kit-broadcast

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name: kit-broadcast description: Create and schedule email broadcasts in Kit (ConvertKit) for new blog posts on Claude Code for Marketers. Use when: (1) announcing a new blog post via email, (2) scheduling a Kit broadcast, (3) creating newsletter content for claudecodeformarketers.com posts. Triggers include "send email about this post", "schedule broadcast", "announce this post", "kit broadcast", "email newsletter".

Kit Broadcast Skill

Create and schedule email broadcasts for new blog posts.

Workflow

1. Read the blog post from src/content/blog/{slug}.md
2. Extract key information:
   • Title from frontmatter
   • 3-4 key points from the content
   • Build post URL: https://claudecodeformarketers.com/blog/{slug}
3. Generate email copy following the template in references/email-template.md
4. Present the email to user for review (subject + HTML content)
5. Ask for schedule time in ISO8601 format (e.g., 2026-01-20T10:00:00-06:00)
6. Create broadcast using scripts/kit_broadcast.py

Script usage

# Load API key from .env in project root
source /Users/keanan/code/claude-code-for-marketers/.env && export KIT_API_KEY

# Dry run (test without sending)
python scripts/kit_broadcast.py \
  --subject "[CC4M] Post Title" \
  --content "<p>HTML content here</p>" \
  --send-at "2026-01-20T10:00:00-06:00" \
  --dry-run

# Create scheduled broadcast
python scripts/kit_broadcast.py \
  --subject "[CC4M] Post Title" \
  --content "<p>HTML content here</p>" \
  --send-at "2026-01-20T10:00:00-06:00"

Timezone

User is in US Central time. When they say "10am tomorrow", convert to ISO8601 with -06:00 offset (CST) or -05:00 (CDT during daylight saving).

Subscriber targeting

Broadcasts use the "CC4M broadcast audience" segment (ID: 544062), which is configured in the Kit UI to:

• Include: Subscribers with the "CC4M" tag
• Exclude: Subscribers currently in the "Welcome to CC4M" onboarding sequence

This ensures new subscribers complete their onboarding emails before receiving broadcast announcements. The segment ID is hardcoded in the script.

Why a segment? The Kit API v4 only supports tag and segment filter types, and only one filter group type (all, any, or none) per API call. Sequence exclusion requires a pre-built segment that combines both filters in the Kit UI.

After scheduling

Report back:

• Broadcast ID from API response
• Scheduled send time
• Audience: CC4M tag subscribers
• Suggest user verify in Kit dashboard at https://app.kit.com/broadcasts