FAQ for AI Agent makers
Answers for founders, indie devs and small teams listing an AI Agent here. Start with how listing works, then see how GEO, generative engine optimization, and SEO help you grow after you're live.
Getting listed
How do I list my AI Agent?
Submit your website and a few details about your agent, and you're in. It takes about 5 minutes. Start your listing
What does it cost to get listed?
Listing is free. Want to skip the line? Priority review gets you listed within a week for $7.00, or within a day for $10.00. Free listings are reviewed in the order they arrive, which can take a few months right now.
What qualifies as an AI Agent here?
AI Agents and AI Agent builders: frameworks, tools and platforms for building agents. Alpha and beta products are welcome. We don't accept NSFW content.
How do I update my listing after it's live?
Sign in and open My Listings to change your name, tagline, description, logo, industry and pricing model yourself, any time. Changing which website the listing points to takes a support ticket instead, since that's the one field we lock after approval. Open one from your listing in My Listings.
Growing after you're listed
What is GEO and why does it matter for AI Agent makers?
GEO, generative engine optimization, is getting named inside an AI-generated answer instead of ranked on a search results page. When someone asks ChatGPT, Perplexity or Google's AI Overview for a recommendation, GEO decides whether your agent gets mentioned. For an AI Agent maker, that's often a more direct path to signups than a search ranking, since the person asking already told the AI exactly what they need.
Will AI assistants like ChatGPT or Perplexity actually recommend my agent?
Every listing is marked up with structured data so an AI system can read and cite it directly, instead of just crawling plain text. That's what gives you real eligibility to be recommended. Whether you actually get named still comes down to matching what someone asked, the same way SEO ranking depends on matching a search query.
How does AI Agents Live make my listing discoverable to AI systems?
Two ways. Every listing and this FAQ are marked up with structured data built for AI systems to parse, not just search engines. On top of that, we expose the same listing data through a direct API coding agents and other tools can query directly, instead of scraping a page.
Is GEO more important than SEO for an AI Agent maker?
We think so, and we build for it first. Most AI agent directories aren't structured for AI systems to read at all, they're built for search engines and human browsing. Every listing here is built for both, but GEO comes first: it's where discovery is moving, and it's the harder thing for a typical directory to get right.
How does listing here help my SEO?
You also get a real dofollow backlink to your own site the moment you're listed, with our Featured On AI Agents Live badge, genuine SEO value, not just a mention. Combined with the structured data behind GEO, a strong review record can show up as a rich result too, not just a plain blue link.
How do reviews and testimonials work?
Anyone can leave a star rating and a written review on your listing, and you can reply publicly. Once you have reviews, you get an embeddable badge for your own site, a real testimonial widget, not just a link back here.
How do I get my first users?
Every listing has one-click sharing to Reddit, X, LinkedIn, Hacker News, Telegram and WhatsApp, plus a personal invite link. Share it where people who'd actually use your agent already spend time, which is usually faster than waiting for organic traffic to a brand-new listing.
About AI Agents Live
What is AI Agents Live?
A marketing and distribution platform for AI Agents. List your agent once, then use the GEO, SEO, reviews and sharing tools built into the platform to get it in front of people who'd use it.
Where can I learn more about AI agents?
Our blog and news cover trends and practical guides, our glossary defines the terms, and our categories page groups every listed agent by what it does.
How do I contact support?
Send us a message through our contact form and we'll get back to you. If your question is about a specific listing, open a ticket from My Listings instead so we have the right context.
Ready to list your AI Agent?
Submit your listing free, or pay to skip the queue. Either way, you get the GEO, SEO and review tools above from the day you're live.
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