# Sokie & Co: Agent-Direct Score B (73.8%) Site: https://sokieandco.ca/ Report: https://directindex.org/r/sokieandco.ca Scanned: 2026-11-12 (Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.) Sokie & Co is mostly ready for agents. An AI assistant can open Sokie & Co's website. It can read what Sokie & Co offers. It finds a way to book or order directly on the site. ## Direct links - Book directly: https://sokieandco.ca/booking (on the business's own site) - Menu: https://sokieandco.ca/ - Phone: +9055250831 - Address: 1036 King Street West, Hamilton, ON L8S 1L5 - Prices: 10 prices on the site, the middle one CA$92.50 ## Nearby, also direct Places near Sokie & Co that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between. - Bare Wax Bar (20 m): https://directindex.org/r/barewaxbar.com - Freeze Fill Glow Aesthetics Bar (400 m): https://directindex.org/r/freezefillglow.com - FIORE (820 m): https://directindex.org/r/fioremedspa.ca - Bobbi Jo Turner (980 m): https://directindex.org/r/bobbijoturnerrmt.com ## 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). Every assistant reads this block first, and the fix kit below has it filled in. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant - **No llms.txt.** (no points, but worth doing) Optional for now and cheap to add. It's a short text file that describes the business for language models. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/llms-txt-for-a-business ## What the site tells visitors (Measured, not scored) - **10 prices on the landing page, the middle one CA$92.50.** In Hamilton, the middle price of comparable sites that show prices is CA$50.00. ## 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 ``` llms.txt. Save as /llms.txt at the root of the site. ``` # Sokie & Co > hair salon in 1036 King Street West, Hamilton, ON L8S 1L5, Hamilton hairdressers, beauty salons and massage. Phone +9055250831. ## Book or order directly - Book: https://sokieandco.ca/booking (on the business's own site) - Menu: https://sokieandco.ca/ ## About - Website: https://sokieandco.ca/ - 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 main AI user agents. - **AI crawlers get the page.** GPTBot, ClaudeBot and PerplexityBot all got a normal response. - **Price list of services with prices on the page.** Agents can read the items and prices. - **Appointments on your own site.** Agents can book an appointment without going through a marketplace. ## Where it stands 79 of 360 in Hamilton hairdressers, beauty salons and massage. Top 22% 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 | 84% | yes | | Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 76% | yes | | Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 97% | yes | | Structured data with address, phone and hours | 22% | no | | Have an llms.txt | 49% | no | Nearest places in the index: Relax Spa & Beauty Bar (D, 3 m, https://directindex.org/r/relaxbeautyco.com); Bare Wax Bar (B, 17 m, https://directindex.org/r/barewaxbar.com); Buffed Nail Bar (F, 49 m, https://directindex.org/r/buffednailbar.com); Westdale Barber Shop (F, 77 m, https://directindex.org/r/westdalevillage.ca); Cuts by Gage (B, 78 m, https://directindex.org/r/cutsbygage.com); Freeze Fill Glow Aesthetics Bar (C, 404 m, https://directindex.org/r/freezefillglow.com); Visu Beauty (C, 424 m, https://directindex.org/r/visubeauty.com); M Salon by MonStyleFile (F, 713 m, https://directindex.org/r/monstylefile.com); FIORE (C, 819 m, https://directindex.org/r/fioremedspa.ca); Bobbi Jo Turner (B, 979 m, https://directindex.org/r/bobbijoturnerrmt.com). ## 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. Recommended when people ask: "A haircut this Saturday afternoon, book it." (Gemini); "Hair colour and highlights next week, I want to book a slot online." (ChatGPT, Gemini); "Balayage with a good colourist, book me for next week." (ChatGPT, Gemini) Compared with its peers: Sites built with WordPress 55% (24% A or B, 259325 sites); This site 73.8%. See what an AI agent reads on this site: https://directindex.org/r/sokieandco.ca/agent-view ## Named by ChatGPT and Gemini for 3 questions, including "A haircut this Saturday afternoon, book it" in Hamilton hairdressers, beauty salons and massage, November 2026 - "A haircut this Saturday afternoon, book it." (2026-11-12): Gemini with a link to this site. https://directindex.org/city/hamilton-salons/recommended/haircut-saturday - "Hair colour and highlights next week, I want to book a slot online." (2026-11-12): ChatGPT with a link to this site; Gemini with a link to this site. https://directindex.org/city/hamilton-salons/recommended/colour - "Balayage with a good colourist, book me for next week." (2026-11-12): ChatGPT with a link to this site; Gemini with a link to this site. https://directindex.org/city/hamilton-salons/recommended/balayage Named by 2 of 2 assistants asked. Badge: https://directindex.org/badge/named/sokieandco.ca.svg ## Businesses like Sokie & Co in Hamilton hairdressers, beauty salons and massage | Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site | |---|---|---|---|---| | Businesses of the same kind in Hamilton hairdressers, beauty salons and massage | 360 | 54% | 30% | 73.8% | | Sites built with WordPress in Hamilton hairdressers, beauty salons and massage | 111 | 60% | 33% | 73.8% | The best of the sites built with WordPress in Hamilton hairdressers, beauty salons and massage: Fetch Laundry (A 90.3%, https://directindex.org/r/fetchlaundry.ca); Josie's Laser & Electrolysis Clinic CT (A 86.3%, https://directindex.org/r/josieshairremoval.com); Mentality Barber Shop (A 86.2%, https://directindex.org/r/mentalitybarbers.com); Body Craft Esthetics (B 82.5%, https://directindex.org/r/bodycraftpei.com); Avanté Salon & Spa (B 81.3%, https://directindex.org/r/avantesalonspa.ca). With the fix above (No structured data for the business), the score would be about 95.4%, which would be first of 360 in Hamilton hairdressers, beauty salons and massage. ## The direct record What agents get for Sokie & Co, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/sokieandco.ca - Book: https://sokieandco.ca/booking (own site; found by the scan of 2026-11-12, not yet tested) - Order: none on record - Menu: https://sokieandco.ca/ (html_inline; from the scan) - Hours: none on record - Phone: +9055250831 - Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/sokieandco.ca/book, https://directindex.org/go/sokieandco.ca/menu ## 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 ## Score breakdown | Component | Points | Available | |---|---|---| | Reachable | 25 | 25 | | Readable | 8 | 25 | | Actionable | 15 | 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/sokieandco.ca - 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: no Keep watching this business (https://directindex.org/r/sokieandco.ca/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/sokieandco.ca/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=sokieandco.ca&force=1