# community-builder

A skill that hands your agent community-led growth playbooks: member onboarding, engagement programs, ambassadors, health metrics and moderation.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 608 installs · ★ 52
- Author: ncklrs
- License: not stated · policy=link-only · description only; the file stays with the author
- Source: https://github.com/ncklrs/startup-os-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/community-builder/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-02-26
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/community-builder

## What it does

The skill fires when you ask your agent about building or running an online community. It ships a set of rule files under `rules/`, grouped by topic: strategy, platform choice, onboarding, engagement, user-generated content, ambassador programs, metrics, moderation and DevRel. The agent pulls the file that matches your question.

Several frameworks come ready to use. The Community Flywheel maps the attract → activate → engage → advocate loop. A maturity model splits communities into four stages, from founder-led to self-sustaining. There is also the 1-9-90 rule, a member journey from lurker to ambassador, and a breakdown of how a community differs from an audience. A comparison table covers Discord, Slack, Circle, Discourse, GitHub Discussions and Reddit, each with its strengths and weak spots.

The practical side lists engagement program types — office hours, show & tell, AMAs, challenges, conferences — plus a set of anti-patterns: assuming people will show up on their own, chasing vanity metrics, scaling before engagement holds, skipping moderation. Nothing here runs code or needs an API key; it is a text knowledge base your agent reads. Worth adding if you already run a Discord or Slack server and want onboarding and programs to follow a plan instead of being reinvented each time.

## Requirements
- Works with: Slack

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add ncklrs/startup-os-skills --skill community-builder -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/community-builder/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/community-builder/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add ncklrs/startup-os-skills --skill community-builder -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/community-builder/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add ncklrs/startup-os-skills --skill community-builder -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/community-builder/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install ncklrs/startup-os-skills community-builder
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/community-builder/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add ncklrs/startup-os-skills --skill community-builder -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/ncklrs/startup-os-skills --path skills/community-builder
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/community-builder/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add ncklrs/startup-os-skills --skill community-builder -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/ncklrs/startup-os-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/community-builder/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- design an onboarding flow for new community members
- pick between Discord, Slack and GitHub Discussions
- launch an ambassador or champion program
- track community health metrics instead of vanity numbers
- set up moderation rules and conflict resolution

## Example prompts
- Help me plan onboarding for our developer Discord community
- Draft a quarterly ambassador program with stages and metrics
- Which community health metrics should we track and why

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