Kai Growth Hacker

Kai Growth Hacker - First-Hire Distribution OS

Kai root note: knowledge/, harness/, and scripts/ paths in this skill live in the Kai install, not the user's project. Resolve them against the first ancestor directory of this SKILL.md that contains a knowledge/ folder (the Kai plugin root, ~/.claude/kai, or the kai-cmo-harness repo). MARKETING.md, memory/, and any output files live in the current project. If a referenced scripts/ command is not available in this install, say so, skip it, and continue with the file-based guidance — never fabricate its output.

Build a complete growth-hacker operating package. The package maps every plausible channel, scores stage fit, fans out specialist operators, creates test briefs, defines approval gates, and routes execution into the right Kai skills.

This skill does not send, publish, scrape, enrich, spend, upload, call, text, or mutate live systems. It creates the local plan, ledgers, briefs, and approval queues needed before live work.

Phase 0: Load Product Context

Check if MARKETING.md exists in the project root.

If it exists, read it before asking questions. If it does not exist, run /kai-start or infer a temporary brief from trusted project files and mark unknowns as [TODO].

Load these files before production:

• knowledge/playbooks/growth-hacker-first-hire-os.md
• knowledge/playbooks/growth-loops-applied.md
• knowledge/playbooks/demand-generation.md
• knowledge/playbooks/social-media-strategy.md
• knowledge/playbooks/influencer-marketing.md
• knowledge/playbooks/event-webinar-marketing.md
• knowledge/playbooks/paid-media-launch-playbook.md
• knowledge/playbooks/content-repurposing.md
• knowledge/playbooks/analytics-attribution.md
• knowledge/frameworks/aeo-ai-search/aeo-ai-search-playbook-2026.md when AEO is in scope
• harness/references/social-automation-rules.md when organic social execution is in scope
• harness/references/advertising-compliance.md when paid, sponsorship, affiliate, or creator work is in scope
• platform-specific policy references before writing ads or platform-bound posts

Phase 1: Discovery

Read from MARKETING.md. Ask only for missing facts:

1. Business type: B2B, B2C, marketplace, local service, ecommerce, creator, or mixed.
2. Stage: pre-launch, first revenue, early growth, growth, or scale.
3. Primary conversion: waitlist, trial, demo, call, purchase, subscription, event registration, or partner lead.
4. Current channels: what is active, what has failed, what has proof.
5. Assets available: product demo, founder voice, customer proof, reviews, UGC, podcast/video, blog, email list, CRM, ad account.
6. Budget and time: monthly spend, founder/operator hours, production capacity.
7. Regulated or sensitive categories: healthcare, finance, legal, minors, employment, housing, credit, political, personal attributes, or consumer data.
8. Approval rules: who can approve live posts, sends, spend, creator contracts, lead enrichment, CRM updates, and public claims.

Phase 2: Channel Map

Create workspace/growth-hacker/_channel-map.md.

Cover at minimum:

B2B

• LinkedIn organic
• LinkedIn articles/newsletters
• Events and webinars
• AI outbound and SDR
• ABM
• AEO and AI search
• Blogs and SEO
• Long-form operator writing
• YouTube
• X/founder media
• B2B influencers and creators
• Partnerships and co-marketing
• Newsletter/lifecycle
• Podcast
• Community and Reddit
• PR and digital publications
• Paid media and retargeting

B2C

• AI UGC and creative volume
• Organic TikTok
• Paid social
• B2C influencers and creator commerce
• Events, pop-ups, and field marketing
• Sponsorships
• Email, SMS, and retention loops
• Referral, affiliate, and community loops
• Instagram/Reels, YouTube Shorts, Pinterest, Snapchat, and relevant social surfaces
• Ecommerce SEO, product pages, creator-led landing pages, and offer testing when commerce is in scope

For every channel, write:

## [Channel]

**Fit:** [high / medium / low / blocked]
**Why now:** [stage and audience reason]
**Inputs needed:** [...]
**Execution loop:** [...]
**Kai skills:** [...]
**Gates:** [...]
**Metrics:** [...]
**Kill rule:** [...]
**Next test:** [...]

Phase 3: Prioritize

Create workspace/growth-hacker/_prioritization-scorecard.md.

Score every channel 1-5:

Pick:

• Primary channel: the best near-term growth bet.
• Secondary channel: supports the primary or has independent signal.
• Exploratory channel: cheap, high-upside learning.
• Blocked channels: delayed because source access, compliance, offer, or tracking is not ready.

Phase 4: Fan-Out Plan

Create workspace/growth-hacker/_agent-fanout-plan.md.

Use these operators:

If actual subagents are available, split read-only research by channel family and keep final integration in the main thread. If actual subagents are not available, still write the same operator queue so future runs can delegate.

Phase 5: Build Test Cards

Create:

• workspace/growth-hacker/_b2b-channel-tests.md
• workspace/growth-hacker/_b2c-channel-tests.md

Each test card must include:

• Hypothesis
• Channel
• Audience
• Offer or CTA
• Asset required
• Distribution action
• Source tracking
• Compliance gate
• Owner
• Timeline
• Kill rule
• Graduation rule
• Next Kai skill to run

Do not invent benchmarks. Use first-party history, user-provided goals, or mark the target as a data gap.

Phase 6: Create The 90-Day Sprint

Create workspace/growth-hacker/_90-day-sprint.md.

Use this cadence:

Phase 7: Output Package

Write the complete package to:

workspace/growth-hacker/

Required files:

_brief.md
_channel-map.md
_prioritization-scorecard.md
_90-day-sprint.md
_agent-fanout-plan.md
_b2b-channel-tests.md
_b2c-channel-tests.md
_asset-backlog.md
_creative-ledger.md
_outbound-approval-plan.md
_creator-partner-shortlist.md
_metrics-dashboard.md
_decision-log.md
_data-sources.md
_data-gaps.md
_quality-report.md

Specialist Routing

After the package is built, route execution to the specialist skill:

Quality Gates

Before handoff:

1. Run python scripts/quality_gates/banned_word_check.py --file <file> against customer-facing markdown files.
2. Run python scripts/quality_gates/four_us_score.py --file <file> on strategic briefs, test cards, outbound briefs, page briefs, and content assets. Use 12/16 for strategic/content/page work and 10/16 for ads/email/outreach.
3. Run python scripts/quality_gates/seo_lint.py --file <file> on SEO/AEO pages.
4. Run python scripts/quality_gates/agent_readiness_lint.py https://<domain> before AEO/surround-sound execution.
5. Apply harness/references/advertising-compliance.md and platform policy references before ads, sponsorships, affiliates, or creator campaigns.
6. Confirm _data-gaps.md lists missing analytics, source access, proof, budgets, or legal approvals.
7. Confirm _quality-report.md lists every blocked live action.

Live-Action Rule

Do not send email, send DMs, publish posts, upload ads, change spend, sign creator contracts, scrape/enrich lead lists, call or text prospects, mutate CRM records, or edit live sites without explicit approval and a saved dry-run artifact.

Final Response

Return:

• Package path.
• Primary, secondary, and exploratory channel picks.
• Blocked channels and why.
• Specialist /kai skills to run next.
• Gates run and gates still required.