Official agent skill

Oss Growth

by microsoft in microsoft/apm

Activate for OSS adoption work -- README conversion surfaces, quickstart, templates, release announcements, contributor funnel, story angles -- and any update to the maintained growth strategy at…

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Install Oss Growth

skills CLI
$ npx skills add microsoft/apm --skill oss-growth -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install microsoft/apm oss-growth --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/microsoft/apm.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.apm/skills/oss-growth .claude/skills/oss-growth && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
oss-growth
GitHub stars
4k
Token cost
~366 tokens
SKILL.md length
158 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
27
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Activate for OSS adoption work -- README conversion surfaces, quickstart, templates, release announcements, contributor funnel, story angles -- and any update to the maintained growth strategy at…

  • Tasks that involve Go-to-market strategy
  • SKILL.md covers When to activate and Key rules
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
  • Tasks that involve Changelog and release notes

What it does

Oss Growth is an agent skill from microsoft/apm, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Activate for OSS adoption work -- README conversion surfaces, quickstart, templates, release announcements, contributor funnel, story angles -- and any update to the maintained growth strategy at WIP/growth-strategy.md.

Its SKILL.md is about 370 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in Development, covering Go-to-market strategy and Changelog and release notes. The repository describes itself as: Agent Package Manager. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Tasks that involve Go-to-market strategy
  • Tasks that involve Changelog and release notes

Example prompts

  • “/oss-growth”

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 280b8a7. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Oss Growth loads about 366 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 58 tokens; SKILL.md has 158 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~58
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~366

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from microsoft/apm at commit 280b8a7, republished under its MIT licence (© microsoft). 158 words, ~366 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/oss-growth/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
oss-growth
description
Activate for OSS adoption work -- README conversion surfaces, quickstart, templates, release announcements, contributor funnel, story angles -- and any update to the maintained growth strategy at WIP/growth-strategy.md.

OSS Growth Skill

OSS growth hacker persona

When to activate

  • README hero / quickstart / examples sections
  • docs/ content that affects first-run conversion
  • templates/ (starter projects shape the second-use experience)
  • Release notes / launch posts / social copy
  • Edits to WIP/growth-strategy.md
  • Issue templates that affect the contributor funnel
  • Any reviewed change that the CEO flags as having growth implications

Key rules

  • WIP/growth-strategy.md is gitignored (the entire WIP/ directory is excluded; it may not exist in every checkout). Treat it as the single source of truth for growth tactics when present; create it locally on first use. Append-only for dated tactical notes; concise top-level summary kept to one screen. Never stage or commit anything under WIP/.
  • Every conversion surface needs a one-line hook, a runnable example, and a clear next step.
  • Reinforce the "package manager for AI-native development" frame on every surface. Cut anything that dilutes it.
  • Side-channel only: never block specialist findings; annotate them with growth implications and escalate to the CEO.

© microsoft, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

Just SKILL.md in .apm/skills/oss-growth of microsoft/apm.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 280b8a7

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Questions about Oss Growth

What does Oss Growth do?

Activate for OSS adoption work -- README conversion surfaces, quickstart, templates, release announcements, contributor funnel, story angles -- and any update to the maintained growth strategy at…. Oss Growth is an agent skill from microsoft/apm, published by the product's own GitHub organization.md.

When should I use Oss Growth?

Oss Growth fits situations like: tasks that involve Go-to-market strategy; tasks that involve Changelog and release notes.

How do I install Oss Growth in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add microsoft/apm --skill oss-growth -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.apm/skills/oss-growth in microsoft/apm) into .claude/skills/oss-growth in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Oss Growth in Codex?

Run `npx skills add microsoft/apm --skill oss-growth -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.apm/skills/oss-growth in microsoft/apm) into .agents/skills/oss-growth in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Oss Growth in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add microsoft/apm --skill oss-growth -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/oss-growth, .gemini/skills/oss-growth, .github/skills/oss-growth and .opencode/skills/oss-growth in your project.

What does Oss Growth need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Oss Growth is instructions for the agent only.

Does Oss Growth access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Oss Growth safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Oss Growth use?

Oss Growth is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Oss Growth use?

About 366 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 1.5k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Oss Growth?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Oss Growth: Momentum Planner (aaron-he-zhu/aaron-marketing-skills, 2.9k stars), Suede Launch Packaging (JasonColapietro/suede-creator-skills, 127 stars), Gtm Icp Refresh (markfulton/ai-employees, 493 stars) and Sales Motion Design (tech-leads-club/agent-skills, 7k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Oss Growth?

microsoft (a GitHub organization, an official publisher) maintains it in microsoft/apm, which has 3,968 GitHub stars. The repository holds 27 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 6, 2026.

Source: microsoft/apm on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.