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Directories.ai for directory operators and founders

If you run a directory as a business, your constraint is hours, not ideas. Directories.ai lets you hand the repetitive work (data entry, descriptions, FAQs, claim outreach, social posts, weekly checks) to your own AI assistant through MCP, with every change tracked and reviewable, so you spend your time on partnerships, sales and growth.

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Where your time goes today

Most directory operators lose hours to maintenance: chasing missing details, rewriting thin descriptions, answering claim requests, and keeping a content calendar. These are exactly the tasks that suit a tool-connected assistant.

A realistic weekly workflow

A small operator can run the whole routine in a single conversation each week.

  • Monday: ask for the inbox and health report, then approve the suggested work
  • Midweek: review the drafts, discovered listings and claim requests the agent queued
  • Friday: schedule next week’s social posts and set recurring tasks for what worked

Growing the revenue side

Growth-focused playbooks cover member acquisition, link building, digital PR, partnerships, pricing and conversion. The Growth plan includes member billing and monetization, so growth work connects to revenue.

Your first week

  1. 1

    Connect your AI assistant

    Add https://directories.ai/mcp to Claude, ChatGPT or any MCP client and sign in with OAuth (or paste an organization API key if your client only supports static headers). The assistant can then only reach your own organization’s directories.

  2. 2

    Day 1: get the picture

    Read the health report and fix the top issues.

    get_directory_healthscore_listings

  3. 3

    Day 2–3: fill the gaps

    Draft category intros and FAQs, and queue discovered listings.

    create_faqspropose_discovered_listing

  4. 4

    Day 4–5: start outreach and automate

    Invite owners to claim, then set weekly tasks.

    invite_listing_claimcreate_agent_task

Frequently asked questions

Do I need to be technical?

No. You talk to an AI assistant in plain language. A technical person is only needed if you want site template changes merged from pull requests.

Can I start with a small directory?

Yes. The Starter plan suits smaller directories; MCP access is part of the Growth plan.

Keep reading

Manage a directory with MCPRun listings, categories, content and claims from Claude, ChatGPT or any MCP client.AI task board & recurring workQueue, schedule and review recurring directory work done by your own AI agent.Local business directoryCity and neighborhood directories that rank locally and stay fresh.PricingPer-directory plans, including MCP access on Growth.

Ready to run your directory with AI?

MCP access is included on the Growth plan. Pay per directory, cancel any time.

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