early-access-designer
Use when the user asks to "design an early access program", "set up a waitlist and beta stages", or "define beta graduation criteria"; produces a waitlist→concept→alpha→beta→GA stage ladder with per-stage purpose and opt-in semantics, quantified graduation criteria per stage (labeled Estimated), a cohort-gating and invite-throttling plan, tester recruitment with launch-day social-proof prep, a feedback-loop spec where every status change notifies its subscribers, and a referral-loop mechanism spec (invite codes, anti-abuse). Not for waitlist acquisition strategy or the capture-flow spec — use
npx skills add aaron-he-zhu/aaron-marketing-skills --skill early-access-designer --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
# Early Access Designer Designs the early-access program for a product launch — the waitlist → concept → alpha → beta → GA stage ladder, per-stage graduation criteria, cohort gating and invite throttling, the tester feedback loop, and the referral mechanics that fill the next cohort. It sits in the Research phase of the [RAMP loop](../../../references/ramp-benchmark.md) and feeds the RAMP `R` early-access sub-item (*early-access program design sound — stage gating + graduation criteria*). Because the ladder defines what each stage publicly *means*, it is the upstream of the `RAMP-R1` stage-truth veto: a beta dressed as GA fails at the gate, and the honest ladder designed here is what prevents that. The ladder follows an early-access state-machine pattern (modeled on the PostHog Early Access flow — **a pattern to follow, not a product guarantee**): interest registration and stage opt-in are phases of the same action, not separate lists; an explicit opt-in or opt-out always overrides any targeting rule; and a GA rollout must explicitly confirm whether previously opted-out users are included before it ships. **Scope guard**: this skill designs the stage ladder, graduation criteria, co
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What does the early-access-designer skill do?
Use when the user asks to "design an early access program", "set up a waitlist and beta stages", or "define beta graduation criteria"; produces a waitlist→concept→alpha→beta→GA stage ladder with per-stage purpose and opt-in semantics, quantified graduation criteria per stage (labeled Estimated), a cohort-gating and invite-throttling plan, tester recruitment with launch-day social-proof prep, a feedback-loop spec where every status change notifies its subscribers, and a referral-loop mechanism spec (invite codes, anti-abuse). Not for waitlist acquisition strategy or the capture-flow spec — use
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add aaron-he-zhu/aaron-marketing-skills --skill early-access-designer --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From aaron-he-zhu/aaron-marketing-skills, a repository with 2,508 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.