AGENT SKILLBY KOSTJA94
Community forum
AT A GLANCE
Community forum is a social media skill for AI agents. Guides forum promotion, community invitation, and vertical community marketing. The kostja94/marketing-skills repository on GitHub, maintained by kostja94, has 691 stars and the MIT license. To add it, run npx skills add kostja94/marketing-skills --skill community-forum
- SOURCE REPOSITORY
- kostja94/marketing-skills (opens GitHub in a new tab)
- REPO STARS
- SOURCE REPOSITORY
- LICENSE
- MIT
- CATEGORIES
- SKILL.MD SIZE
- 7.3 KB123 LINES
QUICK ANSWER
- WHAT IT IS01
- Guides forum promotion, community invitation, and vertical community marketing. Its edge is a particular angle on social content, giving the agent tighter constraints than a plain community forum request.
- INPUTS02
- Context for social content: your goals, audience, constraints, and any source material the skill asks for.
- OUTPUT03
- A ready-to-use result for social content: the analysis, copy, or recommendations the agent produces.
INSTALL
One command adds this skill from its source repository.
npx skills add kostja94/marketing-skills --skill community-forumREAD THE SKILL.MD BELOW BEFORE YOU RUN IT. SKILLS INSTRUCT YOUR AGENT.
SKILL.MD
The full file, as published in the source repository. Copy it, download it or open it on GitHub.
ON THIS PAGE · 11
Channels: Community & Forum Promotion#
Guides forum promotion, community invitation, and vertical community marketing. Community-led growth (CLG) costs ~90% less than paid acquisition with ~3.2x higher customer LTV. Indie Hackers delivers ~23% conversion vs Product Hunt ~3%; HN and Reddit require sustained engagement. For cold start planning (first users, launch channels), see cold-start-strategy. For indie hacker strategy (first 100 users, Build in Public content framework, Indie Hackers tactics), see indie-hacker-strategy.
When invoking: On first use, if helpful, open with 1-2 sentences on what this skill covers and why it matters, then provide the main output. On subsequent use or when the user asks to skip, go directly to the main output.
Initial Assessment#
Check for project context first: If .claude/project-context.md or .cursor/project-context.md exists, read it for product, audience, and brand voice.
Identify:
- Goal: Leads, community growth, brand awareness
- Platform fit: Indie Hacker, HN, Reddit, Discord, vertical forums
- Timeline: One-time launch vs sustained (4-6 months for Indie Hackers)
Forum Types#
| Platform | Audience | Use |
|---|---|---|
| Indie Hacker | Indie makers, founders | Sustained engagement; authentic journey posts; ~23% conversion vs PH 3% |
| Hacker News | Tech, startups | Show HN launch; ~1,300 posts/day; front page = luck + timing |
| Hackernoon | Dev, tech readers | Content distribution |
| Industry forums | Niche verticals | Discount codes for leads; search "[industry] forum"; post event/activity promotion; see discount-marketing-strategy for code strategy |
| Subreddit-specific | See reddit-posts; 90/10 rule; 29+ posts for traction | |
| Discourse (self-hosted forum) | Community-specific | Owned forum; full SEO/GEO control; see Discourse SEO section below |
Discourse (Self-Hosted Forum) SEO#
If you run a Discourse forum (or similar self-hosted forum), SEO/GEO considerations differ from posting on third-party platforms:
| Practice | Guideline |
|---|---|
| Guest access | Allow anonymous reading for categories meant to attract traffic; login-only mode severely limits indexed pages |
| Topic structure | First post carries SEO weight; write clear titles and substantive opening posts; avoid fragmented short topics |
| Sitemap & robots | Discourse generates sitemaps automatically; monitor in GSC as a separate property (subdomain or subdirectory) |
| Content quality | Merge duplicates, mark resolved threads, surface FAQ topics—forum-level quality signals affect crawl and citation |
| GEO | Structured topic titles and well-formed opening posts are extractable by AI tools; forum format with timelines and accepted answers lends credibility |
| Subdomain vs subdirectory | Discourse recommends subdomain for operational reasons; search engines do not inherently favor either for ranking—choose based on infrastructure, not SEO alone |
Hacker News Launch#
| Practice | Guideline |
|---|---|
| Title | "Show HN: [Product] - [specific problem solved]"; honest, no clickbait |
| Timing | Tue-Thu; peak US hours; avoid weekends, Mon, Fri |
| First comment | Invitation to engage; product status (beta/MVP); differentiated solution; try-it link |
| Assets | Live demo, GIFs, screenshots, 30-60s demo video |
| Expectation | Traffic spike, not sustained growth; partly luck-dependent |
Indie Hackers Best Practices#
- Sustained engagement: 4–6 months; not a one-time launch
- Content: Authentic journey posts; product "sprinkled within"; avoid heavy promotion
- Result: ~23% conversion vs Product Hunt ~3%; organic traffic from authentic sharing
For full Indie Hackers tactics, Build in Public content framework (40/30/20/10), first 100 users → indie-hacker-strategy.
