# Nine Keys Apothecary: Agent-Direct Score D (40%)

Site: https://www.ninekeysapothecary.com/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/ninekeysapothecary.com
Scanned: 2026-10-16 (Provisional, with the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.)
Nine Keys Apothecary is hard for agents to use.
AI assistants can't open Nine Keys Apothecary's website, so they go by what other sites say about it.

## Direct links
- Book directly: https://www.ninekeysapothecary.com/booking (on the business's own site)
- Phone: +1-612-405-8413
- Address: Bloomington Avenue 4547 55407 Minneapolis
- Hours, from OpenStreetMap · Overture Maps: "by appointment"
- Prices: 17 prices on the site, the middle one $8.00

## Nearby, also direct
Places near Nine Keys Apothecary that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Nailish (440 m): https://directindex.org/r/nailishspa.com
- Southside Shiatsu (880 m): https://directindex.org/r/roottobloomwellness.com
- Kimber Esthetics (900 m): https://directindex.org/r/kimberesthetics.com
- Spa Sweet (910 m): https://directindex.org/r/spasweet.com
- Perfectly Polished (920 m): https://directindex.org/r/perfectlypolished.biz

## What to fix first
- **The site turns away every visitor that isn't a browser, AI agents included.** (+25 points) A plain fetch was refused (cloudflare_challenge). Only a real browser got the page. Every AI crawler and agent gets turned away the same way, so Reachable scores 0 and the rest is measured on the page as the browser rendered it. Ask the host to let the AI user agents through. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/blocking-ai-crawlers-without-knowing
- **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.** (+5 points) Missing: telephone, opening hours. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant

## What the site tells visitors (Measured, not scored)
- **The footer says © 2019.** Visitors and assistants may read that year as the last time anyone looked after the site. In Minneapolis, 68% of comparable sites that show a year say 2025 or later.
- **17 prices on the landing page, the middle one $8.00.** In Minneapolis, the middle price of comparable sites that show prices is $55.00.

## 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": "Nine Keys Apothecary",
  "url": "https://www.ninekeysapothecary.com/",
  "telephone": "+1-612-405-8413",
  "email": "ninekeysmpls@gmail.com",
  "address": {
    "@type": "PostalAddress",
    "streetAddress": "Bloomington Avenue 4547",
    "postalCode": "55407",
    "addressLocality": "Minneapolis"
  },
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 44.9200303,
    "longitude": -93.2521632
  },
  "openingHours": "\"by appointment\"",
  "potentialAction": [
    {
      "@type": "ReserveAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://www.ninekeysapothecary.com/booking",
        "actionPlatform": [
          "http://schema.org/DesktopWebPlatform",
          "http://schema.org/MobileWebPlatform"
        ]
      },
      "result": {
        "@type": "Reservation",
        "name": "Reservation"
      }
    }
  ]
}
</script>
```

## Already right
- **robots.txt lets AI crawlers in.** There's no robots.txt, which means everything is allowed.
- **Structured data found (LocalBusiness).** address
- **Appointments on your own site.** Agents can book an appointment without going through a marketplace.

## Where it stands
266 of 386 in Minneapolis hairdressers and beauty salons. Top 69% 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 | 95% | yes |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 28% | no |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 98% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 5% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 25% | no |

Nearest places in the index: Nailish (A, 444 m, https://directindex.org/r/nailishspa.com); The Braid Factory (F, 838 m, https://directindex.org/r/braidfactorymn.com); Hilda's Hair Hut (F, 876 m, https://directindex.org/r/sellfy.store); Southside Shiatsu (B, 884 m, https://directindex.org/r/roottobloomwellness.com); Treat Massage Therapy (D, 886 m, https://directindex.org/r/treatmassagetherapy.net); Take Time For Yourself Massage (D, 895 m, https://directindex.org/r/taketimeforyourselfmassage.com); Kimber Esthetics (B, 895 m, https://directindex.org/r/kimberesthetics.com); Spa Sweet (C, 905 m, https://directindex.org/r/spasweet.com); Sandra Jones Healing (D, 905 m, https://directindex.org/r/functionalwellnessminneapolis.com); Perfectly Polished (D, 923 m, https://directindex.org/r/perfectlypolished.biz).

## 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 Wix 54% (31% A or B, 42583 sites); This site 40%.

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

## Businesses like Nine Keys Apothecary in Minneapolis hairdressers and beauty salons

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Minneapolis hairdressers and beauty salons | 386 | 50% | 22% | 40% |
| Sites built with Wix in Minneapolis hairdressers and beauty salons | 47 | 56% | 26% | 40% |

The best of the sites built with Wix in Minneapolis hairdressers and beauty salons: Best Minneapolis Massage (B 80%, https://directindex.org/r/bestminneapolismassage.com); Bloody Gorgeous (B 80%, https://directindex.org/r/bloodygorgeous.com); Christopher A Hernandez (B 80%, https://directindex.org/r/razorkingllc.com); Healing Pines Massage and Bodywork (B 80%, https://directindex.org/r/healingpinesmassage.com); Riverstone Salon and Wellness Center (B 80%, https://directindex.org/r/riverstonesalonandwellness.com).

With the three fixes above (The site turns away every visitor that isn't a browser, AI agents included; No price list of services found; Structured data is incomplete), the score would be about 86.3%. That would be 2nd of 386 in Minneapolis hairdressers and beauty salons, up from 266th.

## The direct record
What agents get for Nine Keys Apothecary, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/ninekeysapothecary.com
- Book: https://www.ninekeysapothecary.com/booking (own site; could not verify: partial (2026-10-19))
- Order: none on record
- Menu: none on record
- Hours: "by appointment" (from OpenStreetMap)
- Phone: +1-612-405-8413
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/ninekeysapothecary.com/book

## 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

Only a real browser got this page (a plain fetch got cloudflare_challenge); Readable and Actionable were measured on the rendered page.

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 0 | 25 |
| Readable | 10 | 25 |
| Actionable | 22 | 30 |
| Cited | 0 | 0 (the assistant citation check: pending) |

## Agent readiness (Cloudflare)
Not measured for this scan.
- JSON-LD for the business: yes

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