Varnan-Tech/opendirectory

AI Agent Skills built for Founders who hate Marketing

OpenDirectory – Plug‑in‑style agent skills for marketing & growth

What it is – OpenDirectory is a catalog of ready‑made “skills” (prompt + context bundles) that you can drop into a variety of LLM‑powered agents (Claude, Gemini, Codex, OpenCode, Manus AI, etc.). Each skill equips the target agent with domain‑specific knowledge, tools and prompt templates for a concrete marketing or growth‑related task – e.g. generating blog‑cover images, writing a Show‑HN post, auditing a pricing page, or building a product‑launch video.

How you use it

  1. Browse the catalog via an interactive terminal UI:
    npx "@opendirectory.dev/skills"   # TUI browser
npx "@opendirectory.dev/skills" list   # plain list
  2. Pick the LLM you are working with using the --target flag (Claude, Codex, Gemini CLI, Anti‑Gravity, OpenClaw, Hermes, Manus AI, etc.).
  3. Install a skill in one command:
    npx "@opendirectory.dev/skills" install <skill-name> --target claude
    The command copies the skill’s SKILL.md (prompt, system messages, tool definitions) into the appropriate folder for the chosen agent, so the next time you run the agent it can execute the new capability.

What the repo contains

  • 64 skills grouped into categories such as Visual & Media, Content, Launch, and GTM Intelligence.
  • Each skill lives in its own folder under skills/ with a short description, a version tag, and a SKILL.md that defines the prompts and any helper scripts.
  • Example skills:
    • blog-cover-image-cli – CLI that calls Gemini 3.1 Flash to create 1200×630 px blog covers.
    • brand-alchemy – Brand‑strategy and naming assistant that runs a discovery interview and checks domain availability.
    • cold-email-verifier – Enriches CSV lead lists and guesses missing email addresses.
    • pricing-page-psychology-audit – Audits a SaaS pricing page against 12 psychology principles and returns a ranked improvement report.
    • company-radar – Parallel research across 8+ platforms, scoring competitors on a 0‑100 heat map.
  • Installation options
    • npx CLI – No global install; always runs the latest version.
    • skills.sh – npx skills add Varnan-Tech/opendirectory to add the whole marketplace or a single skill.
    • Claude Desktop – Download a ZIP of a skill folder and upload it via Claude’s Customize → Skills UI.
    • Claude Code plugin – /plugin marketplace add Varnan-Tech/opendirectory then /plugin install ….
    • Manus AI – Direct “Install in Manus AI” button on the skill’s web page.

Who it’s for – Founders, product marketers, growth hackers, and developers who already use an LLM‑based assistant and want to avoid writing prompts from scratch. By installing a skill, the agent instantly gains the expertise of a specialist (e.g., a brand strategist, video‑production director, or competitive‑intelligence analyst) without the user having to craft the underlying prompt engineering.

Why it matters – Prompt engineering is a bottleneck for many teams. OpenDirectory treats each prompt bundle as a reusable module, similar to a package manager for AI capabilities. This makes it easy to share, version, and compose sophisticated marketing workflows across different LLM platforms.

Quick start example

# Open the interactive browser
npx "@opendirectory.dev/skills"

# Install the "show-hn-writer" skill for Claude
npx "@opendirectory.dev/skills" install show-hn-writer --target claude

Now your Claude‑based agent can draft Hacker News Show‑HN posts with built‑in title variants and Gemini‑backed quality checks.

Key take‑aways

  • A library of 64 marketing‑focused AI skills that plug into multiple LLM agents.
  • Installation is single‑command, zero‑setup via npx or the skills.sh marketplace.
  • Skills cover visual creation, copywriting, launch kits, competitive intel, and more.
  • Designed for founders and marketers who dislike building prompts but want AI‑assisted productivity.

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