affiliate-skills

affiliate-skills

Turn any AI into your affiliate marketing team.

52 AI-powered skills across 8 stages with a closed-loop flywheel. Research programs, scout trending content, write data-backed posts, generate infographics, build pages, deploy, track, optimize, scale — with any AI agent.

Works with: Claude Code · Pi · ChatGPT · Gemini CLI · Cursor · Windsurf · OpenClaw · any AI that reads text

Repo structure

• skills/{stage}/{skill-name}/SKILL.md — main skill definitions
• shared/references/ — shared doctrine, compliance, and flywheel references
• tools/src/ — affiliate-check CLI source
• registry.json — machine-readable skill catalog
• evals/ — evaluation cases and results

Install

# Claude Code / Pi (recommended)
npx skills add Affitor/affiliate-skills

# Or clone manually
git clone https://github.com/Affitor/affiliate-skills.git ~/.claude/skills/affiliate-skills
cd ~/.claude/skills/affiliate-skills && ./setup

# OpenClaw / ClawHub
clawhub install affiliate-skills

# Cursor / Windsurf
npx skills add Affitor/affiliate-skills

Try it now — no install needed

Paste this into any AI:

Search the Affitor affiliate directory for AI video tools.
Use this API: GET https://openaffiliate.dev/api/programs?q=AI+video&sort=relevance&limit=5&utm_source=affiliate-skills
Show me the results in a table with: Name, Reward Value, Cookie Days, Stars.
Then recommend the best one and explain why.

Without affiliate-skills

• You Google "best affiliate programs" and get SEO spam written to rank, not to help
• You write content from gut feeling with no idea what format actually performs
• You have no data on what's trending, what hooks work, or what gaps exist
• You spend 4 hours on a landing page that converts at 0.2%
• You pick programs by vibes instead of data

With affiliate-skills

Skill	Mode	What it does
Program Search	Data analyst	Live program data from openaffiliate.dev — commissions, cookies, comparisons.
Trending Scout	Intelligence	Scan YouTube/TikTok/X/Reddit for top content by engagement. Find what's winning.
Research Brief	Journalist	Collect real sources, extract stats, generate unique angles backed by data.
Angle Ranker	Strategist	Score content angles by competition, engagement prediction, and platform fit.
Traffic Analyzer	Due diligence	Evaluate advertiser website health before you commit to promoting.
Content & Blog	Creator	12 skills that write posts, articles, scripts, and infographics from research.
Landing & Distribution	Builder	Pages, bio links, email sequences, deployment — all automated.
Analytics & Automation	Optimizer	Track conversions, A/B test, repurpose, scale what works.
Compliance & Meta	Safety net	FTC audit, funnel planning, self-improvement.

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How It Works — The Affiliate Flywheel

  S1 RESEARCH ──▶ S2 CONTENT ──▶ S3 BLOG & SEO ──▶ S4 OFFERS & LANDING
       ▲                                                    │
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       │                                              S5 DISTRIBUTION
       │                                                    │
       └──────────── S6 ANALYTICS ◀─────────────────────────┘
                          │
                          ▼
                    S7 AUTOMATION → SCALE
                          │
                    S8 META (across all)

Closed loop. S6 Analytics feeds BACK to S1 Research. Every skill knows what comes next (chain_metadata.suggested_next) and what feeds it. Data flows forward through the funnel and back through analytics.

Data-driven. S1 skills don't just find programs — they scout what content is actually performing (views, likes, shares), analyze traffic, and rank angles by real engagement data. By the time you write, you already know what format, hook, and platform to use.

Research-backed. Content skills don't write from thin air. content-research-brief collects real source articles first. Your posts have real stats, real quotes, and current information.

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Demo: zero to first commission

You:  I want to promote AI video tools. What's trending?

AI:   [runs trending-content-scout]

      Scanned 47 videos across YouTube + TikTok.

      Top format: comparison (45% of top content, avg engagement: 35.2)
      Best hook: "I replaced my $5K video team with AI" (engagement: 42.3)
      Gap: nobody comparing HeyGen vs Synthesia on TikTok
      Benchmark: median 18K views, top 10% needs 85K+

You:  What's the best program to promote?

