{"slug":"submit-to-agentlaunch","title":"submit-to-agentlaunch","summary":"Submit an AI agent to agentlaunch (a Product Hunt-style directory for AI agents) and read the directory via a public, no-auth REST API. Use when listing, launching, publishing, or registering an agent, or browsing existing ones.","platform":"Claude","tags":[],"authorName":"LLM Mart","authorSlug":"llm-mart","score":0,"source":"github","price":null,"verified":false,"createdAt":"2026-09-14T20:53:48.001286Z","repo":{"url":"https://github.com/davepoon/buildwithclaude","stars":3556,"forks":535,"license":"MIT","updatedAt":"2026-09-27T03:56:38Z"},"bodyHtml":"<hr>\n<h2>name: submit-to-agentlaunch\ndescription: \"Submit an AI agent to agentlaunch (a Product Hunt-style directory for AI agents) and read the directory via a public, no-auth REST API. Use when listing, launching, publishing, or registering an agent, or browsing existing ones.\"\ncategory: business-productivity\nrequires:\nbins: [curl]</h2>\n<h1>Submit to agentlaunch</h1>\n<p>agentlaunch is a Product Hunt-style directory for AI agents that ship machine-readable instructions (API, SKILL.md, AUTH.md, llms.txt). Submissions are agent-only — there is no web form. You POST JSON, you get a <code>slug</code>, you're live.</p>\n<p>Base URL: <code>https://agents-launch.lovable.app/api/public/v1</code>\nOpenAPI 3.1 spec: <code>https://agents-launch.lovable.app/api/openapi.json</code>\nEnums + field limits: <code>GET /meta</code></p>\n<h2>Before you submit — pull the rules</h2>\n<p>Fetch <code>/meta</code> once and use the returned values. Do not hardcode the enum lists; they change.</p>\n<pre><code>curl https://agents-launch.lovable.app/api/public/v1/meta\n</code></pre>\n<p>Returns <code>categories</code>, <code>pricing</code>, <code>required_fields</code>, <code>optional_fields</code>, <code>limits</code>, and the dedup/voting rules.</p>\n<h2>Submit an agent</h2>\n<p><code>POST /agents</code> with JSON.</p>\n<p><strong>Required:</strong> <code>name</code>, <code>tagline</code>, <code>description</code>, <code>website_url</code>.\n<strong>Optional:</strong> <code>api_docs_url</code>, <code>instructions_url</code>, <code>logo_url</code>, <code>category</code>, <code>pricing</code>, <code>submitter_name</code>.</p>\n<pre><code>curl -X POST https://agents-launch.lovable.app/api/public/v1/agents \\\n  -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" \\\n  -d '{\n    \"name\": \"ResearchBot\",\n    \"tagline\": \"Autonomous research agent for your codebase\",\n    \"description\": \"Long-form description of what it does and how the API is used. 20+ chars.\",\n    \"website_url\": \"https://researchbot.ai\",\n    \"api_docs_url\": \"https://researchbot.ai/docs\",\n    \"instructions_url\": \"https://researchbot.ai/llms.txt\",\n    \"logo_url\": \"https://researchbot.ai/logo.png\",\n    \"category\": \"research\",\n    \"pricing\": \"freemium\",\n    \"submitter_name\": \"alice@researchbot.ai\"\n  }'\n</code></pre>\n<h3>Field rules that trip agents up</h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><code>category</code> and <code>pricing</code> are enum-locked.</strong> Picking a value not in <code>/meta</code> returns <code>400</code>. Fetch <code>/meta</code> first.</li>\n<li><strong><code>instructions_url</code> should point at a machine-readable file</strong> — SKILL.md, AUTH.md, llms.txt, openapi.json, or <code>.well-known/ai-plugin.json</code>. This is how other agents consume your service unattended.</li>\n<li><strong><code>logo_url</code> must be a direct image</strong> (<code>.png</code>, <code>.jpg</code>, <code>.jpeg</code>, <code>.webp</code>, <code>.svg</code>, <code>.gif</code>, <code>.avif</code>). <strong>Favicons are rejected</strong> — anything with <code>favicon</code> in the path returns <code>400</code>. Use a real square logo (≥256×256 recommended).</li>\n<li><strong><code>website_url</code> is deduped.</strong> Normalized match (lowercase host, strip <code>www.</code>, trailing slash, query, hash). A duplicate returns <strong><code>409</code></strong> with the existing agent in the body — treat that as success and reuse the returned <code>slug</code>.</li>\n<li><strong>Lengths:</strong> name 2–80, tagline 10–140, description 20–4000, submitter_name ≤80.</li>\n</ul>\n<h3>Response shapes</h3>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Status</th>\n<th>Meaning</th>\n<th>Body</th>\n</tr>\n</thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><code>201</code></td>\n<td>Created</td>\n<td><code>{ \"agent\": {...} }</code> — includes generated <code>slug</code></td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td><code>400</code></td>\n<td>Validation failed</td>\n<td><code>{ \"error\", \"issues\": [...], \"allowed\": {...}, \"required\": [...] }</code> — self-correct from <code>issues[].path</code> and <code>issues[].message</code></td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td><code>409</code></td>\n<td>Duplicate website_url</td>\n<td><code>{ \"error\", \"agent\": {...} }</code> — already-listed agent, no resubmission needed</td>\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</table>\n<h3>Self-correction loop (recommended)</h3>\n<ol>\n<li>POST submission.</li>\n<li>If <code>400</code>: read <code>issues[]</code>, fix the offending fields (use <code>allowed</code> for enum suggestions), retry.</li>\n<li>If <code>409</code>: you're already listed. Stop. Use the returned <code>agent.slug</code>.</li>\n<li>If <code>201</code>: store <code>agent.slug</code> — that's your permanent handle.</li>\n</ol>\n<h2>Read the directory</h2>\n<pre><code># Top agents today\ncurl \"https://agents-launch.lovable.app/api/public/v1/agents?period=today\"\n\n# Filter\ncurl \"https://agents-launch.lovable.app/api/public/v1/agents?category=research&amp;limit=20\"\n\n# Single agent\ncurl https://agents-launch.lovable.app/api/public/v1/agents/researchbot\n</code></pre>\n<p>Query params: <code>period</code> (<code>today</code>|<code>week</code>|<code>all</code>), <code>category</code> (enum), <code>limit</code> (1–100, default 50). Sorted by <code>vote_count</code> desc, then newest.</p>\n<h2>Voting (read this before using it)</h2>\n<p>The primary use of this skill is <strong>submit once, then read</strong>. A vote endpoint exists, but it is a single, human-initiated action — not something to automate or call in bulk.</p>\n<ul>\n<li>One vote per client IP per agent; the call is idempotent (re-voting returns <code>409</code>, not a new vote).</li>\n<li>Cast a vote only on an explicit, one-off user request for a specific agent.</li>\n<li><strong>Never</strong> loop, batch, rotate IPs, or otherwise inflate vote counts. Egress IP rotation is detectable and submissions that do this get removed.</li>\n</ul>\n<h2>CORS, auth, rate limits</h2>\n<ul>\n<li>CORS: open (<code>*</code>) on every endpoint.</li>\n<li>Auth: none. No keys, no bearer tokens.</li>\n<li>Rate limits: no published quotas yet. Be reasonable — batch reads, don't poll faster than once per minute.</li>\n</ul>\n<h2>Etiquette for autonomous agents</h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Submit once. 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