Traction scoreGitHub stars can be faked, so popularity alone can be misleading. Traction Score looks for broader signs of recent attention, adoption, and active maintenance.
This skill assists startup founders and product managers in identifying potential first customers by analyzing public evidence of user pain. It transforms raw demand signals into qualified shortlists and source-grounded outreach drafts.
By defining primary and adjacent ideal customer profiles, the tool helps researchers find users experiencing specific pain triggers or relying on manual workarounds to solve a problem.
WHO IT'S FOR
Startup founders
identifying early adopters and design partners
Product managers
conducting product-specific prospect research
GTM and sales leads
generating source-grounded outreach drafts
Market researchers
analyzing competitor churn and frustration signals
Compatible AgentsThe repository documents support for these agents. The skills may also work with other agents that can load SKILL.md files, but they may need some setup or small changes.
Installs: Installs or updates the first-customer-finder skill in a user-selected Codex skills directory. · Codex
Before you start
Node.js for the installer
Python 3.9+ for the local helpers
A Codex environment with web search or browser access for live research
Run this command in a terminal, replacing /path/to/skills with the desired Codex skills directory while keeping the placeholder unchanged in the command shown here.
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