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AgentWise: requirements, how to submit, and what you actually get

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An AI agent directory behind a Vercel checkpoint, whose free tier swaps a followed link for a link back and reviews inside 72 hours.

agentwise.org
AgentWise homepage
Eligibility

Who AgentWise accepts

You need
An account, by Google, GitHub or email
A link back to them on your site, unless you pay the $5.99
A logo and a screenshot, both uploaded
You'll be rejected if
Anyone who cannot put a link on their own site, since the free tier stops at Verifying Backlink without it
Anything that is not recognisably an AI agent or agent-adjacent tool, which is what the directory is for
AI agentsAI toolsDeveloper toolsSaaS products
What you actually get
A permanent listing under /agent/ whose Visit Website links carry no rel at all, so they are followed. The free tier holds the submission at Verifying Backlink until their checker finds your link, then puts it through a review they state at 72 hours.

How to submit to AgentWise

  1. Get past the checkpoint
    A Vercel Security Checkpoint sits in front of the whole site and takes about twenty seconds to clear on a first visit.
  2. Sign in
    Google, GitHub or email and password, reached from /submit.
  3. Enter the details
    Link, name, categories, tags, a short description, a markdown introduction, and two image uploads. An AI Autofill button offers to write it from your URL.
  4. Choose a plan
    Free with a link back, or Pro at $5.99 without one. Picking free sends it to backlink verification.
  5. Verify the backlink
    They offer a badge or a plain text link, both pointing at your listing URL. Paste one on your site, give them the page it is on, and press Verify Backlink.

AgentWise requirements

An account on the site
A link back to them
badge or text link, on a page you name
Product name and link
both required
Categories and tags
multi-select
Short description
one line
Introduction
markdown supported
Logo and screenshot
both uploaded

Gotchas

A Vercel Security Checkpoint guards every page and can answer 429 to a first request, which reads as the site being down when it is a wait of about twenty seconds.
The free tier holds the listing at Verifying Backlink until their checker finds your link, and the verification page asks for the exact page it is on rather than checking your homepage.
The badge they hand over is an inline SVG with no image file behind it, so there is nothing to vendor; their own step 1 offers a plain text link as the alternative.
An AI Autofill button offers to write the whole listing from your URL, which is a fast way to publish copy nobody at your company wrote.

Let your agent submit to AgentWise

Connect SubmitMap to your AI over MCP and this page stops being something you read and copy. Your agent asks for the AgentWise playbook and gets the brief for this exact form, with the values already taken from your submission pack instead of placeholders you fill in by hand.

What it does for this platform
Checks your product against the 5 AgentWise rules above, so you find out you would be rejected before you open a tab.
Hands your agent all 7 fields this form asks for, none of them optional, already filled from your pack.
Warns you that AgentWise looks for its badge on your site, so it has to be live before you submit rather than after.
Tells you what paying buys here, so you pick it on purpose: free is $0 and costs a link back to them, with review and approval inside 72 hours and a permanent listing. Pro is $5.99 once and drops the link requirement, publishing instantly with featured placement at the top of every relevant category and promotion on their social channels.
Types it into AgentWise in your own browser, and stops for you when the form wants a sign-in.
Records what it sent, so the dashboard can answer "did I ever submit to AgentWise?".
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AgentWise FAQ

How long does AgentWise approval take?
AgentWise's typical time from submission to going live is 1-2 days.
How much does it cost to submit to AgentWise?
AgentWise has a free submission option plus paid placement (Free is $0 and costs a link back to them, with review and approval inside 72 hours and a permanent listing. Pro is $5.99 once and drops the link requirement, publishing instantly with featured placement at the top of every relevant category and promotion on their social channels.).
Does AgentWise give a dofollow backlink?
Yes, a listing on AgentWise carries a dofollow link. The site has a domain rating of 36.
Does AgentWise require a backlink to your site?
Yes, AgentWise expects a link back from your site as part of listing.
What gets you rejected from AgentWise?
Anyone who cannot put a link on their own site, since the free tier stops at Verifying Backlink without it; Anything that is not recognisably an AI agent or agent-adjacent tool, which is what the directory is for.