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Free Guide — April 2026

All 35 Claude Skills
I Use

A breakdown of every Claude skill I run my content, copy, and ops on. Organized by what they're for and explained in a sentence so you can scan the whole list and know what each one does.

The pattern is more useful than the names. Steal the categories. Build the ones you need.

Category 1 · 15 skills

Content Creation

Everything I use to write, plan, and ship content across TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, and the newsletter.

short-form-hook-writer

Generates 9 hook variants by semantic-searching a database of 3x+ outlier hooks across my niche, cross-niche, and own-account pools. Run this before any short-form script. Non-negotiable.

short-form-script-writer

Production-ready TikTok, Reels, and Shorts scripts in 5 proven formats (News/FOMO, Tutorial, Listicle, Extended Metaphor, Practical Use Cases). Auto-pulls live performance data before writing.

short-form-cta-writer

Writes contextual exit CTAs that bridge the video topic to the right offer element. Auto-invoked by the script writer. Replaces generic "follow + bookmark" with CTAs that earn the ask.

short-form-caption-writer

Builds the full Instagram caption package: scroll-stop first line, value body, comment-trigger CTA, hashtag block. Auto-runs after the script writer when the platform is Instagram.

tiktok-analyzer

Pulls full transcripts, view counts, and engagement stats from any TikTok URL. Fast way to study a video without rewatching it.

content-atomizer

Turns one piece of content (blog, newsletter, podcast, video) into platform-native posts for LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube. Maximum distribution from one input.

newsletter

Writes newsletter editions in 5 formats: roundup, deep-dive, personal essay, curated links, news briefing. Patterns from Lenny, Morning Brew, Sahil Bloom, and the top AI newsletters baked in.

email-sequences

Builds full email sequences: welcome, nurture, conversion, launch, re-engagement. Subject lines, timing, and full copy for every step.

email-optimizer

Audits any email draft against 10 direct-response criteria and rewrites it tighter. Auto-runs after newsletter and email-sequences.

youtube-repurpose

Converts a YouTube video into platform-native social content. TikTok, Reels, Shorts, LinkedIn posts, all of it.

youtube-intro-writer

Writes 60-90 second YouTube intro scripts in my voice. Hook, stakes, preview promise, curiosity bridge.

youtube-description-writer

Writes YouTube descriptions with dynamically-built offer blocks. Reads my Offer-MOC at runtime so pricing and guarantees always reflect current state.

topic-brief

Runs a Reddit and Twitter scraper to spit out a fresh dated AI content brief based on what is trending right now.

instagram-carousel

Generates full Instagram carousel sets as production-ready 1080x1350 PNG slides. Topic in, ready-to-upload images out in five minutes.

competitor-pulse

Daily competitive dashboard showing what every competitor in my niche posted this week, what is trending, and which posts blew up. Run before any planning session.

Category 2 · 6 skills

Copy & Brand

The skills I use to make copy actually convert and stay on-voice across every surface.

brand-voice

Extracts a brand voice from existing content I am proud of, or builds one from scratch. Outputs a voice profile that other skills consume.

direct-response-copy

Writes copy that converts: landing pages, emails, sales copy, headlines, CTAs, social posts. Reference material from Schwartz, Hopkins, Ogilvy, Halbert, Caples, Sugarman, and Collier baked in.

vsl-writer

Production-ready video sales letter scripts. Frameworks baked in: Conversionly 8-step, Fazio FAQ, Brunson SSO + Epiphany Bridge, Hormozi value equation. Outputs script with timing cues and B-roll notes.

positioning-angles

Finds the angle that makes a product or offer actually sell. Outputs 3-5 distinct positioning options with headline directions for each.

em-dash-destroyer

Removes em dashes from any draft and replaces them with cleaner punctuation. Run after writing.

humanizer

Strips out AI writing tells (delve, leverage, rule of three, inflated symbolism, vague attributions) so copy reads like a human wrote it.

