OPC Directory

OPC Directory is a curated research platform for solo founders and one-person companies, covering everything from city-level incorporation policies to the tools, services, and case studies that make up a working indie business. Where most startup directories index products indiscriminately, OPC Directory applies editorial review to every entry — the result is a knowledge base built for practical decisions rather than passive browsing.

What It Covers

The directory organises its 1,000+ resources into six top-level categories. Base covers where to form and live — including detailed policy guides for Chinese cities like Chengdu, Shanghai, Hangzhou, and Beijing, each broken down by registration incentives, subsidies, and compliance requirements. Cases profiles real OPC businesses, documenting what they built and how they monetise. Stack indexes the software and services a solo founder actually uses: databases, payment processors, AI APIs, and infrastructure. Learn collects structured guides and courses. People surfaces founders and operators worth following for repeatable lessons. Help lists formation agents, tax services, and compliance providers.

The breadth is deliberate. A solo founder evaluating whether to base their company in Chengdu, accept payments via Stripe or Wise, and run their backend on Supabase can research all three decisions in the same place rather than piecing together information from scattered sources.

Who Uses It

The platform is designed for several distinct but overlapping profiles: Chinese founders navigating domestic city-level OPC policies and subsidy programmes; non-resident founders forming US LLCs or opening business bank accounts from abroad; indie developers building SaaS, content, or marketplace products without a team; and trade SOHOs operating cross-border e-commerce who need compliance and payment guidance.

The Chinese-first editorial angle is a meaningful differentiator. Most English-language directories treat China as a footnote. OPC Directory approaches it from the inside — original curation is done from a Chinese editorial perspective, with bilingual summaries that remain accessible to English-speaking founders. For anyone researching the Chinese OPC policy landscape in particular, this fills a genuine gap.

How People Use It

A common workflow is comparative research: a founder evaluating which Chinese city offers the best registration environment pulls up several city guides side by side, reviews subsidy structures and tax incentives, and uses that output to make a location decision. Another typical use is stack validation — checking which payment tools, banks, or infrastructure services are actually used by operators in a similar situation, rather than relying on vendor claims alone.

For founders using AI agents in their research process, OPC Directory exposes structured API endpoints — search, detail, compare, and field-catalog — designed to be queried directly without scraping. This makes it practical to pipe directory data into an agent workflow or build tooling on top of it.

The Briefing Studio is a workflow layer on top of the directory itself: select a set of resources, and it generates an operational brief with action checklists — useful both for founders who want a structured output and for those feeding research into an AI assistant.

Fit and Limitations

OPC Directory works well when the research question is specific: a city, a tool category, a business model archetype. It is less suited to broad exploratory browsing — 1,000+ items require filtering to surface what is actually relevant to a given situation, and the depth of English-language summaries varies across entries.

Founders outside the Chinese market may find the city-policy content less directly applicable, though the Stack, Cases, and Learn categories cover global tools and global business models throughout.

Pricing and Access

OPC Directory operates on a freemium model. The core directory is browsable without an account. API access — which enables structured queries for agent workflows — is available on paid plans, with details on the Pricing page. The Briefing Studio appears to be a premium feature. Founders can also submit resources for editorial review via the Submit page at no cost, whether adding a city guide, a tool, a showcase, or a service listing.