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Designs community building strategies for startups. Covers platform selection, onboarding flows, engagement mechanics, moderation guidelines, and growth playbooks for Discord/Slack/forum communities.
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Builds communities that become your startup's unfair advantage. A strong community provides feedback, support, word-of-mouth, and a moat competitors can't copy.
Builds communities that become your startup's unfair advantage. A strong community provides feedback, support, word-of-mouth, and a moat competitors can't copy.
| Trigger | Behavior |
|---|---|
| Starting a community | Full setup guide |
| "community", "discord" | Platform-specific setup |
| Community engagement dropping | Re-engagement playbook |
| Platform | Best For | Cost | Setup |
|---|---|---|---|
| Discord | Dev tools, gaming, tech community | Free | Fast |
| Slack | B2B, professional communities | Free (limited) | Fast |
| GitHub Discussions | Open source projects | Free | Minimal |
| Circle/Bettermode | Premium communities, courses | $$ | Medium |
| Reddit (subreddit) | Public discovery, SEO | Free | Minimal |
📢 announcements (read-only, updates)
👋 introductions (new members say hi)
💬 general (main chat)
❓ help-and-support (product questions)
💡 feature-requests (product ideas)
🐛 bug-reports (issue reporting)
🏗️ show-and-tell (users share what they built)
📚 resources (guides, tutorials)
🎉 wins (celebrate user achievements)
──── Team Only ────
🔒 team-internal (private team chat)
🔒 feedback-review (review user feedback)
## Community Guidelines
1. **Be respectful** — Treat everyone with kindness
2. **Stay on topic** — Use the right channels
3. **No spam** — Self-promotion in designated threads only
4. **Search first** — Check if your question was already answered
5. **Share knowledge** — Help others when you can
6. **Report issues** — Flag violations to moderators
| Phase | Size | Focus | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seed | 0-100 | Quality over quantity | Personal invites, 1:1 conversations |
| Growth | 100-1K | Engagement habits | Regular content, AMAs, challenges |
| Scale | 1K-10K | Self-sustaining | Community leaders, user-generated content |
| Mature | 10K+ | Governance | Moderation team, sub-communities |
1. Invite your first 10 users personally
2. Post a welcome message with YOUR story
3. Ask questions daily (seed conversations)
4. Respond to every message within 4 hours
5. Highlight early members publicly
6. Share product updates first in community
7. Host a weekly AMA or office hours
| Mechanism | Description | Effort |
|---|---|---|
| Welcome flow | Auto-welcome + intro prompt | Low |
| Weekly thread | "What are you working on?" | Low |
| Office hours | Live Q&A with founders | Medium |
| Challenges | Build/create something with product | Medium |
| Spotlight | Feature community members | Low |
| Early access | Beta features for community | Medium |
| Community roles | Power users become moderators | Low |
| Tool | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Write | Generate community setup docs, guidelines |
| Read | Reference existing community strategy |
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npx claudepluginhub dokkabei97/forged-claude-code --plugin forged-claude-codeGuides SaaS developers on building and scaling user communities: platform selection (Discord, Slack, GitHub Discussions), launch timing, engagement tactics, and peer-to-peer support to cut load.
Provides strategy and tactics for building online communities across platforms: Discord, Slack, Telegram, and social channels. Covers onboarding, engagement, moderation, ambassador programs, and metrics.
Designs and executes community-led growth strategies for Discord, Slack, forums, or subreddits to drive retention, activation, word-of-mouth, and brand loyalty.