Community Invitation Tactics#
| Channel | Method |
|---|---|
| Welcome email | Post-signup automation; 4x open, 5x CTR vs regular campaigns |
| Homepage CTA | Button, popup, banner; above-the-fold upgrade CTA |
| In-site placement | High-visibility areas; user-focused sections (e.g. dashboard, settings) |
| Banner | Homepage, carousel below hero |
| Registration emails | Success/confirmation email with community link |
| EDM campaign | Newsletter + banner, interview-for-membership |
| Discord | Post event/community info; founder engagement 2-3h/day |
| Vertical forums | Search "[industry] forum"; post event/activity promotion |
| Post-login form | In-app signup form shown after login; high-intent placement |
Welcome email best practices: One clear CTA per email; front-load value in subject; personalize (signup source, interests); link to best content, events; ask questions (~75% reply rate). Automated 2-4 email sequence.
Vertical Community Channels#
| Principle | Guideline |
|---|---|
| Target | Find channels where target audience gathers |
| Niche over broad | Industry-specific subgroups; avoid mass posting |
| Caution | Mass posting risks removal; match community tone; choose wording carefully |
| Examples | Reddit subreddits, Discord servers, Quora, X, Hacker News, Stack Overflow, niche B2B communities |
| Regional | Large communities by locale—event/activity promotion; target vertical channels within each; see localization-strategy |
Community-led growth: Engage before promoting; build trust; contribute value first.
Natural Traffic (Complementary)#
| Channel | Use |
|---|---|
| Hashtags | Social tag optimization |
| Facebook groups | Indirect referral |
| Giveaways | Attention and conversion |
Brand Basics (Encyclopedia, Q&A)#
| Platform | Use |
|---|---|
| Wikipedia | Global; neutral, cited content; brand credibility |
| Quora | Q&A; brand discussion, thought leadership, long-term SEO |
| Stack Overflow | Tech/dev; expertise signals, backlinks |
| Regional | Local encyclopedias and Q&A by locale; verified credentials; see localization-strategy |
Wikipedia: Neutral language, credible references, no promotional content. Regional platforms require verified credentials; prioritize local search share. Free and sustainable; supports long-term conversion while search habits persist.
Output Format#
- Forum selection and approach (HN vs IH vs industry)
- Community invitation plan (welcome email, CTA, banner, EDM, Discord)
- Vertical channel targeting
- Content strategy (authentic vs promotional mix)
- Timeline (launch vs sustained)
Related Skills#
- reddit-posts: Reddit post copy, subreddit rules
- cold-start-strategy: Cold start orchestrates Product Hunt, Reddit, Indie Hackers, directories; this skill handles forum/community tactics
- indie-hacker-strategy: Indie hacker first 100 users; Build in Public; Indie Hackers tactics; this skill = forum/community tactics; indie-hacker = strategy + context
- directory-submission: Product Hunt, Taaft; different from forum community
- affiliate-marketing: Communities as recruitment channel
- top-banner-generator, popup-generator: Homepage CTA, banner
- newsletter-signup-generator: EDM, welcome email
- localization-strategy: Regional markets (local platforms by locale)
FAQ
07 QUESTIONS
01What is the Community forum agent skill?
Guides forum promotion, community invitation, and vertical community marketing. It is listed under social media in the 100xLab agent skills directory.
02How do I install Community forum in Cursor, Claude Code, or Codex?
Run npx skills add kostja94/marketing-skills --skill community-forum in the project where you want it, then ask your agent for the skill by name. The --skill flag installs only Community forum, not every skill in the repository.
03What does the Community forum SKILL.md cover?
The SKILL.md includes sections on Initial Assessment, Forum Types, Discourse (Self-Hosted Forum) SEO, Hacker News Launch, Indie Hackers Best Practices and Community Invitation Tactics. Read the full text on this page or in plain markdown at /resources/agent-skills/kostja94-marketing-skills--community-forum--cn5ixp/raw.
04Which agents can use Community forum?
Community forum installs with the cross-agent skills installer (npx skills add), which sets it up for agents such as Claude Code, Cursor and Codex. Each agent loads the SKILL.md when you ask for the skill by name.
05What license is Community forum under?
The kostja94/marketing-skills repository declares the MIT license. Read the license file in the repository before you copy or redistribute the skill.
06Is Community forum free to use?
Reading, copying and installing Community forum costs nothing: it is published in a public GitHub repository under the MIT license. Reuse and redistribution follow that license.
07Where is the source of Community forum?
Community forum comes from https://github.com/kostja94/marketing-skills, which has 691 GitHub stars. The SKILL.md is at https://github.com/kostja94/marketing-skills/blob/HEAD/skills/channels/community/community-forum/SKILL.md. The author is kostja94.
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Community forum was written by its original authors and is published in kostja94/marketing-skills (opens GitHub in a new tab) under the MIT license. All rights stay with the original authors.
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