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content-strategy

When the user wants to plan a content strategy, decide what content to create, or figure out what topics to cover. Also use when the user mentions "content strategy," "what should I write about," "content ideas," "blog strategy," "topic clusters," "content planning," "editorial calendar," "content marketing," "content roadmap," "what content should I create," "blog topics," "content pillars," or "I don't know what to write." Use this whenever someone needs help deciding what content to produce, not just writing it. For writing individual pieces, see copywriting. For SEO-specific audits, see seo-audit. For social media content specifically, see social.

65

Quality

77%

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npx tessl skill review --optimize ./skills/content-strategy/SKILL.md
SKILL.md
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Quality

Content

64%

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

This is a solid, comprehensive content strategy skill with strong actionability—concrete formulas, scoring templates, and specific research techniques make it immediately useful. Its main weaknesses are length (could be more concise by trimming explanatory content Claude already understands) and the lack of explicit validation checkpoints in what is inherently a multi-step strategic planning workflow. The progressive disclosure could be improved by moving detailed sections like ideation sources and buyer stage keywords into separate reference files.

Suggestions

Add explicit validation checkpoints: e.g., after identifying pillars, verify them against search data and customer research before proceeding to topic prioritization; after prioritizing, review the top 5 against business goals before building the full plan.

Move detailed sections (Content Ideation Sources, Keyword Research by Buyer Stage, Content Types) into separate reference files and link from the main skill, keeping only summaries inline to reduce the ~300-line body.

Trim explanatory content Claude already knows—e.g., the descriptions of what searchable/shareable content is, basic keyword modifier explanations, and the general descriptions of content types like case studies and thought leadership.

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Conciseness

The skill is fairly comprehensive but includes some content Claude would already know (e.g., explaining what searchable vs shareable content means, basic keyword modifier patterns). Several sections like the buyer stage keyword modifiers and content ideation sources are somewhat verbose and could be tightened. However, most content adds genuine strategic value rather than explaining basics.

2 / 3

Actionability

The skill provides highly concrete, actionable guidance: specific formulas for content types (persona + use-case), exact URL structures, scoring templates with weighted percentages, specific search queries for research (site:reddit.com), structured output formats with table schemas, and clear examples throughout. The prioritization scoring template is copy-paste ready.

3 / 3

Workflow Clarity

The skill has a logical flow from gathering context → understanding content types → ideation → prioritization → output format, but lacks explicit validation checkpoints. There's no feedback loop for verifying strategy quality, no step to validate pillar choices against data before proceeding, and no checkpoint to confirm research findings before building the full strategy. For a multi-step strategic planning process, these validation gaps are notable.

2 / 3

Progressive Disclosure

The skill references several related skills and one bundle reference (references/headless-cms.md), but the main content is quite long and monolithic. Sections like the detailed content ideation sources, buyer stage keyword research, and content types could be split into separate reference files. The references section and related skills section are well-organized, but the body itself could benefit from better content splitting.

2 / 3

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12

Passed

Description

89%

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

This is a strong skill description with excellent trigger term coverage and clear differentiation from related skills. The cross-references to copywriting, seo-audit, and social are particularly valuable for reducing conflict risk. The main weakness is that the 'what it does' portion could be more specific about concrete actions and deliverables beyond the general 'plan strategy' and 'decide what to create.'

Suggestions

Add more specific concrete actions/deliverables such as 'builds topic clusters, creates editorial calendars, identifies content gaps, maps content pillars, prioritizes topics by opportunity' to strengthen the specificity dimension.

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Specificity

The description names the domain (content strategy/planning) and mentions some actions like 'plan a content strategy,' 'decide what content to create,' and 'figure out what topics to cover,' but these are somewhat general and don't list multiple concrete, specific actions like 'build topic clusters, create editorial calendars, map content pillars, identify content gaps.'

2 / 3

Completeness

Clearly answers both 'what' (plan content strategy, decide what content to create, figure out topics) and 'when' with an extensive explicit trigger list. It also helpfully distinguishes itself from related skills (copywriting, seo-audit, social) with cross-references.

3 / 3

Trigger Term Quality

Excellent coverage of natural trigger terms including 'content strategy,' 'what should I write about,' 'content ideas,' 'blog strategy,' 'topic clusters,' 'content planning,' 'editorial calendar,' 'content marketing,' 'content roadmap,' 'blog topics,' 'content pillars,' and the very natural 'I don't know what to write.' These are phrases users would actually say.

3 / 3

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

The description explicitly differentiates itself from copywriting (writing individual pieces), seo-audit (SEO-specific audits), and social (social media content), creating a clear niche around content strategy and planning rather than content execution. This significantly reduces conflict risk.

3 / 3

Total

11

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12

Passed

Validation

100%

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

Validation11 / 11 Passed

Validation for skill structure

No warnings or errors.

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coreyhaines31/marketingskills
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