# The Muse: Agent-Direct Score C (56.9%)

Site: http://themusesf.com/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/themusesf.com
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.)
The Muse is partly visible to agents.
AI assistants can't open The Muse's website, so they go by what other sites say about it.

## Direct links
- Book directly: https://themusesf.com/call%2Fbook-online (on the business's own site)
- Menu: https://themusesf.com/menu
- Phone: +1 415-255-9911
- Address: Grove Street 476

## Nearby, also direct
Places near The Muse that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Church (80 m): https://directindex.org/r/churchcalifornia.com
- Lux SF (110 m): https://directindex.org/r/luxsf.net
- Studio BBR (130 m): https://directindex.org/r/studiobbr.com
- Topiary Salon (190 m): https://directindex.org/r/topiarysalon.com

## 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

## What the site tells visitors (Measured, not scored)
- **The footer says © 2019.** Visitors and assistants may read that year as the last time anyone looked after the site. In San Francisco, 63% of comparable sites that show a year say 2025 or later.

## Already right
- **robots.txt lets AI crawlers in.** There's no robots.txt, which means everything is allowed.
- **Structured data found (LocalBusiness).** address, phone, opening hours
- **Price list of services is an HTML 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
399 of 1040 in San Francisco hairdressers and beauty salons. Top 38% 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 | 92% | yes |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 24% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 99% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 8% | yes |
| Have an llms.txt | 45% | no |

Nearest places in the index: Bun Bun Bridal Lab (D, 76 m, https://directindex.org/r/bunbunbridallab.com); Church (F, 78 m, https://directindex.org/r/churchcalifornia.com); Intava Salon (F, 91 m, https://directindex.org/r/intavasalon.com); Lux SF (B, 110 m, https://directindex.org/r/luxsf.net); Studio BBR (C, 129 m, https://directindex.org/r/studiobbr.com); Credo (C, 161 m, https://directindex.org/r/credobeauty.com); Z Beauty Lounge (D, 168 m, https://directindex.org/r/azaleasf.com); Topiary Salon (B, 192 m, https://directindex.org/r/topiarysalon.com); Madison Reed (D, 194 m, https://directindex.org/r/madison-reed.com); Curology (D, 196 m, https://directindex.org/r/curology.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 GoDaddy Website Builder 35% (9% A or B, 7300 sites); This site 56.9%.

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

## Businesses like The Muse in San Francisco hairdressers and beauty salons

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in San Francisco hairdressers and beauty salons | 1040 | 47% | 19% | 56.9% |
| Sites built with GoDaddy Website Builder in San Francisco hairdressers and beauty salons | 44 | 26% | 2% | 56.9% |

The best of the sites built with GoDaddy Website Builder in San Francisco hairdressers and beauty salons: Yahaira's Hair Designer (B 76.9%, https://directindex.org/r/yahairashairdesigners.com); Fiona McLaughlin Hair (C 69.2%, https://directindex.org/r/fionamclaughlinhair.com); Arty (C 61.5%, https://directindex.org/r/artyhair.com); Gina Leigh Hair Studio (D 46.2%, https://directindex.org/r/ginaleighhairstudio.com); Snip Snip & Co. (D 44.6%, https://directindex.org/r/snipsnip.co).

With the fix above (The site turns away every visitor that isn't a browser, AI agents included), the score would be about 95.4%, which would be first of 1,040 in San Francisco hairdressers and beauty salons.

## The direct record
What agents get for The Muse, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/themusesf.com
- Book: https://themusesf.com/call%2Fbook-online (own site; found by the scan of 2026-10-24, not yet tested)
- Order: none on record
- Menu: https://themusesf.com/menu (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: +1 415-255-9911
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/themusesf.com/book, https://directindex.org/go/themusesf.com/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

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 | 22 | 25 |
| Actionable | 15 | 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: yes

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