# DevRel Bridge

> DevRel Bridge helps developer-facing B2B companies find where developer adoption breaks, sharpen the story, launch better, and build technical-market visibility without hiring a full DevRel team too early.

## Developer Adoption Audit

The Developer Adoption Audit is a diagnostic delivered within 5 business days after intake and access are complete, for teams whose developers are finding the product but not trying it, understanding it, activating, or returning. It identifies where the developer journey breaks and what to fix first before the team hires DevRel, rewrites docs, or publishes more content.

- Best for: Teams that need clarity before committing to a bigger sprint, docs rewrite, or DevRel hire.
- Format: public-touchpoint review plus the context the client shares. The default scope is not an internal roadmap review.
- Deliverables: Developer adoption leak map; Docs, README, and onboarding review; Positioning and messaging critique; Content and channel gap analysis; Prioritised 30/60/90-day roadmap.
- Timeframe and price: delivered within 5 business days after intake and access are complete, $10K.
- Start here: https://devrelbridge.com/audit

### Agent-Ready Developer Experience (part of the audit)

One of the seven scored areas tests whether an AI agent can discover, understand, safely try, and use the product, not just whether a human developer can.

- In scope: agent and AI-search discoverability, docs and API reference and OpenAPI spec and llms.txt legibility for an agent acting without human interpretation, whether MCP exposure fits the product (assessed for fit, not built by default), sandbox or test-mode safety for agent-initiated actions, and whether errors or limits hand back a clear next step instead of a dead end.
- Not in scope: this is not a promise of ranking well in any specific LLM or AI search result, not a way to enable agents to complete purchases or take autonomous action on a client's behalf, and not an MCP server build by default.

## Free self-serve diagnostics

Run these before booking anything. They are free, need no signup, and cover one narrow question each.

- Developer Journey Audit Checklist: A practical, evidence-first checklist for finding where developers stop between discovery and first value. https://devrelbridge.com/developer-journey-audit-checklist
- Docs-to-First-Value Diagnostic: Find the documentation break between a quickstart and a first useful developer result. https://devrelbridge.com/docs-to-first-value-diagnostic
- DevRel Readiness Guide: Decide whether to hire DevRel, reset the programme, or fix the developer journey first. https://devrelbridge.com/devrel-readiness-guide
- Agent-Ready DX Teardown: Test whether an AI agent can discover, understand, safely try, and recover while evaluating your product. https://devrelbridge.com/agent-ready-dx-teardown

## Machine-readable pages

- Full agent guide: https://devrelbridge.com/llms-full.txt
- Homepage summary: https://devrelbridge.com/index.md
- Developer Adoption Audit: https://devrelbridge.com/audit.md
- Pricing: https://devrelbridge.com/pricing.md
- Team: https://devrelbridge.com/team.md
- Changelog: https://devrelbridge.com/changelog.md

## DevRel Bridge API

A public, read-only JSON API with the same services, prices, case studies, and diagnostics as this file. No authentication. Errors are RFC 9457 problem details with a code and a hint.

- API quickstart, with a copy-paste curl example and a real response: https://devrelbridge.com/developers
- OpenAPI 3.1 description: https://devrelbridge.com/openapi.json
- API index: https://devrelbridge.com/api
- API catalog (RFC 9727): https://devrelbridge.com/.well-known/api-catalog
- Services and prices (JSON): https://devrelbridge.com/api/offers
- Case studies (JSON): https://devrelbridge.com/api/case-studies
- Free diagnostics (JSON): https://devrelbridge.com/api/diagnostics

## Services

DevRel Bridge offers three clearly scoped ways to work together:

