Preview
What it is.
It maps the developer subreddits that pay back the effort, each with a member count, a culture note and a self-promotion tolerance, then plans a comment-first sequence for building standing before you post anything of your own.
You use it to avoid a ban you cannot undo. r/programming is listed at 6M+ members with very low tolerance, and the skill states that Reddit expects months of genuine participation first.
What you get.
- A subreddit table with member counts, culture and promo tolerance
- A comment-first strategy for building standing before posting
- Per-community rule guidance, since each sub sets its own
- Account setup advice, including using your own identity
- A read on which subs pay back the months of commenting
How to set it up.
Install with npx add-skill jonathimer/devmarketing-skills.
Identify the subreddits your developers use, then check each against the tolerance column before planning anything.
Set up a dedicated account under your own name. The skill's rule is to avoid using your company name as the username.
Comment first, for months. This is stated as a requirement of the channel and not as a nicety.
Read each sub's rules individually. Tolerance varies enough that one policy across five subs will get you removed from two.
Save r/programming and the other 6M+ member subs for content that stands on its own, since tolerance there is very low.
Pricing Plans
Free. MIT license.
Checked against the repo in July 2026.
Use cases
Planning months of standing
Reddit is the channel and a ban is the risk. Name the subreddits your developers use; back come the tolerance read per sub and a comment-first sequence for building standing before any post about yourself.
Vetting a launch post
You're tempted to drop the launch into a huge programming sub. Check it against the table first; the biggest communities come back marked very low tolerance, reserved for content that stands on its own.
Research without posting
You want to hear developers argue about your category. The subreddit table, with a culture note per sub, maps where those threads live, and it earns its keep even if you never post.
Setting up the account
The first comment hasn't been written yet. Ask for the account guidance before it is; you post under your own name, keep the company out of the username, and the standing you build accrues to a person.
Best for
A long-horizon developer channel
If you can commit months of commenting, the reach is large and the table tells you where to spend it.
Avoiding a ban you cannot undo
The tolerance column and the per-sub rules are the cheapest way to learn this.
Finding where your audience argues
The subreddit table is a useful map even if you never post, because those threads are research.