# Knead Massage Studio: Agent-Direct Score C (61.5%)

Site: https://www.theknead.ca
Report: https://directindex.org/r/theknead.ca
Scanned: 2026-10-19 (Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.)
Knead Massage Studio is partly visible to agents.
An AI assistant can open Knead Massage Studio's website. What Knead Massage Studio offers is on another site. To book or order, it is sent to Fresha, a marketplace.

## Direct links
- Phone: (604) 353-0869

## What to fix first
- Prices: 5 prices on the site, the middle one CA$90.00

## What the site tells visitors (Measured, not scored)
- **5 prices on the landing page, the middle one CA$90.00.** In Vancouver, the middle price of comparable sites that show prices is CA$70.47.

- **Appointments only through fresha.** (+12 points) Every transaction an agent makes goes through the marketplace, which takes its commission. Add a direct way on your own site. Even a simple form will do. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/book-direct-on-your-own-website
- **Structured data is incomplete.** (+5 points) Missing: telephone, opening hours. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant
- **Price list of services is on another site.** (+5 points) The link goes to fresha.com, so that site gets the credit and the visits. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/menu-pdf-ai
- **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

## 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": "Knead Massage Studio",
  "url": "https://www.theknead.ca",
  "telephone": "(604) 353-0869",
  "address": "7918 Granville Street, V6P 4Z2, Vancouver",
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 49.21394,
    "longitude": -123.140124
  }
}
</script>
```

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

```
# Knead Massage Studio

> local business in 7918 Granville Street, V6P 4Z2, Vancouver, Vancouver hairdressers and beauty salons. Phone (604) 353-0869.

## Book or order directly

- Menu: https://www.fresha.com/a/knead-studio-vancouver-637-east-15th-avenue-q9vfu8ro/all-offer?menu=true

## About

- Website: https://www.theknead.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.
- **Structured data found (LocalBusiness).** address
- **Fresha works with agents through its partners.** Fresha's terms of use (August 2026) bar automated programs, bots and scraping; sanctioned assistant integrations exist (ChatGPT and Claude through Fresha's MCP server, Gemini, Alexa), and clients complete the booking on Fresha. Terms read on 2026-10-15: https://terms.fresha.com/terms-use. An assistant that isn't a partner may not be able to finish there. A direct path on your own domain works for all of them.

## Where it stands
372 of 917 in Vancouver hairdressers and beauty salons. Top 41% 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 | 100% | no |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 19% | no |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 98% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 14% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 47% | no |

Nearest places in the index: Otic Hair and Beauty Salon (F, 11 m, https://directindex.org/r/oticsalon.com); England Red Hill Hair Salon (F, 13 m, https://directindex.org/r/canva.site); Vancouver Glam It All Beauty Bar (D, 86 m, https://directindex.org/r/christinaliangmakeup.com); Atlas Massage and Acupuncture (D, 132 m, https://directindex.org/r/atlasmassage.ca); Nuestro Day Spa (C, 164 m, https://directindex.org/r/nuestrodayspa.ca); Oasis MD (B, 237 m, https://directindex.org/r/oasismd.ca); VYSUAL NAIL BAR - Best nail salon in Marpole (F, 277 m, https://directindex.org/r/vysualnailbar.com); Culture Barbershop (C, 503 m, https://directindex.org/r/culturebarbershop.ca); SMP Vancouver (B, 571 m, https://directindex.org/r/smphair.ca); Asia BC Spa (D, 667 m, https://directindex.org/r/asiaspavancouver.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.


Compared with its peers: Sites built with Squarespace 64% (47% A or B, 17408 sites); Sites using Fresha 49% (2% A or B, 1001 sites); This site 61.5%.

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

## Businesses like Knead Massage Studio in Vancouver hairdressers and beauty salons

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Vancouver hairdressers and beauty salons | 917 | 52% | 24% | 61.5% |
| Sites built with Squarespace in Vancouver hairdressers and beauty salons | 125 | 68% | 50% | 61.5% |
| Sites using Fresha in Vancouver hairdressers and beauty salons | 35 | 46% | 3% | 61.5% |
| Sites built with Squarespace and using Fresha in Vancouver hairdressers and beauty salons | 4 | 58% | 0% | 61.5% |

The best of the sites built with Squarespace and using Fresha in Vancouver hairdressers and beauty salons: Liveo Beauty (C 67.7%, https://directindex.org/r/liveobeauty.com); Classy Claws (C 58.5%, https://directindex.org/r/classyclaws.ca); Xerxes Barber & Lounge (D 44.6%, https://directindex.org/r/thexerxes.ca).

With the three fixes above (Appointments only through fresha; Structured data is incomplete; Price list of services is on another site), the score would be about 95.4%, which would be first of 917 in Vancouver hairdressers and beauty salons.

## The direct record
What agents get for Knead Massage Studio, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/theknead.ca
- Book: none on record
- Order: none on record
- Menu: https://www.fresha.com/a/knead-studio-vancouver-637-east-15th-avenue-q9vfu8ro/all-offer?menu=true (external; from the scan)
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: (604) 353-0869
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/theknead.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
- Vendor terms for agents, Fresha: Through partners. Fresha's terms of use (August 2026) bar automated programs, bots and scraping; sanctioned assistant integrations exist (ChatGPT and Claude through Fresha's MCP server, Gemini, Alexa), and clients complete the booking on Fresha. Read 2026-10-15: https://terms.fresha.com/terms-use

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 25 | 25 |
| Readable | 12 | 25 |
| Actionable | 3 | 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/theknead.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: yes

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