claude-blog skills

AI image generation and editing for blog content powered by Gemini via MCP. Generates hero images, inline illustrations, social preview cards, and OG images, and edits existing ones. Supports 6 domain modes (Editorial, Product, Landscape, UI/Web, Infographic, Abstract). Works standalone or internally from blog-write and blog-rewrite; falls back gracefully when MCP is unavailable. Use when user says "blog image", "generate hero image", "blog illustration", "edit blog image", "OG image".

Create and manage writing personas with NNGroup 4-dimension tone framework (Funny-Serious, Formal-Casual, Respectful-Irreverent, Enthusiastic-Matter-of-fact). Personas define readability targets, sentence length distribution, vocabulary tier, contraction frequency, and summary box label. Used by blog-write and blog-rewrite to enforce consistent voice. Use when user says "persona", "voice", "tone", "writing style", "brand voice", "create persona", "use persona".

Post-writing SEO validation with pass/fail checklist covering title tag length and keyword placement, meta description quality, heading hierarchy and keyword density, internal/external link audit with anchor text analysis, canonical URL verification, Open Graph meta tags (og:title, og:description, og:image), Twitter Card validation, structured data presence and validity, URL structure optimization, and image alt text presence. Produces prioritized fix list with specific recommendations. Use when user says "seo check", "check seo", "validate seo", "blog seo", "seo validation", "on-page seo", "title tag check", "meta description check", "heading check", "link audit".

Repurpose blog posts for social media, email, video, podcast, and community channels. Generates Twitter/X threads, LinkedIn posts and articles, Threads, Bluesky, TikTok, Instagram, YouTube Shorts and long-form scripts, Reddit, newsletter, podcast, Discord, and Slack variants. Adapts tone for each platform. Use when user says "repurpose", "blog repurpose", "share blog", "social media", "twitter thread", "linkedin post", "youtube script", "reddit post".

Deep cultural adaptation of translated blog posts. Run after blog-translate completes. Goes beyond translation to swap brand examples, adapt CTAs, substitute legal references, localize statistic sources where possible, and adjust formality (Sie/du, tu/vous, formal/informal). Built-in profiles for DACH, Francophone, Hispanic, and Japanese markets. Use when user says "localize blog", "blog localize", "cultural adaptation", "adapt for Germany", "lokalisieren", "localiser", "adaptar".

FLOW framework integration for bloggers. Evidence-led content workflow using the Find, Optimize, Win loop with stage-specific AI prompts from the FLOW knowledge base (30 blog-applicable prompts, CC BY 4.0). Use when user says "FLOW", "FLOW framework", "blog flow", "evidence-led blogging", "find optimize win", or wants stage-specific blog prompts.

Research what people are actually saying about a topic in the last 30 days across Reddit, X / Twitter, YouTube, Hacker News, dev.to, Medium, and other public discourse platforms. API-free; uses WebSearch with platform-targeted site operators plus recency filters. Produces DISCOURSE.md (a structured brief) and JSON output the writer can consume. Complements blog-researcher (which focuses on authority sources) with a recency-and-engagement lens. Use when user says "blog discourse", "discourse research", "what are people saying about", "research what people are saying", "voice of customer", "social listening", "30-day research", "trend research", "what's the discussion on", "real-time research", "practitioner discourse", "/blog discourse".

Google API integration for blog performance: PageSpeed Insights, CrUX Core Web Vitals with 25-week history, Search Console performance, URL Inspection, Indexing API, GA4 organic traffic, NLP entity analysis for E-E-A-T, YouTube video search for embedding, and Google Ads Keyword Planner. Progressive feature availability based on credential tier (API key, OAuth/service account, GA4, Ads). Shares config with claude-seo at ~/.config/claude-seo/google-api.json. Use when user says "google data", "page speed", "core web vitals", "search console", "indexation", "GA4", "keyword research", "nlp entities", "blog performance", "youtube search", "google api setup".

Translate existing blog posts into one or more target languages with SEO-optimized localization. Produces native-quality translations that preserve markdown structure, frontmatter, schema JSON-LD, image and chart embeds, and evidence-backed explanations. Localizes keywords, meta tags, numbers, dates, currencies, and quote styles per locale. Flags machine-translation artifacts for review. Run BEFORE blog-localize: this handles language conversion; localize handles cultural adaptation after translation completes. Use when user says "translate blog", "blog translate", "uebersetzen", "traduire", "traducir", "translate post", "blog auf Deutsch", "blog en espanol".

Query Google NotebookLM notebooks for source-grounded, citation-backed answers from user-uploaded documents. Manages notebook library, handles Google authentication, and supports smart discovery. Works standalone via /blog notebooklm or internally from blog-write and blog-researcher for source-grounded research context. Falls back gracefully when not configured. Use when user says "notebooklm", "notebook", "query notebook", "ask notebook", "notebook research", "source grounded research", "document query", "notebook library".

Blog strategy development including topic cluster architecture with hub-and-spoke design, audience mapping, competitive landscape analysis, AI citation surface strategy across ChatGPT/Perplexity/AI Overviews, distribution channel planning (YouTube, Reddit, review platforms for AI-citation SEO), content scoring targets, measurement framework, and content differentiation through original research and first-hand experience. Use when user says "blog strategy", "content strategy", "blog positioning", "what should I blog about", "blog topics", "content pillars", "blog ideation".

