# Skills Directory — Sponsorship Pricing

Last updated: 2026-08-31
Human version: https://www.skillsdirectory.com/advertise
Contact: aggarcinuno@gmail.com (subject: sponsorship)

## What Skills Directory is

The security-first directory of Claude / AI-agent skills. Every listed skill
is statically scanned (120 detection patterns, 36 rules, 11 threat
categories) and graded A-F, with findings published. 100,000+ skills indexed
from 5,000+ GitHub repositories.

## Audience

Developers using Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, OpenCode, and MCP tooling who
are searching for skills they can trust. In the 30 days to September 29,
2026, Google sent 37,000+ visits (up 88% on the month before) and visitors
copied 3,600+ install commands. Traffic is ~90% desktop. These are visits
and actions from our analytics, not inflated "total visitor" claims.

Ad inventory: in the 7 days to September 29, 2026, the sponsor card beside
skill pages was seen 15,700 times (>= 50% visible for 1 continuous second)
and house ads in it got a 0.31% click rate. Paid slots rotate daily, so a
sponsor's share of those views depends on how many slots are sold.

## Inventory (founder pricing)

| SKU | Price | What you get |
|-----|-------|--------------|
| Founder sponsor slot (3 max) | $299/mo | Labeled sponsor card in the sidebar of skill detail pages + one in-feed row on /skills (after the 6th organic result) + homepage rail rotation. Month-to-month. |
| Category sponsorship | ask | Your unit pinned exclusively on one category (developer tools, security, research, marketing, design, ...). |
| Newsletter sponsor line | deferred | Opens once the weekly security digest list is real. |

Rotation is deterministic daily across active sponsors. No auction, no
cookies, no third-party trackers.

## The Security-Verified treatment (cannot be bought)

Submit your tool's skill and it goes through the same public scan as every
other skill. An EARNED grade renders on your ad with a link to the full
findings report. If a rescan downgrades the grade, the chip is removed
automatically while the ad keeps running. Money and grades never touch.

## Ad Density Pledge

- Max 1 sponsored unit on skill detail pages, 1 on listings, 2 on homepage.
- Never between the security analysis, the install command, and the content.
- Never on /security pages, /submit, or auth pages.
- Every unit labeled SPONSOR, uppercase. House ads carry the same label style.
- Ads are server-rendered (auditable in our HTML); sponsors are billed only
  on human viewability: >= 50% visible for 1 continuous second, measured
  client-side, bots excluded.
- Clicks are ALSO counted server-side at the /out/ redirect, so ad blockers
  cannot hide them. Sponsors get both numbers monthly.
- Paying Pro members don't see ads, so their visits never count as views.

## What we reject

Unrelated consumer apps, crypto/gambling, data brokers, lead scrapers,
products encouraging unsafe automation, and anything that would damage
trust in security grades. Sponsorship never changes a grade, hides a
finding, or moves an organic ranking.

## How to buy

Email aggarcinuno@gmail.com with: product, landing URL, and the
audience you want. Assets needed if it's a fit: light + dark logo (SVG or
128px transparent PNG), headline <= 60 chars, one-liner <= 95 chars,
CTA <= 22 chars.