# directory-submissions

> Claude/Codex skill by [@coreyhaines31](https://omgskills.com/library/coreyhaines31/index.md) · 43k stars · 66k installs · Updated 2026-07-29

When the user wants to submit their product to startup, SaaS, AI, agent, MCP, no-code, or review directories for backlinks, domain rating, and discovery. Also use when the user mentions "directory submissions," "submit to directories," "backlinks from directories," "list my product," "submit to Product Hunt," "BetaList," "TAAFT," "Futurepedia," "G2 listing," "Capterra listing," "AlternativeTo," "SaaSHub," "AI directories," "MCP registry," "agent directory," "dofollow backlinks," "launch directories," or "directory tracker." Use this whenever someone is planning the directory layer of a product launch or an ongoing backlink campaign. For the broader launch moment, see launch. For programmatic SEO pages that should live behind these backlinks, see programmatic-seo. For AI citation optimization, see ai-seo.

Tags: claude, codex, marketing

## Install

```sh
git clone https://github.com/coreyhaines31/marketingskills /tmp/marketingskills && ln -s /tmp/marketingskills/skills/directory-submissions ~/.claude/skills/directory-submissions
```

## From README

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. --- Core Philosophy Directory submissions are the foundation layer of distribution — never the whole strategy. They do three things well: Pass dofollow backlinks from high domain-rating sites into your marketing pages. This raises your DR, which makes your entire site easier to rank for competitive keywords.

## Links

- HTML page: https://omgskills.com/skills/coreyhaines31/marketingskills/directory-submissions/
- GitHub: https://github.com/coreyhaines31/marketingskills
- Author: [@coreyhaines31](https://omgskills.com/library/coreyhaines31/index.md)

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