Podcast Episode

8 GitHub Repos To Go Viral and Make Money

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Greg Isenberg0:00

What is going on with GitHub right now? There's so much good stuff being released, like, on a daily basis that I'll open a project, see what it does, and I'll end up thinking about the 10 ways I can use that to help me make money and to be more productive. So today, what am I gonna do? I'm gonna show you five projects, five GitHub repos, and three AI skills that I'm playing around with. Uh, one makes a launch video for the thing that you've built. Another I'd use to find problems customers are already spending money trying to solve, and a few could just make your existing business just easier to run. So most of them are free to download. Uh, you still have model costs though, um, but they're mostly free to download. Um, I'm recording this at night because this is, this is the stuff I end up going down rabbit holes down at night and weekends. I thought I'd bring you along with, uh, the journey because I did one of these videos, um, about a month ago, showed you, uh, some GitHub repos that I was using. You loved it, so I'm back. These are s- some of the most interesting GitHub repos and the most interesting AI skills on the internet right now if you care about building businesses with AI, if you care about skills. So let's get into them and not waste a second of your time. [upbeat music] The Startup Finders Podcast. It's sippin' time, baby. So have you seen Brag? So look at this video. It was made with a skill called Brag. You give it your project, or with the newer version, you can actually give it a website link, and it'll make a short launch video with music, motion, and yes, copy for your post. Um, now, when you look at some of the stuff, uh, that they do, it's, it's pretty insane. We're not talking about, we're not talking about, you know, your Will Smith spaghetti, you know, video, right? We're talking about, uh, high quality stuff, uh, and the limit really does feel like your imagination. [lips smack] So my favorite detail, I think people ask, "Okay, what do I like about this the most?" Um, one of the examples that they used is a fake Series A launch from 2016, and you can just choose the tone. So, uh, choosing the tone, really interesting. Um, it's really like choosing the vibe. Um, and, you know, we're starting to see-- Not starting to see. We are seeing. You go onto Twitter, go onto X, and you just see, like, all these highly funded venture-backed startups with these insane videos. Um, and they spend like $100,000, $200,000, $300,000 on them. Um, hey, you know, you can get something pretty interesting out, um, for really not a lot of money using something like Brag. By the way, the version I'm talking about is Brag Slim, which is designed for Opus 5.5. Um, so install it, uh, in your coding agent. I can include, uh, the command. Um, and then just say like, "Make a 20-second launch video for this." Um, w- and then you hand it your website. It's, like, literally as simple as that. Give it your website, um, and you can ask for vertical, you can ask for square, and I believe you can ask for landscape. Um, it'll make a thumbnail, and you can ask it to redo the individual scene, thankfully, um, because that's going to happen. So I mean,

Episode notes

In this solo episode, I walk through eight GitHub repos and AI skills that I test at night and on weekends. The list covers launch videos, social research, local voice and dubbing, editable decks, agent teams, lead-magnet tools, idea stress-testing, and design guidance. For each one, I explain what it does, how I'd set it up, and one concrete way to use it to make money or run a business more easily. Most are free to download, and you pay for the model you run them with.

Timestamps

00:00 – Intro

01:25 – Brag: Launch Videos From a Link

04:50 – Agent Reach for Customer Research

07:46 – Voice Studio: Local AI Voice and Dubbing

10:41 – PPT Master: Editable Decks From Notes

12:59 – OpenRig: Coding Agents as a Team

14:57 – Free Tools Skill by Corey Haynes

17:25 – Grill Me Skill by Matt Pocock

19:31 – Impeccable: Design Guidance for Agents

23:03 – My Top Picks: Brag and Agent Reach

24:07 – Closing Thoughts

GitHub Repo Links:

Brag (launch video skill): https://startup-ideas-pod.link/brag

Agent Reach: https://startup-ideas-pod.link/agent-reach

Voice Studio: https://startup-ideas-pod.link/voice-studio

PPT Master: https://startup-ideas-pod.link/ppt-master

OpenRig:

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