Citation consistency across local directories is one of those SEO fundamentals that nobody wants to do. You click into Yelp, search your name, check that a listing exists. Then Bing Places. Then Foursquare. Then Nextdoor. Five directories in and you've lost focus.
The Local Directory Coverage Check is just the discipline of going through all twelve in one sitting. Type your business name once. Click one button. All twelve search queries open in new tabs. Tick which ones you're on. The tool generates a prompt that walks Claude through the submission flow for every directory you missed. Including the verification method, typical processing time, and the reason each one matters for citation weight.
The twelve aren't arbitrary. Each one either feeds another directory (Foursquare's API is consumed by dozens of other platforms), covers a vertical (Angi for home services, TripAdvisor for hospitality), or still carries meaningful citation weight in Google's local algorithm (Yelp, BBB, Yellow Pages).
The action plan the tool produces typically takes 4-8 hours of work spread across 2-3 weeks (verification is the bottleneck. Most directories mail a postcard). Once it's done, it's done for a year.
Methodology: Chapter 10 of The $20 Dollar Agency, Business Listings.