# HG Studio: Agent-Direct Score B (73.8%)

Site: http://www.hgstudio.hair/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/hairy-godmother.com
Scanned: 2026-10-23 (Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.)
HG Studio is mostly ready for agents.
An AI assistant can open HG Studio's website. It can read what HG Studio offers. It finds a way to book or order directly on the site.

## Direct links
- Book directly: https://www.hairy-godmother.com/appointments-and-policies (on the business's own site)
- Menu: https://www.hairy-godmother.com/service-menu
- Phone: +17087170495
- Address: 2010 W Foster Ave, Chicago 60625

## Nearby, also direct
Places near HG Studio that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Precision Hair Removal & Skin Care (320 m): https://directindex.org/r/cirinespa.com
- Freyja Salon (440 m): https://directindex.org/r/freyjachicago.com
- Massage Therapy Jeremy King LMT (490 m): https://directindex.org/r/jeremykinglmt.com
- Pearl Hair Studio (630 m): https://directindex.org/r/pearlhairstudio.com

## What to fix first
- **No structured data for the business.** (+14 points) Add schema.org JSON-LD for the business (HairSalon, BeautySalon or the closest type, with name, address, telephone and openingHoursSpecification). Every assistant reads this block first, and the fix kit below has it filled in. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant

## 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": "LocalBusiness",
  "name": "HG Studio",
  "url": "http://www.hgstudio.hair/",
  "telephone": "+17087170495",
  "address": "2010 W Foster Ave, Chicago 60625",
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 41.97607787,
    "longitude": -87.67984616
  },
  "potentialAction": [
    {
      "@type": "ReserveAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://www.hairy-godmother.com/appointments-and-policies",
        "actionPlatform": [
          "http://schema.org/DesktopWebPlatform",
          "http://schema.org/MobileWebPlatform"
        ]
      },
      "result": {
        "@type": "Reservation",
        "name": "Reservation"
      }
    }
  ]
}
</script>
```

## Already right
- **robots.txt lets AI crawlers in.** No rule blocks the main AI user agents.
- **AI crawlers get the page.** GPTBot, ClaudeBot and PerplexityBot all got a normal response.
- **Price list of services is an HTML page.** Agents can read the items and prices.
- **Appointments on your own site.** Agents can book an appointment without going through a marketplace.

## Where it stands
310 of 2035 in Chicago hairdressers and beauty salons. Top 15% 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 | 96% | yes |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 19% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 97% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 14% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 53% | yes |

Nearest places in the index: Nwar Skin (B, 32 m, https://directindex.org/r/nwarskin.com); Precision Hair Removal & Skin Care (B, 324 m, https://directindex.org/r/cirinespa.com); Freyja Salon (C, 435 m, https://directindex.org/r/freyjachicago.com); Prevent Chronic Pain (F, 485 m, https://directindex.org/r/preventchronicpain.com); Michael Elder (D, 485 m, https://directindex.org/r/michaelelderlmt.com); Massage Therapy Jeremy King LMT (B, 485 m, https://directindex.org/r/jeremykinglmt.com); Bless This Body (F, 500 m, https://directindex.org/r/blessthisbody.com); Pearl Hair Studio (B, 631 m, https://directindex.org/r/pearlhairstudio.com); Noktivo Spa & Beauty Boutique (D, 710 m, https://directindex.org/r/noktivo.com); GlossHaus Nails & Spa (C, 780 m, https://directindex.org/r/glosshausnailspa.com).

## What assistants answer
Asked on 2026-11-05 with web search on. 100% of the answers pointed to the business's own site or to a vendor working for it. That share is the Cited part of the score.
| Assistant | Official website? | Where to book? | Where to order? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gemini | own site | own site | own site |

The assistants were asked 12 everyday questions about Chicago hairdressers and beauty salons and named 53 places. HG Studio wasn't one of them. See who was named: https://directindex.org/city/chicago-salons/recommended


**What Gemini said, Official website? (2026-11-05):** The official website of HG Studio in Chicago, Illinois is: https://www.hairy-godmother.com/

**What Gemini said, Where to book? (2026-11-05):** To book an appointment or consultation with HG Studio in Chicago (located on W Foster Ave), you can submit an appointment request through their official contact form: Booking/Inquiry Link: HG Studio Contact Form (https://www.hairy-godmother.com/contact) (Note: They operate by appointment only and do consultations/intakes via their website inquiry form or text message before scheduling service appointments).

**What Gemini said, Where to order? (2026-11-05):** To order hair services or set up an appointment/consultation with HG Studio (located at 2010 W Foster Ave in Chicago, specializing in extensions and styling by Margot Wojdyla), they do not operate a traditional instant checkout or retail shopping cart online. Instead, you schedule consultations or request new hair and services directly through their official site: Official Website / Contact & Booking: HG Studio…

Compared with its peers: Sites built with Wix 52% (28% A or B, 48660 sites); This site 73.8%.

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

## Businesses like HG Studio in Chicago hairdressers and beauty salons

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Chicago hairdressers and beauty salons | 2035 | 50% | 21% | 73.8% |
| Sites built with Wix in Chicago hairdressers and beauty salons | 279 | 63% | 41% | 73.8% |

The best of the sites built with Wix in Chicago hairdressers and beauty salons: Deep Heart Reflexology (A 90.8%, https://directindex.org/r/healingsamurai.com); Marlo Salon (A 90.8%, https://directindex.org/r/marlosaloninc.net); The Spa At Palmer House (A 90.8%, https://directindex.org/r/spaatph.com); The K Beauty Skin Spa (A 86.2%, https://directindex.org/r/kodamkbeautyskinspa.com); EMerge Beauty & Wellness (B 84.6%, https://directindex.org/r/emergemedspa.com).

With the fix above (No structured data for the business), the score would be about 95.4%, which would be first of 2,035 in Chicago hairdressers and beauty salons.

## The direct record
What agents get for HG Studio, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/hairy-godmother.com
- Book: https://www.hairy-godmother.com/appointments-and-policies (own site; found by the scan of 2026-10-23, not yet tested)
- Order: none on record
- Menu: https://www.hairy-godmother.com/service-menu (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: +17087170495
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/hairy-godmother.com/book, https://directindex.org/go/hairy-godmother.com/menu
- Agents and people followed 2 direct links to this business this month (2 by AI agents).

## 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): yes
- 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

Found one hop past the home page: booking page /appointments-and-policies: phone.

## 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/hairy-godmother.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: yes
- 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: no

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