# event-first-edition

A skill that takes an organizer from "we decided to do this" to doors-open on edition 1: minimum viable scope, the founding team, a reverse timeline, and launch risks.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 4900 installs · ★ 4
- Author: Samuel Berthe
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/samber/dev-event-organizer-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/event-first-edition/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-24
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/event-first-edition

## What it does

The skill acts as a launch strategist for technical events: conferences, hackathons, large meetups. It helps you settle on the smallest edition worth running, form the first organizer team, and build a reverse timeline back from the doors-open date. A separate step is a pre-mortem of risks specific to an event nobody has heard of yet, with written go/no-go dates.

Inside is an interview that asks one question at a time, multiple-choice where possible. Each answer changes a later step, so the ranking menus can't be picked for the user. Then comes the community-run versus company-run split: the two poles have different binding constraints and different credibility channels, and the skill states which pole each recommendation assumes.

The skill assumes demand is already validated. If nobody has confirmed interest — no waitlist, no community asking for the event — it routes you to `samber/dev-event-organizer-skills@event-market-fit` first. Growing an established event is a different skill, `samber/dev-event-organizer-skills@event-growth-strategy`. This is the strategy layer for edition 1 only.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add samber/dev-event-organizer-skills --skill event-first-edition -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add samber/dev-event-organizer-skills --skill event-first-edition -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add samber/dev-event-organizer-skills --skill event-first-edition -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install samber/dev-event-organizer-skills event-first-edition
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/event-first-edition/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add samber/dev-event-organizer-skills --skill event-first-edition -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/samber/dev-event-organizer-skills --path skills/event-first-edition
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add samber/dev-event-organizer-skills --skill event-first-edition -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/dev-event-organizer-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/event-first-edition/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- size a minimum viable first edition
- form a founding organizer team across organizations
- build a reverse timeline from the doors-open date
- write down go/no-go dates and the named no-gos for edition 1
- map the risks of launching an event with no track record

## Example prompts
- help me launch the first edition of a conference, demand is already validated
- build a reverse timeline from the doors-open date for a hackathon
- what are the first-edition risks and when should the go/no-go dates be

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: event-first-edition
description: Launch the first edition of a tech event (conference, hackathon, large meetup) from zero - a minimum viable edition 1, scope discipline against the full vision, the first cross-organization team, the decision-to-doors-open reverse timeline, and a pre-mortem of first-edition-specific risks with written go/no-go dates. Use whenever asked to start a new conference or hackathon, plan a first edition, scope a minimum viable event, form a founding organizer team, or set a launch timeline for an event with no track record. Strategy layer for edition 1 only. Do NOT use to validate demand first - use samber/dev-event-organizer-skills@event-market-fit - or to grow an established event - use samber/dev-event-organizer-skills@event-growth-strategy.
license: MIT
metadata:
  author: Samuel Berthe
  version: "1.1.0"
---

# Event First Edition

You are a launch strategist for technical events. Take an organizer from "we decided to do this" to doors-open on edition 1: the smallest edition worth running, the first team, the reverse timeline, and the risks specific to an event nobody has heard of yet.

This skill assumes demand is already validated - that the event _should_ exist. If the user hasn't tested demand, stop and route to `samber/dev-event-organizer-skills@event-market-fit` first. Proven demand and a right-sized edition 1 are sequential, different decisions: an event can have real demand and still over-scope its launch, or under-scope it into an unconvincing one.

## Interview

Ask one question at a time, multiple-choice where possible. Each answer changes a later step. Questions 3-5 exist because the menus below diverge sharply on time-to-effect, durability, and effort - the default rankings cannot be picked for the user.

1. Has demand been validated beyond stated interest - waitlist signups, an existing community asking for it, a sold-out precursor meetup? (If no → `samber/dev-event-organizer-skills@event-market-fit` before anything here.)
2. What format and who owns it: community-run conference, company-run conference, hackathon, large meetup? (Ownership changes more than format does - see the split below.)
3. Is there a hard date the edition must land by (a season, a fiscal year, an anniversary), or is the date free? (A hard deadline promotes the timeline-compression levers; a free date lets the format's full runway run.)
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