# Mott NYC Salon: Agent-Direct Score D (53.8%) Site: https://www.mottnyc.com Report: https://directindex.org/r/mottnyc.com 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.) Mott NYC Salon is hard for agents to use. ## Direct links - Order directly: https://square.site/book/8ZYWXEX384JSP/mott-nyc-new-york-ny (through square acting for the business) - Phone: +1-646-678-3338 ## 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 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 - **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 ``` llms.txt. Save as /llms.txt at the root of the site. ``` # Mott NYC Salon > hair salon in New York hairdressers and beauty salons. Phone +1-646-678-3338. ## Book or order directly - Order: https://square.site/book/8ZYWXEX384JSP/mott-nyc-new-york-ny (through square acting for the business) ## Opening hours Tu-Fr 10:00-19:00, Sa 09:00-18:00, Su 12:00-17:00 ## About - Website: https://www.mottnyc.com - This file follows llms.txt (https://llmstxt.org): a short plain-text description for language models. ``` ## Already right - **robots.txt lets AI crawlers in.** There is no robots.txt, which allows everything. - **AI crawlers get the page.** GPTBot, ClaudeBot and PerplexityBot all received a normal response. - **Ordering through square on your own domain.** No marketplace commission, and the guest stays yours. ## Where it stands 260 of 575 in New York hairdressers and beauty salons. Top 45% 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% | yes | | Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 32% | no | | Let AI crawlers in (no edge block, no robots.txt block) | 100% | yes | | Structured data with address, phone and hours | 17% | no | | Have an llms.txt | 22% | no | Nearest places in the index: Sia's (F, 28 m, https://directindex.org/r/siasbeautynyc.com); Laicale (D, 29 m, https://directindex.org/r/laicale.com); Prince + Broad (C, 87 m, https://directindex.org/r/princeandbroad.com); Soho NYC Barbers (C, 228 m, https://directindex.org/r/sohonycbarbers.com); Barber's Blueprint (C, 259 m, https://directindex.org/r/barbersblueprint.com); Kida NYC (D, 321 m, https://directindex.org/r/kidanyc.com); Maria Bonita Spa (A, 354 m, https://directindex.org/r/mariabonitany.com); Pearlita (B, 366 m, https://directindex.org/r/pearlitanyc.com); District 87 (C, 441 m, https://directindex.org/r/district87salon.com); Messlook (B, 460 m, https://directindex.org/r/messlook.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. Against its peers: Sites built with Webflow 59% (26% A or B, 1920 sites); Sites using Square 69% (47% A or B, 793 sites); This site 53.8%. See what an AI agent reads on this site: https://directindex.org/r/mottnyc.com/agent-view ## Businesses like Mott NYC Salon in New York hairdressers and beauty salons | Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site | |---|---|---|---|---| | Same kind in New York hairdressers and beauty salons | 575 | 41% | 17% | 53.8% | | Built with Webflow in New York hairdressers and beauty salons | 8 | 61% | 38% | 53.8% | | Using Square in New York hairdressers and beauty salons | 28 | 66% | 36% | 53.8% | | Built with Webflow and using Square in New York hairdressers and beauty salons | 2 | 54% | 0% | 53.8% | The best of Using Square in New York hairdressers and beauty salons: M.Studio (A 88.8%, https://directindex.org/r/mstudio-nyc.com); Lavar Hair Designs (B 76.9%, https://directindex.org/r/lavar.com); Capulet's Salon (B 75.4%, https://directindex.org/r/capuletsalon.com); Earth + Sky (B 75.4%, https://directindex.org/r/earthskylic.com); Keycuts Barbershop (B 75.4%, https://directindex.org/r/keycuts.co). With the two fixes above (No structured data for the business; No price list of services found) the score would be about 87.7%: 4th of 575 in New York hairdressers and beauty salons, up from 260th. ## The direct record What agents get for Mott NYC Salon, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/mottnyc.com - Book: none on record - Order: https://square.site/book/8ZYWXEX384JSP/mott-nyc-new-york-ny (vendor on own site: Square; found by the scan of 2026-10-14, not yet tested) - Menu: none on record - Hours: Tu-Fr 10:00-19:00, Sa 09:00-18:00, Su 12:00-17:00 (from OpenStreetMap) - Phone: +1-646-678-3338 - Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/mottnyc.com/order - Agents and people followed 1 direct link to this business this month (1 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): 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 - 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 Not measured at this scan; the next scan measures it. ## Score breakdown | Component | Points | Available | |---|---|---| | Reachable | 25 | 25 | | Readable | 0 | 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/mottnyc.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: 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/mottnyc.com/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 ยท Rescan now: https://directindex.org/scan?url=mottnyc.com&force=1