# launch-window-planner

This skill compares launch windows by conflict, tailwind and risk, then proposes a date and an embargo window.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 1000 installs · ★ 3013
- Author: aaron-he-zhu
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/aaron-he-zhu/aaron-marketing-skills/tree/HEAD/launch/research/launch-window-planner/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-25
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/launch-window-planner

## What it does

The skill handles one lever: timing. It scans industry-event and conference cycles, overlays the competitor launch calendar, and returns a comparison table of candidate windows showing where the conflict, the tailwind and the risk sit. It also makes the launch-week versus rolling-release call.

Three connectors do the pulling: `scripts/connectors/producthunt.py` for competitor launch history, `scripts/connectors/hn.py` for community rhythm, and `scripts/connectors/gdelt.py` for news pulse around candidate dates. All are keyless or free-key. Product Hunt needs a developer token, and its non-commercial API terms mean business use requires approval plus attribution. If a connector is unavailable, you paste the data yourself.

The skill never writes the launch registry directly. It submits the chosen window, buffer and embargo facts as a candidate through `operation: propose`, and `launch-registry` turns them into the canonical record. Every timing input carries a Measured, User-provided or Estimated label — the store-review buffer is Estimated, because it is a guess rather than a fact.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aaron-he-zhu/aaron-marketing-skills --skill launch-window-planner -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aaron-he-zhu/aaron-marketing-skills --skill launch-window-planner -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aaron-he-zhu/aaron-marketing-skills --skill launch-window-planner -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install aaron-he-zhu/aaron-marketing-skills launch-window-planner
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/launch-window-planner/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aaron-he-zhu/aaron-marketing-skills --skill launch-window-planner -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/aaron-he-zhu/aaron-marketing-skills --path launch/research/launch-window-planner
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aaron-he-zhu/aaron-marketing-skills --skill launch-window-planner -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/aaron-he-zhu/aaron-marketing-skills/tree/HEAD/launch/research/launch-window-planner/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- compare two or three launch windows by conflict and risk
- overlay the competitor launch calendar on release dates
- pad the schedule for store-review latency
- choose between launch-week and rolling release
- set the embargo lift moment with a timezone

## Example prompts
- Pick a launch window for [product] in [quarter]. Constraints: team availability and partner commitments.
- Map the competitor launch calendar and industry events around [candidate date] — should we move?
- Define the embargo window for [launch]: lift moment, timezone, and who is committed to it.

## Source text · SKILL.md · Apache-2.0

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---
name: launch-window-planner
slug: aaron-launch-window-planner
displayName: "Launch Window Planner · 发布窗口规划"
summary: "发布择时/竞品日历/禁运期窗口/审核缓冲"
description: 'Use when the user asks to "pick a launch date", "plan the launch window", or "set the embargo and lift time"; produces a candidate-window comparison table (conflict / tailwind / risk per window) built from industry-event cycles and the competitor launch calendar, a launch-week vs rolling-release format call, store-review buffer padding (labeled Estimated), and an embargo window definition (lift moment + timezone) submitted to the launch registry as a candidate. Not for judging the cultural moment itself — use trend-spotter; not for launch-day execution — use launch-day-conductor. 发布择时/发布窗口/竞品日历/禁运期窗口/审核缓冲'
version: "20.1.0"
license: Apache-2.0
compatibility: "Claude Code and compatible agent-skill hosts"
homepage: "https://github.com/aaron-he-zhu/aaron-marketing-skills"
when_to_use: "Use when choosing a launch date or window: scanning industry events and conference cycles, mapping the competitor launch calendar, padding for store-review latency, choosing a launch-week vs rolling format, or defining the embargo window and lift moment. The timing layer of launch research — the chosen window becomes canonical only after launch-registry records it."
argument-hint: "<product / launch stage> [candidate dates or quarter] [tier] [constraints]"
metadata: {"author": "aaron-he-zhu", "version": "20.1.0", "discipline": "launch", "phase": "research", "geo-relevance": "low", "hermes": {"tags": ["marketing", "launch", "research"], "category": "launch"}, "openclaw": {"emoji": "🚀", "homepage": "https://github.com/aaron-he-zhu/aaron-marketing-skills"}}
---

# Launch Window Planner
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