# Hot Head: Agent-Direct Score F (28.2%)

Site: https://hotheadhair.co.uk/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/hotheadhair.co.uk
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.)
Hot Head is largely invisible to agents.

## What to fix first
- **No structured data for the business.** (+15 points) Add schema.org JSON-LD for the business (HairSalon, BeautySalon or the closest type, with name, address, telephone and openingHoursSpecification). It is the one block every assistant reads first; the fix kit below has it filled in. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant
- **No way to book an appointment online.** (+15 points) Agents have nothing to act on. Add an online appointment page on your own domain. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/book-direct-on-your-own-website
- **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
- **The server turns AI crawlers away at the door.** (+6.7 points) Live fetches as ClaudeBot (http_429), PerplexityBot (http_429) were refused while a normal browser got the page. This is usually a hosting or firewall bot list 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, 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": "Hot Head",
  "url": "https://hotheadhair.co.uk/",
  "address": {
    "@type": "PostalAddress",
    "streetAddress": "West Nicolson Street 17",
    "postalCode": "EH8 9DB",
    "addressLocality": "Edinburgh"
  },
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 55.9448911,
    "longitude": -3.1849785
  },
  "openingHours": "Mo-We,Fr 10:00-18:00; Th 10:00-19:00; Sa 10:00-17:00",
  "openingHoursSpecification": [
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Monday",
        "Tuesday",
        "Wednesday",
        "Friday"
      ],
      "opens": "10:00",
      "closes": "18:00"
    },
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Thursday"
      ],
      "opens": "10:00",
      "closes": "19:00"
    },
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Saturday"
      ],
      "opens": "10:00",
      "closes": "17:00"
    }
  ]
}
</script>
```

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

```
# Hot Head

> hair salon in West Nicolson Street 17 EH8 9DB Edinburgh, Edinburgh hairdressers and beauty salons.

## Opening hours

Mo-We,Fr 10:00-18:00; Th 10:00-19:00; Sa 10:00-17:00

## About

- Website: https://hotheadhair.co.uk/
- 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.

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

## Where it stands
122 of 152 in Edinburgh hairdressers and beauty salons. Top 80% 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% | no |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 0% | no |
| Let AI crawlers in (no edge block, no robots.txt block) | 100% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 31% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 44% | no |

Nearest places in the index: Kelly's Hair Studio (C, 109 m, https://directindex.org/r/fresha.com); Meadows Retreat (D, 209 m, https://directindex.org/r/meadowsretreat.co.uk); Ruby Rouge (D, 257 m, https://directindex.org/r/rubyrougehairdressing.co.uk); Signature Hair Salon (C, 440 m, https://directindex.org/r/github.io); McKensie Knight Hairdressing (D, 687 m, https://directindex.org/r/mytreatwell.co.uk); Edinburgh Beauty Quarter (D, 728 m, https://directindex.org/r/edinburghbeautyquarter.co.uk); True Thai Massage & Beauty Therapies (C, 777 m, https://directindex.org/r/truethaiedinburgh.co.uk); Cheryl Irvine (F, 831 m, https://directindex.org/r/cherylirvinehairdressing.co.uk); Ishi (F, 859 m, https://directindex.org/r/ishisalon.co.uk); March Hair (F, 874 m, https://directindex.org/r/march-hair.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 28%, 2026-10-14 28%.

See what an AI agent reads on this site: https://directindex.org/r/hotheadhair.co.uk/agent-view

## Businesses like Hot Head in Edinburgh hairdressers and beauty salons

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Same kind in Edinburgh hairdressers and beauty salons | 152 | 44% | 14% | 28.2% |

The best of Same kind in Edinburgh hairdressers and beauty salons: Tanz Tanning (A 87.5%, https://directindex.org/r/tanztanning.co.uk); The Shore Clinic (B 80%, https://directindex.org/r/theshoreclinic.co.uk); Astrid and Miyu (B 78.8%, https://directindex.org/r/astridandmiyu.com); Christina Mclean (B 77.5%, https://directindex.org/r/christinamcleanpmu.co.uk); Sink & Anchor (B 77.5%, https://directindex.org/r/sinkandanchor.com).

With the three fixes above (No structured data for the business; No way to book an appointment online; No price list of services found) the score would be about 85.1%: 2nd of 152 in Edinburgh hairdressers and beauty salons, up from 122nd.

## The direct record
What agents get for Hot Head, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/hotheadhair.co.uk
- Book: none on record
- Order: none on record
- Menu: none on record
- Hours: Mo-We,Fr 10:00-18:00; Th 10:00-19:00; Sa 10:00-17:00 (open now) (from OpenStreetMap)
- Phone: none on record

## 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 | 18.3 | 25 |
| Readable | 0 | 25 |
| Actionable | 0 | 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/hotheadhair.co.uk
- 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: 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: no

Deep report: https://directindex.org/r/hotheadhair.co.uk/deep. Ten questions the way people ask, each assistant's full answer, the eight nearest similar places, the fix plan and a PDF: 19 EUR, one-off.
Methodology: https://directindex.org/methodology · Rescan now: https://directindex.org/scan?url=hotheadhair.co.uk&force=1