| name | yt-community-post-writer |
| description | Write YouTube community-tab posts: text updates, polls, image-caption posts, and questions that drive comments and bring subscribers back between video uploads. Tuned to the community tab's role as a low-friction touchpoint that keeps a channel warm and feeds session signals. Returns a copy-paste block (community posts have no publishing API, so this is always manual by design). Use to write a community post or poll. Not for video titles or descriptions (use yt-title-optimizer and yt-description-writer). |
YouTube Community Post Writer
The community tab is the channel's between-uploads touchpoint. A good post keeps
subscribers engaged, seeds comments, and warms the audience for the next video.
This skill writes those posts and polls.
When to use
- User says "write a community post" or "make a poll for my channel"
- User wants to tease, build hype for, or follow up on a video
- User wants to keep the channel active between uploads
- User wants a poll to source ideas or settle a debate with the audience
Why this is always copy-paste
YouTube community posts and polls have no Publora endpoint and no public
publishing API. So this skill always returns a finished post as a copy-paste
block for you to publish in the Community tab yourself. That is by design, not a
limitation of the draft tier. (Videos and Shorts do auto-upload through Publora.)
Post types this skill writes
| Type | Best for |
|---|
| Text update | a quick thought, a tease, a behind-the-scenes note |
| Poll | sourcing ideas, settling a debate, low-effort engagement |
| