Community

Discord is the operating room. Office hours is the bedside manner.

A predictable weekly rhythm with high-bandwidth synchronous touch points and a Discord that contributors actually open every day.

Weekly cadence

Predictable rhythm builds trust.

DayEventAudience
MondayNewsletter draft sent for reviewSubscribers (bi-weekly)
Tuesday 11am PTOffice Hours (Zoom + Discord audio)Plugin authors, cohort, anyone
WednesdayCommunity "How I Coral" post publishedBlog + HN/Reddit/Twitter
ThursdayYouTube drop: 5-min source spec walkthroughPlugin authors, SREs
FridayDiscord recap + bounty leaderboard updateDiscord

Discord channel structure

Support

#sql-help

Triaged by DevRel + OpenClaw agent. Target: median response <15 min during PT business hours, <2h overnight.

Build

#source-specs

For plugin authors. Pinned: Source Spec Cookbook, lint runner, bounty queue link.

Build

#benchmarks

Reproducibility help, harness questions, custom-benchmark contributions.

Show-off

#showcase

Community wins. Best ones go in the newsletter and on Twitter.

Agent

#claude-code-coral

Claude Code + Coral specific. Pinned reference architecture.

Agent

#cursor-coral

Cursor-specific. Pinned .cursor/mcp.json template.

Agent

#cody-coral · #continue-coral · #goose-coral

One channel per supported agent. Pinned quickstart per channel.

Cohort

#cohort-private (per batch)

Private to current cohort. Direct line to founders + DevRel.

Office Hours

Tuesdays, 11am Pacific. Bring your spec.

60-minute open Zoom (recorded, published Wednesday). Three slots per session: 15 min demo, 30 min Q&A, 15 min plugin author 1:1 (sign up in advance).

What we cover

Recordings + transcripts

Every session published as YouTube video + auto-transcribed blog summary. Searchable archive at withcoral.com/office-hours.

Ambassadors + Champions

Coral Champions program (launches month 6).

Recognized community contributors who get amplified, paid, and given platform access.

Tier 1 · Coral Contributor

Anyone with a merged community spec. Perks: name on contributors page, swag, Discord role.

Champion

Tier 2 · Coral Champion

5+ merged specs OR 1 published blog post OR 1 conference talk. Perks: $500/mo retainer for ongoing contributions, advance access to releases.

Hero

Tier 3 · Coral Hero

Sustained year-long contribution. Perks: $2K/mo retainer, invited to roadmap reviews, conference travel covered.

Annual budget: ~$60K. Output target: 5 Champions + 1 Hero by month 12.