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Directory Submissions Planner

Plans and tracks submissions to startup, SaaS, AI and MCP directories for backlinks and discovery.

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Repository
coreyhaines31/marketingskills
Stars
57,951
Licence
MIT
Files
5 files

What it does

Once installed, the agent helps a founder plan where to list their product (startup, SaaS, AI, agent/MCP and review directories), in what order, and with what wording for each one. It first checks that the product's website is ready, since the skill says directories should only link to live, complete landing pages and destination pages that can turn visitors into leads. It also supplies a tiered directory list, positioning variants per directory type, and a CSV template for tracking submissions.

Great for

  • Founders planning the directory part of a product launch
  • Marketers running an ongoing backlink or discovery campaign
  • Developers publishing an MCP server or agent tool to registries

Skip it if

  • Teams looking for a complete launch strategy, since the skill itself says directories are only a foundation layer and points to other skills for the launch moment and SEO
  • Anyone wanting fully automated mass submissions, since the files describe planning and manual steps rather than a submission script; the claimed results (such as 6-27x conversion and 2.7x upvotes) are cited figures that were not verified here

Try asking

  • “Create a directory submission plan for my SaaS product, starting with the readiness checklist”
  • “Write startup-directory and AI-directory descriptions for my product that are not copy-pasted from each other”
  • “Build a tier-by-tier list of directories to submit to in launch week and weeks 1-3”
  • “Set up a submission tracker for the directories I have contacted”
Step-by-step guide: how to use Directory Submissions PlannerInstall, first run, examples, tips and FAQs

Install in 3 steps

  1. 1

    Download the skill

    The ZIP contains the 5 original files, the MIT licence and an attribution note.

    directory-submissions.zip
  2. 2

    Add it to your agent

    Claude Code (all projects)

    mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && unzip directory-submissions.zip -d ~/.claude/skills/

    Claude Code / Agent SDK (this project only)

    mkdir -p .claude/skills && unzip directory-submissions.zip -d .claude/skills/

    Claude apps (web/desktop): Settings → Capabilities → Skills → Upload skill, and choose the ZIP.

  3. 3

    Ask for the task

    No special command needed — the agent reads the skill's description and loads it when your request matches. Try one of the prompts above.

Get better results

  • Give the agent your product marketing context file first so it can skip questions it already has answers to.
  • Build the landing, alternative and use-case pages before submitting, as the skill recommends, so backlinks have somewhere useful to land.
  • Adapt the suggested positioning per directory rather than reusing one description everywhere.

What's inside

  • evals/evals.json
  • references/directory-list.md
  • references/positioning-variations.md
  • references/submission-tracker-template.csv
  • SKILL.md

Redistributed unmodified from coreyhaines31/marketingskills under the MIT licence. The assessment was drafted with AI from the skill's files on 2026-10-29. Skills can instruct your agent to run code — read SKILL.md and any scripts before installing.