# Shankey Male Grooming: Agent-Direct Score A (86.2%)

Site: https://jasonshankey.com/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/jasonshankey.com
Scanned: 2026-11-14 (Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.)
Shankey Male Grooming is ready for agents.
An AI assistant can open Shankey Male Grooming's website. It can read what Shankey Male Grooming offers. It finds a way to book or order directly on the site.

## Direct links
- Book directly: https://jasonshankey.com/appointment/ (on the business's own site)
- Menu: https://jasonshankey.com/prices/
- Phone: +44 28 9065 8001
- Address: Upper Newtownards Road 358 BT4 3EX Belfast
- Prices: 4 prices on the site, the middle one £13.99

## Nearby, also direct
Places near Shankey Male Grooming that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Urbanroots (30 m): https://directindex.org/r/urbanrootsbelfast.co.uk
- Black Eagles Barber - Ballyhackamore (30 m): https://directindex.org/r/blackeaglesbarber.com
- Doo Ron Ron's (110 m): https://directindex.org/r/dooronrons.co.uk
- Best Nails Belfast (710 m): https://directindex.org/r/bestnailsbelfast.co.uk
- Cosmetic Courses (710 m): https://directindex.org/r/cosmeticcourses.co.uk

## What to fix first
- **Structured data is incomplete.** (+6 points) Missing: address, telephone, opening hours. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant

## What the site tells visitors (Measured, not scored)
- **4 prices on the landing page, the middle one £13.99.** In Belfast, the middle price of comparable sites that show prices is £41.50.

## 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": "HairSalon",
  "name": "Shankey Male Grooming",
  "url": "https://jasonshankey.com/",
  "telephone": "+44 28 9065 8001",
  "address": {
    "@type": "PostalAddress",
    "streetAddress": "Upper Newtownards Road 358",
    "postalCode": "BT4 3EX",
    "addressLocality": "Belfast"
  },
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 54.595283,
    "longitude": -5.8685223
  },
  "potentialAction": [
    {
      "@type": "ReserveAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://jasonshankey.com/appointment/",
        "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.
- **Structured data found (Organization).** no address, phone or hours in it
- **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
21 of 326 in Belfast hairdressers, beauty salons and massage. Top 6% 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 | 88% | yes |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 85% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 97% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 32% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 41% | yes |

Nearest places in the index: Urbanroots (B, 25 m, https://directindex.org/r/urbanrootsbelfast.co.uk); Black Eagles Barber - Ballyhackamore (D, 33 m, https://directindex.org/r/blackeaglesbarber.com); Doo Ron Ron's (C, 113 m, https://directindex.org/r/dooronrons.co.uk); Peter Oliver (D, 131 m, https://directindex.org/r/peterolivers.com); Norah Mc Nally Salon For Men (C, 177 m, https://directindex.org/r/norahmcnally.co.uk); Agency Hair (F, 451 m, https://directindex.org/r/agencyhair.com); Best Nails Belfast (C, 710 m, https://directindex.org/r/bestnailsbelfast.co.uk); Cosmetic Courses (A, 714 m, https://directindex.org/r/cosmeticcourses.co.uk); Holdfast barbershops (B, 728 m, https://directindex.org/r/holdfastbarbershop.co.uk); The Beauty Collective NI (C, 732 m, https://directindex.org/r/thebeautycollectiveni.com).

## 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.

Recommended when people ask: "A barber for a beard trim and a cut today. Can I book online?" (Gemini)


Compared with its peers: Sites built with WordPress 55% (25% A or B, 270003 sites); This site 86.2%.

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

## Named by Gemini for "A barber for a beard trim and a cut today. Can I book online?" in Belfast hairdressers, beauty salons and massage, November 2026
- "A barber for a beard trim and a cut today. Can I book online?" (2026-11-14): Gemini with a link to this site. https://directindex.org/city/belfast-salons/recommended/barber-today
Named by 1 of 2 assistants asked. Badge: https://directindex.org/badge/named/jasonshankey.com.svg

## Businesses like Shankey Male Grooming in Belfast hairdressers, beauty salons and massage

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Belfast hairdressers, beauty salons and massage | 326 | 51% | 23% | 86.2% |
| Sites built with WordPress in Belfast hairdressers, beauty salons and massage | 93 | 60% | 28% | 86.2% |

The best of the sites built with WordPress in Belfast hairdressers, beauty salons and massage: Hair Transplant Belfast (A 95.4%, https://directindex.org/r/hairtransplantbelfast.co.uk); Omorphia Laser Cosmetics (A 95.4%, https://directindex.org/r/omorphialasercosmetics.com); Willow Massage Centre (A 95.4%, https://directindex.org/r/willowmassage.co.uk); Complementary Beauty Clinic (A 90.8%, https://directindex.org/r/complementarybeauty.com); The White House (A 90.8%, https://directindex.org/r/the-whitehouse.co.uk).

With the fix above (Structured data is incomplete), the score would be about 95.4%, which would be first of 326 in Belfast hairdressers, beauty salons and massage.

## The direct record
What agents get for Shankey Male Grooming, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/jasonshankey.com
- Book: https://jasonshankey.com/appointment/ (own site; found by the scan of 2026-11-14, not yet tested)
- Order: none on record
- Menu: https://jasonshankey.com/prices/ (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: +44 28 9065 8001
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/jasonshankey.com/book, https://directindex.org/go/jasonshankey.com/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/jasonshankey.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: yes

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