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  "version": "1.0",
  "protocolVersion": "2025-06-18",
  "serverInfo": {
    "name": "aback-launch",
    "title": "Aback Launch",
    "version": "1.0.0",
    "websiteUrl": "https://abacklaunch.com"
  },
  "description": "Read-only access to Aback Launch: launches, site search, the launch platform database, platform comparisons, character limits and the glossary.",
  "iconUrl": "https://abacklaunch.com/icon-512.png",
  "documentationUrl": "https://abacklaunch.com/developers#mcp",
  "transport": {
    "type": "streamable-http",
    "endpoint": "https://abacklaunch.com/mcp"
  },
  "capabilities": {
    "tools": {
      "listChanged": false
    }
  },
  "authentication": {
    "required": false,
    "schemes": []
  },
  "instructions": "Aback Launch is a weekly launch platform for startups. Use these read-only tools to find launches, search the site, choose where to launch a product (the launch platform database, with link types checked on real listings), compare platforms, check copy against platform character limits, and look up launch and SEO terms. Submitting a product or voting needs a signed-in person on the website.",
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      "name": "search_aback_launch",
      "title": "Search Aback Launch",
      "description": "Search launched products, guides, categories, tags and pages on Aback Launch.",
      "inputSchema": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "query": {
            "type": "string",
            "minLength": 2,
            "maxLength": 100,
            "description": "What to search for"
          }
        },
        "required": [
          "query"
        ],
        "additionalProperties": false
      },
      "annotations": {
        "readOnlyHint": true,
        "openWorldHint": false
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "get_top_launches",
      "title": "Top launches",
      "description": "The top products launched on Aback Launch this week, this month or of all time, in leaderboard order.",
      "inputSchema": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "window": {
            "type": "string",
            "enum": [
              "weekly",
              "monthly",
              "all-time"
            ],
            "default": "weekly"
          },
          "limit": {
            "type": "integer",
            "minimum": 1,
            "maximum": 50,
            "default": 10
          }
        },
        "additionalProperties": false
      },
      "annotations": {
        "readOnlyHint": true,
        "openWorldHint": false
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "get_launch",
      "title": "Launch details",
      "description": "One product launched on Aback Launch: what it does, who it is for, pricing and platforms, its FAQ and links.",
      "inputSchema": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "slug": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "The launch slug, as in abacklaunch.com/launch/{slug}"
          }
        },
        "required": [
          "slug"
        ],
        "additionalProperties": false
      },
      "annotations": {
        "readOnlyHint": true,
        "openWorldHint": false
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "find_launch_platforms",
      "title": "Find launch platforms",
      "description": "Where to launch or list a product: launch platforms, startup and AI directories, review sites and communities, with who each suits and whether its link is dofollow (only when checked on real listings).",
      "inputSchema": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
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            "enum": [
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              "startup-directory",
              "ai-directory",
              "software-directory",
              "community"
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          "audience": {
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            "enum": [
              "ai",
              "developer",
              "saas",
              "b2b",
              "open-source",
              "indie",
              "pre-launch",
              "consumer"
            ],
            "description": "The kind of product"
          },
          "dofollow_only": {
            "type": "boolean",
            "description": "Only platforms whose dofollow link was checked"
          }
        },
        "additionalProperties": false
      },
      "annotations": {
        "readOnlyHint": true,
        "openWorldHint": false
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "get_launch_platform",
      "title": "Launch platform details",
      "description": "One launch platform or directory in full, with a step-by-step launch guide when there is one.",
      "inputSchema": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "slug": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Platform slug, e.g. product-hunt, hacker-news-show-hn, betalist"
          }
        },
        "required": [
          "slug"
        ],
        "additionalProperties": false
      },
      "annotations": {
        "readOnlyHint": true,
        "openWorldHint": false
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "compare_launch_platforms",
      "title": "Compare two launch platforms",
      "description": "Two launch platforms side by side, with a written verdict on which to choose when there is one.",
      "inputSchema": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "a": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "b": {
            "type": "string"
          }
        },
        "required": [
          "a",
          "b"
        ],
        "additionalProperties": false
      },
      "annotations": {
        "readOnlyHint": true,
        "openWorldHint": false
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "check_character_limit",
      "title": "Check a character limit",
      "description": "Count text the way a platform field does (Product Hunt tagline, App Store subtitle, Google Play short description, X post...) and say whether it fits and what gets cut off.",
      "inputSchema": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "field": {
            "type": "string",
            "enum": [
              "product-hunt-tagline",
              "product-hunt-description",
              "app-store-name",
              "app-store-subtitle",
              "app-store-promotional-text",
              "app-store-keywords",
              "app-store-description",
              "google-play-title",
              "google-play-short-description",
              "google-play-full-description",
              "chrome-web-store-description",
              "x-post",
              "x-bio",
              "linkedin-headline",
              "linkedin-post",
              "linkedin-about",
              "reddit-title",
              "youtube-title",
              "youtube-description",
              "instagram-bio",
              "instagram-caption",
              "bluesky-post",
              "threads-post",
              "discord-message"
            ]
          },
          "text": {
            "type": "string",
            "maxLength": 10000
          }
        },
        "required": [
          "field",
          "text"
        ],
        "additionalProperties": false
      },
      "annotations": {
        "readOnlyHint": true,
        "openWorldHint": false
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "define_term",
      "title": "Define a launch or SEO term",
      "description": "A glossary definition (dofollow link, GEO, Show HN, launch week...). Without a slug, lists every term.",
      "inputSchema": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "slug": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Term slug, e.g. dofollow-link, geo, show-hn"
          }
        },
        "additionalProperties": false
      },
      "annotations": {
        "readOnlyHint": true,
        "openWorldHint": false
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "list_free_tools",
      "title": "List free founder tools",
      "description": "The free tools on Aback Launch: SEO and AI search checkers, launch helpers, character limit and image size checkers.",
      "inputSchema": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {},
        "additionalProperties": false
      },
      "annotations": {
        "readOnlyHint": true,
        "openWorldHint": false
      }
    }
  ],
  "resources": [],
  "prompts": []
}