Beacon | AI Agents, Skills, MCPs on Autopilot

Beacon — Marketplace for AI Agents, Skills & MCPs

A Product Hunt–style launch desk for AI agents, skills, and MCP servers. Hunters rank what they install. Makers ship. You run the paper — ads, edition weeks, and a staff desk included.

Built as a complete web app: catalog, detail pages, submit flow, hunter accounts, staff admin, labeled ads, and revenue booking. Cream editorial UI. Dark and light. Desktop and pocket.

What you get

• Daily hunt — ranked list of agents, skills, and MCPs
• Launch of the day — featured product with install command
• Three directories — Agents, Skills, MCPs, each with its own facts
• Launch pages — description, votes, installs, maker, discussion
• Submit a launch — makers file a product for review
• Launch calendar — upcoming slots, bookable days
• Hunter accounts — sign in, avatar / press mark, votes
• Staff desk — catalog CRUD, users, editions, notices, ads, calendar, makers, revenues
• Labeled ads — hunt row, directories, launch page, footer. Never looks like a rank
• Edition sponsorship — “presented by” on the week, separate from the ranking
• Revenue book — expected / invoiced / paid, USD · INR · EUR

Why it sells

• The category is hot: agents, skills, MCP servers
• Buyers get a working marketplace, not a landing-page mock
• Money features are already in the desk: ads, editions, seats, revenues
• Design is editorial, not another purple SaaS kit

Tech

• React 19 · TypeScript · Vite · TanStack Start / Router / Query
• Tailwind v4 · Postgres (PGLite / Neon)
• Better Auth (Google / X)

After you unzip

1. npm install
2. npm run dev
3. Open the app. First signed-in visitor can claim the staff desk.

Notes

• Ads and notices are labeled Paid · not a rank
• Catalog ships with a large seed of real agents, skills, and MCPs
• Works in dark and light. Checked at 390px