Open recipes for real projects, demos, and evidence.
Quick Start · Recipe Library · Contributing · Product Plan
Open Builder Protocol is a GitHub Pages-friendly product that turns real work systems into buildable project recipes. It helps students and young builders create a demo in 48 hours to 7 days, collect evidence, publish notes, and contribute their versions back.
The product is designed for people who are often told to "build real projects" but are rarely given a concrete structure for what to build, how to validate it, and how to present it.
Do not just tell people to become builders. Give them recipes they can build from.
Most portfolio advice stops at motivation. Open Builder Protocol starts at execution:
- Pick a real work system.
- Build the smallest useful version.
- Collect user evidence.
- Turn the work into a demo.
- Contribute the recipe or your version back.
The long-term ambition is to become an open learning infrastructure for non-technical builders: content planners, campus operators, student leaders, HR and culture interns, and anyone who needs to prove judgment through shipped work.
| Capability | What it does |
|---|---|
| Recipe Library | Browse 12 buildable project recipes across culture content, AI workflow, campus systems, career assets, and builder systems. |
| Builder Board | Select a recipe, follow 48h tasks, review a 7-day plan, and track progress locally. |
| Demo Generator | Generate a Markdown submission with problem, deliverables, evidence, and next-version prompts. |
| Contribution Kit | Use templates and issue forms to add recipes, submit demos, or improve validation methods. |
| GitHub Pages Ready | Static HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. No build step, no backend, no package install. |
This is a static project. No build step is required.
python3 -m http.server 8080Then open:
http://localhost:8080
You can also open index.html directly, because the recipe data is loaded as a plain JavaScript file instead of a JSON fetch.
This repository includes a GitHub Pages workflow at .github/workflows/pages.yml.
To publish:
- Push the repository to GitHub.
- Go to
Settings->Pages. - Under
Build and deployment, chooseGitHub Actions. - Push to the
mainbranch. - The workflow will upload the repository root as a static site.
The app entry point is index.html.
The first public version includes 12 recipes:
| Recipe | Track | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| Build your own employee story column | Culture Content | 48h |
| Build your own 48h onboarding kit | People Growth | 48h |
| Build your own AI workflow library | AI Workflow | 7d |
| Build your own campus signal board | Campus System | 7d |
| Build your own culture event content engine | Culture Content | 7d |
| Build your own feedback machine | Builder System | 48h |
| Build your own internship portfolio | Career Asset | 7d |
| Build your own student club operating system | Campus System | 7d |
| Build your own interview question bank | Career Asset | 48h |
| Build your own content experiment board | Content System | 7d |
| Build your own team knowledge base | People Growth | 7d |
| Build your own decision log | Builder System | 48h |
Each recipe includes:
- Target user
- Real problem
- System to build
- 48h tasks
- 7-day plan
- Deliverables
- Validation metrics
- Xiaohongshu content angles
- Evidence to attach
.
├── .github/
│ ├── ISSUE_TEMPLATE/
│ │ ├── demo-submission.md
│ │ └── new-recipe.md
│ └── workflows/
│ └── pages.yml
├── artifacts/
│ ├── open-builder-protocol-desktop.png
│ └── open-builder-protocol-mobile.png
├── data/
│ └── recipes.js
├── docs/
│ └── open-builder-protocol-product-plan.md
├── templates/
│ ├── demo-submission.md
│ └── recipe.md
├── app.js
├── index.html
├── styles.css
├── CONTRIBUTING.md
├── LICENSE
└── README.md
- Every recipe must be buildable in 48 hours.
- Every recipe must produce concrete deliverables.
- Every recipe must include evidence and validation.
- Every recipe must help users explain judgment, not just output.
- Every recipe should be reusable by students, teams, or organizations.
You can contribute:
- A new recipe
- A real demo built from a recipe
- A better validation method
- A Xiaohongshu title angle
- A translation
- A design or accessibility improvement
Start with:
- Add community demo gallery
- Add exportable recipe pages
- Add multilingual recipe data
- Add monthly Builder Report
- Add public contributor showcase
- Add analytics-free usage telemetry option