suede-free-tools
Suede Free-Tool Growth Strategy
Suede uses engineering as marketing when a genuinely useful tool can create qualified discovery and a natural bridge to the paid product. Select, score, and scope the smallest maintainable calculator, grader, generator, or utility whose output earns attention rather than merely capturing it.
Initial Assessment
Check for product marketing context first:
If .agents/product-marketing.md exists (or .claude/product-marketing.md, or the legacy product-marketing-context.md filename, in older setups), read it before asking questions. Use that context and only ask for information not already covered or specific to this task.
Before designing a tool strategy, understand:
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Business Context - What's the core product? Who is the target audience? What problems do they have?
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Goals - Lead generation? SEO/traffic? Brand awareness? Product education? What is one lead worth (LTV and close rate from this source)?
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Resources - Technical capacity to build? Ongoing maintenance bandwidth? Budget for promotion? Timeline?
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Existing Behavior - What tools or manual workarounds does the audience use today? How are leads generated now?