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

Site: https://thestudysalon.com/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/thestudysalon.com
Scanned: 2026-11-12 (Provisional, with the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.)
The Study is partly visible to agents.
Some AI assistants are turned away by The Study'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://thestudysalon.com/services/ (on the business's own site)
- Phone: +1 813 538 3648
- Address: 4705 North Florida Avenue, Tampa, FL 33603
- Hours, from OpenStreetMap · Overture Maps: Mon closed; Tue–Wed 10:00–20:00; Thu closed; Fri 10:00–18:00; Sat 08:00–18:00; Sun closed
- Open on Saturday
- Open after 19:00 on a weekday

## Nearby, also direct
Places near The Study that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Cigar City Barbershop (90 m): https://directindex.org/r/cigarcitybarbers.com
- Favorite Salon (410 m): https://directindex.org/r/favoritesalon.com
- The Spa By Folashadé (540 m): https://directindex.org/r/honoredwithacrown.com
- Sole Beauty by Michelle (760 m): https://directindex.org/r/sole.beauty

## 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 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
- **robots.txt blocks ClaudeBot, Google-Extended.** (+2.5 points) These are the crawlers behind ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity and Google's AI features. Remove the Disallow lines for them, or add explicit Allow rules. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/robots-txt-for-ai-agents
- **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
- **The phone number on the site doesn't match the open map data.** The site shows (813)%20538-3648, but OpenStreetMap or Overture Maps lists +1 813 538 3648. An assistant that sees two numbers can't tell which one to trust. Fix whichever is wrong, on the site or in the map data at openstreetmap.org.

## 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": "HairSalon",
  "name": "The Study",
  "url": "https://thestudysalon.com/",
  "telephone": "+1 813 538 3648",
  "address": {
    "@type": "PostalAddress",
    "streetAddress": "4705 North Florida Avenue",
    "postalCode": "33603",
    "addressLocality": "Tampa",
    "addressRegion": "FL"
  },
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 27.9883577,
    "longitude": -82.4592916
  },
  "openingHours": "Tu,We 10:00-20:00; Fr 10:00-18:00; Sa 08:00-18:00",
  "openingHoursSpecification": [
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Tuesday",
        "Wednesday"
      ],
      "opens": "10:00",
      "closes": "20:00"
    },
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Friday"
      ],
      "opens": "10:00",
      "closes": "18:00"
    },
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Saturday"
      ],
      "opens": "08:00",
      "closes": "18:00"
    }
  ],
  "potentialAction": [
    {
      "@type": "ReserveAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://thestudysalon.com/services/",
        "actionPlatform": [
          "http://schema.org/DesktopWebPlatform",
          "http://schema.org/MobileWebPlatform"
        ]
      },
      "result": {
        "@type": "Reservation",
        "name": "Reservation"
      }
    }
  ]
}
</script>
```

robots.txt. Add these lines to /robots.txt and delete any Disallow rule that names these crawlers.

```
# Let AI assistants read the site: they send people to you; a marketplace keeps them.
# Remove any Disallow lines for these names elsewhere in this file.
User-agent: GPTBot
Allow: /

User-agent: ClaudeBot
Allow: /

User-agent: PerplexityBot
Allow: /

User-agent: Google-Extended
Allow: /

User-agent: OAI-SearchBot
Allow: /

User-agent: ChatGPT-User
Allow: /

User-agent: Claude-User
Allow: /

User-agent: Perplexity-User
Allow: /
```

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

```
# The Study

> hair salon in 4705 North Florida Avenue, Tampa, FL 33603, Tampa hairdressers, beauty salons and massage. Phone +1 813 538 3648.

## Book or order directly

- Book: https://thestudysalon.com/services/ (on the business's own site)

## Opening hours

Tu,We 10:00-20:00; Fr 10:00-18:00; Sa 08:00-18:00

## About

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

## Already right
- **AI crawlers get the page.** GPTBot, ClaudeBot and PerplexityBot all got a normal response.
- **Appointments on your own site.** Agents can book an appointment without going through a marketplace.

## Where it stands
326 of 675 in Tampa hairdressers, beauty salons and massage. Top 48% 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 | 86% | yes |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 61% | no |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 99% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 44% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 47% | no |

Nearest places in the index: Cigar City Barbershop (D, 91 m, https://directindex.org/r/cigarcitybarbers.com); Hot Box Cold Plunge (D, 278 m, https://directindex.org/r/hotboxcoldplunge.com); Brow Saint (D, 330 m, https://directindex.org/r/browsaint.com); Mai Artistry (D, 331 m, https://directindex.org/r/maiartistry.info); Favorite Salon (B, 406 m, https://directindex.org/r/favoritesalon.com); Siobhan Silva Hairstylist (C, 415 m, https://directindex.org/r/siobhansilva.com); Heyday Barbershop (D, 523 m, https://directindex.org/r/heydaybarbershop.com); The Spa By Folashadé (C, 536 m, https://directindex.org/r/honoredwithacrown.com); Forever Beautiful Salon & Day Spa (D, 623 m, https://directindex.org/r/foreverbeautiful.us); Sole Beauty by Michelle (C, 758 m, https://directindex.org/r/sole.beauty).

## 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 WordPress 55% (24% A or B, 259325 sites); This site 56.9%.

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

## Businesses like The Study in Tampa hairdressers, beauty salons and massage

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Tampa hairdressers, beauty salons and massage | 675 | 53% | 27% | 56.9% |
| Sites built with WordPress in Tampa hairdressers, beauty salons and massage | 199 | 60% | 34% | 56.9% |

The best of the sites built with WordPress in Tampa hairdressers, beauty salons and massage: Bare Skin Waxing (A 95.4%, https://directindex.org/r/b-skin.com); Monaco Hair Extensions Salon South Tampa (A 95.4%, https://directindex.org/r/monacosalon.com); Nude Laser Hair Removal and Aesthetics (A 95.4%, https://directindex.org/r/nudelaser.co); Perfectly Bare Laser (A 95.4%, https://directindex.org/r/perfectlybarelaser.com); Vein & Cosmetic Center of Tampa Bay (A 95.4%, https://directindex.org/r/veincentertampa.com).

With the three fixes above (No structured data for the business; No price list of services found; robots.txt blocks ClaudeBot, Google-Extended), the score would be about 86.3%. That would be 22nd of 675 in Tampa hairdressers, beauty salons and massage, up from 326th.

## The direct record
What agents get for The Study, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/thestudysalon.com
- Book: https://thestudysalon.com/services/ (own site; could not verify: partial (2026-11-12))
- Order: none on record
- Menu: none on record
- Hours: Tu,We 10:00-20:00; Fr 10:00-18:00; Sa 08:00-18:00 (open now) (from OpenStreetMap)
- Phone: +1 813 538 3648
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/thestudysalon.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 | 22.5 | 25 |
| Readable | 1 | 25 |
| Actionable | 22 | 30 |
| Cited | 0 | 0 (the assistant citation check: pending) |

## Agent readiness (Cloudflare)
Level 1 of 5, Basic Web Presence. Cloudflare's report: https://isitagentready.com/thestudysalon.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: no

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