Reddit Promo

Today is ${today}. This skill turns the existing daily fetch-tweets output into promotional Reddit drafts. It does not fetch X itself and it does not post to Reddit - it reads what fetch-tweets already curated, selects what is worth promoting about Aeon, and writes ready-to-post drafts tailored per subreddit. A human posts them.

Read memory/MEMORY.md, memory/products.md, and STRATEGY.md (if present) for Aeon's positioning and current priorities. If soul/SOUL.md + soul/STYLE.md are populated, match that voice for the casual/founder subs; otherwise use a clear, direct, non-hype builder tone.

This skill's output follows the shared docs/output-contract.md. The one that bites here is the cadence clock: Reddit self-promo has to stay occasional, so the digest surfaces how long it has been since the last promo (the seen.txt already gives the story-dedup state; this makes the clock visible so a too-frequent run is obvious).

Var

${var} (all optional, comma-separated where relevant):

• empty - auto-pick the best-fit few subreddits for the freshest promotable story.
• r/Name[,r/Name...] - restrict drafting to these subreddits.
• story:<url-or-keyword> - force the promo around a specific tweet URL or topic from recent output instead of auto-selecting.
• dry-run - do everything but skip the notification (still log).

Input - the daily fetch-tweets output

fetch-tweets runs daily (17:00 UTC) with the query @aeonframework OR aeonfun/aeon OR @miroshark_ OR ... and persists its result. Read these, most-durable first:

1. memory/logs/*.md - last 7 days, each ### fetch-tweets block. This is the source of truth. Each block carries a signal: one-liner, clusters: naming the accounts + engagement (likes:N rts:N replies:N), and a urls: list. Parse every block in range.
2. apps/dashboard/outputs/fetch-tweets-*.json - the newest file. A json-render tree; read the elements map for TweetCard/Heading/Link props to recover fuller tweet text when a log cluster is only a one-line summary. Newest filename by timestamp suffix.
3. memory/fetch-tweets-notify.md - the last notify payload, if present, as a secondary text source.

Do not call ./secretcurl, x-cli, or any X API - the point is to reuse output that already ran.

Steps

1. Collect candidate items. From the sources above, build a list of everything Aeon-relevant in the last 7 days: { text_or_summary, author_handle, url, engagement, days_ago, kind } where kind ∈ shipped (a feature/release/PR), metric (adoption/traction number), endorsement (someone credible cosigning Aeon/Miroshark), launch, other.

   • Promotable = anything positive worth amplifying: Aeon's own announcements (x.com/aeonframework, x.com/aaronjmars, x.com/miroshark_) AND third-party endorsements / adoption metrics (e.g. "hundreds of agents using our API", an unprompted cosign).
   • Not promotable = FUD, copy allegations, "is it dead?" doubt, unrelated market chatter, unverified rumors. Skip these - this is a promo skill, not a defense skill (route those to engagement-act).

2. Dedup + read the cadence clock. Read memory/reddit-promo-seen.txt (one URL per line; create if missing). Drop any candidate whose url is already listed - it was promoted on a previous run. Also drop candidates older than 10 days (promo window closed). While here, compute days_since_last_promo: scan the last 30 days of memory/logs/ for the most recent ### reddit-promo block with status: REDDIT_PROMO_OK and take today minus that date (if none, first promo). This is the cadence clock surfaced in step 7 - it does not gate the run, it just makes over-frequent promo visible.

3. Skip if nothing fresh. If after filtering there are zero promotable, unseen items, log REDDIT_PROMO_SKIP: no fresh promotable items and exit without notifying. Reddit self-promo has to be occasional to not read as spam - silence beats a filler post.

4. Pick the story. Rank remaining items by (fresher × higher engagement × shipped/metric/endorsement over other). Choose the 1 strongest as the headline story; you may fold in 1-2 supporting items as proof points in the same post. If var has story:, use that instead.

5. Choose a few subreddits. Read memory/topics/reddit-subreddits.md for the target table + the two link legends (fall back to the built-in default list below if missing). If var names subreddits, use only those. Otherwise pick the 3-5 whose archetype best fits the story's kind - a shipped code story fits github/claude-skills/open-source; a metric/endorsement fits startup/agents/community. Do not draft all 13 in one run.

   Resolve links for each chosen subreddit:

   • Canonical link (goes in the post body) - resolve the row's link token via the config's "Canonical links" table: repo → https://github.com/aeonfun/aeon, site → https://aeon.fun, miroshark → https://github.com/miroshark/miroshark, xpost → the story's source tweet URL.
   • Submit link (one-click post) - build https://www.reddit.com/r/<name>/submit?title=<url-encoded title> where <name> is the subreddit without r/ and the title is percent-encoded (space→%20, etc.). This opens the composer with the title pre-filled; the operator pastes the body.

