# Connect nanoclaw to LotsDirectory

Canonical page: https://lots.directory/agents/nanoclaw
Steps checked: 2026-10-01

Ask nanoclaw to list your product on LotsDirectory and keep track of your directory submissions. Add LotsDirectory to nanoclaw as a remote MCP server with an API key.

MCP server URL: https://api.lots.directory/mcp
REST API docs: https://api.lots.directory/docs
Setup instructions for your agent: https://lots.directory/skill.md

## What you can do once connected

- Create and update your product listing, upload its images, and publish, schedule or unlist it.
- Get your badge snippet and check that it is live on your website.
- Read the weekly launch board and see where your product stands.
- Find the directories that fit your product, prepare your product packet and record each submission you make.
- Answer the questions visitors ask on your listing.
- Read your listing’s views, clicks and Domain Rating (by Ahrefs).
- Search and read the public listings in the directory.

The LotsDirectory dashboard does the whole job too: your listing, badge, launch week, directory submissions and analytics. Your agent for speed, the dashboard for control.

## You need

- A current nanoclaw installation with remote HTTP MCP support
- Administrator access to its group configuration and credential gateway
- A LotsDirectory API key
- A LotsDirectory account. You can create one during sign-in.

## Connect nanoclaw to LotsDirectory

1. **Add the server to your agent’s group.** On the host, merge this entry into mcpServers in groups/<group-folder>/container.json. Keep the group’s existing configuration. nanoclaw mounts this file into the agent container at startup.

```
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "lotsdirectory": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://api.lots.directory/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

2. **Configure the credential gateway.** Create a LotsDirectory API key at https://www.lotstech.com/api. Store it in your installation’s credential gateway, scoped to api.lots.directory, and configure the Authorization header as Bearer followed by the key. Allow the agent’s group to use that connection; keep the real key out of container.json.

3. **Start a new agent session.** Restart the affected agent session so it loads the server. Ask nanoclaw “List my products on LotsDirectory” before changing anything.

## What to ask next

- “List my product from https://yourproduct.com on LotsDirectory”
- “Show this week’s launches on LotsDirectory and where my product stands”
- “Show me the directories that fit my product best and what each one asks for”
- “I submitted to the first directory on my list. Record it with this note and show my progress”

## Questions and troubleshooting

### How do I connect nanoclaw to LotsDirectory?

Follow the nanoclaw setup above to add https://api.lots.directory/mcp. Configure your LotsDirectory API key using the credential settings shown. Then ask “List my products on LotsDirectory”.

### Is nanoclaw the same installation as OpenClaw?

No. They are separate projects and runtimes. Follow nanoclaw’s group configuration and credential-gateway steps above; OpenClaw has its own MCP setup.

### Do I need an API key to use LotsDirectory with nanoclaw?

Yes. Create one at https://www.lotstech.com/api and keep it out of chats, logs and committed files. Where nanoclaw offers sign-in, use that instead.

### What does LotsDirectory cost?

Current plans and prices are on https://lots.directory/pricing. Your agent’s own plan or usage fees are separate.

### Can my agent change other people’s listings?

No. Your agent can search and read public listings, and it can change only the listings your account owns.

### Does my agent submit my product to other directories?

Your agent and the dashboard work through the same directory list and the same records. Your agent reads what each directory asks for, prepares your product packet and records each submission, and you complete the steps a directory asks of its owner.

### Will I see my agent’s changes in my dashboard?

Yes. The dashboard and your agent use the same records, so a listing your agent creates or updates is the one you see in your dashboard.

### The server is configured but requests are blocked

Check your credential gateway’s connection, group grant and network policy for api.lots.directory. The remote MCP entry alone does not authorize network access or supply credentials.

## Sources

- [nanoclaw: runner configuration](https://github.com/nanocoai/nanoclaw/blob/main/container/agent-runner/src/config.ts)
- [nanoclaw: credential gateways](https://github.com/nanocoai/nanoclaw/blob/main/docs/gateway-seam.md)