Features · Distributor Playbook

core feature · bundled in every tier · proton at launch

Pre-flight validation
for every distributor.

Every distributor has its own rules — allowed genres, file format requirements, metadata field minimums, naming conventions, ISRC handling, lead-time windows. Most are documented across PDFs and partner portals; most labels learn them by getting a release rejected. Distributor Playbook is the rule set codified into Labelflow.

what's in it

The rules, made operational.

01

Distributor-specific rule library

Every distributor's actual rules — genre allow-lists, metadata field minimums, naming conventions, ISRC handling, lead-time windows. Maintained centrally, updated as distributors update their rules.

02

Pre-flight validation

Before a release ships, it's checked against your distributor's actual rules. Anything that would trigger a rejection is flagged with the specific rule that's failing.

03

Specific error messages

Not "metadata invalid" — "track 4's genre tag isn't on this distributor's allow list" or "ISRC for track 2 conflicts with an earlier release". You know what to fix.

04

Auto-fix suggestions

Where the fix is obvious, Labelflow proposes it. Genre tag mismatch? Here are the closest accepted alternatives. Metadata field empty? Here's what to fill in.

what it replaces

The submit-and-wait-for-rejection loop.

Distributor PDFs: Skimmed once on signup, forgotten by the third release. Updated occasionally; you don't know when.
Trial and error: Submit, get rejected, fix, resubmit. Each rejection eats 1-3 days of release-cycle time. The release window slips.
Distributor Playbook: Catch the issue before submission. Your release ships clean the first time, every time. The release-cycle time you used to lose to rejection-and-fix loops, recovered.
where it sits

Bundled in every plan. Proton at launch.

Distributor Playbook is core — bundled in every tier. Proton SoundSystem rules ship at launch; more distributors added throughout the year as the rule library expands. See pricing →   See the roadmap →

next · private beta · june 2026

Ship clean. Every time.

Beta is invite-only. The Distributor Playbook starts paying back on the first rejection it prevents — the days of release-cycle time you keep instead of lose.

Request beta access

Made for the music.