How adhd-status was published, the loop to repeat for any skill, and what the eight biggest skill repos do that we don't yet.
Put it at the top of the README. It is item 1 of the ranked list at the bottom.
Stars cannot be guaranteed. This page raises the odds that the right people see the skill and trust it. Nothing here buys stars, and nothing here should.
Every number below was re-measured against git log, the GitHub API, the Scorecard API and bestpractices.dev. The hand-over recap matches; the one addition is the Contributors check (3/10).
| Measure | Value | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Stars / forks | 1 / 0 | Repo created 2026-11-01 |
| OpenSSF Scorecard | 7.4 | of 10, run 2026-11-02 |
| OpenSSF Best Practices | passing | 100% passing · silver 15% · gold 4% (project 16177) |
| Latest release | v1.4.0 | Zip + .intoto.jsonl SLSA provenance |
| GitHub topics | 20 / 20 | All slots used |
| Eval cases | 6 | claude plugin eval . |
| Commits on main | 18 | 13 direct, then PRs #1 to #5 |
Bar height is the score on a 0 to 10 scale.
| Commit | What it did |
|---|---|
6e1c03f | Skill, README, MIT license, example reply, eval cases |
169a8d0 | v1.1 plugin layout (plugin.json + marketplace.json), one task per thread, smarter compact, time estimates |
dc557a6 | Logo, header image, badges, discovery keywords |
2370b21 | v1.2 hub mode: ROADMAP.md as the summary page of every task in flight |
39b61c8 | v1.3 Back to parent button; the agent reads the terminal |
2cc7186 | One-command full-kit install |
70663c3 f5b0c50 | Open Source badge (OSI logo), Open Source · MIT mark in the banner |
50d8245 | Open source wording, FAQ, llms.txt for search and AI discovery |
01a7e51 | Privacy shield, privacy badge, PRIVACY.md |
120c557 | Scorecard workflow and badge |
83679ce | Author byline, SECURITY.md, Dependabot for actions |
4dd8ddb | CodeQL scanning for workflows |
0260a22 #1 | v1.4 built-in completion sweep |
0d0133b #2 | Signed SLSA release provenance, Security at a glance section |
5e475f1 #3 · 20ee8a2 #4 | Author photo and maumoya/adhd-status title in the header |
6ea182d #5 | CONTRIBUTING.md, Best Practices badge |
Outside git: social preview uploaded, private vulnerability reporting on, Best Practices form at 100%.
| Check | Score | Raise it honestly? |
|---|---|---|
| Code-Review | 0 | needs people A second human approving PRs |
| Maintained | 0 | wait Repo must be 90+ days old with steady activity |
| Fuzzing | 0 | n/a No executable code to fuzz |
| Contributors | 3 | needs people Contributors from other organizations |
| CII-Best-Practices | 5 | doable Silver raises it; gold needs a second maintainer |
| Pinned-Dependencies | 7 | capped SLSA generator must be referenced by tag |
| Branch-Protection | 8 | needs people 10 needs reviews by 2 people |
| 10 other checks | 10 | maxed Dangerous-Workflow, Security-Policy, Dependency-Update-Tool, Binary-Artifacts, Token-Permissions, License, Vulnerabilities, SAST, Signed-Releases, CI-Tests |
Run it in rounds. Write each round's numbers into a scoreboard row. Stop a round when nothing moves without other people or time. Ticks below are saved in this browser only.
gh repo view OWNER/REPO --json stargazerCount,forkCount,repositoryTopics,description
gh api repos/OWNER/REPO/traffic/views --jq '.count, .uniques'
gh api repos/OWNER/REPO/traffic/popular/referrers --jq '.[] | "\(.count) \(.referrer)"'
curl -s https://api.securityscorecards.dev/projects/github.com/OWNER/REPO | jq '.score'
curl -s https://www.bestpractices.dev/projects/ID.json | jq '.badge_level, .badge_percentage_1'Referrers matter most: they show which channel actually sent people. Chips show where adhd-status stands today.
A badge belongs only when it shows a live measurement or a checkable fact.
| Badge | Honest when | adhd-status |
|---|---|---|
| Latest release | Always; links to release notes | add |
| CI / evals status | A workflow actually runs tests | add |
| OpenSSF Scorecard | Workflow installed | on |
| OpenSSF Best Practices | Shows the real level | on |
| SLSA level 3 | Releases come from slsa-github-generator | add |
| CodeQL | Workflow runs | add |
| License | Always | on |
| skills.sh | Listed there | after listing |
| Trendshift | Trendshift lists the repo (automatic) | not yet |
| Star History chart | There is a curve worth showing | not yet |
Skip unmeasurable download counters, invented ratings and "featured in" claims without a link.
