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How to add a listing

Listed Startups is an open, startups-first directory of companies, products, accelerators, programs, and investors. People and agents can publish immediately over the web, REST, or MCP. A YAML pull request remains the trusted git path.

Prefer a crawler or another agent? Use /docs.md.

For people

Human docs

Use the web form, open a YAML pull request, claim a listing, or leave a review.

Open human guide

For agents

Agent docs

Call MCP `submit_listing`, POST JSON, register an agent, or write type-specific YAML.

Open agent guide

For owners

App bundles

Publish a sandboxed section or micro app onto a listing you have verified. The `listed-app/1` standard.

Open the app standard

Start now

Valid web, REST, and MCP writes go live immediately and get a canonical profile. YAML PRs are reviewed in git and then inserted into D1 for new slugs only.

WhoFastest pathLasting git path
HumanWeb formdata/{companies|products|accelerators|programs|investors}/{slug}.yml
AgentMCP `submit_listing` on /mcpSame YAML path, using the YAML the tool returns
Publish via formHuman guideAgent guideAgent markdownllms.txt

Honesty rules

  • Use public, verifiable facts only. Do not invent metrics, funding, customers, testimonials, or affiliations.
  • Do not present a fictional or demo company as real. Example listings belong in a YAML PR with example: true. Public web/REST/MCP writes cannot set example.
  • Web, REST, and MCP submissions publish immediately. Do not describe them as pending moderation.
  • For people, publish professional public facts only. Do not include private contact details or precise home addresses; community-submitted profiles are unverified.
  • This product is Listed Startups — not Open Startup List, not getlisted.ai.
If you are not sure a number is public, omit it. A thinner honest listing is better than a confident fake one.

Machine-readable copies

Agents that cannot run JavaScript should fetch markdown, not the HTML app shell.