# LaunchDistro

> LaunchDistro is a hosted MCP server that helps founders submit their startup to directories with their own AI app (Claude, Cursor, Codex, VS Code and others). It picks the directories that take the product, gives the agent a playbook for each form, and checks that each listing went live and whether its link is dofollow. The agent fills every form in the founder's own browser; nothing is submitted from LaunchDistro's servers.

Key facts:

- MCP server: https://launchdistro.com/api/mcp (Streamable HTTP, one access token per AI app, created in the dashboard). Nothing to install.
- Catalog: 171 directories tracked; 51 with a playbook tested on a real submission, and 0 more with a playbook researched from the directory's own pages but not yet run.
- Proof: a listing counts as live only when its public page has been opened and the link found, with its rel attribute read (dofollow or nofollow). Pro re-checks live links every week.
- The founder approves every submission. The agent stops at sign-ins, CAPTCHAs, payments and verification codes and hands them to the founder.
- Pricing (EUR): free for 10 submissions; a Launch is €29 once for one product, up to 100 directories within 30 days; Pro is €39 a month or €349 a year for every product, with weekly link monitoring.

## Product

- [Home](https://launchdistro.com/): what LaunchDistro does and how a submission runs
- [Pricing](https://launchdistro.com/pricing): plans, limits and what each includes
- [MCP server](https://launchdistro.com/mcp): the hosted server, its tools and how to connect an AI app
- [Directories](https://launchdistro.com/directories): the catalog by category: launch platforms, AI directories, developer ecosystems, startup databases, high-DR sites, MCP registries

## Docs

- [Overview](https://launchdistro.com/docs): how LaunchDistro works, from the product profile to the live check
- [Setup](https://launchdistro.com/docs/setup): connecting Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor, Codex, VS Code and other MCP clients
- [Tools](https://launchdistro.com/docs/tools): every MCP tool with its parameters, statuses, limits and errors
- [Product profile](https://launchdistro.com/docs/profile): the facts directories ask for and how they decide the match
- [Verification](https://launchdistro.com/docs/verification): submitted versus live, how the link check works, weekly monitoring
- [By kind of product](https://launchdistro.com/docs/products): what SaaS, AI tools, developer tools, MCP servers and other products need

## MCP tools

- match_directories: Every catalogued directory for this product: ready, locked, no playbook yet, or not a fit, each with the reason.
- plan_submissions: Orders the directories that are ready and saves the plan to the dashboard: long review queues first, then verified dofollow, then badge listings (at most a quarter of the plan), then authority, at a pace for the domain's DR, each with why it is where it is. Directories with no free route are left out until the user has said whether they would pay one (paid_ok in the profile), and the answer then also comes back as a paid_question for the agent to ask once. Submits nothing.
- list_products: The user's products: name, website, whether a profile exists and how many submissions it has.
- get_product_profile: The product's facts in product.json form. Every submission is filled from these and nothing else. Also lists the fields directories ask for that are still empty.
- save_product_profile: Saves product facts to the dashboard, merged onto the stored profile for the same website: send only what changed.
- submission_playbook: How to submit to one directory: what its form asks, which profile field goes where, the free plan's conditions, and where to stop. Call it before every submission.
- record_submission: Records what happened at a directory, on the dashboard.
- verify_link: Opens a public listing page and checks that it links to the product and whether the link is dofollow (it reads rel).
- verify_badge: Opens the product's own page and checks that it links to the directory (the badge or link back its free plan asks for).
- list_submissions: Every directory on this product's plan and what happened there, with the next one to submit.
- report_directory_fact: Tells LaunchDistro what a directory's page says when its playbook did not: approval time, whether the free link is dofollow, a badge rule, a price, a changed form.
- suggest_directory: Sends a directory the user recommends for review. A suggestion only.
- license_status: The user's plan, free submissions used, Launch passes and connected apps.

## Integrations

- [Claude](https://launchdistro.com/integrations/claude): Claude Code and Claude Desktop
- [Cursor](https://launchdistro.com/integrations/cursor): Cursor and the Cursor CLI
- [Codex](https://launchdistro.com/integrations/codex): the Codex CLI, IDE extension and ChatGPT desktop app
- [VS Code](https://launchdistro.com/integrations/vscode): VS Code's MCP support

## Comparisons

- [Directory submission services compared](https://launchdistro.com/alternatives/directory-submission-services): done-for-you services, tools and agent toolkits side by side
- [LaunchDistro vs ListingBott](https://launchdistro.com/vs/listingbott): how ListingBott and LaunchDistro differ, from ListingBott's own pages
- [LaunchDistro vs aidirectori.es](https://launchdistro.com/vs/aidirectories): how aidirectori.es and LaunchDistro differ, from aidirectori.es's own pages
- [LaunchDistro vs SubmitSaaS](https://launchdistro.com/vs/submitsaas): how SubmitSaaS and LaunchDistro differ, from SubmitSaaS's own pages
- [LaunchDistro vs LaunchRepo](https://launchdistro.com/vs/launchrepo): how LaunchRepo and LaunchDistro differ, from LaunchRepo's own pages
- [LaunchDistro vs Submitator](https://launchdistro.com/vs/submitator): how Submitator and LaunchDistro differ, from Submitator's own pages
- [LaunchDistro vs StartupSubmit](https://launchdistro.com/vs/startupsubmit): how StartupSubmit and LaunchDistro differ, from StartupSubmit's own pages

## Blog

- [AI SEO agents: what they do, which to use, and what they still get wrong](https://launchdistro.com/blog/ai-seo-agent): What an AI SEO agent is, what it can do on its own, the main types and tools, how to build one with MCP, and the SEO work agents still get wrong.
- [Backlink agents compared: what each kind does, and where Google draws the line](https://launchdistro.com/blog/backlink-agent): What a backlink agent does, the four kinds (outreach, listings, analysis, builders) with real tools and prices, and the automation Google calls link spam.
- [24 free online web directories that still work in 2026](https://launchdistro.com/blog/free-online-web-directories): Free online web directories that still take listings in 2026: business, startup, software and AI directories, which are worth it, and which to skip.
- [SEO directories: which ones still help in 2026, and which can hurt](https://launchdistro.com/blog/seo-directories): Do SEO directories still help rankings? What Google says, the four kinds worth a listing, how to spot a bad directory, and how many to submit to.
- [Site submission sites: where to submit a new website in 2026](https://launchdistro.com/blog/site-submission-sites): Site submission sites for a new website or SaaS: search engines first, then startup directories, software sites and communities, and which ones to skip.

## Optional

- [Terms](https://launchdistro.com/terms): terms of service and the playbook licence
- [Privacy](https://launchdistro.com/privacy): what is stored, who processes it, how to delete it
- [Refund policy](https://launchdistro.com/refund): 3-day refund on every paid plan