1. Developer Adoption Audit: A focused diagnostic for teams that know developers are not trying, understanding, activating, or coming back, but do not know whether the problem is story, docs, onboarding, content, analytics, or DevRel focus. $10K. https://devrelbridge.com/audit
2. DevRel Launch Sprint: The flagship sprint for developer-facing products, APIs, SDKs, AI tools, and infrastructure features that need a sharper story, better demo angles, and a practical distribution plan. From $22K. https://devrelbridge.com/devrel-launch-sprint
3. 90-Day Developer Adoption Program: A defined delivery program for teams that need to turn a clear plan into adoption, pipeline, and a durable developer-market presence without adding an embedded DevRel function. $30K-$45K per quarter. https://devrelbridge.com/90-day-developer-adoption-program

## Developer community work

DevRel Bridge builds and scales developer communities as part of an engagement, not as an outsourced service. Marcos Placona built and scaled developer programs and communities at Twilio (Head of Developer Relations for EMEA and LATAM) and Circle (Global Director of Developer Relations) before founding DevRel Bridge, and wrote How to Build Developer Ecosystems.

- What this covers: community strategy and platform choice (Discord, GitHub Discussions, Slack, Circle, Reddit), launch and founding-member recruitment, contributor and ambassador programmes, moderation playbooks, event-led growth, and community health metrics.
- How it is scoped: inside a Developer Adoption Audit, DevRel Launch Sprint, or 90-Day Developer Adoption Program. It is not sold as a standalone community-management retainer.
- What it is not: day-to-day community moderation on a client's behalf, or community management for a team with no internal owner.
- Details: https://devrelbridge.com/services/community-building

## Who DevRel Bridge is not for

DevRel Bridge is not cheap social posting, community management without an internal owner, unlimited advisory access, or a way to compensate for a weak product. It works with teams that have a technical buyer or developer user and can act on a diagnosis.

## Case studies

- Airtop (Intelligent Browser for Web Automation): Built a clearer developer go-to-market story, launch plan, technical content, and community-engagement approach for Airtop. https://devrelbridge.com/case-studies/airtop
- liblab (SDK Generation Platform): Connected technical content, developer community, events, and growth measurement into a clearer DevRel system for liblab. https://devrelbridge.com/case-studies/liblab
- Merge (Developer-Facing AI Infrastructure): Connected positioning, onboarding, content, and the internal DevRel motion into a clearer path from first impression to developer value. https://devrelbridge.com/case-studies/merge
- Dosu (AI Copilot for Developers): Clarified the product story, onboarding path, and developer education needed to make Dosu easier to evaluate and adopt. https://devrelbridge.com/case-studies/dosu

All case studies: https://devrelbridge.com/case-studies

> Marcos helped us turn a lot of fast-moving developer marketing activity into a clearer system. The work connected product positioning, onboarding, content, and the internal DevRel motion in a way that gave the team a more practical path forward. We loved working with Marcos, and highly recommend him to everyone trying to build out their developer relations!
>
> Shensi Ding, Co-Founder and CEO, Merge

## Useful pages

- Developer Adoption Audit: https://devrelbridge.com/audit
- Services and engagement formats: https://devrelbridge.com/services
- DevRel strategy: https://devrelbridge.com/services/devrel-strategy
- Developer experience: https://devrelbridge.com/services/developer-experience
- Developer community building: https://devrelbridge.com/services/community-building
- Content creation: https://devrelbridge.com/services/content-creation
- DevRel consulting, what it covers and when it fits: https://devrelbridge.com/devrel-consulting
- How much DevRel consulting costs: https://devrelbridge.com/devrel-consulting-cost
- Developer GTM consulting: https://devrelbridge.com/developer-gtm-consultant
- Video production for developer products: https://devrelbridge.com/services/video-production
- Case studies: https://devrelbridge.com/case-studies
- What is DevRel, and what DevRel means: https://devrelbridge.com/what-is-devrel
- FAQ, including pricing, ROI, and who DevRel Bridge works with: https://devrelbridge.com/faq
- Developer adoption business case guide: https://devrelbridge.com/developer-adoption-business-case
- Developer adoption decision worksheet: https://devrelbridge.com/developer-adoption-decision-worksheet
- Resources: https://devrelbridge.com/resources
- Book, How to Build Developer Ecosystems by Marcos Placona: https://devrelbridge.com/book
- Team, who does the work: https://devrelbridge.com/team (Markdown: https://devrelbridge.com/team.md)
- Marcos Placona, Founder, profile and articles: https://devrelbridge.com/team/marcos-placona
- Kevin Lewis, Principal Consultant, profile: https://devrelbridge.com/team/kevin-lewis
- About DevRel Bridge: https://devrelbridge.com/about
- API quickstart for agents and developers: https://devrelbridge.com/developers
- Changelog, dated log of site and API changes: https://devrelbridge.com/changelog (Markdown: https://devrelbridge.com/changelog.md)
- Contact: https://devrelbridge.com/contact

