Flash is an MCP server that sorts about 870 launch directories for your app and does the free ones for you.
you@mac ~ % claude > list my app on launch directories ● flash.list_directories(profile: "Tidal") 31 directories fit Tidal: [free] 12 free and done for you [badge] 9 needs your badge [paid] 6 paid, asks first [you] 4 you do this one I will send the 12 free ones over three weeks. Go ahead? > yes [ok] week 1 queued, nothing paid >
Every directory that fits your app lands in one of four groups before anything is sent. You see the list first and decide what goes ahead.
directory DR route shipboard 71 [free] done for you startuplist 64 [free] done for you toolshelf 58 [badge] free with badge appcrate 52 [paid] $29, asks first launchpad 49 [you] GitHub login
About 50 directories list you for free if your site shows their badge, so Flash puts them all in one "Featured on" row in your footer. You add one snippet once, and the row is part of your page HTML, so the directories' checkers can see it.
> show me the badge wall on my site first [ok] mockup of the tidal.app footer is ready> looks good, add it [ok] one snippet in your footer: <!-- flash badge wall: added once --> [ok] 9 badges found in the page HTML
Directory mail goes to your Flash inbox, or to your Gmail with read-only access, so Flash can open confirm links and read approvals. It then opens each listing page and keeps checking until it is live and links to you.
● flash.status() ┌──────────────┬─────────────┐ │ directory │ status │ ├──────────────┼─────────────┤ │ shipboard │ [live] │ │ startuplist │ [pending] │ │ toolshelf │ [needs you] │ │ appcrate │ [rejected] │ └──────────────┴─────────────┘ toolshelf wants a square logo.
Flash never pays, never enters a card and never posts anything public until you say yes. It spreads the submissions over several weeks, because a sudden burst of new links looks unnatural to Google.
[paid: $29] appcrate featured listing You pay appcrate, Flash does not. Submit to appcrate? (y/N) week 1: 4 sent · week 2: 4 · week 3: 4
Every directory Flash works with, ranked by Domain Rating and checked every month.
% flash list_directories[ open ]It depends on your app. Flash shows you the real count for your app before anything is sent.
No. Everything happens in the Claude conversation you already use.
No. Without it, Flash skips the badge directories and handles the rest as normal.
Only mail from the directories it submitted to for you. Access is read-only, so it can never send, delete or change an email.
Pricing is not decided yet [pricing TBD].
Run this in your terminal, then ask Claude to list your app. The address is a placeholder until launch [MCP URL TBD].
% claude mcp add flash --transport http https://mcp.example.com/flash