# Sobo Hair & Skincare Boutique: Agent-Direct Score C (61.1%)

Site: https://www.sobohairboutique.co.uk/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/sobohairboutique.co.uk
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.)
Sobo Hair & Skincare Boutique is partly visible to agents.
Some AI assistants are turned away by the website of Sobo Hair & Skincare Boutique. It finds no menu or price list, so it answers from other sites. It finds a way to book or order directly, through Phorest.

## Direct links
- Book directly: https://www.phorest.com/salon/sobohairskincareboutiqueltd (through phorest acting for the business)
- Phone: +44 131 552 7500

## What to fix first
- **Structured data is incomplete.** (+7 points) Missing: address, telephone, opening hours. 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.** (+3.3 points) Live fetches as GPTBot (http_429) 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
- **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
<script type="application/ld+json">
{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "HairSalon",
  "name": "Sobo Hair & Skincare Boutique",
  "url": "https://www.sobohairboutique.co.uk/",
  "telephone": "+44 131 552 7500",
  "address": {
    "@type": "PostalAddress",
    "streetAddress": "Craighall Road 18",
    "addressLocality": "Edinburgh"
  },
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 55.9775172,
    "longitude": -3.1974519
  },
  "openingHours": "Mo 10:00-17:00; Tu-We 10:00-18:00;Th 09:00-19:00; Fr 09:00-18:00; Sa 09:00-17:00",
  "openingHoursSpecification": [
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Monday"
      ],
      "opens": "10:00",
      "closes": "17:00"
    },
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Tuesday",
        "Wednesday"
      ],
      "opens": "10:00",
      "closes": "18:00"
    },
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Thursday"
      ],
      "opens": "09:00",
      "closes": "19:00"
    },
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Friday"
      ],
      "opens": "09:00",
      "closes": "18:00"
    },
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Saturday"
      ],
      "opens": "09:00",
      "closes": "17:00"
    }
  ],
  "potentialAction": [
    {
      "@type": "ReserveAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://www.phorest.com/salon/sobohairskincareboutiqueltd",
        "actionPlatform": [
          "http://schema.org/DesktopWebPlatform",
          "http://schema.org/MobileWebPlatform"
        ]
      },
      "result": {
        "@type": "Reservation",
        "name": "Reservation"
      }
    }
  ]
}
</script>
```

llms.txt. Save as /llms.txt at the root of the site.

```
# Sobo Hair & Skincare Boutique

> hair salon in Craighall Road 18 Edinburgh, Edinburgh hairdressers and beauty salons. Phone +44 131 552 7500.

## Book or order directly

- Book: https://www.phorest.com/salon/sobohairskincareboutiqueltd (through phorest acting for the business)

