🚀 SIGIL Launch Strategy

Maximum Awareness, Minimum Time

This document outlines the go-to-market plan for SIGIL (sigil-protocol) — an open Rust protocol for securing AI agent-to-tool interactions.

Asset	URL
GitHub	github.com/sigil-eu/sigil
crates.io	crates.io/crates/sigil-protocol
docs.rs	docs.rs/sigil-protocol
Website	sigil-protocol.org
License	EUPL-1.2 (OSI-approved)

Week 1: Hacker News + Reddit (Days 1-3)

1. Hacker News — "Show HN" Post

Highest Priority

Title

Show HN: SIGIL – The missing security layer for MCP agent-to-tool interactions

Post Body

MCP (Model Context Protocol) lets AI agents call tools, but has zero security:
no identity verification, no content scanning, no audit trail, no permission
gating.

SIGIL is an open Rust protocol that fills this gap. 5 traits you implement
with your own backends:

  - IdentityProvider — bind users to trust levels (eIDAS, OIDC, SSI)
  - SensitivityScanner — detect secrets before they reach the LLM
  - VaultProvider — encrypt intercepted content
  - AuditLogger — tamper-evident event logging
  - SecurityPolicy — risk gating + rate limiting

Plus a reference MCP server that wraps any tool set with all five layers.

  cargo add sigil-protocol

GitHub: https://github.com/sigil-eu/sigil
Docs: https://docs.rs/sigil-protocol
Site: https://sigil-protocol.org
License: EUPL-1.2 (OSI-approved, works as library in any project)

Best time to post: Tuesday–Thursday, 9-10 AM US Eastern (2-3 PM CET).

2. Reddit — Two Subreddits

r/rust (~300K members)

Title: "sigil-protocol: securing MCP agent-to-tool interactions with identity, scanning, and audit traits"

Emphasize: trait design, test coverage (29 tests), EUPL choice, spec docs.

r/LocalLLaMA (~500K members)

Title: "Open protocol for securing AI agent tool calls — identity gating, secret scanning, audit trails"

Emphasize: Ollama/vLLM compatibility, local-first, no cloud dependency.

Week 1-2: Social & Community (Days 3-7)

3. X/Twitter Thread

🧵 We just published SIGIL — the missing security layer for AI agents.

MCP lets agents call tools. But MCP has:
❌ No identity verification
❌ No content scanning  
❌ No audit trail
❌ No permission gating

SIGIL fixes all four. Here's how ↓

1/ Identity — IdentityProvider trait binds users to trust levels.
   eIDAS, OIDC, SSI — you pick the backend.

2/ Scanning — SensitivityScanner catches secrets BEFORE they reach the LLM.
   API keys, IBANs, PII — domain-specific patterns.

3/ Audit — AuditLogger creates tamper-evident logs of every action.

4/ SigilMcpServer wraps ANY tool set. 4 lines of Rust.

cargo add sigil-protocol
GitHub: github.com/sigil-eu/sigil
Built in Europe 🇪🇺

Tag: @alexalbert__ (MCP lead at Anthropic), relevant Rust/AI accounts.

4. Rust Community

Rust Discourse

Post on users.rust-lang.org in the "announcements" category.

This Week in Rust

Email twir@rust-lang.org — reaches ~30K Rust developers weekly.

5. LinkedIn Post

Target EU tech/policy audience. Emphasize: EUPL-1.2, eIDAS identity, AI Act compliance, "Built in Europe" narrative.

Week 2-3: Strategic Outreach (Days 7-14)

6. GitHub Issues on Strategic Projects

Open friendly, helpful issues that create permanent backlinks:

Project	Issue Title	Angle
`modelcontextprotocol/specification`	"RFC: Security extension for tool call identity + audit"	Propose _sigil as standard extension
`anthropics/anthropic-cookbook`	"Example: Adding security to MCP tool calls"	Offer to contribute a cookbook recipe
`ollama/ollama`	"Feature: Audit trail for tool-use interactions"	Reference Sigil as ready solution

7. Blog Post

Title: "MCP Has No Security Layer. We Built One."

Publish on: Dev.to (instant distribution), Medium (SEO), personal blog (linked from sigil-protocol.org).

Structure: The problem (2 paragraphs) → What we built (diagram) → Code example (4 lines) → Why EUPL (1 paragraph) → Call to action.

Week 3+: Amplification

8. NLnet / NGI Funding Application

Apply to NLnet.nl under NGI Zero. They fund EU open source security projects. Gives you: funding (€5-50K), credibility ("NGI-funded"), EU network.

9. Conference CFPs

Conference	When	Why
EuroRust	Oct 2026	Rust + EU audience
FOSDEM	Feb 2027	Biggest EU open source conf
RustConf	Sep 2026	Global Rust community

Priority Checklist — Do This Week

1 ⭐ Star your own repo 1 min
2 Submit Show HN post 15 min
3 Post to r/rust 10 min
4 Post to r/LocalLLaMA 10 min
5 X/Twitter thread 20 min
6 Submit to This Week in Rust 5 min
7 LinkedIn post (EU audience) 15 min
8 Open MCP specification issue 20 min
9 Write blog post (Dev.to + Medium) 2 hours
10 Apply NLnet/NGI funding 2 hours

⚡ The first 48 hours matter most on HN and Reddit. Post during peak hours and be ready to answer comments immediately.