AI:   [runs affiliate-program-search + traffic-analyzer]

       Name         Commission        Cookie    Stars   Traffic Score
       ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
       HeyGen       30% recurring     60 days   ★ 127   82/100
       Synthesia    25% one-time      30 days   ★ 84    76/100
       D-ID         20% recurring     45 days   ★ 52    61/100

      HeyGen wins: highest commission, recurring, longest cookie,
      strongest website traffic (2.1M monthly visits, 35% direct).

You:  Research the latest about HeyGen for a LinkedIn post.

AI:   [runs content-research-brief]

      📚 7 sources collected (5 fully fetched)
      🏷️ Tags: AI (7), Funding (2), Tools (5)

      Key stats:
      - "$60M Series A at $500M valuation" — TechCrunch
      - "40,000+ businesses use HeyGen" — company blog
      - "Avatar 3.0 launched with real-time lip sync" — The Verge

      3 angles generated:
      1. "HeyGen just raised $60M — here's what it means for AI video"
      2. "I tested HeyGen vs Synthesia for 30 days — honest comparison"
      3. "AI video tools are killing the $45B production industry"

You:  Write angle 2 as a LinkedIn post with an infographic.

AI:   [runs viral-post-writer + infographic-generator]

      Post: 1,200-char comparison post, bold claim hook,
      soft CTA in comments, FTC disclosure.

      Infographic: side-by-side comparison card (1080×1350),
      HeyGen vs Synthesia — commission, features, pricing.
      Dark modern palette, self-contained HTML ready to render.

You:  Now a TikTok script.

AI:   [runs tiktok-script-writer]

      45-second script, demo_first hook (backed by scout data):
      "Watch me create a $2,000 video for free in 30 seconds."
      Hook → Pain → Demo → Result → CTA. Bio link reminder.

You:  Plan my full funnel — I have 5 hours/week.

AI:   [runs funnel-planner]

      Week 1: Scout + Research → find winning angles + collect sources
      Week 2: Content → 5 LinkedIn posts + 2 TikToks + 2 infographics
      Week 3: Blog → comparison article backed by research brief
      Week 4: Deploy → landing page + bio link live
      Week 5: Analytics → compare your metrics vs scout benchmark
      Week 6: Optimize → double down on what beat the benchmark

      Target: first affiliate click by week 2, first commission by week 5.

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Who this is for

Affiliates — Find programs, create content, track performance. Data-driven, not vibes.

Influencers & Creators — Research what's trending, create platform-native content, add infographics. Know what format and hook to use before you create.

Marketers — Content research, competitive analysis, multi-platform strategy. Research briefs replace guesswork with real sources and stats.

Affiliate Networks — Evaluate program quality, benchmark advertiser traffic, understand affiliate landscape. traffic-analyzer + affiliate-program-search as audit tools.

Advertisers — Audit your own program positioning. See how affiliates talk about your product. Understand what content drives the most engagement for your brand.

AI-native teams — Plug skills into any agent pipeline. Every skill has typed input/output schemas, chain_metadata, and suggested_next for autonomous chaining.

This is not a prompt pack. It is an operating system for affiliates who ship.

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Get Started

QUICKSTART.md — Platform-specific setup for Claude Code, Pi, ChatGPT, Cursor, Gemini, and more.

Fastest way (any AI, no install)

1. Copy the bootstrap prompt (everything below the --- line)
2. Paste it into your AI
3. Start: "Scout trending content about AI writing tools, then find me the best program"

Claude Code / Pi (full integration)

git clone https://github.com/Affitor/affiliate-skills.git ~/.claude/skills/affiliate-skills
cd ~/.claude/skills/affiliate-skills && ./setup

Then tell your agent to add affiliate-skills to your project's CLAUDE.md. You get the affiliate-check CLI, automatic skill discovery, and full flywheel chaining.

ChatGPT / Gemini / Any AI

1. Copy prompts/bootstrap.md into your conversation or project instructions
2. Optionally upload registry.json and API.md as knowledge files
3. Done — your AI is now an affiliate marketing agent

Cursor / Windsurf

git clone https://github.com/Affitor/affiliate-skills.git

Open the folder — .cursorrules configures the AI automatically.

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The Affiliate Flywheel — 8 Stages, 52 Skills

S1: Research & Discovery (9 skills)

Find programs, scout trending content, analyze traffic, rank angles.

