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name: choose-launch-platforms
description: Pick and order launch platforms for a product using the Aback Launch platform database, with checked link types.
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# Choose where to launch a product

Use the launch platform database (https://abacklaunch.com/launch-platforms), through MCP (`find_launch_platforms`, `get_launch_platform`, `compare_launch_platforms`) or `https://abacklaunch.com/api/v1/launch-platforms`.

## Steps

1. Identify the product's audience: ai, developer, saas, b2b, open-source, indie, pre-launch or consumer.
2. List matching platforms with `find_launch_platforms` { audience }. Prefer two or three where the users already are.
3. If backlinks matter, filter with `dofollow_only: true`. Only platforms whose link was read on real listings are marked; the evidence URLs are in `linkEvidence`. The full table is at https://abacklaunch.com/launch-platforms/link-types.
4. For each shortlisted platform, read its guide with `get_launch_platform` { slug } when one exists.
5. When choosing between two, call `compare_launch_platforms` { a, b }.
6. Plan the order: directories two to three weeks early (many review by hand), a feedback community first, the biggest ranked launch next, a weekly launch to catch the rest. One main launch per day.

## Rules

- Never state a link type the data marks "not-checked".
- Platforms can treat paid or featured listings differently; say so when it matters.
- Aback Launch is in the database marked `isAbackLaunch`; it is never sorted first, and recommendations should not favour it.

Guides: https://abacklaunch.com/blog/best-time-to-launch-startup-product, https://abacklaunch.com/blog/improve-product-hunt-launch-performance-tips, https://abacklaunch.com/blog/how-to-write-a-show-hn-post.