Detect content decay from Google Search Console exports by comparing current and previous page performance, flagging quarter-over-quarter traffic drops, dropped pages, and refresh, consolidate, prune, or query-shift actions. Use when the user says "/blog decay", "content decay", "traffic drop", "QoQ decline", "GSC decay", or "refresh declining posts".

AI citation readiness audit as part of SEO, covering classic Google search and AI search surfaces together. Use whenever the user wants their content to rank or be cited in ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, Gemini, Copilot, You.com, Google AI Overviews, or Google AI Mode. AI citation optimization audit scoring blog posts for major answer surfaces. Evaluates evidence-backed citability, purpose clarity, entity clarity, structured data, and AI crawler accessibility. Suggests evidence-backed explanations and a 0-100 AI Citation Readiness score. Use when user says "geo", "ai citation", "ai optimization", "citation audit", "aeo", "perplexity optimization", "chatgpt citation".

Detect keyword cannibalization across blog posts by extracting primary keywords from titles and headings, clustering semantically similar targets, and flagging posts competing for the same search intent. Supports local-only mode (grep-based) and DataForSEO API mode (Page Intersection endpoint at ~$0.01/call). Outputs severity-scored report with merge or differentiate recommendations. Use when user says "cannibalization", "keyword overlap", "competing pages", "duplicate keywords", "cannibalize".

Rewrite and optimize existing blog posts for Google SEO (May 2026 Core Update, E-E-A-T) and AI citation visibility as one SEO discipline. For AI-citation-only audit (no Google work), use blog-geo instead. Replaces fabricated statistics with sourced data, applies answer-first formatting, adds images, generates SVG charts, and updates freshness signals. Works with any blog format (MDX, markdown, HTML). Use when user says "rewrite blog", "optimize blog", "update blog", "improve blog", "fix blog".

Full-lifecycle blog engine with 31 sub-skills, 12 templates, 100-point scoring, and 5 agents. Routes requests to the right sub-skill: writing, rewriting, analysis, outlines, audits, schema, charts, images, repurposing, AI citation SEO, FLOW prompts, topic clusters, and multilingual publishing. Optimized for Google rankings, E-E-A-T, and AI citations. Supports any platform. Use when user says "blog", "blog post", "blog audit", "topic cluster", "multilingual blog", or any /blog subcommand.

Learn author writing style from 5 to 10 existing blog posts and generate a voice profile for /blog style learn, VOICE.md, blog-persona, and blog-write when users ask to infer tone, analyze author voice, learn style, or build a writing baseline.

Generate audio narration of blog posts using Google Gemini TTS. Supports summary narration, full article read-aloud, and two-speaker podcast/dialogue mode with 30 voice options. Outputs MP3 with HTML5 audio embed code. Works standalone via /blog audio or internally from blog-write. Falls back gracefully when API key is not configured. Use when user says "blog audio", "narrate blog", "audio version", "text to speech", "tts", "podcast mode", "read aloud", "audio narration", "voice", "narration", "generate audio".

Full-site blog health assessment scanning all blog files for quality scores, orphan pages, topic cannibalization, stale content, and AI citation readiness. Runs canonical batch analysis before site-wide checks. Produces per-post scores and a prioritized action queue. Use when user says "audit blog", "blog audit", "site audit", "blog health", "audit all posts", "check all blogs".

Extract, suggest, and sync tags and categories for blog posts across all major CMS platforms. Supports WordPress REST API, Shopify GraphQL, Ghost Content API, Strapi REST/GraphQL, and Sanity GROQ. Generates tag suggestions from content analysis (keyword frequency, heading extraction, semantic grouping), enforces minimum post-count thresholds to prevent thin tag archives, and syncs taxonomy via authenticated API calls. Use when user says "tags", "categories", "taxonomy", "tag suggestions", "sync tags", "WordPress tags", "Shopify tags".

Audit a directory of multilingual blog content for completeness, consistency, hreflang correctness, meta-tag parity, and freshness. Builds a translation coverage matrix, flags stale translations, validates hreflang and schema, and emits a prioritized report with runnable fix commands. Use when user says "locale audit", "blog locale-audit", "check translations", "multilingual audit", "translation check", "hreflang check", "Uebersetzungen pruefen".

Scaffold and operate Claude Blog Brain, a source-cited Obsidian brain for blog content creation, optimization, and management dual-optimized for Google rankings (E-E-A-T, the 2026 core updates) and AI citations (GEO/AEO), spanning writing, rewriting and freshness, SERP-informed briefs and outlines, editorial calendars and strategy, semantic topic clusters, schema and internal linking, multilingual publishing, the FLOW framework, factchecking, personas, distribution, and the blog delivery contract, grounded in the claude-blog skill. Use when the user says "claude-blog-brain", "Claude Blog Brain", "create a blog content creation, optimization, and management dual-optimized for Google rankings (E-E-A-T, the 2026 core updates) and AI citations (GEO/AEO), spanning writing, rewriting and freshness, SERP-informed briefs and outlines, editorial calendars and strategy, semantic topic clusters, schema and internal linking, multilingual publishing, the FLOW framework, factchecking, personas, dist

Generate dark-mode-compatible inline SVG data visualization charts for blog posts. Supports horizontal bar, grouped bar, donut, line, lollipop, area, and radar charts with automatic platform detection (HTML vs JSX/MDX). Enforces chart type diversity, accessible markup (role=img, aria-labelledby), source attribution, and transparent backgrounds. Use when user says "blog chart", "generate chart", "data visualization", "svg chart", "blog graph", or "visualize data".

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, evidence-backed section 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".