# The Shop at Union Market [salon]: Agent-Direct Score B (76.9%) Site: http://theshopsalon.com/ Report: https://directindex.org/r/theshopsalon.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 Shop at Union Market [salon] is mostly ready for agents. An AI assistant can open The Shop at Union Market [salon]'s website. It can't find a menu or price list, so it answers from other sites. It finds a way to book or order directly on the site. ## Direct links - Book directly: https://www.theshopsalon.com/waitlist-booking-tips (on the business's own site) - Phone: +13019135955 - Address: 1268 5th St NE, 20002, Washington ## Nearby, also direct Places near The Shop at Union Market [salon] that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between. - Aloha Nails Lounge (110 m): https://directindex.org/r/alohanailslounge.com - Kosmo Nail Bar (230 m): https://directindex.org/r/kosmonailbar.com - Blue Zen Nails Spa & Lash (340 m): https://directindex.org/r/bluezenmuse.com - BROWZ DC (860 m): https://directindex.org/r/browzdc.com - Julian Turner, LMT (890 m): https://directindex.org/r/abmp.com ## What to fix first - **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 that lists services and prices as text, and link to it from the homepage. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/menu-pdf-ai - **Structured data is incomplete.** (+5 points) Missing: telephone, opening hours. 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 ## 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. ``` # The Shop at Union Market [salon] > local business in 1268 5th St NE, 20002, Washington, Washington, DC hairdressers and beauty salons. Phone +13019135955. ## Book or order directly - Book: https://www.theshopsalon.com/waitlist-booking-tips (on the business's own site) ## About - Website: http://theshopsalon.com/ - 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 - **Appointments on your own site.** Agents can book an appointment without going through a marketplace. ## Where it stands 61 of 516 in Washington, DC hairdressers and beauty salons. Top 12% 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 | 94% | yes | | Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 17% | no | | Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 94% | yes | | Structured data with address, phone and hours | 13% | no | | Have an llms.txt | 49% | no | Nearest places in the index: Aloha Nails Lounge (B, 108 m, https://directindex.org/r/alohanailslounge.com); Kosmo Nail Bar (B, 234 m, https://directindex.org/r/kosmonailbar.com); Blue Zen Nails Spa & Lash (C, 338 m, https://directindex.org/r/bluezenmuse.com); Thrive Hair Bar (C, 851 m, https://directindex.org/r/thrivehairbar.com); BROWZ DC (B, 855 m, https://directindex.org/r/browzdc.com); Lady’s Nail Spa (F, 861 m, https://directindex.org/r/dollars.com); Julian Turner, LMT (C, 886 m, https://directindex.org/r/abmp.com); Best Massage DC (F, 889 m, https://directindex.org/r/massage-dc.com); Happy Nails Bar (C, 909 m, https://directindex.org/r/happynailsbardc.com); Sepia Salon (F, 911 m, https://directindex.org/r/sepiasalon.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 61% (41% A or B, 32150 sites); This site 76.9%. See what an AI agent reads on this site: https://directindex.org/r/theshopsalon.com/agent-view ## Businesses like The Shop at Union Market [salon] in Washington, DC hairdressers and beauty salons | Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site | |---|---|---|---|---| | Businesses of the same kind in Washington, DC hairdressers and beauty salons | 516 | 51% | 22% | 76.9% | | Sites built with Squarespace in Washington, DC hairdressers and beauty salons | 68 | 69% | 50% | 76.9% | The best of the sites built with Squarespace in Washington, DC hairdressers and beauty salons: Studio Elan (A 93.8%, https://directindex.org/r/studio-elan.com); Helios Laser Center (A 92.3%, https://directindex.org/r/helioslasercenter.com); Skin Obsession Studio (A 92.3%, https://directindex.org/r/skinobsessionstudio.com); Bespoke Aesthetics & Wellness (B 84.6%, https://directindex.org/r/adrienneshostak.com); Faccia (B 84.6%, https://directindex.org/r/faccia.co). With the two fixes above (No price list of services found; Structured data is incomplete), the score would be about 95.4%, which would be first of 516 in Washington, DC hairdressers and beauty salons. ## The direct record What agents get for The Shop at Union Market [salon], as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/theshopsalon.com - Book: https://www.theshopsalon.com/waitlist-booking-tips (own site; found by the scan of 2026-10-24, not yet tested) - Order: none on record - Menu: none on record - Hours: none on record - Phone: +13019135955 - Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/theshopsalon.com/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): 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 | 10 | 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/theshopsalon.com - 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/theshopsalon.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/theshopsalon.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=theshopsalon.com&force=1