claude-skills

Designing in-product tours, tooltips, and contextual help that teach product capabilities without becoming friction. Trigger logic, tour architecture, contextual placement, completion tracking. Honest about tooltip-spam (visual noise that users develop blindness to), one-and-done (help invisible at the moment of need), and contextual-when-needed (surfaces help at the moment friction occurs) patterns. Triggers on product tour, in-product tooltip, contextual help, walkthrough, feature tour, hint system, in-app guidance, tour platform. Also triggers when feature adoption is low, when users miss key product capabilities, or when an in-product help system is being scoped for the first time.

Designing first-run product onboarding wizards that get users to the ah-ha moment without overwhelming them. Step architecture, progressive disclosure, escape hatches, completion incentives, drop-off measurement. Honest about tutorial-overload (dump everything upfront), skip-friendly-empty (skipped onboarding leads to abandoned product), and earned-progressive-disclosure (right things at the right moments) patterns. Triggers on onboarding wizard, product onboarding, first-run experience, signup flow, activation flow, FRX, time-to-value, ah-ha moment design. Also triggers when activation rates are low, when users skip onboarding and never return, when onboarding flows are being scoped for the first time, or when audience research shows users not finding key features.

Establish a security baseline for a website or web app. Use this skill when configuring HTTPS and TLS, setting security headers, planning secrets management, evaluating CSP policies, doing a basic security audit, or hardening a site before launch. Triggers on security headers, HTTPS, TLS, CSP, content security policy, HSTS, secrets management, vulnerability scan, security audit, harden, OWASP, security baseline. Also triggers when a security review is required for compliance or before going live.

Designing lead magnets that earn the email. The discipline of building gated content (ebooks, templates, checklists, swipe files, mini-courses, free tools) that delivers genuine standalone value while qualifying the lead and warming them for what comes next. Honest about thin-bait (overpromises, underdelivers), kitchen-sink-resource (everything, helps with nothing), and earned-value-magnet (delivers standalone value while qualifying the lead). Triggers on lead magnet, gated content, opt-in offer, ebook, checklist, template, swipe file, mini-course, free tool, content upgrade, freebie, opt-in, list-building offer. Also triggers when an audience is being asked for an email and the offer attached to that ask needs design discipline, when previous lead magnets converted but did not produce qualified leads, or when a lead magnet is being scoped for the first time.

Triage technical SEO findings from Ahrefs Site Audit (and similar crawlers) by SEO impact, not just severity. Use this skill when reviewing crawl results, prioritizing technical fixes, scoping a technical SEO sprint, or after running any site-wide crawl. Triggers on site audit results, technical fix list, crawl errors, technical SEO triage, prioritize technical issues, what should we fix first, broken links, redirect chains. Also triggers when a long list of crawler issues is creating decision paralysis.

Translate ideas, feature requests, or vague concepts into specific, actionable dev briefs. Use this skill whenever the user has an idea they want to build, a feature to spec out, a bug to file, a project to scope, or needs to convert a half-formed idea into a clear implementation brief. Triggers on I want to add, we should build, can we make, what is the plan for, how do we implement, dev brief, feature spec, PRD, user story, acceptance criteria, scope this, prioritize. Also triggers when the user has a list of things they want to build and needs help converting them into well-formed tasks.

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.

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.

Design a structured onboarding experience that gets new team members productive in 30, 60, and 90 days. Use when a new hire is joining, when contractors or agency partners need to ramp up, when an existing team is restructuring and members are switching focus, or when current onboarding feels chaotic and slow. Also triggers when one person owns all the tribal knowledge and you need to capture it, when you keep losing people in their first 90 days, or when a new project has many fresh members joining at once. Useful for engineering, design, product, marketing, and operations roles.

Move content between platforms, domains, or URL structures while preserving SEO equity, user bookmarks, and integrations. Use this skill when planning a CMS migration, replatforming, consolidating sites, changing URL structures, or merging content from multiple sources. Triggers on content migration, replatform, CMS migration, domain migration, URL restructure, redirect map, site merge, content consolidation, migration plan, post-migration drop. Also triggers when planning a launch that involves moving existing content.

Apply production-grade design standards when building or reviewing pages, components, or UI. Use this skill whenever the user asks to build a page, design a component, lay out a section, review the UI, fix the layout, or check design quality. Triggers on build a page, create a component, design a section, hero, card, CTA, layout, review the UI, fix the design, design system, design tokens, spacing, typography scale, button standards, mobile design. Also triggers for any production design decision where contrast, accessibility, spacing, or visual hierarchy matters.

Optimize content and site structure for AI-driven search experiences including AI overviews, large language model citations, generative answer engines, and AI assistants. Use this skill whenever the user wants to optimize for AI search, get cited by language models, appear in AI overviews, build llms.txt, structure content for AI extraction, or future-proof their SEO for the shift from blue links to AI answers. Triggers on AEO, GEO, AI search, AI SEO, AI overview, generative search, LLM optimization, llms.txt, AI citation, ChatGPT search, Perplexity, Gemini, Claude search, AI assistant optimization, answer engine. Also triggers when the user expresses concern about AI eating their organic traffic or wants to understand how to remain visible as search shifts.

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.

