claude-skills

domain-strategy

Plan, manage, and optimize a domain portfolio. Use this skill for DNS architecture decisions, redirect strategies, registrar choice, parking unused domains, multi-site setups, and domain consolidation or split planning. Triggers on DNS, domain, registrar, redirect, parking, subdomain, apex, www vs non-www, multi-site, portfolio, hreflang setup, domain migration. Also triggers when planning a new site that needs domain decisions made before launch.

vendor-evaluation

Evaluate, select, and contract with vendors and SaaS tools. Use this skill when comparing alternatives, running an RFP, scoring vendors against criteria, negotiating contracts, planning a switch, or assessing a vendor's risk. Triggers on vendor evaluation, RFP, vendor selection, build vs buy, SaaS evaluation, vendor scorecard, vendor comparison, contract negotiation, vendor switch, procurement. Also triggers when a renewal is coming up or when a tool isn't meeting expectations.

media-asset-management

Plan and run a media pipeline for images, video, and downloadable assets. Use this skill when designing image storage and delivery, choosing formats (WebP, AVIF), setting up responsive images, picking a video host, organizing a brand asset library, or auditing a slow image pipeline. Triggers on image pipeline, asset library, DAM, image optimization, WebP, AVIF, responsive images, video hosting, image CDN, asset workflow, media management. Also triggers when images are slow, broken, or scattered across systems.

accessibility-audit

Run a comprehensive WCAG accessibility audit covering perceivable, operable, understandable, and robust principles. Use this skill whenever the user wants to audit accessibility, review WCAG compliance, fix accessibility issues, prepare for accessibility certification, address an accessibility lawsuit risk, or systematically improve a site's accessibility. Triggers on accessibility audit, WCAG audit, a11y audit, accessibility compliance, ADA compliance, screen reader test, keyboard navigation, accessibility report, fix accessibility, axe scan. Also triggers when accessibility issues have been reported and need systematic remediation.

brand-archetype-system

Apply pre-composed aesthetic archetype defaults to jumpstart brand design work covering color, typography, layout, voice, and imagery direction. Use this skill whenever the user wants a starting point for brand visual and verbal direction, references a brand they want to design near (for example 'something like Stripe' or 'editorial like Linear'), needs to converge faster from many directions to one, or wants known-good defaults for a specific industry vertical. Triggers on archetype, design archetype, brand archetype, near to (brand), in the style of, similar aesthetic, design starting point, brand template, vertical-typical, industry-typical. Also triggers when the user has a brief and wants to map it to a known aesthetic family rather than design from first principles.

content-and-copy

Write or edit website copy, blog content, and editorial pieces with attention to voice, structure, and goal. Use this skill whenever the user wants to write an article, draft website copy, edit existing content for clarity or voice, write a blog post, or produce general editorial content. Triggers on write a blog post, draft an article, write copy for, edit this, rewrite this, write content, write a guide, draft a how-to, write web copy. Also triggers when content has been outlined and now needs to be written, or when existing content needs voice or clarity edits.

content-strategy

Develop a content strategy covering editorial positioning, content pillars, formats, calendar, governance, and topical authority planning. Use this skill whenever the user wants to plan a content program, define content pillars, build an editorial calendar, structure topic clusters, set up content governance, or align content production with broader brand and SEO goals. Triggers on content strategy, content plan, editorial strategy, content pillars, content calendar, editorial calendar, topical authority, topic clusters, content governance, content roadmap, content production. Also triggers when the user is about to start producing content without a strategic plan.

user-feedback-aggregation

Collecting and synthesizing user feedback across channels (support tickets, NPS, in-app feedback, sales calls, social mentions, customer councils) into a continuous signal that informs product decisions. The triage discipline that distinguishes loudest-voice (whoever complains most wins) from averaged-noise (every signal weighted equally) from triaged-synthesis (signal weighted by source quality, frequency, and decision relevance). Triggers on user feedback, customer feedback aggregation, NPS, support ticket analysis, customer councils, feedback synthesis, voice of customer, feedback triage, in-app feedback. Also triggers when feedback channels overflow with volume that does not produce decisions, when the loudest-voice problem is steering roadmap, or when continuous feedback streams need synthesis discipline.

content-distribution

Content distribution as a discipline. Owned channels (newsletter, blog, social), earned channels (PR, syndication, mentions), paid channels (boosted posts, syndication networks), and the channel-fit decisions that distinguish strategic distribution from spam-everywhere. Audience-channel matching, content-channel matching, distribution cadence. Triggers on content distribution, channel strategy for content, owned earned paid channels, content amplification, content promotion, audience-channel matching, content-channel matching, distribution cadence, syndication strategy, organic distribution. Also triggers when content is publishing but reach is low, when the team is distributing on every channel without strategy, or when the content program needs a distribution discipline rather than just publication.

