benai-skills

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.

Autonomous goal-directed iteration loop that continuously improves prompts, templates, configs, or code. Two evaluation modes — deterministic (eval.py with proxy heuristics) or AI judge (LLM rubric scoring). Uses four-way separation in both modes. Inspired by Karpathy's autoresearch.

Create a case study presentation (PPTX). Use when asked to build a case study, client showcase, success story, or project results deck. Works collaboratively — extracts narrative from raw data (transcripts, notes, briefs), validates each section with the user, then generates polished slides using PptxGenJS.

Interactive, step-by-step course creation assistant. Takes any idea (or YouTube video) and produces a complete, launch-ready course package. USE THIS SKILL WHEN: - User mentions creating a course, building a course, course creation - User wants a course outline, curriculum, or course structure - User says "turn this into a course", "I want to teach", "course about X" - User wants to repurpose YouTube videos, blog posts, or transcripts into a course - User needs help with course pricing, course marketing, course emails, or course launch - User mentions online course, cohort course, challenge course, 30-day challenge - User needs student onboarding, course assessments, or learning design

Mine high-value prospects from CRM pipeline stages (Lost, No Show, Churned, Stalled) by cross-referencing records with LinkedIn company data and comms history. Connects to any CRM, pulls records from target stages, filters out personal email domains, bulk-scrapes company sizes via Apify, and filters by the user's "high-value" definition (headcount, industry, deal size). MANDATORY TRIGGERS: "find high-value prospects", "mine my lost deals", "reactivate pipeline", "prospect mining", "CRM mining", "re-engage lost leads", "company size analysis", "headcount filter", or any request about identifying which CRM prospects are worth pursuing based on company size, industry, or intent signals.

Write hyper-personalized cold email icebreakers for B2B leads using their company intelligence and LinkedIn data. Use this skill whenever the user says "write icebreakers", "personalize emails", "email personalization", "cold email first lines", "write opening lines", "personalize outreach", "create email openers", or has enriched leads and wants to write the first line of a cold email for each. Also trigger when the user has a CSV with lead intelligence columns and wants to generate personalized outreach copy. This skill produces icebreakers that sound human, reference real observations, and tie back to the user's product/service.

Create visual presentations, slide decks, and explanatory diagrams in Excalidraw. Use when user asks to create a presentation, slide deck, visual explainer, pitch deck, comparison diagram, process flow, or any multi-slide visual content. Supports two output modes — generating .excalidraw JSON files OR injecting slides directly into excalidraw.com via Chrome browser automation (clipboard JS injection + paste). Combines presentation design expertise with Excalidraw technical implementation.

Generate on-screen visuals for Ben van Sprundel's YouTube videos using Higgsfield. Same brand system as the thumbnails (charcoal + coral, dot-grid, flat-stylized icons, bold uppercase text), but optimized for in-video slides shown during a tutorial. Use when the user says generate a visual, make a slide, on-screen graphic, video visual, explain this concept visually, progressive disclosure, step-by-step reveal, or shares a concept and asks for a slide to show during their video. Two modes: single (one slide from one prompt) and progressive-disclosure (N sequential frames where each builds on the previous by adding one element at a time, locking background/composition across the entire sequence). Saves per-video to Projects/youtube/{video-slug}/visuals/.

Create animated GIF and static PNG infographics for LinkedIn posts following Ben AI's exact brand guidelines. Use this skill whenever the user wants to visualize a process, workflow, or step-by-step concept for LinkedIn — including phrases like "make a visual", "create a GIF", "infographic for LinkedIn", "visualize this workflow", "diagram for LinkedIn", "animated post", "process visual", or any request to turn a LinkedIn post or concept into a visual format. Always use this skill in combination with linkedin-post when the user wants both a written post and a visual.

Basic infographic generator. Just tell me what you want and I'll make it.

Generate professional infographics using Nano Banana MCP (Gemini AI image generation). Follows a guided flow — analyze content, suggest visualizable concepts, propose visualization approaches, then generate on-brand images. USE THIS SKILL WHEN user says "create infographic", "make a visual", "design an infographic", "generate infographic", wants to visualize a concept, framework, or data for social media, mentions "LinkedIn post", "visual content", "infographic series", asks to explain a concept visually or create a diagram-style image, mentions "visual metaphor", "iceberg diagram", "pyramid", "funnel visualization", wants to generate images with Gemini for informational content, or says "brand visuals", "social media graphics", "thought leadership visual". - User mentions "nano banana", "gemini image generation", "professional infographics"

Deep-research lead intelligence gathering for B2B qualified leads. This skill runs in two layers:

Qualify B2B leads against a user-defined Ideal Customer Profile (ICP). Use this skill whenever the user

B2B lead generation and research assistant. Use when asked to find leads, build a prospect list, research companies, find LinkedIn contacts, do lead generation, create an ICP, B2B prospecting, company research, LinkedIn scraping, find decision-makers, build a sales list, lead scoring, or export leads to CSV.

