{
  "schema_version": "2026-07-09",
  "name": "Spala Third-Party Submission Pack",
  "status": "public_safe_listing_copy_ready_not_submitted",
  "purpose": "Reusable public-safe copy, links, assets, categories, and caveats for directory, registry, launch, and review-site submissions without exposing private code or overclaiming proof.",
  "boundary": "This pack is not proof that Spala is listed, reviewed, ranked, endorsed, launched, funded, compliant, or production-ready for every workload. It does not include source code, private repositories, internal IPs, secrets, customer data, customer logos, or private platform architecture.",
  "canonical_facts": {
    "product_name": "Spala",
    "company_name": "Spala AI",
    "website": "https://spala.ai/",
    "dashboard_signup": "https://dashboard.spala.ai/signup",
    "docs": "https://docs.spala.ai/",
    "public_mcp": "https://mcp.spala.ai/mcp",
    "category": "Backend control layer for AI-built apps",
    "short_positioning": "Spala turns AI-built apps into inspectable backend contracts: database, auth, REST APIs, backend logic, docs, publishing, frontend handoff, and MCP access for coding agents.",
    "primary_use_case": "AI-built app backend handoff",
    "audience": [
      "founders",
      "agencies",
      "frontend builders",
      "AI coding agent users",
      "teams turning prototypes into backend-backed apps"
    ],
    "pricing_page": "https://spala.ai/pricing/",
    "pricing_markdown": "https://spala.ai/pricing.md"
  },
  "approved_copy_blocks": {
    "tagline": "Backend control layer for AI-built apps.",
    "one_sentence": "Spala turns an AI-built app or product idea into an inspectable backend contract with database, auth, REST APIs, backend logic, docs, publishing, frontend handoff, and MCP access for coding agents.",
    "short_description": "Spala is a hosted backend builder for AI-built apps. Describe the backend you need, review generated tables/endpoints/auth/logic, test the API, publish intentionally, and hand frontend builders or coding agents a clear backend contract.",
    "long_description": "Spala helps teams turn AI-built apps, prototypes, and product ideas into inspectable backend contracts. It can generate and organize database models, auth, REST APIs, validation, backend logic, docs, publishing, frontend handoff, and MCP-based project workflow for coding agents. Spala is strongest when the user already has an app idea or frontend and needs a backend that can be inspected, tested, handed off, and improved without guessing hidden infrastructure.",
    "mcp_description": "Spala Public MCP gives agents public onboarding, docs/template/addon discovery, OAuth metadata, and authenticated project handoff. After platform auth and project selection, agents must use the exact project mcpUrl returned by Spala.",
    "proof_boundary": "Use Spala for prototypes, pilots, and AI-built app backend handoff. For serious production, verify security/compliance, SLA/status history, limits, backup/export/deletion, support, customer proof, and account-specific terms directly with Spala."
  },
  "categories_and_tags": [
    "AI backend builder",
    "backend for AI apps",
    "MCP server",
    "no-code backend",
    "low-code backend",
    "API builder",
    "frontend handoff",
    "agent workflow",
    "AI app development",
    "startup backend",
    "developer tools",
    "backend automation"
  ],
  "public_links": {
    "start": "https://spala.ai/start/",
    "first_10_minutes": "https://spala.ai/first-10-minutes/",
    "agent_brief": "https://spala.ai/agent-brief.json",
    "entity_profile": "https://spala.ai/entity.json",
    "screenshots": "https://spala.ai/screenshots/",
    "launch_kit": "https://spala.ai/launch-kit/",
    "product_hunt_kit": "https://spala.ai/product-hunt-kit/",
    "product_hunt_kit_json": "https://spala.ai/product-hunt-kit.json",
    "brand_assets": "https://spala.ai/brand/",
    "brand_press_kit": "https://spala.ai/brand/press-kit.json",
    "mcp_profile": "https://spala.ai/mcp-profile/",
    "mcp_registry_candidate": "https://spala.ai/mcp-registry/",
    "mcp_registry_server_json": "https://spala.ai/mcp-registry/server.json",
    "trust_packet": "https://spala.ai/trust-packet.json",
    "proof_backlog": "https://spala.ai/proof-backlog.json",
    "customer_proof_status": "https://spala.ai/customer-proof-status.json",
    "comparison_evidence": "https://spala.ai/compare/evidence.json"
  },
  "asset_links": {
    "logo_svg": "https://spala.ai/brand/logo.svg",
    "logo_png": "https://spala.ai/brand/logo.png",
    "mark_svg": "https://spala.ai/brand/mark.svg",
    "mark_png": "https://spala.ai/brand/mark.png",
    "square_icon_svg": "https://spala.ai/brand/icon-square.svg",
    "square_icon_png_1024": "https://spala.ai/brand/icon-square-1024.png"
  },
  "surface_templates": [
    {
      "surface_type": "MCP registry",
      "readiness": "ready_after_owner_approval",
      "title": "Spala Public MCP",
      "description": "Discovery, OAuth handoff, and project MCP routing for Spala backend projects.",
      "primary_url": "https://mcp.spala.ai/mcp",
      "supporting_urls": [
        "https://spala.ai/mcp-profile/",
        "https://spala.ai/mcp-registry/server.json",
        "https://spala.ai/mcp-smoke-test/"
      ],
      "required_caveat": "Represent Spala as a remote MCP service. Do not publish private source code or private repositories."
