Can I promote my AI coding tool in the main feed?
No. The 'No pure self-promotion / low-value project posts' rule says promotional posts belong in the weekly Self-Promotion thread.
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r/ChatGPTCoding rules, stats, and what to post
A source-backed Rankhog guide to r/ChatGPTCoding: public rules, community context, posting fit, and startup-promotion risk before you publish.
By Anthony Riera, founder and operator of Rankhog.
Subreddit guides combine public Reddit source URLs, captured rules, visible verification dates, and Rankhog's account-safety workflow.
Current public stats
- Members
- 401,021
- Verified
- September 18, 2026
- Category
- AI builders, operators, and researchers
Rules can change, so Rankhog keeps verification dates and the original public Reddit sources visible.
Rule summary
- Stay on topic: Posts must be about using AI to help with coding, debugging, testing, building, or maintaining software.
- Be Constructive: Be respectful and helpful. No harassment, personal attacks, insults, or hostile low-effort replies. Critique the idea, code, or tool, not the person.
- Use the right flair: Use the flair that best fits your post. Do not use a question or discussion post to indirectly promote a project.
- No spam, scams, or access reselling: Do not post spam, scams, deceptive promotions, referral abuse, or offers to sell, trade, or distribute accounts, API keys, subscriptions, or model access.
- No pure self-promotion / low-value project posts: Posts whose primary purpose is promoting a tool, product, service, GitHub repo, personal website, or blog belong in the weekly Self-Promotion thread. Delete the link: if nothing is left, it's an ad. Search for similar projects: if you can't tell why your project is better, it's a low-value project. GitHub links are fine. Personal website are not. Exception could be make for high quality posts. See also [reddit's self-promotion guidelines](https://www.reddit.com/r/reddit.com/wiki/selfpromotion/).
- No AI Slop: No raw AI output or low-value walls of text. AI for grammar/clarity is fine.
Works well
- A detailed writeup of a debugging workflow you ran with Claude or Cursor, including the prompts, the errors, and what you changed.
- A technical lesson learned from building a feature with an open-source model, with a GitHub link to the repo and enough context that the link is not the whole post.
- A comparison post about how two AI coding tools handled the same task, focused on the code and the outcome.
- A question about a specific AI-assisted coding problem, flaired as a question, with no promotional intent.
- A project showcase placed in the weekly Self-Promotion thread with a GitHub link and a short honest description.
Avoid
- Posting a personal website link, since the rules say personal websites are not allowed while GitHub links are fine.
- Using a question or discussion flair to indirectly promote a project, which breaks the 'Use the right flair' rule.
- Sharing raw AI output or low-value walls of text, which the 'No AI Slop' rule removes.
- Posting referral links, API keys, subscriptions, or model access offers, which the 'No spam, scams, or access reselling' rule bans.
- Posting off-topic content that is not about using AI to help with coding, debugging, testing, building, or maintaining software, which breaks 'Stay on topic'.
- Treating the main feed as a place for pure self-promotion when your post belongs in the weekly Self-Promotion thread.
What r/ChatGPTCoding Is For
This community is for people building, learning, and experimenting with AI-assisted coding. The description says you can discuss workflows, questions, technical lessons, news, and projects with any AI model or tool, from ChatGPT and Codex to Claude, Cursor, open-source models, and whatever comes next. The 'Stay on topic' rule narrows this further: posts must be about using AI to help with coding, debugging, testing, building, or maintaining software.
Rules That Matter Before Posting
The rules that matter most for a marketing-adjacent post are 'Stay on topic', 'Use the right flair', 'No spam, scams, or access reselling', and 'No pure self-promotion / low-value project posts'. The 'No AI Slop' rule also matters because it removes raw AI output and low-value walls of text. 'Be Constructive' matters less for survival of a post but governs how you reply in comments.
What To Post
A good post here is a technical lesson or workflow from real AI-assisted coding work, not a product pitch. If you have a GitHub repo that is part of the story, the rules allow GitHub links. Write the post so that if you deleted the link, something useful would still remain, because the 'No pure self-promotion / low-value project posts' rule says if nothing is left after deleting the link, it is an ad. Search first for similar projects, and be ready to explain why yours is better or different. If your main goal is promotion, put it in the weekly Self-Promotion thread.
What To Avoid
Avoid anything that trips 'No spam, scams, or access reselling', including referral abuse and offers to sell or trade accounts, API keys, subscriptions, or model access. Avoid raw AI output or low-value walls of text under 'No AI Slop'. Avoid personal attacks, insults, and hostile low-effort replies under 'Be Constructive'. Avoid off-topic posts under 'Stay on topic'. Avoid using the wrong flair or using a question or discussion post to indirectly promote a project under 'Use the right flair'.
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Common questions about r/ChatGPTCoding
Can I share a GitHub link to my project?
GitHub links are fine, but personal websites are not, according to the 'No pure self-promotion / low-value project posts' rule.
Can I use AI to help write my post?
Yes. The 'No AI Slop' rule bans raw AI output or low-value walls of text, but using AI for grammar or clarity is fine.
Can I use a question flair to promote my tool?
No. The 'Use the right flair' rule says do not use a question or discussion post to indirectly promote a project.
What counts as on topic here?
Posts must be about using AI to help with coding, debugging, testing, building, or maintaining software, per the 'Stay on topic' rule.
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