blog-brief

Generate detailed content briefs for blog posts with target keywords, content outlines, competitive analysis, recommended statistics, image and chart suggestions, word count targets, internal linking architecture, template recommendations (12 types), TL;DR drafts, citation capsule planning, information gain prompts, and multi-channel distribution plans. Briefs are optimized for Google rankings and AI citation visibility as part of SEO. Use when user says "content brief", "blog brief", "write brief", "SEO brief", "article brief", or "content requirements".

Quality

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Quality

Content

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Reviews the quality of instructions and guidance provided to agents. Good implementation is clear, handles edge cases, and produces reliable results.

The content is a highly actionable, well-sequenced workflow with a complete output scaffold and sensible reference splitting. Slight conciseness padding and a few implicit validation checkpoints keep it from maximum across conciseness, workflow clarity, and progressive disclosure.

Suggestions

Trim the opening sentence ('Generates comprehensive content briefs that guide blog writing for maximum impact...') since the description already covers purpose — start the body directly with the workflow.

Make validation feedback loops explicit (e.g., after Step 4 statistics research: 'If a stat cannot be verified, drop it and re-search rather than carrying a weak claim') to turn implicit checkpoints into validate→fix→retry steps.

Move the large brief output template (Step 5) into a referenced file (e.g. references/brief-template.md) and keep only the section index inline, improving progressive disclosure.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Conciseness	The body is mostly efficient and action-oriented, but the opening sentence ('comprehensive content briefs that guide blog writing for maximum impact on both Google rankings and AI citation platforms') is mild padding and several sections could be trimmed slightly.	4 / 5
Actionability	Provides concrete WebSearch/WebFetch steps, an explicit safe-fetch rule, and a complete copy-paste-ready brief output template with exact fields, word-count and character targets, covering the common cases.	5 / 5
Workflow Clarity	Steps 1–6 are clearly sequenced with validation guidance (untrusted DISCOURSE.md handling, validate source URLs, drop unverifiable stats, safe WebFetch), though some checkpoints are implicit rather than explicit validate→fix→retry loops.	4 / 5
Progressive Disclosure	Well-signaled one-level-deep references to five reference files plus a templates directory, with the inlined output template justified as the core deliverable; minor organization gaps and the large inline template keep it below a 5.	4 / 5
	Total	17 / 20 Passed

Description

92%Weight 40%Scale 1-5

Based on the skill's description, can an agent find and select it at the right time? Clear, specific descriptions lead to better discovery.

The description is concrete, comprehensive, and clearly distinguishes the skill with explicit use-when trigger guidance. Minor trigger-term breadth (no synonyms/extensions) keeps trigger quality just below maximum.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Specificity	Lists many concrete actions — keywords, outlines, competitive analysis, statistics, image/chart suggestions, internal linking, 12 template types, TL;DR drafts, citation capsules, information gain prompts, and distribution plans — giving comprehensive coverage.	5 / 5
Completeness	Explicitly states what the skill produces and gives a concrete 'Use when user says ...' clause with specific trigger phrases, answering both what and when.	5 / 5
Trigger Term Quality	Provides good natural trigger phrases ('content brief', 'blog brief', 'write brief', 'SEO brief', 'article brief', 'content requirements') but lacks synonyms or file-extension variants, so a few natural terms are missing.	4 / 5
Distinctiveness Conflict Risk	Occupies a clear SEO/content-brief niche with distinct trigger phrases, so it is unlikely to fire for unrelated skills.	5 / 5
	Total	19 / 20 Passed

Validation

93%

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Checks the skill against the spec for correct structure and formatting. All validation checks must pass before discovery and implementation can be scored.

Validation — 15 / 16 Passed

Validation for skill structure

Criteria	Description	Result
frontmatter_unknown_keys	Unknown frontmatter key(s) found; consider removing or moving to metadata	Warning

	Total	15 / 16 Passed

Repository: AgriciDaniel/claude-blog
Path: brain/.raw/sources/claude-blog-skill/skills/blog-brief/SKILL.md
Commit: 84f7abf

Reviewed: 4 days ago

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