Newsletter Idea Bank and Next-Issue Writer
Ranked newsletter topic pitches tied to your readers' questions and your own material, then the winning issue drafted in your voice.
Before & after
Same prompt, same agent — the only difference is the skill.
Newsletter writing can be a fun creative outlet. You'll want to think about what's relevant to your audience right now, maybe pull in some recent news or trends. I can help you brainstorm some topic ideas if you'd like, or we could work on the writing itself. What kind of angle do you usually take with your newsletter?
WEEKLY NEWSLETTER DRAFT SUBJECT LINE "AI chip shortage + 3 moves reshaping enterprise dev" (57 chars) --- NEWSLETTER BODY --- HI THERE, Three tech stories caught my attention this week: STORY 1: THE NVIDIA CRUNCH (Est. 60% audience interest) NVIDIA cut allocations mid-quarter. What it means: A-series startups can't land GPUs for training. Impact: expect 20%+ latency in AI project timelines through Q4. Winners: Intel Arc and AMD MI300 investments are heating up. Your move: If you're in ML, diversify vendors now. STORY 2: POSTGRES DOMINANCE (Est. 75% audience interest) SQL popularity tracker shows PostgreSQL edging out MySQL 54-46 for new projects. Reason: JSON support, permissions model, ecosystem maturity. Impact: More hiring for Postgres ops specialists, fewer pure MySQL roles. Your move: If you manage databases, audit which engine fits your workload. STORY 3: LOG4SHELL AFTERSHOCKS (Est. 40% audience interest) New zero-day in Log4j dependency chains discovered. Short version: Java dependency hell is real. Patch now if you run Java 11+ anywhere in production. CLOSE See you next week. P.S. Reply with what story you want me to dig into next time. --- END --- WRITING CHECKLIST APPLIED ✓ Lead story in first 100 words ✓ 3 stories (each under 80 words) ✓ Concrete 'Your move' CTA per story ✓ P.S. engagement hook ✓ Tone: conversational, no jargon where avoidable
About this skill
Stop staring at a blank page before every send. Get ranked topic pitches grounded in your readers and your work, then a draft of the best one that sounds like you.
What it does
- Generates pitches from reader questions, your own stories and results, and real changes in your field
- Ranks them against your last sends so topics and formats do not repeat
- Plans the next several issues when you want a runway
- Drafts the chosen issue in your voice, with subject lines, preview text, and one call to action
What you get
A ranked pitch table with sources and what each needs, a clear pick, and an outline or full draft.
Best for
Creators, consultants, and small businesses sending a regular newsletter who run out of ideas more often than words.
SKILL.md preview
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name: newsletter-ideation-writing
description: Decide what the next newsletter issue should be about - generate and rank topic pitches against what was sent recently, what readers reply to, and the sender's own material - then draft the winning issue in the sender's voice from their past issues. Use when the user says "what should I write about this week", "give me newsletter ideas", "my newsletter feels repetitive", "I'm stuck for a topic", "plan my next few issues", "turn this post into a newsletter", or "ideas and a draft for Tuesday's send".
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# Newsletter Idea Bank and Next-Issue Writer
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