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Show HN: Botlist – An App Store for Bots

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Post by iisbum » Mon, Apr 11, 2016, 4:16 PM UTC

Show HN: Botlist – An App Store for Bots
botlist.co

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Post by iisbum » Mon, Apr 11, 2016, 4:23 PM UTC

Very happy to launch our MVP for Botlist.

We hope someday it will become a fully fledged store, but for now we're working towards building a complete directory of bots available on every platform.

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Post by karimdag » Mon, Apr 11, 2016, 5:11 PM UTC

iisbum wrote: post #2

Very happy to launch our MVP for Botlist. We hope someday it will become a fully fledged store, but for now we're working towards building a complete directory of bots available on every platform.

I've seen this on Product Hunt but couldn't comment so now that I have the chance to, Here's what I want to say: - first, awesome idea. This would make things way easier. - second, say that I have built a bot, then what ? Would it follow the same philosophy as the regular App Store? (Meaning you upload then people download or buy) - Third, you should add a FAQ and a roadmap so that people can help! (Even with just an idea)

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Post by chillydawg » Mon, Apr 11, 2016, 5:12 PM UTC

Are these bots just for slack? What do you consider to be a "bot"?

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Post by asimuvPR » Mon, Apr 11, 2016, 5:17 PM UTC

Visited the site on mobile and could not find a little explanation about what the goal of the site is. Maybe a short introduction might work. This seems interesting but it's not fully clear what it aims to do now and in the future. :)

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Post by an4rchy » Mon, Apr 11, 2016, 5:18 PM UTC

This is a pretty neat idea. I know it's probably an MVP but a description of what the bot does instead of forcing the user to click through to the bot website.

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Post by ajpgrealish » Mon, Apr 11, 2016, 5:31 PM UTC

an4rchy wrote: post #6

This is a pretty neat idea. I know it's probably an MVP but a description of what the bot does instead of forcing the user to click through to the bot website.

There are some very short descriptions of what each bot does but it's not enough to help me decide if it is what I need. I searched for a JIRA bot to connect to slack but clicking the bot link took me to the install page rather than more info.

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Post by bentossell » Mon, Apr 11, 2016, 5:37 PM UTC

Hey! I'm one of the makers here

Appreciate any thoughts anyone else. WE are all ears :)

Mobile responsive isnt in place yet so apologies for that.

Trying to get bots/AI from different platforms in one central, 3rd party place - not owned by Facebook/Slack/Kik etc.

We are looking to update more information - probably giving the bot makers the ability to take control of their page, add more info and images so hopefully that will help. Has been a time-consuming manual process so far.

Happy to hear feedback!

But yes, just a bare bones MVP for now

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Post by drewry » Mon, Apr 11, 2016, 5:51 PM UTC

I'm getting "Whoops, looks like something went wrong." when trying to register.

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Post by bentossell » Mon, Apr 11, 2016, 5:53 PM UTC

drewry wrote: post #9

I'm getting "Whoops, looks like something went wrong." when trying to register.

hmm we've had a couple of instances so I will look into it! Sorry about that.