# Ham Barber Studio: Agent-Direct Score B (75.4%)

Site: http://hambarberstudio.com
Report: https://directindex.org/r/hambarberstudio.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.)
Ham Barber Studio is mostly ready for agents.
An AI assistant can open Ham Barber Studio's website. It can't find a menu or price list, so it answers from other sites. To book or order, it is sent to Booksy, a marketplace.

## Direct links
- Order directly: https://book.squareup.com/appointments/9f716e46lse4pj/location/LR7346TJQ8E8A/services?buttonTextColor=ffffff&color=000000&locale=en&referrer=so (through square acting for the business)
- Phone: 18322984393
- Address: 3401 Harrisburg Blvd  Ste C2, 77003-2438, Houston

## Nearby, also direct
Places near Ham Barber Studio that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Taylor Chaser (50 m): https://directindex.org/r/ccuts.org
- Maldives Spa & Nails (1.2 km): https://directindex.org/r/maldivesnails.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
- **Appointments only through booksy.** (+5 points) Every transaction an agent makes goes through the marketplace, which takes its commission. Add a direct way on your own site. Even a simple form will do. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/book-direct-on-your-own-website
- **Structured data is incomplete.** (+1 points) Missing: telephone. 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": "Ham Barber Studio",
  "url": "http://hambarberstudio.com",
  "telephone": "18322984393",
  "address": "3401 Harrisburg Blvd  Ste C2, 77003-2438, Houston",
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 29.748327,
    "longitude": -95.341015
  },
  "potentialAction": [
    {
      "@type": "OrderAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://book.squareup.com/appointments/9f716e46lse4pj/location/LR7346TJQ8E8A/services?buttonTextColor=ffffff&amp;color=000000&amp;locale=en&amp;referrer=so",
        "actionPlatform": [
          "http://schema.org/DesktopWebPlatform",
          "http://schema.org/MobileWebPlatform"
        ]
      }
    }
  ]
}
</script>
```

## Already right
- **robots.txt lets AI crawlers in.** There's no robots.txt, which means everything is allowed.
- **AI crawlers get the page.** GPTBot, ClaudeBot and PerplexityBot all got a normal response.
- **Structured data found (LocalBusiness).** address, opening hours
- **Ordering through square on your own domain.** There's no marketplace commission, and the customer stays yours.

## Where it stands
225 of 1906 in Houston hairdressers and beauty salons. Top 12% 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 | 14% | no |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 96% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 21% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 62% | yes |

Nearest places in the index: Taylor Chaser (D, 48 m, https://directindex.org/r/ccuts.org); Rhino Salon Mats (F, 305 m, https://directindex.org/r/rhinosalonmats.com); Blending Beauty, Llc (F, 378 m, https://directindex.org/r/blendingbeauty.com); Moka Beaute Atelier (C, 381 m, https://directindex.org/r/mokabeaute.com); Slay Beauty Teeth Bar (D, 434 m, https://directindex.org/r/slaybeautyteethbar.com); Eyebrow Energy (F, 1126 m, https://directindex.org/r/eyebrowenergy.com); Crwn (F, 1179 m, https://directindex.org/r/crwnhtx.com); Bp Artistry (F, 1206 m, https://directindex.org/r/bpartistry.us); Maldives Spa & Nails (B, 1222 m, https://directindex.org/r/maldivesnails.com); Head Honcho's (F, 1347 m, https://directindex.org/r/headhonchos.shop).

## 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 GoDaddy Website Builder 34% (9% A or B, 6476 sites); Sites using Booksy 50% (4% A or B, 1016 sites); Sites using Square 65% (42% A or B, 4353 sites); This site 75.4%.

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

## Businesses like Ham Barber Studio in Houston hairdressers and beauty salons

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Houston hairdressers and beauty salons | 1906 | 46% | 20% | 75.4% |
| Sites built with GoDaddy Website Builder in Houston hairdressers and beauty salons | 83 | 38% | 19% | 75.4% |
| Sites using Booksy in Houston hairdressers and beauty salons | 13 | 45% | 15% | 75.4% |
| Sites built with GoDaddy Website Builder and using Booksy in Houston hairdressers and beauty salons | 1 | 75% | 100% | 75.4% |

The best of the sites using Booksy in Houston hairdressers and beauty salons: Wack's Barbershop (B 73.8%, https://directindex.org/r/wacksworks.com); barber social club (C 67.7%, https://directindex.org/r/barbersocialclub.com); Le Beau (C 55.4%, https://directindex.org/r/lebeaumedspasalon.com); TRYMS Barber Lounge (D 47.7%, https://directindex.org/r/tryms.biz); Roniz Beauty (D 44.6%, https://directindex.org/r/ronizbeauty.com).

With the three fixes above (No price list of services found; Appointments only through booksy; Structured data is incomplete), the score would be about 95.4%, which would be first of 1,906 in Houston hairdressers and beauty salons.

## The direct record
What agents get for Ham Barber Studio, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/hambarberstudio.com
- Book: none on record
- Order: https://book.squareup.com/appointments/9f716e46lse4pj/location/LR7346TJQ8E8A/services?buttonTextColor=ffffff&amp;color=000000&amp;locale=en&amp;referrer=so (vendor on own site: Square; found by the scan of 2026-10-23, not yet tested)
- Menu: none on record
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: 18322984393
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/hambarberstudio.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): 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): yes
- Vendor terms for agents, Square: Yes. Square takes orders placed in ChatGPT and Claude for US food sellers since 1 July 2026 with no seller setup; its Buyer Account Terms still bar robots and scrapers from accessing Block systems. Read 2026-10-15: https://squareup.com/us/en/press/claude-chatgpt-integrations

Found one hop past the home page: contact page /about-1: ordering via square, booking via booksy.

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 25 | 25 |
| Readable | 14 | 25 |
| Actionable | 10 | 15 (the action test: pending) |
| Cited | 0 | 0 (the assistant citation check: pending) |

## Agent readiness (Cloudflare)
Level 0 of 5, Not Ready. Cloudflare's report: https://isitagentready.com/hambarberstudio.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: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/ai-rules/SKILL.md)
- 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: yes

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