# Merluza Hair & Beauty: Agent-Direct Score C (61.5%)

Site: http://Merluzahairandbeauty.co.uk/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/merluzahairandbeauty.co.uk
Scanned: 2026-10-21 (Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.)
Merluza Hair & Beauty is partly visible to agents.
An AI assistant can open Merluza Hair & Beauty's website. It can't find a menu or price list, so it answers from other sites. It finds a way to book or order directly, through book.thesalon.app.

## Direct links
- Phone: +441216082030

## Nearby, also direct
Places near Merluza Hair & Beauty that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- All Nations Barbers (40 m): https://directindex.org/r/allnationsbarbers.co.uk
- Home to Home Traditional Barbers (740 m): https://directindex.org/r/homebarbers.co.uk

## What to fix first
- **Appointments through an unrecognised third party.** (+9 points) Check that the provider keeps your business as the seller of record. 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 that lists services and prices as text, and link to it from the homepage. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/menu-pdf-ai
- **Structured data is incomplete.** (+6 points) Missing: address, telephone, opening hours. 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": "HairSalon",
  "name": "Merluza Hair & Beauty",
  "url": "http://Merluzahairandbeauty.co.uk/",
  "telephone": "+441216082030",
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 52.420987,
    "longitude": -1.8355843
  }
}
</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

## Where it stands
Not ranked yet in Birmingham hairdressers and beauty salons.

| What the top 10% of the index does | Top 10% | This site |
|---|---|---|
| Take bookings or orders on their own domain | 98% | no |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 0% | no |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 98% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 10% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 41% | yes |

Nearest places in the index: All Nations Barbers (C, 39 m, https://directindex.org/r/allnationsbarbers.co.uk); The Barber & The Barista (F, 62 m, https://directindex.org/r/schedulista.com); Aesthetic Ace Clinic (C, 81 m, https://directindex.org/r/aestheticace.com); Ambience Beauty (F, 191 m, https://directindex.org/r/ambiencebeauty.co.uk); Studio C (F, 193 m, https://directindex.org/r/getslick.com); Beauty By Eilis (D, 204 m, https://directindex.org/r/antonyhairdesign.co.uk); Bella Vie Hair Design (D, 444 m, https://directindex.org/r/bellaviehairandbeauty.co.uk); Birmingham Hair Extensions (F, 445 m, https://directindex.org/r/bhamhairextensions.co.uk); Modern Flair (C, 445 m, https://directindex.org/r/modernflair.co.uk); Home to Home Traditional Barbers (D, 743 m, https://directindex.org/r/homebarbers.co.uk).

## 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: "Hair colour and highlights next week, I want to book a slot online." (ChatGPT)


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

## Named by ChatGPT for "Hair colour and highlights next week, I want to book a slot online" in Birmingham hairdressers and beauty salons, October 2026
- "Hair colour and highlights next week, I want to book a slot online." (2026-10-23): ChatGPT with a link to this site. https://directindex.org/city/birmingham-salons/recommended/colour
Named by 1 of 2 assistants asked. Badge: https://directindex.org/badge/named/merluzahairandbeauty.co.uk.svg

## The direct record
What agents get for Merluza Hair & Beauty, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/merluzahairandbeauty.co.uk
- Book: none on record
- Order: none on record
- Menu: none on record
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: +441216082030

## 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 | 9 | 25 |
| Actionable | 6 | 15 (the action test: pending) |
| Cited | 0 | 0 (the assistant citation check: pending) |

## Agent readiness (Cloudflare)
Level 3 of 5, Agent-Readable. Cloudflare's report: https://isitagentready.com/merluzahairandbeauty.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: yes
- Content Signals in robots.txt: yes
- Markdown on Accept: text/markdown: yes
- 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: yes
- OAuth protected resource metadata: yes
- 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/merluzahairandbeauty.co.uk/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/merluzahairandbeauty.co.uk/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=merluzahairandbeauty.co.uk&force=1