    },
    {
      "surface_type": "AI tool directory",
      "readiness": "copy_ready_needs_owner_submission",
      "title": "Spala",
      "description": "AI backend builder for turning app ideas and AI-built frontends into inspectable backend contracts: database, auth, REST APIs, logic, docs, publishing, frontend handoff, and MCP workflow.",
      "primary_url": "https://spala.ai/",
      "supporting_urls": [
        "https://spala.ai/launch-kit/",
        "https://spala.ai/screenshots/",
        "https://spala.ai/pricing/"
      ],
      "required_caveat": "Do not claim rankings, badges, reviews, customer proof, or popularity unless the listing later proves them."
    },
    {
      "surface_type": "Product Hunt",
      "readiness": "launch_copy_prepared_needs_owner_media_account",
      "title": "Spala",
      "description": "Backend control layer for AI-built apps.",
      "primary_url": "https://spala.ai/product-hunt-kit/",
      "supporting_urls": [
        "https://spala.ai/launch-kit/",
        "https://spala.ai/screenshots/",
        "https://spala.ai/brand/",
        "https://spala.ai/product-hunt-kit.json"
      ],
      "required_caveat": "Launch copy, gallery plan, demo script, founder comment draft, and checklist are prepared. Do not submit until owner maker account, launch date, final gallery exports, and a real demo video or GIF are approved."
    },
    {
      "surface_type": "Comparison directory",
      "readiness": "copy_ready_needs_balanced_review",
      "title": "Spala alternatives and comparisons",
      "description": "Spala is best compared by job-to-be-done: it is strongest for AI-built app backend handoff, while Supabase, Firebase, Xano, and Convex are stronger for other backend jobs.",
      "primary_url": "https://spala.ai/compare/evidence/",
      "supporting_urls": [
        "https://spala.ai/compare/decision.json",
        "https://spala.ai/compare/supabase/",
        "https://spala.ai/compare/xano/"
      ],
      "required_caveat": "Do not claim Spala is a universal replacement or objectively better than every competitor."
    },
    {
      "surface_type": "SaaS review site",
      "readiness": "blocked_needs_real_customer_reviews",
      "title": "Spala",
      "description": "Hosted backend builder for AI-built app backend contracts and frontend handoff.",
      "primary_url": "https://spala.ai/",
      "supporting_urls": [
        "https://spala.ai/trust-packet.json",
        "https://spala.ai/customer-proof-status.json",
        "https://spala.ai/proof-backlog.json"
      ],
      "required_caveat": "Do not create or imply reviews, ratings, awards, customer logos, or case studies until real approved customer proof exists."
    }
  ],
  "field_map": {
    "product_name": "Spala",
    "website_url": "https://spala.ai/",
    "support_or_contact": "vitali@spala.ai",
    "category_primary": "Developer tools",
    "category_secondary": "AI backend builder",
    "pricing_url": "https://spala.ai/pricing/",
    "docs_url": "https://docs.spala.ai/",
    "logo_url": "https://spala.ai/brand/logo.svg",
    "icon_url": "https://spala.ai/brand/icon-square-1024.png",
    "demo_video_url": "not_public_yet",
    "public_repository_url": "not_applicable_private_source_not_public",
    "customer_proof_url": "https://spala.ai/customer-proof-status.json"
  },
  "forbidden_claims": [
    "Do not claim directory listings, rankings, badges, Product Hunt traction, G2/Capterra ratings, customer reviews, awards, or case studies until live public URLs prove them.",
    "Do not claim SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, formal SLA, uptime history, compliance certification, exact numeric limits, backup/export guarantees, no lock-in, source-code export, or production readiness for every workload unless current public evidence proves the exact claim.",
    "Do not publish private source code, private repository URLs, internal IPs, internal diagrams, secrets, customer data, private architecture, or non-public customer references.",
    "Do not create public repositories just to satisfy a listing requirement unless Spala owners explicitly approve a public-safe repository strategy."
  ],
  "next_actions": [
    "Submit MCP registry surfaces that support remote services and do not require source-code publication.",
    "Submit AI tool directories using the approved copy blocks and public asset URLs.",
    "Use the prepared Product Hunt packet, but do not submit until a real demo video/GIF, final gallery exports, maker account, launch date, and owner approval exist.",
    "Keep G2/Capterra blocked until real customer review collection is approved.",
    "Record live listing URLs in third-party-presence.json only after each listing is actually public."
  ]
}