{"license":"CC BY 4.0","attribution":"AI Dispatch — https://aidispatch.news","methodology":"https://aidispatch.news/methodology","generated_at":"2026-09-29T14:42:56.255Z","entity":{"name":"LaunchRepo","slug":"launchrepo","type":"agent","subtype":"tool libraries","developer":null,"homepage_url":"https://launchrepo.dev","summary":"LaunchRepo is a repository of directory-submission playbooks rather than a hosted service. The vendor states that everything runs on the customer's machine with nothing on its servers, that no account beyond the customer's own tools is required, and that nothing is uploaded to the vendor. The customer supplies their own AI agent, which reads the guides and a product brief from a private folder and works in a Chrome window the customer is already signed in to; the vendor states such an agent needs local-file access and Chrome DevTools MCP, and that the connection should be verified before starting. Within a session the agent is described as creating the account, confirming the verification email, filling in the forms and submitting the listing on its own, with the customer handling logins and human challenges personally and later sessions resuming the remaining work. Outcomes are written back to a local dashboard and tracker held on the customer's own computer. Pricing is a one-time EUR 104.98 with no subscription, with future directories, playbooks and updates included; the licence covers products the buyer or their company owns with repository access bound to one GitHub account, client work requires a separate licence, and redistribution is not included. Pre-purchase questions are taken by email.\n\nOn controls, the vendor is explicit that its permission model is not enforced: it states that permissions are instructions for the customer's agent rather than a software-enforced approval gate. The default workflow is described as pausing before paid actions, but that too is documented playbook behaviour the customer's agent is asked to follow, and because the product runs entirely on the customer's machine there is no vendor-side control plane that could enforce it. AI Dispatch found no public information, in the source captured, on any compliance certification or attestation, on any stated regulatory posture, or on insurance, indemnity or warranty -- notwithstanding that the product drives a signed-in browser session to submit listings on the customer's behalf, so the customer bears the risk of a bad submission. Every field on this entity is evidenced from a single capture of the vendor's own homepage taken on 2026-09-27; no independent or third-party source corroborates these claims, all of which are the vendor's own.","url":"https://aidispatch.news/agents/launchrepo/","published_at":"2026-09-29T08:29:35.250468+00:00","updated_at":"2026-09-29T11:33:12.856645+00:00"},"fields":[{"key":"deployment_options","label":"Deployment options","category":"practicality","status":"present","value":"Not a hosted service: runs entirely locally on the customer's own machine, with nothing sent to the vendor's servers.","not_yet_interpreted":false,"quote":"Everything runs on your machine. Nothing on our servers. LaunchRepo is a repository, not a hosted service.","source_url":"https://launchrepo.dev","retrieved_at":"2026-09-27T10:21:02.211762+00:00","review":null,"superseded_quote":null},{"key":"protocols_supported","label":"Protocols supported","category":"ecosystem","status":"present","value":"Requires the customer's own AI agent to have local-file access and Chrome DevTools MCP connectivity.","not_yet_interpreted":false,"quote":"Other agents need local-file access and Chrome DevTools MCP; verify the connection before starting.","source_url":"https://launchrepo.dev","retrieved_at":"2026-09-27T10:21:02.211762+00:00","review":null,"superseded_quote":null},{"key":"human_oversight","label":"Human oversight","category":"agency","status":"present","value":"A human must handle logins and CAPTCHAs/challenges personally; the agent resumes the remaining automated work afterward.","not_yet_interpreted":false,"quote":"You handle logins and human challenges; later sessions resume the remaining work.","source_url":"https://launchrepo.dev","retrieved_at":"2026-09-27T10:21:02.211762+00:00","review":null,"superseded_quote":null},{"key":"permission_scopes","label":"Permission