email-deliverability

Make sure email actually reaches inboxes. Use this skill when setting up email authentication (SPF, DKIM, DMARC), diagnosing emails landing in spam, planning a domain reputation strategy, monitoring sender reputation, or hardening against email spoofing. Triggers on email deliverability, SPF, DKIM, DMARC, spam folder, sender reputation, mailbox provider, soft bounces, bounce rate, BIMI, MTA-STS, deliverability audit. Also triggers when a marketing or transactional email isn't reaching users.

paid-media-strategy

A discipline for running paid media that does not light money on fire. Hypothesis writing for paid spend, channel selection, budget allocation, audience targeting, bid strategy, campaign types, what NOT to spend on, attribution reality, and the failure modes that produce expensive lessons. Triggers on paid media strategy, ad budget allocation, channel selection, paid media plan, audit my Google Ads, audit my Meta Ads, scale paid media, kill underperforming campaign, paid media hypothesis, ad spend strategy, attribution reality, performance marketing strategy. Also triggers when a team is asking how to scale paid media, or whether to add a new channel, or how to reallocate spend across channels.

performance-optimization

Diagnose and fix web performance issues including Core Web Vitals (LCP, INP, CLS), bundle size, asset optimization, render performance, and runtime efficiency. Use this skill whenever the user wants to improve page speed, fix Core Web Vitals, optimize assets, reduce bundle size, debug slow renders, or systematically improve a site's performance. Triggers on performance, page speed, Core Web Vitals, LCP, INP, CLS, FID, TTFB, bundle size, code splitting, image optimization, lazy loading, render blocking, slow page, performance audit, Lighthouse score. Also triggers when traffic or conversion is dropping due to perceived slowness.

upgrade-flow-design

Designing free-to-paid conversion flows for SaaS products. Trigger moments, paywall design, value demonstration, upsell vs downsell, win-back flows, churn prevention. Honest about paywall-everywhere (gates everything aggressively), free-forever-trap (no upgrade path surfaces), and value-triggered-upgrade (paywall surfaces at moments of demonstrated value) patterns. Triggers on upgrade flow, paywall, free-to-paid, freemium conversion, trial conversion, plan upgrade, subscription upgrade, win-back flow, churn prevention. Also triggers when free-to-paid conversion is low, when paywalls are blocking the wrong moments, or when upgrade flows are being scoped for the first time.

content-repurposing

Cross-format content adaptation. Turning one substantial piece into many derivative formats (blog series, email sequences, social posts, webinars, podcasts, video shorts) without losing the original's value or producing AI-slop variants. The discipline of adaptation per medium rather than mass-blast distribution. Triggers on content repurposing, content adaptation, cross-format content, content atomization, content multiplication, content distribution across formats, source-piece-to-derivative, video shorts from blog, email from whitepaper, podcast from article, blog series from research. Also triggers when a flagship piece is shipping but the team has not planned how to extend it across formats, when repurposing is happening but the derivatives feel mass-produced, or when AI-assisted repurposing is producing slop variants of strong source pieces.

art-direction

Direct visual and creative work for campaigns, photography, illustration, video, and branded experiences. Use this skill whenever the user wants to brief a photographer, direct illustrators, plan a creative campaign, develop visual concepts, write a creative direction document, or evaluate creative work for fit. Triggers on art direction, photo brief, photography brief, illustration brief, campaign concept, creative concept, visual direction, mood board, look and feel, visual treatment, video direction. Also triggers when the user has approved brand identity but needs to extend it into specific creative deliverables.

multi-step-form-design

Designing forms with multiple steps, progress indicators, conditional logic, and save-and-resume mechanics. The discipline of breaking complex data collection into stages that respect cognitive load while maintaining completion intent. Honest about kitchen-sink-single-page (overwhelms before the user starts), progress-theater (steps without genuine staging), and genuinely-staged (each step earns its own page) patterns. Triggers on multi-step form, multi-page form, form wizard, signup wizard, lead form, application form, intake form, configurator, onboarding form. Also triggers when a long form is converting poorly, when an audience is dropping off mid-form, or when a multi-step form is being scoped for the first time.

landing-page-copy

Write landing page copy with attention to the hero, value proposition, social proof, objection handling, and conversion-focused CTAs. Use this skill whenever the user wants to write a landing page, sales page, hero section, or any conversion-focused web copy. Triggers on landing page, sales page, hero copy, value proposition, headline, subheadline, hero section, CTA copy, conversion copy, opt-in page, squeeze page. Also triggers when the user has a marketing campaign or product launch needing dedicated conversion copy.