Skill	Description
affiliate-program-search	Research and score programs from openaffiliate.dev
find-and-verify-affiliate-program	Find programs on openaffiliate.dev, confirm each term on the brand's own page with a quote and URL
niche-opportunity-finder	Find underserved niches with high potential
competitor-spy	Analyze competitor affiliate strategies + engagement
commission-calculator	Calculate and compare commission structures
monopoly-niche-finder	Find intersection niches where you're the ONLY voice (Thiel)
purple-cow-audit	Score product remarkability 1-10 before promoting (Godin)
trending-content-scout	🆕 Scan YouTube/TikTok/X/Reddit for top content by engagement
content-angle-ranker	🆕 Rank content angles by data — competition, engagement, platform fit
traffic-analyzer	🆕 Analyze website traffic, rank, sources. Evaluate advertiser health

S2: Content Creation (7 skills)

Research-backed, data-driven content with visual assets.

Skill	Description
viral-post-writer	LinkedIn, X, Reddit, Facebook posts — now with data-driven format selection
twitter-thread-writer	Multi-tweet threads with hooks
reddit-post-writer	Authentic Reddit posts with disclosure
tiktok-script-writer	Short-form video scripts — now with top performer analysis
content-pillar-atomizer	1 article → 15-30 platform-native pieces — now with platform allocation
content-research-brief	🆕 Collect sources, extract stats, generate research-backed content angles
infographic-generator	🆕 Branded infographic specs from any content — LinkedIn-optimized

S3: Blog & SEO (7 skills)

Long-form SEO-optimized articles that rank and convert.

Skill	Description
affiliate-blog-builder	Full review and how-to articles
comparison-post-writer	Head-to-head product comparisons
listicle-generator	"Top N" roundup articles
how-to-tutorial-writer	Tutorial articles with product integration
keyword-cluster-architect	Map 50-200+ keywords into topical clusters
content-moat-calculator	Estimate pages needed for topical authority
content-decay-detector	Monitor content for ranking drops, trigger refresh

S4: Offers & Landing Pages (8 skills)

Irresistible offers and high-converting pages — pure HTML/CSS, no dependencies.

Skill	Description
landing-page-creator	AIDA-framework landing pages
product-showcase-page	Single-product showcase
squeeze-page-builder	Lead capture pages
webinar-registration-page	Event-based promotion
grand-slam-offer	Hormozi Value Equation offer design
bonus-stack-builder	Exclusive bonus packages for YOUR link
guarantee-generator	Personal guarantees for risk reversal
value-ladder-architect	Free → tripwire → core → upsell journey

S5: Distribution & Deployment (4 skills)

Get your content live and distributed.

Skill	Description
bio-link-deployer	Linktree alternative you own
email-drip-sequence	5-7 email nurture sequence
social-media-scheduler	Posting schedule and calendar
github-pages-deployer	Deploy to GitHub Pages

S6: Analytics & Optimization (5 skills)

Track, measure, optimize — and feed data back to S1.

Skill	Description
conversion-tracker	UTM links, tracking pixels, attribution
ab-test-generator	A/B test variants for headlines and CTAs
performance-report	Weekly/monthly KPI reports
seo-audit	10-dimension SEO scorecard
internal-linking-optimizer	Hub-and-spoke internal link structure

S7: Automation & Scale (5 skills)

Automate workflows and scale what's working.

Skill	Description
email-automation-builder	Branching email flows with conditions
content-repurposer	One piece of content → multiple formats
multi-program-manager	Affiliate program portfolio strategy
paid-ad-copy-writer	Ad copy for Facebook, Google, TikTok
proprietary-data-generator	Original surveys, benchmarks, data moats

S8: Meta (5 skills)

Cross-cutting skills for discovery, planning, compliance, and strategy.

Skill	Description
skill-finder	Find the right skill for any goal
funnel-planner	Plan a complete affiliate funnel roadmap
compliance-checker	FTC compliance and platform rules audit
self-improver	Campaign retrospective and improvement plan
category-designer	Define a new category where your product wins

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Machine-readable index: registry.json · API docs: API.md · Skill template: template/SKILL.md · Spec: spec/

Companion Tools

affiliate-skills are pure Markdown — they work with any AI. For enhanced capabilities, pair with these tools:

hidrix-tools — MCP Server + Pi Extension

16-tool MCP server for live social data, scraping, and content analysis. When connected, skills like trending-content-scout get exact engagement metrics. Works with Claude Code (MCP), Pi (native extension), OpenClaw, Hermes, Cursor.

