GitHub - marketingskills/open-source-growth: Growth skills for open-source repos. Repo audit, README upgrade, demo builder, launch pack, ecosystem inclusion PRs

Growth skills for open-source repos. Give your AI agent a growth team for your open-source project.

Are you an agent? Read AGENTS.md first. Then load skills/repo-growth-operator/SKILL.md or skills/ecosystem-inclusion-operator/SKILL.md.

Are you a human? 📋 Copy this prompt to any AI:

Help me grow my open-source repo using marketingskills/open-source-growth

What this repo does

Two agent skills that turn "random GitHub repo" into a trusted, installable, shareable project.

Skill	What it does
repo-growth-operator	Audit README, fix install flow, generate demos, create launch packs, scaffold trust files, design monetisation, build social proof.
ecosystem-inclusion-operator	Find relevant awesome lists, directories, and repos. Score targets. Open non-spammy PRs. Track progress with `/loop`. Star high-quality targets.

Why this exists

Building an open-source repo is one thing. Making it discoverable, trustworthy, and installable is a completely different skill. These skills package that skill so your AI agent can help you grow your repo the same way a growth team would.

Self-audit

We ran this skill on its own repo. See the full self-audit output.

Score: 65/95. Top blockers: no animated demo, no Roadmap, no release tag yet.

Want to embed your own score badge?

[![Open Source Growth Score](https://img.shields.io/badge/Open%20Source%20Growth-81%2F100-brightgreen?style=flat-square&logo=github)](https://github.com/marketingskills/open-source-growth)

Run python skills/repo-growth-operator/scripts/self_audit.py or ask your agent to audit your repo.

Quick start

# Install the skills
npx skills add marketingskills/open-source-growth

# Or curl:
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/marketingskills/open-source-growth/main/install.sh | bash

# Then ask your agent:
# "Audit my repo for adoption blockers"

Example prompts

"Audit this open-source skill repo for adoption, trust, and conversion:
https://github.com/marketingskills/seo"

"Rewrite this README to maximise installs, stars, and first-run success."

"Find relevant awesome lists and start inclusion PRs for my repo."

"Star this high-quality target repo for me."  (requires gh CLI)

Ethical growth

Every suggestion in these skills is governed by an ethical growth policy. We do not recommend spam, fake stars, fake contributors, or deceptive metadata.

Growth hacks this skill knows

Talk to your agent about any of these:

Repo audit — score your repo, find adoption blockers
README rewrite — install clarity + first-run success
Demo builder — GIF scripts, Loom outlines, screenshots
Launch pack — LinkedIn, X, HN, Reddit posts
Trust scaffolding — issue templates, CI, CONTRIBUTING
Marketplace optimisation — better SKILL.md metadata
Monetisation bridge — OSS-to-paid conversion path
Ecosystem inclusion — find and PR into relevant awesome lists
Social proof — star, watch, fork via gh CLI
Install script — curl | bash installer with auto-update
Score badge — embed your growth score in your README
Self-audit — run the skill on its own repo as a recursive demo

marketingskills/seo — Open-source SEO workflows for AI agents. Install: npx skills add marketingskills/seo

Topics

agent-skills open-source repo-growth devrel developer-marketing growth-hacking oss

GitHub - marketingskills/open-source-growth: Growth skills for open-source repos. Repo audit, README upgrade, demo builder, launch pack, ecosystem inclusion PRs — for your AI agent.