Generate a YouTube title shortlist for a new video using two parallel lenses, topic-based and pattern-based. Pulls the LAST 20 to 25 uploads from a locked comp set of competitor channels plus Ben's own channel (recent only, never all-time-popular), clusters them by subject and by structure, weights what is overperforming right now, then produces two labeled angle sets. Reasons about the video first, lets the fresh data reshape the angle, and never forces the topic into an irrelevant template. Uses reliable recent-upload pulls, not the unreliable vidiq_outliers endpoint. Use whenever Ben says "title ideation", "title angles", "title brainstorm", "give me title options", "what should I call this video", "title shortlist", or shares a rough video idea / transcript / reference videos and asks for titles.
Turn a task you just finished into a small, reliable, single-purpose skill by reverse-engineering the process from the conversation you already had. Also improves or audits an existing skill. Use this AFTER you have done a piece of knowledge work in a chat (research, a draft, an analysis, a prep doc) and want to lock the process in as a skill. Triggers include "build a skill from this", "turn this into a skill", "make a skill out of what we just did", "skill-ify this", "build a skill", "improve this skill", "audit my skill", "why does my skill suck", "make my skill smaller", or when the user finishes a repeatable task and wants to reuse it. Built for knowledge workers, not just engineers. For skills you have NOT done yet (only an idea), hand off to process-interviewer instead.
Repurpose research, YouTube videos, blog articles, guides, or raw insights into high-performing LinkedIn posts that match Ben's exact tone of voice and writing style. STEP-BY-STEP and interactive: never output a complete post immediately, and at each step give suggestions, wait for the user's decision, then proceed. Pairs with /research upstream and /visual downstream. Use when the user shares a YouTube link, blog URL, transcript, insight, or idea and wants a LinkedIn post, or says "LinkedIn post", "LinkedIn content", "write a post", "repurpose for LinkedIn", or "turn this into a post".
Iterative newsletter writing workflow for Ben Van Sprundel's audience. Use when Ben wants to write a newsletter from research, an insight, an idea, or a YouTube video transcript. This is a CREATIVE, STEP-BY-STEP process. Never output a complete newsletter immediately. Each step requires suggestions, user decision, then progression to next step. Pairs with /research upstream and /image downstream. Triggers: newsletter, write newsletter, email content, repurpose video, insight to newsletter.
Run deep, internet-enabled research on any topic to gather the raw material for content. First step of the content pipeline — feeds /linkedin and /newsletter. Automates prompt enhancement through clarifying questions, saves parameters for reproducibility, and executes web-enabled deep research. Use when the user asks to research a topic, gather sources, investigate a subject, or build the foundation for a post or newsletter.
Generate on-brand visuals and infographics for LinkedIn posts and newsletters using Nano Banana MCP (Gemini AI image generation). Final step of the content pipeline. Follows a guided flow. Analyze the content, suggest visualizable concepts, propose visualization approaches, then generate on-brand visuals. USE THIS SKILL WHEN user says "create a visual", "make a visual", "generate an infographic", or wants a graphic to go with a post or newsletter. Modular architecture with lazy-loaded reference files for each phase.
Build Anthropic Managed Agents through a non-technical conversation. The skill asks the user what kind of agent they want, which connectors and abilities it should have, and then silently translates that into Anthropic's Managed Agents REST API: creates the Agent, Environment, Vault and credentials, attaches MCP servers and Skills, opens a Session, and sends a first message. Hides the developer details. USE THIS SKILL WHEN user says "agent builder", "build an agent", "create an agent", "managed agent", "managed agents", "deploy an agent", "anthropic agent", "agent platform", "agents API", "agent session", "agent environment", "agent vault", "upload skill", "attach skill", "/v1/agents", "/v1/skills", or wants to spin up an autonomous agent that runs on Anthropic's managed infrastructure with connectors and skills.
Set up an agentic OS — either inside an Obsidian vault (bundled command-center dashboard, 5 auto-installed plugins, button bar wired to Claude prompts) OR as a standalone Next.js web dashboard with live MCP integrations (Circle, Fireflies, YouTube/VidIQ, Unipile LinkedIn DMs, Apify Twitter, Reddit), Anthropic Agent SDK refreshes, and optional Railway deploy. Use when the user says "set up agentic OS", "install command center", "bootstrap a personal AI dashboard", "build a vault dashboard", "spin up an MCP-powered dashboard", "deploy an AI ops dashboard", "give me my own version of the dashboard", "set up my second brain dashboard", or asks to personalize a dashboard previously created with this skill. Skill asks one routing question first — Obsidian or standalone — then runs the matching full flow.