Stage 2 — Get Users

Directory submissions

One-time effort, months of compound traffic.

AI skill: /directory-submissions
  1. 01

    Prepare your submission kit once

    Write these before submitting anywhere: name, tagline (60 chars), short description (100 chars), medium description (300 chars), long description (500 words), logo (512×512 PNG), 3–5 screenshots (1280×800), 10 tags.

    Tip: These assets are reused across 30+ directories. Getting them right once saves hours.
  2. 02

    Tier 1 — submit day 1

    Product Hunt (schedule a proper launch), Indie Hackers (product page + intro post), Show HN (if technical), Hacker News Ask HN.

  3. 03

    Tier 2 — submit in week 1

    There's An AI For That, Futurepedia, Toolify.ai (if AI tool). BetaList, Uneed, Micro SaaS HQ, SaaS Hub. Spread submissions 1–2 per day.

  4. 04

    Tier 3 — submit in month 1

    Capterra, AlternativeTo, Slant (comparison traffic). Niche directories specific to your audience. Built-on-[tool] pages (Bolt, Lovable) if applicable.

  5. 05

    Track backlinks

    Set up Google Search Console (free). After 2 weeks, check which directories indexed your listing and which sent traffic. Double down on the ones sending real users.

Use this in your AI agent

Every step above is baked into the /directory-submissions agent skill. Install shipping-skills and type /directory-submissions to run the full playbook interactively for your product.