Agent skill · marketing growth · sickn33
open-source-marketing
When the user wants to market an open source project authentically. Trigger phrases include "open source marketing," "OSS marketing," "GitHub marketing," "promote my library," "grow stars," "launch open source," "open source growth," or "contributor marketing.
Why this skill is useful
Provides specific strategies and frameworks for authentic open source marketing that the AI wouldn't reliably generate on its own.
What it needs
About 8k tokens when loaded. Last updated 2026-08-07. 44,571 stars on the source repository.
What this skill does
Open Source Marketing When to Use Use this skill when you need to market an open source project authentically. Trigger phrases include "open source marketing," "OSS marketing," "GitHub marketing," "promote my library," "grow stars," "launch open source," "open source growth," or "contributor marketing.". This skill helps you market open source projects without being cringe. Covers GitHub optimization, community building, contributor experience, launch strategies, and sustainable growth. --- Before You Start Load your audience context first. Read .agents/developer-audience-context.md to understand: Who would use this project (role, tech stack, problem) Where they discover tools (communities, social, search) What alternatives exist (why would they switch?) How they evaluate OSS (stars, activity, docs, community) If the context file doesn't exist, run the developer-audience-context skill first. --- The OSS Marketing Mindset What Works vs. What Doesn't Works Doesn't Work ------- -------------- Building in public Spamming "check out my project" Solving real problems Building solutions seeking problems Genuine community engagement Transactional follows/unfollows Great docs and DX "The code is self-documenting" Celebrating contributors Taking sole credit Consistent presence Launch and disappear The Growth Equation If any factor is zero, growth is zero. --- GitHub Optimization README Excellence Your README is your landing page. Optimize it. …
How to use it
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