Scrape LinkedIn post engagers (commenters + reactors) from any profile or set of profiles, deduplicate them, and optionally qualify + enrich them with full LinkedIn profile data and company websites. Use this skill whenever the user says "scrape post engagers", "get LinkedIn engagers", "who engaged with my posts", "LinkedIn warm list", "post engagement scraping", "scrape commenters", "scrape reactions", "LinkedIn post leads", "find people who engaged", "engagement-based prospecting", "warm outbound from LinkedIn", "prospect from posts", "competitor engager scraping", "scrape my LinkedIn audience", or wants to build a lead list from people who interacted with LinkedIn posts. Also trigger when the user mentions building a prospect list from LinkedIn engagement data, or wants to know who commented on or reacted to specific LinkedIn posts.

Repurpose YouTube videos, blog articles, guides, or raw insights into high-performing LinkedIn posts that match Ben's exact tone of voice and writing style. This is a STEP-BY-STEP, interactive process — never output a complete LinkedIn post immediately. Each step requires suggestions, user decision, then progression to the next step. USE THIS SKILL WHEN: - User shares a YouTube link and wants a LinkedIn post - User shares a blog article URL and wants a LinkedIn post - User provides an insight, idea, or document and wants a LinkedIn post - User mentions "LinkedIn post", "repurpose for LinkedIn", "turn this into a LinkedIn post" - User says "LinkedIn content", "write a post", "create a post" - User pastes a transcript and wants LinkedIn content - User asks to create social content from a video, article, or idea TRIGGERS: "LinkedIn post", "LinkedIn content", "repurpose", "write a post", "post about", "turn this into a post", "create a LinkedIn post", "LinkedIn from YouTube", "LinkedIn from blog"

Vault-aware LinkedIn writer. Same step-by-step LinkedIn post process as linkedin-writer, but ICP, voice, and offer context come from the vault's Context/ folder instead of being bundled inside the skill. Update one file in the vault and every skill pointing to it inherits the change. TRIGGERS: LinkedIn post, LinkedIn content, repurpose, repurpose for LinkedIn, turn this into a LinkedIn post, write a post, create a post, post about, LinkedIn from YouTube, LinkedIn from blog, LinkedIn from transcript. REQUIREMENT: run from the user's vault working directory so Context/icp.md, Context/brand.md, Context/services.md, and Context/operator.md resolve.

Convert discovery call transcripts into concise n8n Automation Blueprints with interactive question flow. USE THIS SKILL WHEN user says "create a blueprint", "generate automation spec", "convert transcript to blueprint", provides discovery call transcripts or client documentation, needs an n8n automation blueprint for workflow implementation, mentions scoping calls, client requirements, or workflow documentation, or asks to document automation requirements or create implementation specs.

Build, test, and deploy n8n workflows via REST API with incremental testing. Expert automation for n8n. USE THIS SKILL WHEN user says "create workflow", "build automation", "deploy to n8n", "activate workflow", needs to list, update, delete, or test workflows, mentions webhook execution, checking executions, debugging workflow runs, asks about n8n nodes, expressions, credentials, or Code nodes, needs JavaScript or Python code for n8n Code nodes, mentions expressions, $json, $input, or $node references, or asks about AI Agent, OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Sheets, Airtable, Slack, or other n8n nodes.

Iterative newsletter writing workflow for Ben Van Sprundel's audience. Use when Ben wants to write a newsletter from an insight, idea, or 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. Triggers: newsletter, write newsletter, email content, repurpose video, insight to newsletter.

Build and schedule a personalized Operator prompt that runs the user's second brain on a recurring cadence. The skill is invoked from inside the vault folder locally — it reads `Context/` and `CLAUDE.md` first to infer org, team, brand voice, and paths, then asks ONLY the gaps it can't determine (cadence, connectors, DM recipient, budgets, signature). Fills `references/operator-prompt-template.md`, writes the rendered prompt locally, then invokes the `schedule` skill to wire up the recurring trigger automatically. Template is a generic version of a battle-tested vault Operator spec — cadence awareness, freshness, daily-as-state, idle-timeout protection, principles, hard rules, failure handling, report schema. Use when the user says "set up the operator", "build my operator prompt", "operate my second brain", "schedule my OS", "os operator", "vault operator", or runs /os-operator.

