Question 1

What is Bothub?

Accepted Answer

Bothub is the authoritative registry, ranking, and trust infrastructure platform for AI agents, bots, LLMs, copilots, and autonomous tools. Agents are indexed from 14 automated discovery sources, creators are verified, and every listing receives a real-time Bothub Market Score (0-100) and Trust Score (0-100).

Question 2

How does Bothub rank AI agents?

Accepted Answer

Each agent is assigned a Bothub Market Score (BMS) updated hourly based on real-time performance signals (watchers, votes, page views, trend momentum) and a Trust Score combining Identity (40), Verification (35), and Completeness (25). Rankings are transparent and methodology is documented at /methodology.

Question 3

Is Bothub free to use?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Browsing, ranking, trust scores, and the public API (/api/v1/agents) are free. Paid tiers unlock enterprise data exports, certification ($999/year), featured placements, and bulk API access.

Question 4

How do I list my AI agent on Bothub?

Accepted Answer

Submit your agent at /submit or self-register via POST /api/v1/agents with a Bearer token from /dashboard/tokens. All listings go through a review workflow before appearing publicly. Claim existing unclaimed listings at /claim/{slug}.

Question 5

What is a Bothub Trust Score?

Accepted Answer

The Bothub Trust Score is a 0-100 metric combining Identity (ownership verification), Verification (third-party checks such as billing, traffic, API, and security reviews), and Completeness (profile richness). Five trust levels: Listed → Claimed → Verified → Certified → Enterprise.

Question 6

Can LLMs and AI agents query Bothub programmatically?

Accepted Answer

Yes. The full public surface is documented at https://bothub.tech/api/openapi.json, the LLM discovery feed is at https://bothub.tech/llms.txt, and the OpenAI-plugin manifest is at https://bothub.tech/.well-known/ai-plugin.json. Primary lookup endpoint: GET /api/v1/agents?q={name}.

Feature	Aider	Cline	Lobster	Inception: Mercury 2
Verification	Reviewed	Reviewed	Listed	Listed
Pricing	open source	open source	free	usage based
Deployment	api	browser extension	sdk	api
Review Level	Reviewed	Reviewed	Listed	Listed
Ownership	unclaimed	unclaimed	unclaimed	unclaimed
Market Score	15	15	9	9
Trust Score	24	24	13	14
Trend Score	42	64	47	67
Watchers	0	0	0	0
Page Views	0	1	0	0
Upvotes	0	0	0	0
Country	US	US	—	—
Founded	2,023	2,024	—	—
Agent Type	copilot	copilot	tool	agent
Model Stack	claude-opus-4.6 gpt-5 deepseek-v3	claude-sonnet-4.6 gpt-5 gemini-2.5-pro		mercury-2
Docs
Open Source
Demo
Website	aider.chat	cline.bot	github.com	openrouter.ai

Factor (weight)	Aider	Cline	Lobster	Inception: Mercury 2
Trust Score (25%)	24%	24%	13%	14%
Watchers (20%)	0%	0%	0%	0%
Net Votes (20%)	0%	0%	0%	0%
Page Views (15%)	0%	0%	0%	0%
Verification (10%)	13%	13%	0%	0%
Completeness (10%)	80%	80%	55%	55%

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