What exactly happens when Actuant “launches” my app?

An agent works through the launch checklist you'd otherwise do by hand: it writes your llms.txt, robots.txt and sitemap as a GitHub pull request, submits your app to 20 curated launch directories — filling each form live in a browser you can watch, and leaving the submit button to you. Anything that touches your code arrives as a pull request; nothing merges without your approval. Launch-copy drafting, analytics installed for you, and Stripe payments set up inside your app are on the roadmap, not shipped.

Does it work with my builder?

Yes. Actuant doesn't integrate with builders — it works on the app itself: the live URL, the GitHub repo, and your domain. If your app has a URL, Actuant can audit it; if it has a repo, Actuant can fix it. Lovable, Bolt, v0, Replit, Base44, Cursor, Claude Code, or hand-written all work the same way.

I've shipped five apps. Do I need five subscriptions?

No. One account covers your whole portfolio: the free plan covers 1 app, Launch covers 3, Portfolio is unlimited. Re-auditing an app you've already added is unlimited on every plan. The Signal dashboard that compares those apps side by side is still being built — today you get each app's audits, fixes and launch work in one place.

Will you spam directories with my half-finished app?

No. The audit runs first, and the agent only submits when your app clears the quality bar — that protects your launch and everyone else's. We maintain a curated list of directories that send real traffic, not a firehose of 400 link farms, and the agent never presses submit for you: it fills the form and hands the browser back.

What does the free plan actually include?

One app, unlimited re-audits of it, the full launch-readiness score and report with per-check fix guidance, and access to the MCP server for your coding agent. Agent runs are metered, and the free plan's usage is a one-time $5 of credit — roughly 16 deep audits — not a monthly allowance. Paid plans add a weekly usage allowance, monthly credit, and the agent doing the fixing and launching rather than just the diagnosing.

Can I share a report with someone else?

Not yet. Reports live in your dashboard behind your login today; public, shareable report links are on the roadmap. Anything on this site marked “coming soon” isn't built — we'd rather you buy the plan for what it does now.

Concepts

What is AI-search visibility?

AI-search visibility is how findable and citable your app is inside AI answers from ChatGPT, Claude, and Perplexity. Learn why it's the new SEO and how llms.txt fits in.

Last updated 2026-07-18

AI-search visibility is how likely an AI answer engine is to find, understand, and cite your app when someone asks it a relevant question. As users move from typing queries into Google to asking ChatGPT, Claude, and Perplexity, this is becoming as important as classic SEO — sometimes called answer engine optimization (AEO).

Why AI-built apps are especially at risk

Most AI builders ship a JavaScript SPA whose initial HTML is nearly empty. Many AI crawlers don't run JavaScript, so they see a blank shell — the app is effectively invisible to the exact channel where discovery is growing fastest.

What makes an app AI-visible

Server-readable content — title, meta, and key copy present without JavaScript.
An llms.txt brief — a plain-text summary of what you do, who it's for, pricing, and key pages.
Clean indexing — robots.txt and sitemap.xml so crawlers can enumerate your pages.
Citations — being linked and mentioned where AI training and retrieval look.

How Actuant helps

The audit's AI-search visibility check (weight 8) verifies your llms.txt, a companion check (weight 4) confirms robots.txt doesn't block GPTBot and friends, and the Portfolio plan's monitor_ai_visibility tool tracks when AI answers actually start citing your app.

Keep reading

AI-search visibility

AI answers from ChatGPT, Claude, and Perplexity are where discovery is moving. An llms.txt file is how they read your site accurately. Learn what Actuant checks and how to write one.

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