One submission per channel. Never send the same pitch twice.
| Channel | Know first |
|---|---|
| Anthropic plugin directory | Form linked in the claude-plugins-official README (clau.de/plugin-directory-submission). Quality and security review. |
| skills.sh | Make npx skills add OWNER/REPO work, then check the listing. |
| ComposioHQ/awesome-claude-skills · 78k | Pull request in its exact format, no emojis, tested skill. |
| hesreallyhim/awesome-claude-code · 57k | Issue form only, no PRs. One resource at a time. 14+ days old with ongoing commits, or 100+ stars. adhd-status qualifies from 2026-11-15. |
| travisvn/awesome-claude-skills · 16k | Pull request; now requires "social proof" (stars). Go after other channels bring some. |
| BehiSecc/awesome-claude-skills · 10k | Fork and pull request. |
| Show HN | Repo links for these skills scored 2 to 3 points. An essay that teaches something did far better (Part 3). |
| r/ClaudeAI · r/ADHD_Programmers | Read each sub's self-promotion rule. Post the GIF and the story; answer every comment. |
| X | 10-second video, one line, repo link in a reply. |
| dev.to | A how-I-built-it article that teaches the completion sweep or the eval design. |
| Product Hunt | Last: once there is a site, a GIF and users who will show up on launch day. |
Never: bought stars, star-for-star swaps, mass DMs, the same link in many subs. GitHub removes fake stars and awesome-lists ban repos for it.
| Repo | Stars | Created | Releases | First screen | Badges | Topics |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| obra/superpowers | 310,641 | 2025-10-09 | 16 | Text, table of contents | 0 | 8 |
| anthropics/skills | 186,373 | 2025-09-22 | 0 | Text, skills.sh badge | 1 | 1 |
| addyosmani/agent-skills | 112,563 | 2026-02-15 | 17 | Hero image, ASCII lifecycle | 1 | 6 |
| Leonxlnx/taste-skill | 107,793 | 2026-02-19 | 7 | Light/dark wordmark | 12 | 11 |
| tt-a1i/archify | 92,391 | 2026-04-15 | 23 | Lockup, hero, live gallery | 29 | 20 |
| mvanhorn/last30days-skill | 66,260 | 2026-01-23 | 56 | GIF ad, Trending #1 badge | 5 | 20 |
| virgiliojr94/book-to-skill | 36,713 | 2026-05-01 | 5 | Mascot banner | 22 | 13 |
| nidhinjs/prompt-master | 15,380 | 2026-03-11 | 0 | Banner image | 2 | 4 |
Sells a method: "a complete software development methodology". A long manual with no images. Install docs and plugin folders for 12+ agents, a listing in Anthropic's official marketplace, a Discord, v7.0.1.
Support every agent; be in the official marketplace.
The reference implementation with spec/ and template/. 96-line README, no releases.
Authority can't be copied, but you can be listed beside it.
An ASCII DEFINE → SHIP diagram maps every slash command. Own site, evals/, "How it compares", 17 releases. On HN the repo link got 2 points; the author's blog post about it got 376.
Write the essay; link the repo from it.
Owns one word, "anti-slop", also a topic. 42 images, mostly before/after pages. Own domain, three install paths, Common Questions, tests/.
Prove it with before/after pictures.
The fullest storefront: hero, live gallery, GIFs, 29 badges, 5 languages, llms.txt, SECURITY.md, benchmarks, community gallery. A release every ~9 days.
Let users show off what they made with it.
GIF ad as hero, "GitHub Trending #1" badge, Trendshift, 7 languages, "What people are saying", community showcase, data-handling section, 56 releases.
Ship weekly; turn each release into a post.
One transformation in the name: book in, skill out. Mascot banner, 22 badges, FAQ, a copyright section that answers the obvious worry, docs site, evals/.
Name the transformation; answer the worry up front.
Banner, the problem, two full before/after examples, counts in headings ("37 credit-killing patterns"). Installs first via claude.ai zip upload.
Concrete numbers beat adjectives; reach claude.ai users too.
npx skills add in 5 of 8.vhs.1 hShared by every top repo without built-in authority. This skill's value is visual.npx skills add maumoya/adhd-status work; check skills.sh.1 h5 of 8 offer it; reaches agents beyond Claude Code.CHANGELOG.md.ongoingEvery fast climber does it; each release is a reason to post.Not on the list: anything that fakes stars, reviewers or quotes. Code-Review, Contributors and gold stay where they are until real people join.