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 launch readiness?

Launch readiness is how prepared a deployed app is to actually receive, measure, and convert visitors. Learn the fundamentals every app needs before it's worth driving traffic to.

Last updated 2026-07-18

Launch readiness is the gap between "deployed" and "ready for users". An app can be live and still be unlaunchable: invisible to search, un-measured, un-shareable, with no way to pay. Readiness is the set of fundamentals that let a visitor find you, understand you, and act — and let you see it happen.

The four pillars

1
Discoverability
Can search engines and AI answer engines find and describe you? Title, meta, robots.txt, sitemap, llms.txt.
2
Measurability
Can you see who visits and what they do? Analytics is the foundation of every launch decision.
3
Shareability
Does a shared link look like something worth clicking? Open Graph cards, favicon, mobile rendering.
4
Conversion
Is there a clear next step — a way to sign up or pay? Demand is the only metric that can't be faked.

Why builders skip it

AI tools made building an app a weekend project, but they optimise for a working demo, not a launched product. The moment the app runs, the dopamine hit lands and attention moves to the next idea. The unglamorous launch checklist — the part that actually gets users — is where 95% of apps stall.

How Actuant measures it

Actuant turns readiness into a single deterministic 0–100 score across 10 weighted checks, so "am I ready?" has a concrete answer you can improve week over week.

Keep reading

Audit overview

Actuant scores any app URL 0–100 across 52 deterministic launch-readiness checks — delivery, security headers, analytics, SEO, AI-search visibility, structured data, social, performance, mobile, trust, and conversion. Here's every check and how it's weighted.

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.

Launch checklist

A concrete, prioritised launch checklist for apps built with Lovable, Bolt, v0, Replit, or Cursor — analytics, SEO, AI visibility, social preview, payments — ordered by impact.