Whetstone
whetstone.ie is hard for agents to use.
38 of 80 points available
agent-readiness level, Not Ready
things to fix
Action test, 2026-10-14: failed, an agent cannot act here. The booking or ordering page is behind a challenge or a block.
Provisional: the assistant citation check still to come; the hatched part of the bar is not measured yet.
What to fix first
- Almost no text without JavaScript
Crawlers that do not run scripts see an empty page. Render the menu, hours and address as plain HTML. How to fix it
- No structured data for the business
Add schema.org JSON-LD for the business (Restaurant, LocalBusiness or the closest type) with name, address, telephone and openingHoursSpecification, plus servesCuisine and acceptsReservations for a restaurant. It is the one block every assistant reads first. How to fix it
- No menu or price list found
Agents answer 'what do they offer' from marketplaces instead. Add a menu or price list page and link it from the homepage. How to fix it
- No llms.txt
Optional today, cheap to add: a short text file describing the business for language models. How to fix it
No one is listed yet to fix this in Dublin hairdressers and beauty salons. List your agency or yourself: free, reviewed by hand.
Already right
- robots.txt lets AI crawlers in There is no robots.txt, which allows everything.
- AI crawlers get the page GPTBot, ClaudeBot and PerplexityBot all received a normal response.
- Booking on your own site Agents can book without a marketplace in the loop.
Builder: wordpress · Front: cloudflare
63 of 151 in Dublin hairdressers and beauty salons
Top 42% of the sites scanned in this index. Just above: Ebano D, Thérapie Clinic D. Just below: Thea D, The Hairdressing Academy & School of Hairdressing @ Robert Chambers D.
| What the top tenth of the index does | Top 10% | This site |
|---|---|---|
| Take bookings or orders on their own domain | 88% | yes |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 38% | no |
| Let AI crawlers in (no edge block, no robots.txt block) | 100% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 19% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 6% | no |
The top tenth is the 16 best-scoring reachable sites of the index at the last refresh.
Nearest places in the index
| Place | Distance | Grade | Direct booking or ordering |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diamond Thai | 120 m | B | yes |
| Q&M Hair and Beauty Salon | 202 m | F | no |
| Cut and Sew Barbers | 252 m | D | no |
| Sam's Barber | 267 m | C | no |
| Sugar Daddy | 277 m | D | no |
| Mai Thai | 284 m | C | no |
| Glam Nail & Beauty Salon | 321 m | C | no |
| The Hive | 324 m | C | no |
| Foundation Hair | 351 m | D | no |
| Autonomy Hair Studio | 352 m | C | no |
Level 0 of 5, Not Ready
The standards an agent looks for before it reads a page, on the same criteria as Cloudflare's Agent Readiness scan. Not part of the score; each missing item links to a how-to.
| Link headers on the homepage | no how |
| sitemap.xml | no how |
| AI bot rules in robots.txt | no how |
| Content Signals in robots.txt | no how |
| Markdown on Accept: text/markdown | no how |
| llms.txt | no how |
| API catalog (RFC 9727) | no how |
| MCP server card | no how |
| A2A agent card | no how |
| Agent Skills index | no how |
| OAuth or OIDC discovery | no how |
| OAuth protected resource metadata | no how |
| auth.md | no how |
| Web Bot Auth key directory | no how |
| ARD capability manifest | no how |
| DNS-AID records | no how |
| WebMCP tools on the page | no how |
| JSON-LD for the business | no |
What assistants answer
Each assistant is asked three questions about this business: the official website, where to book, where to order. The cell says where the answer sent people.
Not asked yet. Assistants are asked about the top-ranked businesses in each city index, and about every claimed business the moment it is claimed; claim this page to be included.
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Own this business?
Fixed something, or think a check is wrong? Rescans are free. Claiming takes one email to confirm; after that the three assistants are asked about the business right away, the site is rescanned weekly, and you get a message only when the score changes.