product-hunt-launch Skill (inference.sh) for Claude Code: What It Does and How to Install It

Guides Claude through a Product Hunt launch: listing specs, tagline formulas, gallery images, maker comment, timing and a launch-day playbook.

Installs: 58.8K; on skills.sh
Stars: 17; on GitHub
Updated: Aug 2026; last repo commit

This skill gives Claude a playbook for a Product Hunt launch. It covers listing specs, 5 tagline formulas, gallery image positions, a maker-comment structure, timing, a launch-day timeline and post-launch steps.

It can generate gallery images with falai/flux-dev-lora and research similar launches with the tavily and exa apps, all through the belt CLI. It needs belt installed and signed in.

Good for

Founders and indie makers preparing a Product Hunt launch
Marketers who write the tagline, gallery and maker comment

Install product-hunt-launch

Claude Code

Copy this prompt.

Install the product-hunt-launch skill in Claude Code. Run this command:

npx skills add https://github.com/inference-sh/skills --skill product-hunt-launch

Then check that it loaded and tell me how to use it.

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Paste it into Claude Code. It shows the change and asks before running it.

Requires Node.js.

Pick one route for the skill, then install the belt CLI with one of the belt routes and run belt login. Every command in SKILL.md is a belt app run call, and its allowed-tools line is Bash(belt *), so the skill does nothing without belt. The folder holds 1 file, SKILL.md (repo tree). It runs belt in a shell, so there is no Claude app upload route.

Built from the package data we hold. Not yet tested by us.

What's in the skill

When it loads

Product Hunt launch optimization with specific specs, timing, and gallery strategy. Covers taglines, gallery images, maker comments, and launch day tactics. Use for: product launches, startup launches, side project launches, Product Hunt optimization. Triggers: product hunt, ph launch, product hunt launch, launch strategy, product launch, startup launch, product hunt tips, product hunt gallery, ph optimization, launch day, product hunt maker

Sections in SKILL.md

Quick Start
Listing Specifications
Gallery Images
The First Image Is Everything
Dimensions
Generating Gallery Images
Tagline
Formulas That Work
Examples
Timing
When to Launch
Why 12:01 AM PT
Maker Comment
Structure
Example
Launch Day Playbook

Key facts

Author: inference.sh (owner of the repo; plugin.json lists inference.sh as author)
License: MIT per plugin.json and the README badge; the repo has no LICENSE file
Installs on skills.sh (101-skills/superpowers listing): 58,843 (Nov 2, 2026)
GitHub stars: 797 for the whole repo (Nov 2, 2026)
Last repo commit: Oct 15, 2026
Audits on skills.sh (101-skills/superpowers listing): Gen Agent Trust Hub: pass, Socket: warn, Snyk: warn
What it includes: 1 file: SKILL.md (from the repo tree)
Needs: The inference.sh belt CLI, signed in with belt login
Allowed tools: Bash(belt *)

What it includes

belt app run falai/flux-dev-lora for hero, feature and metrics images
Four example prompts for gallery positions 1 to 4; the before/after image joins two files with infsh/stitch-images.
Try: “Draft the gallery images for my launch of a SQL dashboard tool”
Runs code · Gallery images
belt app run tavily/search-assistant and exa/search for similar launches
Searches for top launches, competitors and maker advice.
Runs code · Launch research
Table of name, tagline, description, gallery, topics, makers and link
The SKILL.md lists its own limits for each field.
Listing specifications
Five formulas with good and bad examples
Examples such as "Ship docs in minutes, not days".
Tagline formulas
Tuesday to Thursday at 12:01 AM PT, with the reasons in a table
The timing advice is the SKILL.md's own recommendation.
Timing
A structure and an example for the first comment
SKILL.md says to post it within 5 minutes of going live.
Maker comment
Pre-launch checklist, an hour-by-hour timeline and engagement rules
Includes a post-launch table from day 1 to month 1.
Launch-day playbook

From the official docs

Permissions

Medium risk

This skill makes your agent run belt app run commands that send your prompts and files to inference.sh and use credits on your account. Check the price of an app with belt app pricing before you start a large batch.

What it can do

Read your data
Create and change things
Delete things
Read-only mode

Watch out for

Each run uses inference.sh credits
SKILL.md does not list a price for the apps it calls. The belt README shows belt balance to check credits and belt app pricing to see the cost formula before a run. github.com
Your prompts and files go to inference.sh
Every belt app run sends its input to an inference.sh app. The belt README says local file paths in an input are uploaded by the CLI. github.com
You must install the belt CLI first
The belt README gives a download-and-review install script, Homebrew, npm and Scoop. cli-install.md in the repo says the installer downloads a binary and checks its SHA-256 checksum. The belt skill named in SKILL.md can also run brew install and npm install -g. github.com

Security advisories

No published security advisories as of Nov 2, 2026.

Technical details

Turning on read-only	SKILL.md describes no read-only mode.
Talks to	inference.sh (belt app run calls). cli.inference.sh and dist.inference.sh (belt installer)
Sign-in and keys	Run belt login to sign in to inference.sh. SKILL.md does not say where belt keeps the login.
Scopes	Runs belt app run commands in your shell (allowed-tools: Bash(belt *)) Uploads the inputs you give it, including local files, to inference.sh

Questions

What does the product-hunt-launch skill do?

It guides Claude through preparing a Product Hunt launch. It covers listing specs, taglines, gallery images, the maker comment, timing, a launch-day timeline and post-launch follow-up, with commands to generate gallery images and research other launches.

How do I install it?

Use the install box at the top of this page for the skill. You also need the belt CLI from inference.sh, installed with one of the belt routes in the box, and a belt login. There is no Claude app upload route because the skill runs belt in a shell.

Does it need an account or API key?

It needs an inference.sh sign-in through belt login. SKILL.md names no separate API key. The belt README shows belt balance for credits and belt app pricing for the cost of an app.

Is it safe?

It runs belt app run commands through your shell. Each run sends your prompt and any files or URLs you give it to inference.sh and uses credits. The belt CLI has to be installed first, so read its install steps before you run them.

Is there another copy of this skill?

skills.sh also lists this skill under 101-skills/superpowers, a repo whose plugin.json names inference.sh as author and inference-sh/skills as the repository. This page links to inference-sh/skills, the repo the plugin.json points to.

Who publishes this skill?

inference.sh, in its own repo github.com/inference-sh/skills. The repo's plugin.json lists inference.sh as author and https://inference.sh as homepage.

Does it submit my launch to Product Hunt?

SKILL.md defines no posting step. Its commands generate images and run web searches through belt.

Which other skills does it point to?

Its Related Skills section lists ai-image-generation, web-search and prompt-engineering from inference-sh/skills. They are optional.

Information

updated Nov 2, 2026

Repository: inference-sh/skills
Folder: guides/product/product-hunt-launch

inference-sh/skills skills.sh

Sources

Docs, issue trackers and discussions this page is built from.

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product-hunt-launch SKILL.md · github.com
belt CLI README · github.com
cli-install.md · github.com
README · github.com
plugin.json · github.com
belt skill SKILL.md · github.com