name	reddit-showcase-compliance
description	MANDATORY pre-flight checklist before drafting or posting ANY Reddit showcase/promotional post (r/ClaudeAI, r/OpenAI, or similar). Created after the 2026-07-04 r/ClaudeAI modbot removal. Run this check on every Reddit draft.

Reddit Showcase Compliance

On 2026-07-04 the r/ClaudeAI modbot removed a ThumbGate showcase post for:

"I built it" — post explicitly says the author built the project.
"Built with Claude / Claude Code" — explicit statement, plus HOW Claude helped in the process (specific, truthful — ask the CEO for the real detail if unknown; NEVER fabricate development history).
What it does — clear description of the product.
Free to try — state what's free and how to try it (paid tiers OK to mention, but the free path must be shown).
Minimal marketing language — no superlatives, no urgency, no pricing pitch in the body. Write like an engineer showing work.
STRIP ALL UTM PARAMETERS — grep -E 'utm_|ref=|referral' on the draft must return nothing. Clean project links only.
No affiliate/referral links, no job-seeking content.

Run every Reddit draft through items 1-7 and show the checklist result before posting.
If a post is removed: fix per modbot feedback, wait the stated cooldown (r/ClaudeAI: 1 hour), resubmit ONCE. Never argue with mods in-thread; use Modmail if the removal looks wrong.
Log every removal + lesson to lead-log.md.

name	reddit-showcase-compliance
description	MANDATORY pre-flight checklist before drafting or posting ANY Reddit showcase/promotional post (r/ClaudeAI, r/OpenAI, or similar). Created after the 2026-07-04 r/ClaudeAI modbot removal. Run this check on every Reddit draft.

On 2026-07-04 the r/ClaudeAI modbot removed a ThumbGate showcase post for:

"I built it" — post explicitly says the author built the project.
"Built with Claude / Claude Code" — explicit statement, plus HOW Claude helped in the process (specific, truthful — ask the CEO for the real detail if unknown; NEVER fabricate development history).
What it does — clear description of the product.
Free to try — state what's free and how to try it (paid tiers OK to mention, but the free path must be shown).
Minimal marketing language — no superlatives, no urgency, no pricing pitch in the body. Write like an engineer showing work.
STRIP ALL UTM PARAMETERS — grep -E 'utm_|ref=|referral' on the draft must return nothing. Clean project links only.
No affiliate/referral links, no job-seeking content.

Run every Reddit draft through items 1-7 and show the checklist result before posting.
If a post is removed: fix per modbot feedback, wait the stated cooldown (r/ClaudeAI: 1 hour), resubmit ONCE. Never argue with mods in-thread; use Modmail if the removal looks wrong.
Log every removal + lesson to lead-log.md.

reddit-showcase-compliance