# Shanks Dental Care: Agent-Direct Score F (4.6%)

Site: https://www.downieharperandshanks.co.uk/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/shanksdentalcare.co.uk
Scanned: 2026-10-24 (Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.)
Shanks Dental Care is largely invisible to agents.
AI assistants can't open Shanks Dental Care's website, so they go by what other sites say about it.

## Direct links
- Phone: 01316642184
- Address: 55 Captain's Road, Edinburgh, EH17 8HP, EH17 8HP

## Nearby, also direct
Places near Shanks Dental Care that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Ferniehill Surgery (1.4 km): https://directindex.org/r/ferniehillsurgery.co.uk
- Inchpark Surgery (2.1 km): https://directindex.org/r/inchpark.co.uk
- Braid Veterinary Hospital (2.7 km): https://directindex.org/r/braidvet.co.uk

## 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 (TimeoutError: The operation was aborted due to timeout). 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 structured data for the business.** (+14 points) Add schema.org JSON-LD for the business (Dentist, MedicalClinic, Physiotherapy or the closest type, with name, address, telephone and openingHoursSpecification). Every assistant reads this block first, and the fix kit below has it filled in. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant
- **No online booking link on the website.** (+13 points) There's only a phone number or WhatsApp, and agents can't use those yet. If you take bookings or orders through a platform, link to it from the site so agents can find it. Add an online appointment page. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/book-direct-on-your-own-website
- **No list of services and prices found.** (+7 points) Agents answer 'what do they treat and what does it cost?' from 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

## 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": "LocalBusiness",
  "name": "Shanks Dental Care",
  "url": "https://www.downieharperandshanks.co.uk/",
  "telephone": "01316642184",
  "address": "55 Captain's Road, Edinburgh, EH17 8HP, EH17 8HP",
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 55.902236,
    "longitude": -3.154017
  }
}
</script>
```

## Already right
- **robots.txt lets AI crawlers in.** There's no robots.txt, which means everything is allowed.

## Where it stands
Not ranked yet in Edinburgh dentists, clinics and vets.

| What the top 10% of the index does | Top 10% | This site |
|---|---|---|
| Take bookings or orders on their own domain | 100% | no |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 0% | no |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 97% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 57% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 40% | no |

Nearest places in the index: Downie, Harper and Shanks Dental Practice (F, 57 m, https://directindex.org/r/shanksdentalcare.co.uk); Liberton Doggy Daycare (F, 1090 m, https://directindex.org/r/libertondoggydaycare.co.uk); Mistev Export Health Certification (D, 1261 m, https://directindex.org/r/mistevehc.co.uk); James Roxburgh - Dentist (D, 1288 m, https://directindex.org/r/brite-dental.com); Ferniehill Surgery (C, 1394 m, https://directindex.org/r/ferniehillsurgery.co.uk); PetStay - Edinburgh, Midlothian, East Lothian and Scottish Borders (C, 1643 m, https://directindex.org/r/petstay.net); Enrich Physio (F, 1935 m, https://directindex.org/r/enrichphysio.co.uk); James L R O'Donnell Dental Practice (C, 2069 m, https://directindex.org/r/jlrodonnell.com); Inchpark Surgery (C, 2082 m, https://directindex.org/r/inchpark.co.uk); Braid Veterinary Hospital (B, 2656 m, https://directindex.org/r/braidvet.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.


Compared with its peers: Sites built with Webflow 56% (22% A or B, 10143 sites); This site 4.6%.

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

Read by AI agents 5 times this month (ClaudeBot 5).

## Businesses like Shanks Dental Care in Edinburgh dentists, clinics and vets

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sites built with Webflow in Edinburgh dentists, clinics and vets | 8 | 38% | 0% | 4.6% |

The best of the sites built with Webflow in Edinburgh dentists, clinics and vets: Scottish Denture Clinic Ltd. (C 63.1%, https://directindex.org/r/scottishdentureclinic.co.uk); Just Physio Care (C 61.5%, https://directindex.org/r/justphysiocare.co.uk); Body Stress Release (D 47.7%, https://directindex.org/r/gpplus.com); Ardmillan Dental (D 43.1%, https://directindex.org/r/ardmillanorthodontics.co.uk); PDSA Pet Hospital (D 43.1%, https://directindex.org/r/pdsa.org.uk).

## The direct record
What agents get for Shanks Dental Care, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/shanksdentalcare.co.uk
- Book: none on record
- Order: none on record
- Menu: none on record
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: 01316642184

## 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 TimeoutError: The operation was aborted due to timeout); Readable and Actionable were measured on the rendered page.

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 0 | 25 |
| Readable | 1 | 25 |
| Actionable | 2 | 15 (the action test: pending) |
| Cited | 0 | 0 (the assistant citation check: pending) |

## Agent readiness (Cloudflare)
Not measured for this scan.
- JSON-LD for the business: no

Keep watching this business (https://directindex.org/r/shanksdentalcare.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/shanksdentalcare.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=shanksdentalcare.co.uk&force=1