## Articles

- [Best DevRel Agencies: How to Choose (2026)](https://devrelbridge.com/blog/best-devrel-agencies-and-consultants): How to choose a DevRel agency or consultant: the criteria that matter, how the options compare, and questions to ask before you hire one.
- [DevRel as a Service: Scope and Pricing](https://devrelbridge.com/blog/devrel-as-a-service): What DevRel as a service includes, how it's priced, and when it beats hiring in house. A practical guide for developer-tool teams.
- [How to Build a Developer Community](https://devrelbridge.com/blog/how-to-build-a-developer-community): How to build a developer community that drives product adoption: where to start, what to run first, and how to measure whether it is working.
- [How to Measure DevRel ROI](https://devrelbridge.com/blog/how-to-measure-devrel-roi): How to measure DevRel ROI: which DevRel metrics leadership cares about, how to tie them to adoption and revenue, and what to stop reporting.
- [DevRel Org Charts & Metrics: How Reporting Lines Impact Success (2025 Guide)](https://devrelbridge.com/blog/devrel-org-charts-metrics-reporting-lines-success): How DevRel team placement in org charts affects metrics and success. Discover which KPIs matter based on reporting structure and how to advocate for meaningful measurements.
- [DevRel vs Developer Advocacy: Complete Guide](https://devrelbridge.com/blog/devrel-vs-developer-advocacy-skills-salaries-kpis): Confused about DevRel vs Developer Advocacy? Get the real breakdown on roles, skills, salaries, and KPIs from someone who's been in the trenches.
- [DevRel Lessons: Building Startup Programs](https://devrelbridge.com/blog/devrel-lessons-for-startups): Discover key lessons learned from helping startups build successful DevRel programs. Get insights on growing developer communities and driving engagement.
- [Developer Program Strategy: How to Build One](https://devrelbridge.com/blog/building-successful-developer-programs): How to build a developer program strategy: set goals, map the developer journey, pick your first focus, staff it, and measure what matters.
- [Why DevRel is Crucial for Startup Success](https://devrelbridge.com/blog/why-effective-devrel-is-crucial-for-startups): Learn why a strong DevRel strategy is crucial for startup success. Get insights from Marcos and book a free consultation to grow your developer community.
- [The Ultimate Guide to Landing a DevRel Job](https://devrelbridge.com/blog/ultimate-guide-to-landing-a-devrel-job): Complete guide to breaking into Developer Relations. Learn essential skills, salary expectations, interview prep, and actionable steps to land your DevRel role.
- [Developer-Friendly Blog Post Structure](https://devrelbridge.com/blog/developer-friendly-blog-post-structure): Learn to create concise, impactful blog posts for developers. This guide covers structure, key concepts, and code examples that work seamlessly.

## Contact

- Book a call: https://devrelbridge.com/cal
- Email: marcos@devrelbridge.com
- Contact page: https://devrelbridge.com/contact
- Company: DevRel Bridge Ltd, registered in England and Wales (company number 15979110), 128 City Road, London, EC1V 2NX, United Kingdom.

DevRel Bridge is a consultancy, not a self-serve API. An agent can identify fit and prepare the context, but a human buyer books the call. Include the company URL, the developer-adoption, launch, or visibility problem, and the relevant timeline.

Last updated: 2026-09-28