Designing meeting schedulers and booking experiences that qualify leads, set up calls well, and convert at higher rates than a generic Calendly link. Availability logic, qualification gating, prep automation, follow-up sequencing. Honest about any-time-friction (no qualification, just a booking link), interrogation-gate (so much qualification it scares users off), and qualified-fast-path (just enough qualification to set up the call well) patterns. Triggers on scheduler design, meeting booking, demo scheduling, sales call scheduling, calendar tool, booking page, qualification flow. Also triggers when sales team complains about cold demos, when booking conversion is poor, or when scheduler is being scoped for the first time.

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.

Designing side-by-side comparison tools (plan-compare, product-compare, alternative-compare) that help users decide rather than just listing features. Axis selection, default-comparison logic, recommendation discipline. Honest about feature-list-dump (every feature in a row, no decision support), hidden-recommendation (biased comparison pretending to be neutral), and honest-comparison-with-guidance (genuine comparison plus opinionated recommendation) patterns. Triggers on comparison tool, plan compare, product compare, alternative compare, vs page, decision support tool. Also triggers when conversion through comparison stages is poor, when users are abandoning at the comparison step, or when a comparison tool is being scoped for the first time.

How to design a content hub that earns topical authority. Pillar topic selection, cluster planning, internal linking architecture, URL structure, pillar and cluster page anatomy, topical authority signals for SEO and AEO/GEO, and the maintenance discipline that distinguishes intentional hubs from accidental orphans. Triggers on pillar content, content hub, topic cluster, topical authority, content architecture, hub and spoke, pillar page, cluster page, content silo, internal linking strategy. Also triggers when a content set is not ranking despite individual piece quality, when a pillar was launched without a cluster, or when content has accumulated without an architecture.

Run keyword research, classify by search intent, cluster into topical groups, and prioritize for content production. Use this skill whenever the user asks to do keyword research, find target keywords, identify ranking opportunities, classify search intent, build a topical map, or plan a content strategy around what people search for. Triggers on keyword research, keyword strategy, search intent, keyword clustering, topic clusters, keyword difficulty, search volume, ranking opportunity, content gap, what should I write about, target keyword, primary keyword, secondary keyword, long-tail. Also triggers when planning a content calendar or new site without keywords yet defined.

Run upstream brand discovery covering audience research, competitive landscape, category dynamics, problem space, and positioning territory exploration. Use this skill at the very start of a brand or website project when the user needs to understand who they're for, who they compete with, what the audience actually needs, and where the brand could plausibly stand. Triggers on brand discovery, audience research, market research, competitive scan, category research, customer research, who is this for, who are we, positioning research, intake, kickoff. Also triggers when a creative brief is requested but the upstream inputs (audience, competitors, problem space) are not yet clear.

Build or audit a comprehensive brand style guide that documents the full brand system including story, logo system, color, typography, imagery, voice, applications, and dos/don'ts. Use this skill whenever the user wants to create brand guidelines, document an existing brand, build a brand book, audit an existing style guide for completeness, or produce the artifact that other teams will reference for years. Triggers on style guide, brand guidelines, brand book, brand standards, brand manual, style sheet, brand documentation, brand reference. Also triggers when the brand identity is finished and needs to be documented for handoff to designers, developers, vendors, or future team members.

Generate, evaluate, and narrow brand concepts during early ideation including positioning territories, naming candidates, mood directions, and narrative angles. Use this skill whenever the user is in the early phase of brand creation, exploring brand directions, brainstorming names, building moodboards, generating positioning options, or trying to choose between multiple brand directions. Triggers on brand ideation, brand concept, naming, brand name, name candidates, positioning, brand positioning, mood board, brand directions, exploring brands, early brand work, brand exploration, brand brainstorm, brand options. Also triggers when the user has multiple half-formed brand ideas and needs help converging on one, even if they do not say 'ideation' explicitly.

Generate a phased delivery orchestration plan for creative-direction-driven work: which skills run when, what locks at which gate, how handoffs occur, and how the cadence implements in the team's tools (Jira, Linear, Notion, Figma, GitHub) with AI agents via MCP and CLI. A temporal map of phases, lock points, handoff specs, gate definitions, and QA verification gates. Distinct from `creative-brief` (static project brief) and `creative-direction` (aesthetic direction). Triggers on integration orchestrator, delivery cadence, project orchestration, when does the brief lock, how to phase creative direction, design-development handoff, QA gate, agent-driven QA, and when a creative-direction project is starting, mid-flight with broken cadence, or integrating AI agents into PM workflow. Does NOT fire for project scoping (use `creative-brief`), aesthetic direction (use `creative-direction`), or general project management without a creative-direction throughline.

Patterns for individual long-form content pieces. Case studies, whitepapers, research reports, definitive guides, manifestos, ebooks, long-form tutorials. The structural disciplines that distinguish publication-quality long-form from bloggy-long padding or academic bloat. Different from pillar-content-architecture (which covers hub structure); this skill covers individual deep-dive pieces. Triggers on long-form content, case study writing, whitepaper, research report, definitive guide, ebook, manifesto, long-form tutorial, deep-dive article, anchor piece, foundational article, structural archetypes. Also triggers when a piece is over 3,000 words and the team is unsure how to structure it, when a long-form draft feels padded or saggy, or when a flagship asset needs the depth to actually earn the length.

Communicate effectively with stakeholders across functions and seniority levels. Use this skill when writing status updates, preparing executive reviews, sharing technical decisions with non-technical audiences, managing up, communicating bad news, or designing the communication cadence for a project. Triggers on stakeholder update, status report, executive summary, exec review, manage up, communicate bad news, project comms, status meeting, weekly update. Also triggers when a project is going off track and the team needs to communicate it.

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.