Category 3 · 5 skills

Visual & AI Media

Image, video, and design skills for everything that needs to look like a human (or a brand) made it.

ai-image-studio

Full image studio workflow: template selection, slot population, AI prompt construction, composite render. Handles replicating any reference image too.

ai-social-graphics

Instagram posts, YouTube thumbnails, LinkedIn graphics, Twitter images, ad creatives. Platform-optimized.

ai-talking-head

Presenter videos and lip-synced UGC-style avatars. Useful when I need a face on screen without filming.

ad-creative

Full ad pipeline: market research, awareness stage, positioning angles, DR copy, HTML template, variants.json. Optionally renders to production PNGs.

frontend-design

Distinctive, production-grade frontend interfaces. Components, pages, web apps. Avoids generic AI aesthetics.

Category 4 · 4 skills

Operations & Workflow

The boring-but-load-bearing stuff. These run every single day.

today

Session brief that pulls daily context for what to work on. Calendar, yesterday's shipped work, what to focus on now.

memory

Updates persistent cross-session memory so Claude carries context forward and never asks the same question twice.

gmail-triage

On-demand Gmail triage. Classifies messages into RESPOND, DELETE, IGNORE. Trashes the delete pile only after explicit approval.

inbox-sweep

Processes raw notes in 00-Inbox/. Classifies (developed idea, belongs elsewhere, unfinished, stale), proposes a move plan, executes after approval. Never auto-deletes.

Category 5 · 1 skills

Utility & Presentation

One skill, used constantly to explain anything visually.

visual-diagram

Generates ASCII flowcharts, decision trees, and pipelines to explain any concept directly in Claude's output.

Category 6 · 4 skills

Skill Infrastructure

The skills that build, package, and ship other skills. Meta layer of the stack.

skill-builder

Builds production-ready Claude skill files from scratch. Use when you want to automate something you do repeatedly.

skill-packager

Packages a finished skill folder into a shareable community asset. Copies it to the Skool vault, zips it, writes a Skool-ready overview doc.

skool-post-writer

Writes Zero to Automated Skool community posts: skill drops, workflow drops, coming-soon teases, event announcements.

lead-magnet-launcher

Full lead magnet pipeline: builds the guide page, writes landing copy, creates a gated landing page, writes the delivery email, adds a resources card, and pushes to GitHub. Used to launch this exact guide.

Wrap-up

How to use this list

1. Pick the skill that matches what you're trying to do. Browse the category that fits your task. The skill names are functional, not cute.

2. Trigger it by phrase or /skill-name. Most skills have a few natural-language triggers. The slash command always works.

3. Stack them. Most workflows chain 3-4 skills. Research strategy copy optimize. Or analyze hook script caption. The combinations are where the leverage is.

A few things worth knowing:

  • Some of these are public in The Vault inside Zero to Automated. Most are private to my stack.
  • The categories matter more than the specific names. If you're building your own library, this is the structure to copy.
  • If a skill description sounds useful but you don't see how to build it, that's the right reason to install skill-builder first. It writes other skills for you.

Quick Reference

All 35 Skills at a Glance

Content Creation (15)

short-form-hook-writershort-form-script-writershort-form-cta-writershort-form-caption-writertiktok-analyzercontent-atomizernewsletteremail-sequencesemail-optimizeryoutube-repurposeyoutube-intro-writeryoutube-description-writertopic-briefinstagram-carouselcompetitor-pulse

Copy & Brand (6)

brand-voicedirect-response-copyvsl-writerpositioning-anglesem-dash-destroyerhumanizer

Visual & AI Media (5)

ai-image-studioai-social-graphicsai-talking-headad-creativefrontend-design

Operations & Workflow (4)

todaymemorygmail-triageinbox-sweep

Utility & Presentation (1)

visual-diagram

Skill Infrastructure (4)

skill-builderskill-packagerskool-post-writerlead-magnet-launcher

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