## Opening hours

Mo 10:00-17:00; Tu-We 10:00-18:00;Th 09:00-19:00; Fr 09:00-18:00; Sa 09:00-17:00

## About

- Website: https://www.sobohairboutique.co.uk/
- This file follows llms.txt (https://llmstxt.org): a short plain-text description for language models.
```

## Already right
- **robots.txt lets AI crawlers in.** No rule blocks the key AI user agents.
- **Structured data present (Organization).** but without address, phone or hours
- **Appointments through phorest on your own domain.** No marketplace commission, and the guest stays yours.
- **Phorest works with agents through its partners.** Phorest's consumer booking terms do not mention bots or automated use; its API is issued on request to a business or its partner developers, and Reserve with Google sends clients to the Phorest booking site. Read 2026-10-15: https://www.phorest.com/termsandconditions-consumer/. An assistant that is not a partner may not finish the step there; a direct path on your own domain works for all of them.

## Where it stands
32 of 131 in Edinburgh hairdressers and beauty salons. Top 24% 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 | 93% | yes |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 7% | no |
| Let AI crawlers in (no edge block, no robots.txt block) | 100% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 21% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 43% | no |

Nearest places in the index: Yuu Beauty (C, 68 m, https://directindex.org/r/yuubeauty.co.uk); Joe & Co (F, 925 m, https://directindex.org/r/joeandcohair.co.uk); Muse Hair (B, 1088 m, https://directindex.org/r/musehair.com); Jonathon Martin Massage Therapy (D, 1343 m, https://directindex.org/r/jmmassagetherapy.co.uk); The Shore Clinic (B, 1591 m, https://directindex.org/r/theshoreclinic.co.uk); Purusha (F, 1805 m, https://directindex.org/r/purushahair.co.uk); Inner (City) Sanctum (C, 1829 m, https://directindex.org/r/innercitysanctum.co.uk); LG Beauty Clinic Leith Podiatry (C, 1887 m, https://directindex.org/r/leithpodiatry.com); Estate Salon (B, 1892 m, https://directindex.org/r/estatesalon.co.uk); Indo Soul (C, 1905 m, https://directindex.org/r/indosoulhair.co.uk).

## 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% (29% A or B, 36926 sites); Sites using Phorest 60% (15% A or B, 146 sites); This site 61.1%.

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

Read by AI agents 6 times this month (ClaudeBot 6).

## Businesses like Sobo Hair & Skincare Boutique in Edinburgh hairdressers and beauty salons

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Edinburgh hairdressers and beauty salons | 131 | 43% | 11% | 61.1% |
| Sites built with WordPress in Edinburgh hairdressers and beauty salons | 47 | 58% | 21% | 61.1% |
| Sites using Phorest in Edinburgh hairdressers and beauty salons | 9 | 59% | 0% | 61.1% |
| Sites built with WordPress and using Phorest in Edinburgh hairdressers and beauty salons | 7 | 60% | 0% | 61.1% |

The best of the sites built with WordPress and using Phorest in Edinburgh hairdressers and beauty salons: Soprano Ice (C 67.7%, https://directindex.org/r/soprano.clinic); W Spa Beauty Therapy (C 66.2%, https://directindex.org/r/thesecretbeautygarden.com); Nail Yard (C 64.6%, https://directindex.org/r/thenailyard.com); Neil Maclean (C 55.4%, https://directindex.org/r/neilmacleanhairstudio.co.uk); Dean Jones Hair (D 53.8%, https://directindex.org/r/deanjoneshair.co.uk).

With the three fixes above (Structured data is incomplete; No price list of services found; The server turns AI crawlers away at the door) the score would be about 87.7%: first of 131 in Edinburgh hairdressers and beauty salons.

## The direct record
What agents get for Sobo Hair & Skincare Boutique, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/sobohairboutique.co.uk
- Book: https://www.phorest.com/salon/sobohairskincareboutiqueltd (vendor on own site: Phorest; found by the scan of 2026-10-14, not yet tested)
- Order: none on record
- Menu: none on record
- Hours: Mo 10:00-17:00; Tu-We 10:00-18:00;Th 09:00-19:00; Fr 09:00-18:00; Sa 09:00-17:00 (closed now) (from OpenStreetMap)
- Phone: +44 131 552 7500
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/sobohairboutique.co.uk/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
- Vendor terms for agents, Phorest: Through partners. Phorest's consumer booking terms do not mention bots or automated use; its API is issued on request to a business or its partner developers, and Reserve with Google sends clients to the Phorest booking site. Read 2026-10-15: https://www.phorest.com/termsandconditions-consumer/

Not measured at this scan; the next scan measures it.

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 21.7 | 25 |
| Readable | 8 | 25 |
| Actionable | 10 | 15 (the action test: pending) |
| Cited | 0 | 0 (the assistant citation check: pending) |

## Agent readiness (Cloudflare)
Level 1 of 5, Basic Web Presence. Cloudflare's report: https://isitagentready.com/sobohairboutique.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: 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: yes

Keep watching this business (https://directindex.org/r/sobohairboutique.co.uk/plan): the assistants asked again every month, with what changed; 2 EUR a month or 19 EUR a year.
Deep report: https://directindex.org/r/sobohairboutique.co.uk/deep. Ten questions the way people ask, each assistant's full answer, the eight nearest similar places, the fix plan and a PDF: 5 EUR, one-off. 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=sobohairboutique.co.uk&force=1