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.

The launch-readiness audit

llms.txt: making your app visible to AI search

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.

Last updated 2026-07-19

Discovery is shifting from ten blue links to AI answers. This weight-8 check verifies you've published an /llms.txt — a plain-text brief that lets AI crawlers read your site accurately instead of scraping a JavaScript shell.

What Actuant checks

/llms.txt responds with real content (more than ~40 characters, not an HTML error page).
Present and plausible → pass. Missing → fail ("AI crawlers have no quick brief of your site").
Unreachable due to a slow host → partial (retry), never counted as missing.

Two sibling checks complete the AI-visibility category: AI crawlers allowed (weight 4) confirms your robots.txt doesn't block GPTBot and friends, and Readable without JS (weight 5) confirms there is real text in the HTML before JavaScript runs.

Why it matters

Many AI crawlers don't execute JavaScript, so an AI-built SPA looks empty to them. An llms.txt gives them a clean, authoritative summary of what you do, who it's for, pricing, and key pages — the difference between being cited in an answer and being invisible.

How to fix it

Publish a Markdown-flavoured /llms.txt at your site root. Keep it plain and factual.

public/llms.txtmd

# YourApp

> One sentence on what YourApp does and who it's for.

## What it does
- Core capability one
- Core capability two

## Pricing
- Free tier, then $X/mo

## Key pages
- Pricing: https://yourapp.com/pricing
- Docs: https://yourapp.com/docs

On the Launch plan, Actuant drafts your llms.txt from your live site and opens it as a pull request you review and merge.

Keep reading

Search indexing

No robots.txt or sitemap means crawlers guess at your site and pages get missed. Learn what Actuant checks, the one line that accidentally blocks all crawlers, and how to fix indexing.

Title & description

A missing <title> or meta description means Google writes your search result for you — badly. Learn what Actuant checks, how long each should be, and how to set them in any builder.

SEO for AI apps

AI builders ship JavaScript SPAs that look empty to crawlers. Learn why your Lovable or Bolt app may be invisible to search and AI engines, and the fixes that make it indexable.