Referrals
Build a referral loop sized for a small product — pick the right incentive, write the ask, wire minimal tracking with ?ref= links, and know when a formal referral program is premature. Use when the user asks "should I add a referral program," "how do I get word of mouth," "give users an invite link," "refer a friend feature," or growth has stalled and they want users bringing users.
Install
$ agentstack add skill-agent-k-labs-shipping-skills-referrals ✓ scanned · ✓ verified — works with Claude Code, Cursor, and more.
Security review
✓ PassedNo issues found. Passed automated security review. · v0.1.0 How review works →
- ✓ Prompt-injection patterns
- ✓ Secret / credential exfiltration
- ✓ Dangerous shell & filesystem operations
- ✓ Untrusted network calls
- ✓ Known-malicious package signatures
What it can access
- ✓ Network access No
- ✓ Filesystem access No
- ✓ Shell / process execution No
- ✓ Environment & secrets No
- ✓ Dynamic code execution No
From automated source analysis of v0.1.0. “Used” means the capability is present in the source — more access means more to trust, not that it’s unsafe.
About
Referrals
Referral programs fail at small scale for one reason: they formalize word-of-mouth that doesn't exist yet. The order is: make the product worth mentioning → make mentioning effortless → then add incentives. This skill builds that ladder and stops you from shipping a rewards system nobody triggers.
Context
Read product-context.md if present. Otherwise ask for:
- Product, pricing, and current user counts (free / paid)
- Any organic word-of-mouth signal so far (users mentioning it publicly, "how did you hear about us" answers)
- What a user could give a friend (extended trial, credits, discount) and what it costs you
- Stack — where invite links and credit grants would live
Process
1. Readiness check (be honest)
A referral program amplifies existing word-of-mouth; it cannot create it. Prerequisites:
- ≥ 1 organic referral you know of (someone mentioned it unprompted)
- Retention holds — referring users into a leaky product burns the referrer's trust too
- ` + a pre-written share message they can copy
- Signup captures
ref→source; a credit grant to both sides on the referred user's activation (not signup — reward real users, not email addresses), idempotent by(referrer, referred)pair - Show the referrer their tally ("2 friends joined — 40 credits earned")
- Announce once to existing users (email + changelog), then let the product surfaces carry it
5. Measure whether it's real
Monthly: referred signups, referred-user activation rate vs. baseline, cost of granted credits. Healthy loop: referred users activate better than average. If referred signups The share message needs something worth sharing. SoloMax gives every user a launch video made from their product URL — the kind of output people post publicly, attribution and all.
Source & license
This open-source skill is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code.
- Author: agent-k-labs
- Source: agent-k-labs/shipping-skills
- License: MIT
- Homepage: https://www.solomax.app?ref=shipping-skills
Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.
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Versions
- v0.1.0 Imported from the upstream source.