scopes","category":"assurance","status":"present","value":"The product's own FAQ states that granted permissions (e.g. withholding submission until review) are instructions given to the agent, not a software-enforced approval gate.","not_yet_interpreted":false,"quote":"These permissions are instructions for your agent, rather than a software-enforced approval gate.","source_url":"https://launchrepo.dev","retrieved_at":"2026-09-27T10:21:02.211762+00:00","review":null,"superseded_quote":null},{"key":"action_space","label":"Action space","category":"agency","status":"present","value":"The agent autonomously creates accounts, confirms verification emails, fills in forms and submits directory listings end to end.","not_yet_interpreted":false,"quote":"Automated, end to end. Your agent creates the account, confirms the verification email, fills in the forms and submits the listing on its own.","source_url":"https://launchrepo.dev","retrieved_at":"2026-09-27T10:21:02.211762+00:00","review":null,"superseded_quote":null},{"key":"pricing_model","label":"Pricing model","category":"practicality","status":"present","value":"One-time purchase, no subscription; all future catalog additions and updates are included at no extra cost.","not_yet_interpreted":false,"quote":"One payment, no subscription: every new directory, every new playbook and every update we publish lands in your repository at no extra cost.","source_url":"https://launchrepo.dev","retrieved_at":"2026-09-27T10:21:02.211762+00:00","review":null,"superseded_quote":null},{"key":"price_point","label":"Price point","category":"practicality","status":"present","value":"One-time price of €104.98.","not_yet_interpreted":false,"quote":"LaunchRepo one-time €104.98","source_url":"https://launchrepo.dev","retrieved_at":"2026-09-27T10:21:02.211762+00:00","review":null,"superseded_quote":null},{"key":"data_handling","label":"Data handling","category":"safety","status":"present","value":"States nothing is uploaded to the vendor; the product is not a SaaS and requires no extra login beyond the customer's own tools.","not_yet_interpreted":false,"quote":"No SaaS, no extra login, nothing uploaded to us.","source_url":"https://launchrepo.dev","retrieved_at":"2026-09-27T10:21:02.211762+00:00","review":null,"superseded_quote":null},{"key":"support_model","label":"Support model","category":"practicality","status":"present","value":"Offers pre-purchase support via a direct email address.","not_yet_interpreted":false,"quote":"Write to us before buying: info@thecodecave.de","source_url":"https://launchrepo.dev","retrieved_at":"2026-09-27T10:21:02.211762+00:00","review":null,"superseded_quote":null},{"key":"environment","label":"Operating environment","category":"agency","status":"present","value":"Operates by driving a real Chrome browser window the user is signed into, rather than a chat interface.","not_yet_interpreted":false,"quote":"works in a Chrome window you are signed in to","source_url":"https://launchrepo.dev","retrieved_at":"2026-09-27T10:21:02.211762+00:00","review":null,"superseded_quote":null},{"key":"usage_restrictions","label":"Usage restrictions","category":"safety","status":"present","value":"Licensed for products the buyer or their company owns, with repository access bound to a single GitHub account. Client work requires a separate licence; redistribution is not included.","not_yet_interpreted":false,"quote":"Yes, for products you or your company own, with repository access bound to one GitHub account. Client work requires a separate licence. Redistribution is not included.","source_url":"https://launchrepo.dev","retrieved_at":"2026-09-27T10:21:02.211762+00:00","review":null,"superseded_quote":null},{"key":"runtime_governance","label":"Runtime governance","category":"assurance","status":"present","value":"The published default workflow pauses before paid actions, but the vendor states this is not enforced: permissions are described as instructions to the customer's agent rather than a software-enforced approval gate.","not_yet_interpreted":false,"quote":"the default workflow pauses before paid actions.","source_url":"https://launchrepo.dev","retrieved_at":"2026-09-27T10:21:02.211762+00:00","review":null,"superseded_quote":null}],"trust_gap_scores":[{"dimension":"runtime_governance","score":0,"rationale":"Rubric 0 -- and the vendor says so itself: \"These permissions are instructions for your agent, rather than a software-enforced approval gate.