STAR_PLAN.md

⭐ GoldBean Star Growth Plan

Goal: 100 GitHub Stars by end of 2026 Q3 (currently ~5 stars)

📊 Current Status (2026-06-25)

Metric	Value
Stars	~5
Forks	0
watchers	1
npm downloads	~937/mo

🎯 Milestones

Phase	Target	Strategy
Phase 1	10-20 ⭐	Low-hanging fruit (existing networks)
Phase 2	50 ⭐	Cross-platform promotion
Phase 3	100 ⭐	SEO + content flywheel

🚀 Phase 1: Quick Wins (Week 1-2)

📣 Share on These Channels

Channel	Action	Expected
Dev.to	Publish tutorial #3 (Baidu OCR via MCP)	200-500 views
Twitter/X	Tweet about x402 + GoldBean	100-300 impressions
Reddit r/MCP	Post "My MCP server accepts USDC"	500-2000 views

🔧 Improve README for Social Proof

• Add Glama score badge
• Add platform presence section
• Clean, professional formatting
• Add "Used by" section when someone uses it
• Add screenshots/demo GIF

🚀 Phase 2: Cross-Promotion (Week 3-4)

📝 Content Creation

Type	Topic	Platform
Tutorial	"How to Build an MCP Server with x402 Payments"	Dev.to, Medium
Comparison	"OCR APIs Compared: GoldBean vs Google vs AWS"	Dev.to, Reddit
Use Case	"Pay-per-call AI for Developers"	Hacker News Show HN

🔗 Link Building

• Add GoldBean to more GitHub awesome lists:
  • awesome-usdc
  • awesome-x402
  • awesome-blockchain-ai
  • awesome-baidu-ai

🚀 Phase 3: Sustain (Month 2-3)

♻️ Content Recurring

• 1 Dev.to article per week
• 2 Twitter/X posts per week
• 1 Reddit post per week (rotating subreddits)

🌐 Community Engagement

• Reply to MCP discussions on Reddit
• Help users in GitHub Issues
• Engage on Glama.ai reviews
• Answer questions on Stack Overflow about MCP/Baidu AI

📈 Tracking

Week	Stars	Target	Actions Taken
W1	~5	10	Update README, tweet, Reddit post
W2	-	20	Dev.to tutorial #3, Show HN
W3	-	35	More awesome lists, comparison post
W4	-	50	Cross-promotion, community engagement

💡 Quick Actions (Today)

• Close duplicate PR #7439
• Submit to mcp.directory
• Update README with accurate info
• Star your own repo (settings → star)
• Tweet: "GoldBean now has 23 Baidu AI APIs + x402 payments 🫘"
• Reddit: post GoldBean to r/MCP

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