/suede-free-tools · Marketing & growth

Engineering as marketing.

Engineering as marketing: pick a free tool worth building, scope it honestly, and design it so the output pulls people toward the paid product.

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When to reach for it

The user is weighing or building a free calculator, grader, generator, or other interactive tool for lead generation or links.

What's inside

Initial Assessment
Core Principles
Tool Types Overview
Ideation Framework
Lead Capture Strategy
SEO Considerations
Build vs. Buy
MVP Scope
Evaluation Scorecard
Task-Specific Questions
Related Skills

Example prompt

codex / claude code

Use $suede-free-tools on [target]. The user is weighing or building a free calculator, grader, generator, or other interactive tool for lead generation or links. Work through pick a free tool worth building, scope it honestly, and design it so the output pulls people toward the paid product, ground every recommendation in evidence the user can check, and return the decisions, the reasoning, and what to measure next.

Reference material

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tool-types.md

Credit

This Suede skill includes licensed source material. Attribution and licence terms remain in NOTICE.md.