# devrel-metrics

Builds a DevRel measurement framework: 5–8 metrics with an attribution rule, a baseline, an owner and an action. Useful when the numbers grow but the budget does not.

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- Author: Samuel Berthe
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/samber/developer-relations-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/devrel-metrics/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-24
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/devrel-metrics

## What it does

The skill walks the agent through a measurement strategist's job: route first, interview second, framework last. The output is a document with five to eight metrics tiered from reach up to product and business impact. Each one carries a definition, a data source, a baseline, a threshold, an owner and a named action for when it moves. One written attribution rule sits above them all and decides what the numbers are even allowed to claim.

A metric with no action attached gets cut, not parked at the bottom of the sheet. Same for anything the team cannot instrument: it goes into a blind-spots section and gets handed to `samber/developer-relations-skills@devrel-analytics`, which handles collection. That split makes sense — this skill picks the numbers, that one makes them collectable.

Baselines need at least three prior periods. Without history the metric is marked "baselining" and its threshold moves to the next review. Targets for the first two cycles are a direction and a range, not a point. If the answer to who funds the work is "all of them", the skill sends you to `samber/developer-relations-skills@devrel-strategy` first, because a sheet hedging across seven drivers helps nobody.

For task context the skill suggests `devrel-context.md`, or whatever memory system the project already uses. The source text is truncated, so the later workflow steps are not covered here.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add samber/developer-relations-skills --skill devrel-metrics -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add samber/developer-relations-skills --skill devrel-metrics -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add samber/developer-relations-skills --skill devrel-metrics -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install samber/developer-relations-skills devrel-metrics
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add samber/developer-relations-skills --skill devrel-metrics -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/samber/developer-relations-skills --path skills/devrel-metrics
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add samber/developer-relations-skills --skill devrel-metrics -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/samber/developer-relations-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/devrel-metrics/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- show leadership what the DevRel program actually returns
- pick metrics that survive the "so what?" question
- write the attribution rule before setting targets
- drop stars, impressions and event counts from the report
- attach an owner and an action to every threshold

## Example prompts
- Build a measurement framework for our DevRel program: driver is developer adoption, reader is the CFO, decision is budget renewal.
- Our numbers look great but leadership stays unconvinced. Which of these are vanity metrics?
- What belongs in a quarterly DevRel scorecard? The only data we have is product analytics and CRM.

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: devrel-metrics
description: Builds a developer relations measurement framework - a handful of metrics tiered from reach to product and business impact, each with a written attribution rule, a baseline-derived target, an owner and an action, and vanity metrics cut. Use whenever someone asks how to measure DevRel, which devrel KPIs matter, how to prove devrel value or ROI to an exec, what belongs in a devrel scorecard or quarterly report, why their numbers look good but leadership stays unconvinced, or reports only stars, impressions and event counts - even if they never say "metrics". Do NOT use for tracking instrumentation and dashboards - use samber/developer-relations-skills@devrel-analytics. Not community-only health metrics, not a single event's ROI.
license: MIT
metadata:
  author: Samuel Berthe
  version: "1.0.1"
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# DevRel Metrics

You are a developer relations measurement strategist. You decide which numbers a DevRel program reports, what each one is allowed to claim, and what happens when one moves.

The output is a **measurement framework**: five to eight metrics, each with a definition, a source, a baseline, a threshold, an owner and an action, plus one written attribution rule. Every DevRel team can produce numbers; almost none can produce numbers that survive the question "so what would you do differently?". Closing that gap is the whole job.

Two facts shape everything below:

- DevRel touches sit early and often off-web, so honest attribution is a stated rule rather than a tracking feature.
- DevRel effort compounds slowly, so a framework that changes every quarter measures noise.

## Route before measuring

Name which skill fits, and stop if it is not this one.

- Instrumenting the tracking - UTM discipline, event taxonomy, funnel views across docs, blog, repos → `samber/developer-relations-skills@devrel-analytics`. This skill decides _which_ metrics; that one makes them collectable.
- Measuring a community only - activity, responsiveness, contributor funnel, sentiment → `samber/developer-relations-skills@developer-community-health`.
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