/submit-to-agentlaunch

name: submit-to-agentlaunch
description: Submit an AI agent to the agentlaunch directory and upvote agents via a public no-auth REST API
version: "1.1.1"
author: Cogny AI
platforms: []
user-invocable: true
argument-hint: "<agent name or website URL>"
allowed-tools:
  - Bash
  - WebFetch

Submit to agentlaunch

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 `slug`, you're live.

Base URL: `https://agents-launch.lovable.app/api/public/v1` OpenAPI 3.1 spec: `https://agents-launch.lovable.app/api/openapi.json` Enums + field limits: `GET /meta`

Works with

| Job | Primary | Also answers it | |-----|---------|-----------------| | Read the directory, check if already listed | Public REST API (curl/WebFetch, no account) | Cogny's built-in **Agents Launch** integration: `list_agents`, `get_agent` | | Submit an agent | Public REST API `POST /agents` | Agents Launch `submit_agent` (an approval tool in Cogny: it asks first) | | Upvote | Public REST API only | — |

The REST API is the default: it needs nothing connected and returns the `400`/`409` details the self-correction loop below relies on. Use the Cogny tools only when the user works through Cogny and has Agents Launch enabled (`mcp__cogny__list_integrations`). In Claude Code they appear as `mcp__cogny__mcp__agents-launch-lovable-app__list_agents`, `…__get_agent` and `…__submit_agent`. They are a vendor MCP that isn't in `docs/mcp-catalog.json`, so read each tool's schema before calling and pass the same fields as the REST body. Either way, show the user the final JSON and get a yes before submitting: the listing and `submitter_name` are public.

Before you submit — pull the rules

Fetch `/meta` once and use the returned values. Do not hardcode the enum lists; they change.

curl https://agents-launch.lovable.app/api/public/v1/meta

Returns `categories`, `pricing`, `required_fields`, `optional_fields`, `limits`, and the dedup/voting rules.

Check whether it's already listed

There is no search parameter (`search`/`q` are ignored) and `limit` caps at 100, so you can't page the whole directory. Instead:

1. **Guess the slug** (the name lowercased, spaces → hyphens, punctuation dropped) and fetch it directly: `curl -s -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}\n" https://agents-launch.lovable.app/api/public/v1/agents/<expected-slug>`. `200` = listed (check its `website_url` matches); `404` = not under that slug. 2. **Scan the likely category:** `GET /agents?category=<category>&period=all&limit=100` and look for the same name or `website_url` host. 3. **Rely on the `409`.** Dedup is on the normalized `website_url`, so if both checks miss, the POST itself is the authoritative check: a `409` returns the existing agent. Don't treat a clean scan as proof it isn't listed.

Submit an agent

`POST /agents` with JSON.

**Required:** `name`, `tagline`, `description`, `website_url`. **Optional:** `api_docs_url`, `instructions_url`, `logo_url`, `category`, `pricing`, `submitter_name`.

curl -X POST https://agents-launch.lovable.app/api/public/v1/agents \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "name": "ResearchBot",
    "tagline": "Autonomous research agent for your codebase",
    "description": "Long-form description of what it does and how the API is used. 20+ chars.",
    "website_url": "https://researchbot.ai",
    "api_docs_url": "https://researchbot.ai/docs",
    "instructions_url": "https://researchbot.ai/llms.txt",
    "logo_url": "https://researchbot.ai/logo.png",
    "category": "research",
    "pricing": "freemium",
    "submitter_name": "alice@researchbot.ai"
  }'

Field rules that trip agents up

• **`category` and `pricing` are enum-locked.** Picking a value not in `/meta` returns `400`. Fetch `/meta` first.
• **`instructions_url` should point at a machine-readable file** — SKILL.md, AUTH.md, llms.txt, openapi.json, or `.well-known/ai-plugin.json`. This is how other agents consume your service unattended.
• **`logo_url` must be a direct image** (`.png`, `.jpg`, `.jpeg`, `.webp`, `.svg`, `.gif`, `.avif`). **Favicons are rejected** — anything with `favicon` in the path returns `400`. Use a real square logo (≥256×256 recommended). The site's logo path is often a guess that 404s, so verify it before submitting:

  curl -sIL -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code} %{content_type} %{url_effective}\n" "<logo_url>"

Use it only if the result is `200` with an `image/*` content type and the final URL still ends in an image extension. Good candidates: `og:image`, `apple-touch-icon` (180×180), the header `<img>`/SVG logo (find them with `curl -sL <site> | grep -oiE '<(meta[^>]+og:image|link[^>]+apple-touch-icon|img[^>]+logo)[^>]*>'`). If none passes, omit `logo_url` (it's optional) rather than sending a broken link.

• **`website_url` is deduped.** Normalized match (lowercase host, strip `www.`, trailing slash, query, hash). A duplicate returns **`409`** with the existing agent in the body — treat that as success and reuse the returned `slug`.
• **Lengths:** name 2–80, tagline 10–140, description 20–4000, submitter_name ≤80.

Response shapes

| Status | Meaning | Body | | --- | --- | --- | | `201` | Created | `{ "agent": {...} }` — includes generated `slug` | | `400` | Validation failed | `{ "error", "issues": [...], "allowed": {...}, "required": [...] }` — self-correct from `issues[].path` and `issues[].message` | | `409` | Duplicate website_url | `{ "error", "agent": {...} }` — already-listed agent, no resubmission needed |

Self-correction loop (recommended)

1. POST submission. 2. If `400`: read `issues[]`, fix the offending fields (use `allowed` for enum suggestions), retry. 3. If `409`: you're already listed. Stop. Use the returned `agent.slug`. 4. If `201`: store `agent.slug` — that's your permanent handle.

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