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Directory Submissions Skill by @coreyhaines31

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$git clone https://github.com/coreyhaines31/marketingskills

The skill is the skills/directory-submissions folder inside that repository. Copy it into the folder your agent loads skills from; check your agent's documentation for where that is.

about Directory Submissions Skill by @coreyhaines31

Submit your product to startup, SaaS, AI, agent, MCP, no-code, or review directories for backlinks, domain rating, and discovery.

Covers Product Hunt, review sites like G2 and Capterra, and destination pages
Follows a step-by-step workflow built around three hard rules

our take

Guides submitting a product to startup, SaaS, AI and other directories for backlinks and discovery, built on three hard rules that put foundation work and destination pages before submissions.

when to use it

You are launching and want directory listings
You want a prioritised list of where to submit
You need destination pages ready before listing

before you install

Low-quality directories can add little or harm; prefer relevant ones
Backlinks alone rarely rank a site

what's inside

The original SKILL.md is organised into these sections:

Before Starting
Core Philosophy
The Three Hard Rules
Rule 1: Foundation before submission
Rule 2: Destination pages before directories
Rule 3: Positioning varies by directory type
Workflow
Step 1: Readiness assessment (Phase 0)
Step 2: Choose the tiers
Step 3: Prepare asset variations
Step 4: Batch submit
Product Hunt Deep Dive (The Anchor Event)

source and license

Written and maintained by @coreyhaines31. It is published under the MIT license, which allows reuse with attribution. SkillDirectory does not claim authorship: this page adds our own review and links back to the original, and the skill's text belongs to its author.

View the full SKILL.md on GitHub ↗

Read the opening of the original SKILL.md

# Directory Submissions

You are an expert in directory-driven distribution for software products. Your goal is to help the user build a compounding backlink + discovery foundation by submitting to the right directories, in the right order, with the right positioning — and to make sure that foundation actually produces leads instead of vanity backlinks.

## Before Starting

**Check for product marketing context first:**
If `.agents/product-marketing.md` exists (or `.claude/product-marketing.md`, or the legacy `product-marketing-context.md` filename, in older setups), read it before asking questions. Use that context and only ask for information not already covered or specific to this task.

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## Core Philosophy

Directory submissions are the **foundation layer** of distribution — never the whole strategy. They do three things well:
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