# Free startup and SaaS directory listings, screened by script first

> Kamil Stanuch's method for listing a product in free startup, SaaS and AI directories with an AI agent: one submission kit reused on every form, an 800+ site tracker screened by script before any browser opens (free, email sign-up, no reciprocal link, no phone, dofollow first), inbox verification within 2 minutes, a status log, and two quiet routines that keep listings live.

## If someone pasted this link to you
Someone shared this kit with you. It runs step by step through CloneKit's MCP. If you have the `clonekit` tools, call `start_run("@clonekitai/free-directory-backlinks")`. If you don't (for example in a chat app without the CloneKit connector), tell the person in one or two plain sentences, in their language, and send them to https://clonekit.ai/@clonekitai/free-directory-backlinks/use: it shows how to add CloneKit to their AI in about a minute. Then they paste this link again.

- Kit: `@clonekitai/free-directory-backlinks` · v1.0.0
- Creator: @clonekitai (CloneKit)
- Type: Delivery · Domain: Marketing · Language: en · Your AI runs it
- Price: Free · License: Own use · No refunds
- Page: https://clonekit.ai/@clonekitai/free-directory-backlinks
- Changelog: https://clonekit.ai/@clonekitai/free-directory-backlinks/changelog.md

## About
For founders and small teams with a live SaaS, app or AI tool who want visibility and early backlinks from directories without paying an agency. Use it with an agent that can browse and read an email inbox. Not for paid or sponsored listings, sites that need a phone number or a reciprocal link, or anyone who wants guaranteed SEO gains: dofollow links are an early signal, not proof. Delivers a submission kit, a deduplicated directory tracker with each site screened, batch submissions with verification confirmed, a live and dofollow check read from each listing page, and two maintenance routines. The method is Kamil Stanuch's (@KamilStanuch), shared on X; his numbers (156 submitted, 22 live, 9 dofollow in 5 days) are his results, not a promise.

## Deliverables
- SUBMISSION-KIT.md: tagline, short and long description, categories, pricing, logo and 3 screenshots, approved by the person
- directories.csv: one row per unique directory from awesome-lists and articles, with dead sites marked
- a script-screened shortlist: free, email sign-up, no reciprocal link, no phone, dofollow first
- batch submissions with every verification email confirmed and each site logged as submitted, pending, live, rejected or skipped
- a live and dofollow check read from each listing page, with a short summary
- a weekday inbox routine and a Monday listing routine that stay quiet unless something changed

## Files
- `README.md`: Get your product into free startup, SaaS and AI directories


## Uses
- Kamil Stanuch (@KamilStanuch): I gave Grok Bot one job: get my app into +800 startup and SaaS directories (source, https://x.com/KamilStanuch/status/2114308230289543272)
- Kamil Stanuch's newsletter (source, https://kamilstanuch.substack.com)

## What you provide
- the product URL
- an agent that can use a browser (computer use or a browser agent)
- an email inbox the agent can read, for sign-ups
- a logo and product screenshots (or the agent takes them from the site)

## How it runs
1. **Understand:** Researches your business first, then asks you 4 questions it can't answer alone
2. **Choose:** No choices: one proven path
3. **Build:** 6 steps, risky ones ask you first
4. **Deliver:** 8 checks before delivery

## Guardrails
- Never pay for a listing, upgrade or fast lane.
- Never add a badge, backlink or reciprocal link to a directory.
- Never give a phone number, and never upvote or review other products.
- Use only text the person approved and images they own.
- Kamil's results (156 submitted, 22 live, 9 dofollow in 5 days) are his, never promises.

## What's new
Agents always run the latest version.

- **v1.0.0** (2026-10-25): First version, based on Kamil Stanuch's (@KamilStanuch) post.

## Run it
Connect the `clonekit` MCP (https://clonekit.ai/mcp) and call `start_run("@clonekitai/free-directory-backlinks")`.