6. Draft one post per chosen subreddit using its Archetype (below). Each draft is independent copy-paste-ready text - never identical across subs (Reddit's spam filter flags cross-posted duplicates). Vary title and opening per sub. Each draft has:

   • Title - specific, no emoji, no clickbait. Follow the sub's format note.
   • Body - value/story first, the promo second. 2-5 short paragraphs. End with the canonical link (per the config link column) and an offer to answer questions.
   • Post notes - 1 line: which rule to respect (self-promo ratio, required flair, disclosure), and the reminder to post as the builder ("I built / I work on Aeon"), not anonymously.

7. Write output to a temp file, then send via ./notify -f:

   *Reddit Promo - ${today}*
   <days_since_last_promo>d since last promo · <n> subs drafted
   
   _Story:_ [one-line what we're promoting] - [url]
   
   ---
   *r/SubredditName* · archetype: <name>
   *Title:* <title>
   *Body:*
   <body text, ready to paste - with the canonical link inline>
   *Link in post:* <resolved canonical url>
   *Post here:* [Open r/SubredditName composer](<submit url, title pre-filled>)
   _notes: <rule/disclosure reminder>_
   
   ---
   *r/NextSubreddit* ...
   

   Every draft carries both its Link in post (the canonical URL the body references) and a Post here submit link so posting is one click. Write to /tmp/reddit-promo-output.md, then run ./notify -f /tmp/reddit-promo-output.md. Skip this step on dry-run.

8. Update the seen-file. Append the promoted story URL (and any supporting-item URLs used) to memory/reddit-promo-seen.txt, one per line, so the next run does not re-promote them.

9. Log to memory/logs/${today}.md:

   ### reddit-promo
   - status: REDDIT_PROMO_OK
   - story: [one-line] - [url]
   - subreddits: r/A, r/B, r/C
   - drafted: N posts
   - notified: yes|dry-run
   

   If skipped: - status: REDDIT_PROMO_SKIP: <reason>.

Archetypes

Angle + shape per template referenced by the config table. Keep Aeon's real positioning (from products.md): the most autonomous agent framework - skills-as-markdown on GitHub Actions, cron + chains + self-repair, public traces, self-evolving on fork; open-source (AGPL). Miroshark: universal swarm-simulation engine, hundreds of grounded agents, ~$1 in <10min, x402-native.

• open-source - Lead with "it's open source and here's how it actually works." Show a real mechanic (a SKILL.md is just markdown; the agent runs on GitHub Actions with no approval loop). Link the repo. Honest about what it is and isn't.
• agents - For agent-framework readers. Compare on the autonomy axis: skills + MCP + soul, unattended runs, self-repair, public traces. No vendor-vs-vendor trash talk; state what's different.
• claude-skills - Aeon skills are literally Claude-style markdown skills that run on a schedule. Paste one short skill's shape as a concrete example. Audience is technical - respect it.
• vibecoders - Casual, ship-fast, first-person. "I vibe-coded an agent that runs itself" - show the result, keep it light, invite tinkering.
• startup - Building-in-public founder story. Lead with an honest traction number or a "what shipped this week" beat. No growth-hacky tone; StartupMind smells it.
• github - Show-the-repo. Title format Aeon - <one-line description>; body is a tight what/why/stack + the repo link as the payload. Follow r/CoolGithubProjects' strict title rule.
• community - For the product's own community (r/MiroFish). Direct update, insider tone fine, less "explain the basics." Tie to Miroshark specifically.
• integration - Lead with the ecosystem integration (e.g. Claw agents running on Aeon skills). Frame as "these two things work together," useful to that community.

Reddit rules to bake into every draft

• Value first, ad second. Reddit removes overt shilling. The post must be interesting even to someone who never clicks the link.
• Disclose. Post as the builder - "I built / I work on Aeon." Never pretend to be a neutral discoverer. Many subs require a self-promo flair or a disclosure line; the post notes must remind the operator.
• One link, native. A single canonical link (per the config), not a wall of links. No UTM spam.
• No duplicate text across subs - Reddit's filter catches it; each draft is rewritten, not templated.
• Respect the 9:1 / sub-specific self-promo ratio. The notes line should flag when a sub is strict.
• Drafts only. This skill never posts to Reddit and needs no Reddit credentials. The operator reviews and posts.

Default subreddit list (fallback if config missing)

r/OpenSourceAI, r/lovingopensourceAI, r/LovingAI, r/aiecosystem, r/Ollama, r/AIPromptProgramming, r/Agent_AI, r/CLaudeSkills, r/AskVibecoders, r/StartupMind, r/CoolGithubProjects, r/MiroFish, r/OpenClawInstall

Sandbox Note

Reads only local files (memory/, apps/dashboard/outputs/, soul/). No outbound network calls, no API keys, no curl. ./notify -f handles delivery and falls back to .pending-notify/ if the sandbox blocks the send.

No Environment Variables Required

Reuses the committed fetch-tweets output already on disk plus ./notify.