# Salon Republic: Agent-Direct Score D (51.6%)

Site: https://salonrepublic.com/locations/ballard-blocks-wa/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/salonrepublic.com
Scanned: 2026-10-14 (Provisional: the assistant citation check still to come; the hatched part of the bar is not measured yet.)
Salon Republic is hard for agents to use.

## Direct links
- Book directly: https://salonrepublic.com/locations/ballard-blocks-wa/?modal=booking (on the business's own site)
- Phone: 206-973-0314

## What to fix first
- **No structured data for the business.** (+14 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
- **The server turns AI crawlers away at the door.** (+6.7 points) Live fetches as GPTBot (challenge:challenge-platform), ClaudeBot (challenge:challenge-platform) 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

## 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": "BeautySalon",
  "name": "Salon Republic",
  "url": "https://salonrepublic.com/locations/ballard-blocks-wa/",
  "telephone": "206-973-0314",
  "address": {
    "@type": "PostalAddress",
    "streetAddress": "Northwest Ballard Way 1416"
  },
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 47.6623631,
    "longitude": -122.3750057
  },
  "openingHours": "Tu-Sa 09:00-18:00",
  "openingHoursSpecification": [
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Tuesday",
        "Wednesday",
        "Thursday",
        "Friday",
        "Saturday"
      ],
      "opens": "09:00",
      "closes": "18:00"
    }
  ],
  "potentialAction": [
    {
      "@type": "ReserveAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://salonrepublic.com/locations/ballard-blocks-wa/?modal=booking",
        "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 key AI user agents.
- **Appointments on your own site.** Agents can book an appointment without a marketplace in the loop.

## Where it stands
140 of 300 in Seattle hairdressers and beauty salons. Top 47% 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 | 94% | yes |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 26% | no |
| Let AI crawlers in (no edge block, no robots.txt block) | 100% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 13% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 10% | yes |

Nearest places in the index: Sharkey's Cuts For Kids (D, 92 m, https://directindex.org/r/sharkeyscutsforkidsseattle.com); Pink Polish (C, 433 m, https://directindex.org/r/pinkpolishseattle.com); Sacred Rain Healing Center (D, 441 m, https://directindex.org/r/sacredrainhealing.com); Electrolysis By Isla (C, 582 m, https://directindex.org/r/electrolysis-by-isla.com); Steele Barber + Spa (D, 656 m, https://directindex.org/r/steelebarber.com); Waxing the City (C, 730 m, https://directindex.org/r/waxingthecity.com); Ballard Wellness Center (B, 762 m, https://directindex.org/r/ballardhealthcenter.com); Blue Haven Medical Spa (C, 842 m, https://directindex.org/r/bluehavenballard.com); Lucid Aesthetix (F, 904 m, https://directindex.org/r/lucidaesthetix.com); White Lotus (C, 918 m, https://directindex.org/r/whitelotus-salon.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 WordPress 58% (28% A or B, 36794 sites); This site 51.6%.

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

## Businesses like Salon Republic in Seattle hairdressers and beauty salons

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Same kind in Seattle hairdressers and beauty salons | 300 | 43% | 14% | 51.6% |
| Built with WordPress in Seattle hairdressers and beauty salons | 55 | 58% | 13% | 51.6% |

The best of Built with WordPress in Seattle hairdressers and beauty salons: Radiant Waxing (B 80%, https://directindex.org/r/radiantwaxing.com); Dreamclinic (B 78.8%, https://directindex.org/r/dreamclinic.com); Seattle Massage Pro (B 76.9%, https://directindex.org/r/seattlemassagepro.com); Glow Medispa (B 73.8%, https://directindex.org/r/glowspaseattle.com); Apollo Nails & Spa (B 70%, https://directindex.org/r/apollonailsandspa.com).

With the three fixes above (No structured data for the business; No price list of services found; The server turns AI crawlers away at the door) the score would be about 86.3%: first of 300 in Seattle hairdressers and beauty salons.

This site appears in 4 cities (4 places on salonrepublic.com). https://directindex.org/brand/salonrepublic.com

## The direct record
What agents get for Salon Republic, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/salonrepublic.com
- Book: https://salonrepublic.com/locations/ballard-blocks-wa/?modal=booking (own site; found by the scan of 2026-10-14, not yet tested)
- Order: none on record
- Menu: none on record
- Hours: Tu-Sa 09:00-18:00 (closed now) (from OpenStreetMap)
- Phone: 206-973-0314
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/salonrepublic.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): 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 | 1 | 25 |
| Actionable | 22 | 30 |
| Cited | 0 | 0 (the assistant citation check: pending) |

## Agent readiness (Cloudflare)
Level 1 of 5, Basic Web Presence. Cloudflare's report: https://isitagentready.com/salonrepublic.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: 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: no

Deep report: https://directindex.org/r/salonrepublic.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 · Rescan now: https://directindex.org/scan?url=salonrepublic.com&force=1