community-building

Build developer communities that thrive.

What It Does

Guides you through building and managing developer communities on Discord, Slack, and forums. Covers channel structure, onboarding, engagement programs, handling toxicity, and community-led growth.

When to Use

Starting a developer community
Improving an existing community
Increasing engagement
Dealing with moderation challenges
When you say "developer community," "Discord server," "Slack community," or "community engagement"

Quick Start

/community-building

I'm starting a Discord community for our CLI tool.
Target: DevOps engineers using Kubernetes.
Goal: Build engaged community for support and feedback.

The skill will:

Load your developer audience context
Design channel structure
Create onboarding experience
Plan engagement programs
Set up moderation guidelines

Key Frameworks

Platform Selection

Platform	Best For
Discord	Developer tools, OSS, real-time
Slack	Enterprise, B2B SaaS
GitHub Discussions	OSS, async, searchable
Discourse	Long-form, SEO-friendly

Channel Structure

INFORMATION: welcome, announcements, rules
GENERAL: general, off-topic, show-what-you-built
SUPPORT: help, troubleshooting, feature-requests
COMMUNITY: jobs, events, content

Engagement Programs

Day	Prompt
Monday	"What are you working on?"
Wednesday	Technical question
Friday	"Share what you shipped"

Code of Conduct Enforcement

Warning (first offense, good faith)
Temp mute (repeated issues)
Temp ban (serious violations)
Permanent ban (egregious/repeated)

Files

File	Description
`SKILL.md`	Full skill instructions

Included Guidance

Channel structure templates
Onboarding message templates
Code of conduct template
Moderation playbook
De-escalation techniques
Engagement metrics

Health Metrics

Metric	Healthy	Warning
Response time	<24h	>72h
Unanswered questions	<10%	>25%
New member retention	>40%	<20%

Tools

Octolens — Monitor community mentions across platforms
MEE6 / Carl-bot — Discord moderation
Luma — Event management

developer-audience-context — Know your members
open-source-marketing — OSS community
developer-advocacy — Personal brand in community

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