brisbane hairdressers and beauty salons.

## The direct record
What agents get for Hair by the Collective, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/hairbythecollective.com.au
- Book: https://hairbythecollective.com.au/book-an-appointment (own site; found by the scan of 2026-10-18, not yet tested)
- Order: none on record
- Menu: https://hairbythecollective.com.au/our-services (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: 0733923963
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/hairbythecollective.com.au/book, https://directindex.org/go/hairbythecollective.com.au/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

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 25 | 25 |
| Readable | 16 | 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/hairbythecollective.com.au
- 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/hairbythecollective.com.au/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/hairbythecollective.com.au/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=hairbythecollective.com.au&force=1