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founder-led-content from aidevgtm/gtm-cofounder is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add aidevgtm/gtm-cofounder/founder-led-content@git:20260929.dfba153

Pins git:20260929.dfba153 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
aidevgtm/gtm-cofounder
Path
skills/14-founder-led-content/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
4
Latest version
git:20260929.dfba153, committed Sep 29, 2026
First version recorded
Jul 27, 2026
Size
4,013 bytes
Repository stars
334
License
MIT

Build authority by teaching the problem space, not announcing features. Use when the user finds "marketing" distasteful and does none, publishes only product updates, or wants a sustainable content and GitHub-README strategy that developers actually respect.

Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.

What the file says

# Founder-led content

> You don't have to "do marketing." You have to become the person developers trust on *the problem*. Sell the category, not the product, and let the authority pull people in.

**Use this when:** content feels slimy so you avoid it, your "blog" is a changelog, or a competitor is quietly becoming the go-to voice while you ship in silence.

## The core idea

Developers reward **technical depth, honesty, and a real point of view**, and punish polished fluff. The move isn't promotion; it's education. Be the trusted expert on the problem, take a stance on where the space is heading, and the product sells itself as the obvious answer.

Before product-market fit, **only the founder can do this**. It's the #2 hire (DevRel) later, not now.

## Framework: authority positioning (Frankl)

- Own the **problem**, not just the product page. Talks, posts, teardowns, a distinctive thesis.
- **Sell the category:** teach the problem, describe the need for "a tool like this," share results, without proactively pitching (that trips developer defenses).
- Have an actual **point of view** on where the industry is going. A trusted expert has opinions; a vendor has features.
…

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How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add aidevgtm/gtm-cofounder/founder-led-content@sha256:647bfa24a5730064

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260929.dfba153, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.

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  • pass: Frontmatter block present
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a name
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a description
  • pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (4013 bytes)
  • pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
  • pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
  • pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
  • pass: No credential-shaped string
  • pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
  • pass: No text hidden with inline styles
  • pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
  • pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
  • pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
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  • pass: No link to a raw IP address
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Source

GitHub

aidevgtm/gtm-cofounder · 334 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-02 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_sjpeunih6kpom3i3
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=aidevgtm/gtm-cofounder/founder-led-content
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/647bfa24a573006417f5295f03b1c790ed88ef0a8ab79160c437a9503c8ed6d1

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