Framework-driven audit and optimizer for any markdown vault. Applies 9 frameworks (F1 Anthropic CLAUDE.md, F2 Karpathy Wiki, F3 Caveman, F4 Chroma Context Rot, F5 Anthropic Memory, F6 Progressive Disclosure, G7 Hygiene, F8 Reflection / Anthropic Dreams, F9 Architecture & Discoverability). F9 walks the actual co-worker-Claude discovery chain (root CLAUDE.md → routing → folder Plot.md → file), audits routing-table truthfulness against folder reality, generates/refreshes per-folder Plot.md indexes, detects navigation orphans, proposes architectural reorganizations grounded in the user's Context/. Every finding ships a concrete fix — nothing is flag-only, nothing is fix-later; user picks apply-now (walk per item) or save-to-plan per finding. Creates visible per-stage tasks via TaskCreate so the user watches the run unfold. TRIGGERS: os optimizer, optimize vault, vault audit, second brain audit, clean up vault, framework audit, discoverability check, architecture audit, reorg vault. Run from vault root.

Bootstrap the BenAI OS Plugin vault structure and run personalized onboarding. Creates all directories, system files, Obsidian config, memory system, hooks, and output styles, then interviews the user to personalize everything. Two modes — Solopreneurs/Professionals (default), Business/Teams. Use when user says "set up", "bootstrap", "initialize", "onboarding", or runs /os-setup.

Overrides default LLM truncation behavior. Enforces complete code generation, bans placeholder patterns, and handles token-limit splits cleanly. Apply to any task requiring exhaustive, unabridged output.

Pipeline review and next-action planner. Pulls all prospects from a specified CRM pipeline stage, analyzes

When the user wants to create SEO-driven pages at scale using templates and data. Also use when the user mentions "programmatic SEO," "template pages," "pages at scale," "directory pages," "location pages," "[keyword] + [city] pages," "comparison pages," "integration pages," or "building many pages for SEO." For auditing existing SEO issues, see seo-audit.

Start a clean Claude session with only the context the next task needs, instead of /compact. Captures the goal of your next session, points to the right files (never copies them), and outputs a self-contained prompt to paste into a fresh chat. Use when: "refresh", "refresh context", "fresh start", "my chat got sloppy", "start a new chat with context", "hand off this session", outputs degrading, drifting off task. Three levels: lite (quick reset), full (default handoff), ultra (full briefing). NOT for: summarizing in place (that's /compact), or saving permanent notes.

Sales rep performance analyzer and grader. Pulls meeting transcripts from Fireflies, Fathom, or any

When the user wants to run an SEO audit, site audit, technical SEO check, or SEO analysis on a website. Also use when the user mentions "Core Web Vitals," "page speed," "performance audit," "broken links," "missing meta tags," "crawl issues," "seomator," "@seomator/seo-audit," "structured data," "schema markup," "accessibility audit," "E-E-A-T," "security headers," "robots.txt," or "sitemap audit." For creating SEO pages at scale, see programmatic-seo. For optimizing content, see seo-optimizing.

Generate SEO-optimized competitor comparison and alternatives pages. Covers "X vs Y" layouts, "alternatives to X" pages, feature matrices, schema markup, and conversion optimization. Use when user says "comparison page", "vs page", "alternatives page", "competitor comparison", "X vs Y", "best tools", or "competitor content".

Content quality and E-E-A-T analysis with AI citation readiness assessment. Use when user says "content quality", "E-E-A-T", "content analysis", "readability check", "thin content", "content audit", "AI citation", or "GEO content".

Optimize content for AI Overviews, ChatGPT web search, Perplexity, and other AI-powered search experiences. GEO analysis including brand mention signals, AI crawler accessibility, llms.txt compliance, passage-level citability scoring, and platform-specific optimization. Use when user says "AI Overviews", "GEO", "AI search", "LLM optimization", "Perplexity", "AI citations", "ChatGPT search", "AI visibility", or "llms.txt".

Hreflang and international SEO audit, validation, and generation. Detects common mistakes, validates language/region codes, and generates correct hreflang implementations for HTML, HTTP headers, and XML sitemaps. Use when user says "hreflang", "i18n SEO", "international SEO", "multi-language", "multi-region", "language tags", or "hreflang validation".