BC product-hunt-playbook
It's 11pm before your launch. Your PH page is ready but you have no idea what actually moves the ranking algorithm. Upvotes? Comments? Time-of-day? This is the hour-by-hour operations manual from someone who's coached 30+ #1 finishes. What's inside: • Ranking algorithm deep-dive (it's not just upvotes — weighted factors decoded) • Launch day minute-by-minute checklist (PST timing, first 3 hours are critical) • Voter mobilization strategies (ethical, anti-spam-safe approaches) • Asset preparation templates (gallery, tagline ≤60 chars, maker comments) • Post-launch 72h momentum plan (convert PH traffic → retained users) Built from: 30+ PH #1 daily wins, 10+ weekly top 3, 2 monthly top 5. 3,000-5,000+ upvotes per launch. Triggers: "Product Hunt" | "PH launch" | "Product Hunt #1" | "PH ranking" | "Product Hunt strategy" | "PH upvotes" | "launch day" | "PH打榜" | "Product Hunt攻略" | "PH ranking algorithm"
As a process C 57/100 · Has gaps — weak spots: result and completion, when it triggers, inputs and preconditions
How to improve
- Say in the description WHEN to use the skill ("use when…", example requests): that is the agent's main cue.
- Your own cases (evals/evals.json, 4–6 real requests with expected answers): the full check would then run those instead of a model-drafted suite.
- A spec.yaml with trigger phrases and assertions — a behaviour contract for CI; `skilltest init` writes a template.
Guard findings · 0
✓ No critical or high findings
Files scanned: 7. Evidence is masked. Grey chips explain why severity was lowered.
Against the Agent Skills spec
- warning
description-no-whendescription does not say WHEN to use the skill (no "use when") - note
frontmatter-keyunknown frontmatter key "source"
Process rating: all ten parameters 57/100
- 0Result and completion. Does not say what the result is
- 0Inputs and preconditions. Does not say what the process needs to start
- 0Progress reporting. Says nothing while it works
- 20When it triggers. No condition that starts the skill
- 30Running it twice. 5 mutating operations with no state check
- 60Failures and branches. 2 branches
- 100Tools and files. No external tools needed
- 100Steps. 32 steps
- 100Consistency. Name and required fields are in place
- 100Execution cost. Instruction body is 1691 tokens
- low 10 top-level sections: this looks like several domains in one skill
- high The skill tells the model to perform an irreversible action with no human approval
Everything here is measured from the skill text rather than judged by a model, so the numbers are checkable. A parameter weighs more when it is a more common reason for the process to stall.
Quality signals
- +4Description does not say when NOT to use the skill (false activations)
- +3Description length 913: 120–800 characters recommended
- +3Output format is not stated: the model decides each time
- -5TODO / placeholder text left in the skill
- -218 emoji in the instructions: noise for the model
- +1No license
- +2Single-language instructions
- +5Description quotes 9 example trigger phrases
- +4Structure: 15 headings
- +3Step-by-step instructions: 32 items
- +4Has examples (2 code blocks)
- +4Reference files are cited in the instructions (1 of 1)
Quality base 70; lint remarks subtract, signals add up to 100. Result: 70.