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AI Tools List: requirements, how to submit, and what you actually get

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A one-operator AI listicle with a free seven-field form, where a tool that runs an affiliate programme gets its link swapped for the affiliate URL.

aitoolslist.io
AI Tools List homepage
Eligibility

Who AI Tools List accepts

You need
A live, working product
You'll be rejected if
Anything that is not an AI tool
Anything the operator judges outside their criteria, which are not published
AI tools
What you actually get
An entry on a curated listicle page with a Try it! button. The link carries no rel, so it is followed, but whether it points at your domain depends on whether you run an affiliate programme: where one exists the operator uses their affiliate URL instead. The site is one of eight run by the same person, so treat it as one blogger's roundup rather than a directory with an audience of its own.

How to submit to AI Tools List

  1. Open the submit page
    aitoolslist.io/submit-ai-tool/ carries the form. The page copy says only that they "will try to add it as soon as we can if it fits our criteria"; the criteria are never stated.
  2. Fill the seven fields
    A Tally form embedded in an iframe: your name, your email, tool name, tool link, tool category as free text, a short description and additional notes. No account, no login, no captcha.
  3. Fill Additional Notes, which is required
    It looks optional and is not. Submitting without it returns "1 question needs your attention" and "Please enter a value" against that field, with no other clue which one failed.
  4. Submit and read the banner
    Tally posts to its own API and replaces the form with "Form submitted / Thanks for completing this form!". Nothing is emailed and no reference is issued.

AI Tools List requirements

Your name and an email address
Product name and URL
A category, typed as free text rather than picked from a list
A short description
Additional notes (required despite reading as optional)

Gotchas

The Additional Notes box reads as optional and is required: submitting without it fails with "Please enter a value" and no indication of which of the seven fields is at fault.
Where a tool runs an affiliate programme the operator links to their own affiliate URL rather than your domain, so the followed link on your entry can point at looka.grsm.io or yourdomain.com?via=their-handle instead of at you.
The criteria a submission is judged against are never published, and neither is a review time, so there is nothing to check your entry against and no date to expect.

Let your agent submit to AI Tools List

Connect SubmitMap to your AI over MCP and this page stops being something you read and copy. Your agent asks for the AI Tools List 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 3 AI Tools List rules above, so you find out you would be rejected before you open a tab.
Hands your agent all 5 fields this form asks for, none of them optional, already filled from your pack.
Types it into AI Tools List 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 AI Tools List?".
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AI Tools List FAQ

How long does AI Tools List approval take?
AI Tools List does not publish how long approval takes.
How much does it cost to submit to AI Tools List?
Submitting to AI Tools List is free.
Does AI Tools List give a dofollow backlink?
Yes, a listing on AI Tools List carries a dofollow link. The site has a domain rating of 9.
Does AI Tools List require a backlink to your site?
No, AI Tools List does not require a link back from your site.
What gets you rejected from AI Tools List?
Anything that is not an AI tool; Anything the operator judges outside their criteria, which are not published.