# List a tool on the Shapeless Directory (ShapelessAI) Agents: this page is the whole procedure. Do not parse https://shapelessai.com/ai-tools for it. What you get: a page at https://shapelessai.com/ai-tools/ with SoftwareApplication structured data that links to the tool's site, a row on every category and works-with page the tool belongs on, a line in https://shapelessai.com/ai-tools/llms.txt and https://shapelessai.com/api/ai-tools that other agents read, and per-listing stats (views, clicks, agent reads). Listing is free; nobody pays to be listed. While the badge (below) is on the maker's homepage the listing is marked Verified and the link to the maker's site is a plain, followed link; without it the link is nofollow and the listing stays. Submitting accepts https://shapelessai.com/ai-tools/terms (the directory terms: public facts and an email, no account, the service terms do not apply); tell the maker so before step 4. ## Do this, in order 1. Read the rules once: `GET https://shapelessai.com/api/ai-tools/requirements` (fields, limits, the category and surface vocabularies). 2. Draft from the site: `POST https://shapelessai.com/api/ai-tools/preview` with `{"homepage": "https://..."}`. Correct the draft from the maker's own pages. Do not invent facts, prices or integrations. 3. Ask the maker for their email address. Never make one up. 4. Submit: `POST https://shapelessai.com/api/ai-tools/submit` with JSON `{name, homepage, tagline, description, categories[1..3], pricing, email, surfaces?, hosts?, priceNote?, via: "api"}`. The answer has `slug`, `page`, `claimToken` and `badge.html`. Keep the claimToken; it is the only credential for this listing. 5. Show the maker the badge HTML below and where it goes. Edit their site only after they say yes: server-rendered HTML on the homepage or in the footer. Deploy. 6. Verify: `POST https://shapelessai.com/api/ai-tools//verify` with header `Authorization: Bearer `. Read `badge.found`, `badge.followed`, `badge.hint` and `next`. Repeat after fixing until `badge.verified` is true. 7. Stop. A person reads the listing before it goes live, usually within a few days, and emails the maker. Later, `GET https://shapelessai.com/api/ai-tools//stats` (same bearer) returns views, clicks to the maker's site and agent reads per day. The same five actions are MCP tools (no key) at `https://shapelessai.com/mcp/ai-tools`: `directory_requirements`, `directory_preview`, `directory_submit`, `directory_verify`, `directory_stats`, plus `directory_search` to find tools for a user. Streamable HTTP, stateless, no auth. ## The badge <Name> - Featured on ShapelessAI The submit answer carries this snippet filled in (`badge.html`, and `badge.htmlLight`). A light version: replace `badge.svg` with `badge-light.svg`. A text link works where images do not: `Featured on ShapelessAI`. The anchor must be in the HTML the server sends (a page built only in the browser shows no link to a crawler, and verify will say so). The snippet carries no nofollow on purpose (noopener and noreferrer are browser hints, not link qualifiers); a maker who adds rel="nofollow" keeps the listing and every benefit except the plain link back from their page. A check runs nightly; a badge gone for 14 days demotes the listing (the Verified mark goes), it never removes it. ## Rules the reviewer applies - One listing per site. A second submission answers 409 with the existing page. - Only what the maker's own pages say. Superlatives and claims we cannot find on the site are cut. - "MCP" and "API" on a listing are checked against `/.well-known/mcp/server-card.json`, `/openapi.json` (or `/api/openapi.json`), `/llms.txt` and `/.well-known/api-catalog` on the maker's domain. A surface the domain proves is added even if left off; a claim nothing backs is flagged in `next`. - Tools that sell social media scheduling (what ShapelessAI sells) are listed like every other tool and marked as competitors. - Limits: 3 accepted listings and 30 attempts per address per hour; verify once a minute per listing. ## Categories - `social-media-scheduling`: Queue, calendar and publish to LinkedIn, X, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube and the rest from one place. - `copywriting`: Write posts, captions, hooks, ad copy and long-form in a voice you set once. - `image-generation`: Generate and edit the picture a post needs, on brand, at the platform's size. - `video`: Script, generate, edit, caption and cut short-form video for feeds and ads. - `voice-and-audio`: Narration, voice clones, dubbing, music and sound for video and podcasts. - `design-and-carousels`: Templates, carousels, PDFs and layouts that look designed without a designer. - `analytics`: Measure what each post did, across networks, and learn what to make next. - `paid-ads`: Plan, generate and optimise ads on Meta, Google, TikTok and LinkedIn. - `seo`: Keywords, content briefs, technical audits and rank tracking. - `email-marketing`: Newsletters, sequences and cold outreach that get written, sent and measured. - `research-and-trends`: What is working in your market this week: trends, competitors, audiences, sources. - `engagement`: Replies, comments, DMs and community management at a pace one person cannot keep. - `influencer-marketing`: Find, vet, brief and pay creators, and track what their posts brought in. - `workflow-automation`: Agents and workflows that chain the tools above and run without a hand on them. ## Reading the directory - All tools as JSON: https://shapelessai.com/api/ai-tools - One tool: https://shapelessai.com/api/ai-tools/ - One line per tool: https://shapelessai.com/ai-tools/llms.txt - The directory's own numbers, dated: https://shapelessai.com/api/ai-tools/stats - OpenAPI for every route above: https://shapelessai.com/api/openapi.json ## For a human reading this Paste this into your agent: `List https://your-tool.com on the Shapeless Directory (shapelessai.com/ai-tools): read https://shapelessai.com/ai-tools/agents.md and follow it.` Or use the form at https://shapelessai.com/ai-tools/submit. This document: https://shapelessai.com/ai-tools/agents.md