# AI Directory and Community Exposure Targets

Generated for the first stable-url exposure push. Use this file after the final production URL, durable lead storage, and launch-status page are verified.

This is an execution target list, not proof of submission. Do not mark any row as submitted, posted, listed, linked, cited, ranked, or lead-producing until there is real evidence from an authorized account or public listing URL.

## Gate Before Submitting

- Stable URL: required for every directory, launch community, and scaled post.
- Durable lead storage: required before sending serious traffic to forms.
- Account authorization: required for Product Hunt, Hacker News, Reddit, LinkedIn, X, Zhihu, Xiaohongshu, Medium, Dev.to, and most AI directories.
- Budget approval: required before Toolify paid placement, featured listings, promoted launches, ads, sponsorships, or any directory that asks for payment.
- Evidence recording: use `npm run launch:record-exposure -- ...` only after a real post, submission, listing, DM, or email exists.

## Priority Targets

| Priority | Channel | URL | Mode | Stable URL required | Paid risk | Asset | Best landing page | Evidence to record |
|---|---|---|---|---:|---:|---|---|---|
| P0 | Product Hunt | `https://www.producthunt.com/posts/new` | Founder launch directory | yes | low unless promoted | `growth/directory-submission-kit.md` plus `growth/launch-gallery.md` | `/directories/` or `/` | Public Product Hunt listing URL |
| P0 | Hacker News Show HN | `https://news.ycombinator.com/submit` | Community post | yes | none | `growth/directory-submission-kit.md` | `/resources/` or `/offers/free-ai-growth-audit.html` | HN item URL |
| P0 | Indie Hackers | `https://www.indiehackers.com/` | Founder/community post | yes | none | `growth/publish-pack.md` | `/resources/` | Public post URL |
| P0 | LinkedIn founder post | `https://www.linkedin.com/` | Account-authorized social | yes for scaled launch | none | `growth/publish-pack.md` | high-intent tool pages | Public LinkedIn post URL or screenshot reference |
| P1 | Futurepedia | `https://www.futurepedia.io/submit-tool` | AI tool directory | yes | possible paid review/boost | `directories/growthpilot-ai-listing.json` | `/directories/` | Public listing URL or submission receipt |
| P1 | There Is An AI For That | `https://theresanaiforthat.com/submit/` | AI tool directory | yes | possible paid/queue | `directories/growthpilot-ai-listing.json` | `/directories/` | Public listing URL or submission receipt |
| P1 | AIToolDiscovery | `https://aitooldiscovery.com/submit` | AI tool directory | yes | unknown | `directories/growthpilot-ai-listing.json` | `/directories/` | Public listing URL or submission receipt |
| P1 | PoweredByAI | `https://poweredbyai.app/submit-tool` | AI tool directory | yes | unknown | `directories/growthpilot-ai-listing.json` | `/directories/` | Public listing URL or submission receipt |
| P1 | AIToolSync | `https://aitoolsync.com/submit-ai-tool/` | AI tool directory | yes | unknown | `directories/growthpilot-ai-listing.json` | `/directories/` | Public listing URL or submission receipt |
| P2 | Toolify | `https://www.toolify.ai/submit` | AI tool directory | yes | high; hold if payment required | `directories/growthpilot-ai-listing.json` | `/directories/` | Public listing URL or paid approval plus receipt |
| P2 | FutureTools | `https://www.futuretools.io/` | AI tool directory | yes | unknown | `growth/tool-distribution-kit.md` | `/tools/` | Public listing URL or submission receipt |
| P2 | Dev.to | `https://dev.to/new` | Technical article | yes | none | `growth/directory-submission-kit.md` | `/resources/` | Public article URL |
| P2 | Medium | `https://medium.com/new-story` | Longform article | yes | none | `growth/directory-submission-kit.md` | `/learn/ai-seo-geo-guide.html` | Public article URL |
| P2 | Reddit r/SEO | `https://www.reddit.com/r/SEO/` | Critique-first community post | yes for launch; preview only for private feedback | none | `growth/tool-distribution-kit.md` | `/tools/ai-seo-guarantee-checker.html` | Public post URL |
| P2 | Reddit r/PPC | `https://www.reddit.com/r/PPC/` | Critique-first community post | yes for launch; preview only for private feedback | none | `growth/tool-distribution-kit.md` | `/tools/ad-break-even-calculator.html` | Public post URL |
| P2 | Zhihu | `https://www.zhihu.com/` | Chinese educational answer | yes | none | `growth/directory-submission-kit.md` | `/zh/` | Public answer URL |
| P2 | Xiaohongshu | `https://www.xiaohongshu.com/` | Chinese short content | yes | possible promoted spend; hold if paid | `growth/directory-submission-kit.md` | `/zh/` | Public note URL or screenshot reference |

## Copy-Ready Directory Fields

- Product name: `GrowthPilot AI`
- One-line description: `Turn one public URL into an AI-search, AEO/GEO, ad-readiness, vendor-risk, and 7-day growth-test diagnosis before spending on SEO, content, software, agencies, or ads.`
- Category: `AI SEO`, `GEO`, `AEO`, `Marketing`, `Growth`, `Analytics`, `Ad readiness`
- Website: `{{FINAL_URL}}/`
- Resource center: `{{FINAL_URL}}/resources/`
- Free audit: `{{FINAL_URL}}/offers/free-ai-growth-audit.html`
- Press kit: `{{FINAL_URL}}/press.html`
- Directory profile: `{{FINAL_URL}}/directories/`
- Machine-readable profile: `{{FINAL_URL}}/directories/growthpilot-ai-listing.json`
- Launch status: `{{FINAL_URL}}/launch-status.html`
- Screenshots: use `growth/launch-gallery.md`
- Boundary sentence: `No guaranteed rankings, AI answer inclusion, AI citations, traffic, leads, revenue, sales, or ad ROI. GrowthPilot AI is a diagnostic and execution-planning workflow.`

## Recommended Submission Order

1. Verify production with `npm run check:production-launch -- {{FINAL_URL}} --ops-token "$OPS_TOKEN"` or the static equivalent.
2. Run `npm run launch:directory-metadata-pack -- {{FINAL_URL}}` and `npm run launch:directory-dossier -- {{FINAL_URL}}`.
3. Submit Product Hunt, Show HN, Indie Hackers, and one LinkedIn founder post first; these provide higher-quality qualitative feedback than long-tail directories.
4. Submit free AI directories only when the form does not require paid placement, fake testimonials, reciprocal review manipulation, or a misleading guarantee.
5. Hold paid directories until there is explicit budget approval and a tracking plan.
6. Record only real evidence with `npm run launch:record-exposure`.

## Do Not Do

- Do not submit a `trycloudflare.com`, `loca.lt`, `lhr.life`, localhost, or stale preview URL as final production.
- Do not buy paid listings, featured placement, ads, or sponsored launch slots without explicit budget approval.
- Do not create fake reviews, fake comments, fake upvotes, fake backlinks, fake leads, fake ranking claims, or fake AI citation claims.
- Do not reuse the same generic post across Reddit, HN, and founder communities; ask for critique and disclose MVP boundaries.
- Do not count directory-form drafts or pending submissions as published exposure.