A source-backed Rankhog guide to r/ClaudeAI: public rules, community context, posting fit, and startup-promotion risk before you publish.
By Anthony Riera, founder and operator of Rankhog.
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This is a community for people who use Claude and Claude Code and want to get the best out of them. The description says it exists to help you make a fully informed decision about using Claude and Claude Code for your own purposes. The people posting here are Claude users sharing how they use the technology, asking questions about it, and reporting how it performs for them. It is explicitly not a general AI subreddit, because “Be relevant” says the community generally does not accept posts of more general AI interest. It is also not a support desk for Anthropic accounts, because “Do not come here to fix your Anthropic account problem” sends those to Anthropic's own support channels. The description also makes clear that Anthropic does not control or operate this subreddit, so this is a user community, not an official company channel.
For anyone with something to promote, “Showcase your project in a way that helps educate and inspire others” is the rule that decides everything. It allows promotion of a project or paid service, but only if the project was built with Claude or Claude Code by you, you describe what was built and how Claude helped in detail, the project is free to try, your promotional language stays minimal, and you use no referral links. It also adds a hard gate: posts on the feed now require OP karma above 100. “Be relevant” keeps the room on Claude and Claude Code specifically, so a general AI marketing post does not survive. “Be constructive” filters out rants and repeated complaints. “Use the Megathreads for your recent Claude performance and bug reports/complaints” pushes performance and bug content into megathreads, with occasional exceptions for well substantiated and helpful posts. “Do not come here to fix your Anthropic account problem” sends billing and account issues to Anthropic support, not this subreddit. “Competitor posts must contain sufficient homework and evidence.” governs any comparison against another model, and “Don't manipulate upvotes” is an immediate permanent ban offence, including bot use.
The strongest post a founder can make here is a project showcase that follows “Showcase your project in a way that helps educate and inspire others” to the letter. Build something with Claude or Claude Code, describe clearly what it does, explain in detail how Claude helped you build it, make it free to try and say so, keep the promotional language minimal, and link straight to the project with no referral link. Make sure your account has more than 100 post karma before you post, because the rules require it for feed posts. Pick the most relevant flair using “Use relevant post flair”. A second good shape is a genuine comparison post, but only if you satisfy “Competitor posts must contain sufficient homework and evidence.”, which means you bring your own insights, research, or real experience, you back any claim that one model beats another with detailed novel evidence from specific instances, you source any benchmarks you cite, and you keep the language calm. A third shape is a well substantiated, helpful post about how Claude performed for you, which the megathread rule says can occasionally be an exception, but check first whether your issue has been discussed recently.
The fastest way to get removed is to promote without meeting the showcase criteria, so no vague posts about your AI tool, no referral links, no paid only projects, and no hype language. Do not post a showcase from an account with under 100 post karma, because the rule blocks feed posts below that. Do not post bug reports, limits complaints, or performance rants as standalone posts, keep those in the megathreads. Do not post account or billing problems here, the rules point you to Anthropic support and even suggest talking to your bank about chargebacks. Do not post general AI news or opinions that have nothing to do with Claude. Do not make model comparisons without doing the homework the competitor rule demands, meaning your own evidence, sourced benchmarks, and calm language. Do not organize legal action, post unsupported rants, or repeat something shared recently. Never use bots or try to manipulate upvotes, that is an immediate permanent ban. And always pick a relevant flair, because “Use relevant post flair” asks every poster to help others filter by area of interest.
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Only conditionally. Rule 7 allows promoting a project or paid service if it was built with Claude or Claude Code by you, is free to try, includes a detailed description of how Claude helped, keeps promotional language minimal, and avoids referral links. You also need over 100 post karma.
Yes, a link to the project is allowed under the showcase rule, but referral links are not. The project must also be free to try.
The rules state that posts on the feed require OP karma above 100, so build your karma elsewhere in the community first.
No. Rule 5 says the subreddit is not the right place for account issues and directs you to Anthropic's support channels instead.
Rule 6 allows competitor comparisons only if you bring your own insights, research, or genuine experiences, provide detailed novel evidence for any claim that one model is better, cite benchmark sources, and avoid inflammatory language.
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