\" The one control described, \"the default workflow pauses before paid actions\", is documented playbook behaviour the customer's own agent is asked to follow, not a limit the product enforces. There is no vendor-side control plane that could enforce anything: \"Everything runs on your machine. Nothing on our servers. LaunchRepo is a repository, not a hosted service.\" This replaces an automated score of 2 that was derived from the presence of the runtime_governance and permission_scopes fields rather than from what they say; both fields in fact evidence the absence of enforcement.","rubric_version":"v1","scored_by":"fact-checker-2026-09-29","judged":true,"scored_at":"2026-09-29T08:28:29.296771+00:00","superseded_scores":[{"score":2,"rationale":"Scored from 2 evidenced field(s): runtime_governance, permission_scopes. Automated score; capped at 2 pending review.","rubric_version":"v1-auto","scored_by":"spark-verifier","judged":false,"scored_at":"2026-09-29T08:00:00.121184+00:00"}],"rests_on_flagged_absence":null,"evidence_newer_than_judgement":null},{"dimension":"audit_trail","score":1,"rationale":"A reviewable record exists and is customer-held, but nothing more. \"A local dashboard and tracker A page on your computer showing products, saved statuses, public links and next actions. Your agent checks platforms and updates the records when you run it,\" and the agent \"writes each outcome back to the tracker.\" Scored 1, not higher: the record lives entirely on the customer's own machine, is written by the customer's own agent, and the capture contains no instance of \"audit\", \"tamper\" or \"hash\" -- there is no tamper-evidence, no hash-chaining and no independent copy.","rubric_version":"v1","scored_by":"fact-checker-2026-09-29","judged":true,"scored_at":"2026-09-29T08:28:29.296771+00:00","superseded_scores":null,"rests_on_flagged_absence":null,"evidence_newer_than_judgement":null},{"dimension":"compliance","score":0,"rationale":"No public evidence found. The capture contains no instance of SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, GDPR, EU AI Act or NIST, and no certification, attestation, audit report or regulatory posture of any kind is published. The only compliance-adjacent statements are licence scope (\"Client work requires a separate licence. Redistribution is not included\") and a VAT-inclusive reference price, neither of which is a compliance posture. Absence is the finding.","rubric_version":"v1","scored_by":"fact-checker-2026-09-29","judged":true,"scored_at":"2026-09-29T08:28:29.296771+00:00","superseded_scores":null,"rests_on_flagged_absence":null,"evidence_newer_than_judgement":null},{"dimension":"outcome_settlement","score":0,"rationale":"Rubric 0. \"LaunchRepo one-time EUR 104.98\" and \"One payment, no subscription: every new directory, every new playbook and every update we publish lands in your repository at no extra cost.\" The price is paid up front for a repository of guides and is not conditioned on any directory listing being accepted, published or otherwise verified. The vendor in fact disclaims control of the outcome, noting \"Platform fees are separate\" and that the customer's own AI provider costs apply.","rubric_version":"v1","scored_by":"fact-checker-2026-09-29","judged":true,"scored_at":"2026-09-29T08:28:29.296771+00:00","superseded_scores":null,"rests_on_flagged_absence":null,"evidence_newer_than_judgement":null},{"dimension":"insurance_indemnity","score":0,"rationale":"No public evidence found. The capture contains no instance of \"insur\", \"indemnity\", \"indemnif\" or \"warrant\". No carrier, no cover, no customer indemnity. Notably the product drives a signed-in Chrome session to submit listings on the customer's behalf, so the party bearing the risk of a bad submission is the customer, and nothing in the capture addresses that. Absence is the finding.","rubric_version":"v1","scored_by":"fact-checker-2026-09-29","judged":true,"scored_at":"2026-09-29T08:28:29.296771+00:00","superseded_scores":null,"rests_on_flagged_absence":null,"evidence_newer_than_judgement":null}]}