How do I install the Promote skill?

Run npx skillmds@latest add majiayu000/promote in your terminal (requires Node.js), paste this page's agent-chat prompt into Claude, Cursor, or any MCP-connected agent, or download the SKILL.md file and copy it into your agent's skills directory.

What does the Promote skill do?

Batch promote open source projects to tech weeklies and communities. It is listed under Coding & Dev Tools, Marketing & Growth on SkillMD.

Is Promote safe to use?

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Which AI agents work with Promote?

This skill is tagged as working with Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex. SKILL.md is an open format, so most agents that read a skills directory can load it too.

Is Promote free to use?

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Who published Promote?

majiayu000 (@majiayu000) published this skill. Their other Agent Skills are listed on their SkillMD profile.

Promote by majiayu000 — Agent Skill

Name: Promote
Rating: 4.2 (5 reviews)
Author: majiayu000

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OSS Promoter Skill

Batch promote open source projects to tech weeklies and communities.

What this skill does

Search for weeklies: Use WebSearch to find new tech weeklies that accept submissions
Extract project info: Use gh to get repo description, README, stars, etc.
Generate submissions: Create tailored issue content for each weekly
Batch submit: Use gh issue create or gh issue comment to submit

Usage

When the user wants to promote an open source project:

First, ask for the GitHub repo URL if not provided
Load the weeklies config from ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/config/weeklies.json
Use gh repo view <repo> --json name,description,url,stargazerCount,readme to get project info
For each enabled weekly in the config:
- Generate title using the title_template
- Generate body using the project info
- If type is "issue": use gh issue create --repo <weekly_repo> --title "<title>" --body "<body>"
- If type is "comment": use gh issue comment <issue_number> --repo <weekly_repo> --body "<body>"
Track submissions and report results

Commands

/oss-promoter:promote <repo-url> - Promote a project to all enabled weeklies
/oss-promoter:search - Search for new weeklies to add to config
/oss-promoter:list - List all configured weeklies and their status

Submission Template

For Chinese weeklies, use this template:

## 项目介绍

[{name}]({url}) - {description}

## 核心功能

{features_from_readme}

## 使用示例

{usage_example}

## 链接

- GitHub: {url}
- Stars: {stars}

Tools Available

WebSearch - Search for new weeklies
Bash with gh - GitHub CLI for repo info and issue creation
Read - Read config files

Important Notes

Always check if an issue already exists before creating a new one
Respect rate limits - add delays between submissions if needed
Some weeklies require specific formats - check their README first
Set enabled: false for weeklies that are language/topic specific and don't match the project

---name: promotedescription: Batch promote open source projects to tech weeklies and communities.--- # OSS Promoter Skill Batch promote open source projects to tech weeklies and communities. ## What this skill does 1. **Search for weeklies**: Use WebSearch to find new tech weeklies that accept submissions 2. **Extract project info**: Use `gh` to get repo description, README, stars, etc. 3. **Generate submissions**: Create tailored issue content for each weekly 4. **Batch submit**: Use `gh issue create` or `gh issue comment` to submit ## Usage When the user wants to promote an open source project: 1. First, ask for the GitHub repo URL if not provided 2. Load the weeklies config from `${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/config/weeklies.json` 3. Use `gh repo view <repo> --json name,description,url,stargazerCount,readme` to get project info 4. For each enabled weekly in the config: - Generate title using the `title_template` - Generate body using the project info - If `type` is "issue": use `gh issue create --repo <weekly_repo> --title "<title>" --body "<body>"` - If `type` is "comment": use `gh issue comment <issue_number> --repo <weekly_repo> --body "<body>"` 5. Track submissions and report results ## Commands - `/oss-promoter:promote <repo-url>` - Promote a project to all enabled weeklies - `/oss-promoter:search` - Search for new weeklies to add to config - `/oss-promoter:list` - List all configured weeklies and their status ## Submission Template For Chinese weeklies, use this template: ```markdown ## 项目介绍 [{name}]({url}) - {description} ## 核心功能 {features_from_readme} ## 使用示例 {usage_example} ## 链接 - GitHub: {url} - Stars: {stars} ``` ## Tools Available - `WebSearch` - Search for new weeklies - `Bash` with `gh` - GitHub CLI for repo info and issue creation - `Read` - Read config files ## Important Notes - Always check if an issue already exists before creating a new one - Respect rate limits - add delays between submissions if needed - Some weeklies require specific formats - check their README first - Set `enabled: false` for weeklies that are language/topic specific and don't match the project

Frequently asked questions

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