Category	Tools	What they add
Search	web_search, x_search, reddit_search, reddit_subreddit_top, youtube_search, tiktok_search	Cross-platform search with engagement data
Scrape	web_fetch, x_thread_reader, x_user_posts, reddit_thread_reader, facebook_scraper	Full content extraction — threads, pages, groups, ads
Analyze	content_scorer, content_analyzer	Engagement scoring, topic clusters, pattern detection
Intel	similarweb_traffic	Website traffic analytics

Key upgrades (v2.0):

• x_search now returns likes, retweets, views + advanced operators (from:user, min_faves:100)
• x_thread_reader reads full X threads and long-form articles
• facebook_scraper scrapes groups, pages, keyword search, AND Meta Ad Library (free)
• content_scorer + content_analyzer = full content pipeline
• reddit_thread_reader + reddit_subreddit_top use free Reddit API (no key needed)
• 4 free tools (no API key): reddit_thread_reader, reddit_subreddit_top, content_scorer, content_analyzer

Tool chains for affiliate skills:

• trending-content-scout → x_search + reddit_subreddit_top + youtube_search → content_scorer
• competitor-spy → facebook_scraper(ads) + x_user_posts → content_analyzer
• content-research-brief → web_search → web_fetch (multiple URLs) → content_analyzer
• traffic-analyzer → similarweb_traffic

# Install (MCP — for Claude Code, Cursor, OpenClaw, Hermes)
git clone https://github.com/sonpiaz/hidrix-tools.git ~/.hidrix-tools
cd ~/.hidrix-tools && bun install && cp .env.example .env
# Add your API keys to .env

# Install (Pi — native extension, no MCP)
cp -r ~/.hidrix-tools/integrations/pi-extension ~/.pi/agent/extensions/hidrix-tools

content-pipeline — LinkedIn Content App

Web app for the full content creation workflow: research → write → infographic. Uses Brave Search + Claude + Satori rendering. The skills content-research-brief and infographic-generator were inspired by this pipeline.

git clone https://github.com/Affitor/content-pipeline.git
cd content-pipeline && npm install && cp .env.example .env.local
npm run dev

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How it works

Each skill is a single Markdown file (SKILL.md) that tells any AI exactly how to execute a specific affiliate marketing task. Skills define:

• When to trigger — natural language patterns that activate the skill
• Input/Output schemas — structured data for agent interop
• Workflow — step-by-step procedure with decision points
• Chaining — how outputs from one skill feed into the next
• API integration — optional API configs for enhanced data (see social-data-providers.md)

Skills pass data through conversation context, not files. Run S1 to scout trending content, then S2 uses that engagement data automatically — no copy-pasting.

Entry points

You don't have to start from S1. Jump in wherever you are:

• New to affiliate marketing: S8 funnel-planner → it plans everything for you
• Want to see what's trending: S1 trending-content-scout → scan platforms for top content
• Have a product already: S2 (write content) or S3 (write a review)
• Need research first: S2 content-research-brief → collect sources before writing
• Have content, need pages: S4 (landing page) or S5 (bio link)
• Want to optimize: S6 (analytics + SEO audit)
• Ready to scale: S7 (automation + paid ads)
• Not sure which skill: S8 skill-finder

For Developers

Building an agent pipeline? Here's what you need:

• registry.json — machine-readable index of all 52 skills with metadata
• API.md — full REST API documentation for openaffiliate.dev
• prompts/bootstrap.md — system prompt that bootstraps the full agent
• social-data-providers.md — configure API providers for social data
• agents/openai.yaml — OpenAI-compatible tool definitions (in skills that have them)
• Input/Output schemas — every SKILL.md has typed schemas for structured data exchange

Contributing

We welcome skills from the community. See CONTRIBUTING.md for how to submit your own skill.

Every merged skill is available via npx skills add Affitor/affiliate-skills and the GitHub repo.

License

MIT

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Built by Affitor. Program directory: openaffiliate.dev