# Claude Code built me a $273/Day online directory

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Podcast: [The Startup Ideas Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-startup-ideas-podcast)
Published: 2026-02-16T18:05:00+00:00
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## Resource

I sit down with Frey Chu to go deep on how to use Claude Code to build AI-coded directories, specifically how to tackle the hardest part: getting valuable data. Frey walks us through three real-world directory examples (a funeral home directory, a senior living directory, and GasBuddy), we play a game guessing their traffic and monetization, and then he does a full live walkthrough of the seven-step process he used to build a luxury restroom trailer directory in four days for under $250. I also ask him about the future of directories in a world where LLMs are changing how people search. Timestamps 00:00 – Intro 02:15 – What you’ll learn 03:00 – Directory Game:Parting(Funeral Home Directory) 05:42 – Directory Game: A Place for Mom (Senior Living Directory) 08:00 – Directory Game: GasBuddy (Crowdsourced Gas Price Directory) 12:32 – The Data Moat Thesis 14:02 – Luxury Restroom Trailers: The Niche Directory Demo 15:52 – Before & After: WordPress Directory vs. Claude Code Directory 19:04 – Cost Breakdown: Built in 4 Days for Under $250 21:23 – Step 1: Scraping Raw Data with Outscraper 22:25 – Step 2: Cleaning Data with Claude Code 23:27 – Step 3: Using Crawl4AI for Automated Website Verification 28:01 – Step 4: Enriching Trailer Inventory Data 31:33 – Step 5: Scraping & Verifying Images with Claude Vision 36:33 – Step 6: Amenities, Features & Filter Data 38:31 – Step 7: Service Areas 39:15 – Niche Directory Ideas: Dementia Care, ADA Bathrooms, Tap Water Quality 43:38 – For Naysayers: Is Building a Directory Worth It in 2026? 47:51 – LLMs, AI Search & the Future of Directories Links Mentioned: Outscraper: https://startup-ideas-pod.link/outscraper Crawl4AI: https://startup-ideas-pod.link/crawl4AI Key Points Data is the moat for any successful directory — and with Claude Code…

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