usability-testing

Plan and run usability tests on existing or prototype designs including test design, task scripts, moderation, observation, and findings synthesis. Use this skill whenever the user wants to test usability, run a moderated test, run an unmoderated test, validate a design, find usability issues, or improve task completion. Triggers on usability test, usability testing, moderated test, unmoderated test, task script, think aloud, prototype testing, user testing, design validation, task completion. Also triggers when the user has built something and wants to know if real users can use it before shipping.

seo-backlink-audit

Audit a backlink profile using Ahrefs MCP data: profile health, anchor text distribution, toxic link identification, lost link reclamation, and gap analysis against competitors. Use this skill when reviewing backlink health, scoping a disavow project, recovering from a manual action, planning link building, or doing M&A due diligence on a property's link equity. Triggers on backlink audit, link profile, toxic links, disavow, anchor text analysis, lost links, link reclamation, referring domains, link gap. Also triggers when traffic decline correlates with link loss or when an unnatural link warning appears in Search Console.

content-refresh-system

Systematic content refresh discipline. Quarterly audits, refresh prioritization (which pieces, when, how deep), refresh-vs-merge-vs-delete decisions, the lifecycle that distinguishes intentional refresh from set-and-forget decay. Builds on the refresh sections of pillar-content-architecture and editorial-qa with a program-level discipline. Triggers on content refresh, content decay, content audit, refresh prioritization, content lifecycle, refresh strategy, traffic decay, ranking drop, content freshness, evergreen content, content maintenance. Also triggers when traffic is eroding silently across an aging content library, when teams cannot decide which pieces to refresh, or when refresh work is happening but the impact is unclear.

creative-direction

Walk the user through four directional axes (tone register, aesthetic philosophy, audience relationship, sensory ambition) and produce a structured aesthetic brief that downstream skills consume as required input. This is the aesthetic depth layer, distinct from `creative-brief` which covers the operational kickoff (scope, audience, deliverables, constraints). Use this skill when a project needs aesthetic coherence across many small decisions and the user has not yet articulated direction beyond a vague feeling. The brief becomes a reference that content, copy, design, and art-direction skills check against when producing output. Triggers on creative direction, aesthetic direction, set the aesthetic, define the visual direction, what's the vibe, what's the tone, the four axes, tone register, aesthetic philosophy, audience relationship, sensory ambition, our visual register. Also triggers when multiple downstream aesthetic-producing skills are about to run and need a shared brief to maintain coherence. Does NOT fire when the user needs a general kickoff brief covering scope and constraints (use `creative-brief` instead), for tactical single-piece work, when the user already has complete aesthetic direction documented, for purely functional output, or for production-stage work where direction is locked.

chatbot-flow-design

Designing conversational flows for website chatbots and AI agents. Intent recognition architecture, branching logic, fallback handling, escalation to human, conversation analytics. Honest about scripted-bot (rigid trees, fail edge cases), hallucinating-bot (LLM without structure, makes things up), and structured-guided-conversation (LLM-powered with intent architecture and fallback discipline) patterns. Distinguishes chatbot DESIGN (this skill) from chatbot IMPLEMENTATION (engineering and platform work). Triggers on chatbot, conversational AI, AI agent, chat widget, intent design, conversational flow, bot escalation, LLM grounding. Also triggers when a chatbot is hallucinating, when a scripted bot is failing edge cases, or when a chatbot is being scoped for the first time.

ux-research

Plan and execute user research including research planning, recruiting, interview design, qualitative synthesis, and translating findings into product decisions. Use this skill whenever the user wants to plan user research, design interviews, recruit participants, conduct discovery, run formative research, or synthesize qualitative findings. Triggers on user research, UX research, user interviews, discovery research, generative research, formative research, qualitative research, user insights, research synthesis, recruitment, interview guide, jobs to be done. Also triggers when product decisions are being made without user input and the user wants to fix that.

analytics-strategy

Design measurement frameworks including event taxonomy, KPI hierarchy, dashboard architecture, attribution models, and analytics implementation strategy. Use this skill whenever the user wants to plan analytics, design dashboards, build event taxonomies, define KPIs, set up tracking, or audit existing measurement. Triggers on analytics strategy, measurement plan, event taxonomy, tracking plan, KPI framework, dashboard design, north star metric, attribution model, conversion tracking, GA4 setup, Mixpanel setup, analytics audit. Also triggers when the user has data but no clear way to use it, or wants to make decisions but doesn't know what to track.

feature-flagging

Operational discipline for feature flags as production infrastructure. Flag types, naming, targeting rules, rollout strategy, lifecycle, governance, stale flag management, and the technical debt patterns that bite teams who weren't deliberate about it.