devrelskills

AI-powered skills for developer relations content. Adapted from marketingskills for developer audiences.

What is this?

A collection of Claude Code skills that generate developer-appropriate content from tutorials with working code, API documentation, technical newsletters, to social posts that developers actually want to read.

Generic AI produces marketing fluff but these skills will help you produce technical content.

Without skills:

"Unlock the power of our revolutionary API! Streamline your workflow and leverage cutting-edge technology!"

With devrelskills:

New endpoint: POST /v2/bulk-import. Import up to 10,000 records per request. Average processing time: 2.3 seconds.

const response = await fetch('https://api.example.com/v2/bulk-import', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: { 'Authorization': `Bearer ${API_KEY}` },
  body: JSON.stringify({ records: data })
});

Skills included

Skill	Description	Use when...
technical-tutorial	Code-first tutorials with working examples	Writing integration guides, how-tos, getting started docs
api-docs-audit	Documentation completeness checker	Reviewing API docs for gaps and improvements
code-examples	Multi-language code samples	Generating SDK examples in curl, JS, Python, Go
dev-newsletter	Technical update emails	Writing changelogs, feature announcements, dev updates
tech-social	Developer social content	Creating Twitter threads and LinkedIn posts for launches

Quick start

1. Install Claude Code

# See https://docs.anthropic.com/en/docs/claude-code

2. Install devrelskills

Copy the skills into your Claude Code skills directory:

cp -r skills/* ~/.claude/skills/

Or clone and symlink:

git clone https://github.com/YOUR_USERNAME/devrelskills.git
ln -s $(pwd)/devrelskills/skills/* ~/.claude/skills/

3. Use a skill

Open Claude Code and invoke any skill:

/technical-tutorial
Write a tutorial for adding OAuth 2.0 to a Next.js app

/api-docs-audit
Audit our POST /users endpoint documentation

/code-examples
Generate examples for creating a user via POST /users

/dev-newsletter
Write a newsletter announcing webhook retries and Python SDK 2.0

/tech-social
Create a Twitter thread announcing automatic webhook retries

Real workflow: API feature launch

Use all 5 skills together for a complete launch:

1. /api-docs-audit — Check existing docs for gaps
2. /code-examples — Generate examples in 3 languages
3. /technical-tutorial — Create complete integration guide
4. /dev-newsletter — Write announcement email
5. /tech-social — Create Twitter thread

Time without skills: 12-18 hours Time with skills: 3-4 hours Savings: ~70%

Project structure

devrelskills/
├── skills/
│   ├── technical-tutorial/SKILL.md   # Tutorial writer
│   ├── api-docs-audit/SKILL.md       # Docs auditor
│   ├── code-examples/SKILL.md        # Code sample generator
│   ├── dev-newsletter/SKILL.md       # Newsletter writer
│   └── tech-social/SKILL.md          # Social content creator
├── tutorials/
│   ├── 01-why-devrel-needs-different-automation.md
│   ├── 02-building-technical-tutorial-skill.md
│   └── 03-five-essential-devrel-skills.md
├── examples/
│   ├── api-launch-workflow.md
│   ├── skill-audit-checklist.md
│   └── outputs/
│       ├── technical-tutorial-example.md
│       ├── api-docs-audit-example.md
│       ├── code-examples-example.md
│       ├── dev-newsletter-example.md
│       └── tech-social-example.md
├── docs/
│   └── adapting-marketing-skills.md
├── CONTRIBUTING.md
└── LICENSE

Background

Most marketing automation tools are optimized for conversion like moving someone from awareness to purchase. That works for B2C, but developers operate differently:

• Code comes first, explanation second
• Show, don't sell
• Respect technical knowledge
• Completeness over cleverness
• Honesty about limitations

These skills enforce those principles. Every tutorial starts with working code. Every example is complete and copy-pastable. No marketing buzzwords allowed.

Credits

• Built on marketingskills by Corey Haines
• Inspired by Anthropic's growth team learnings on Claude Code for marketing automation

License

MIT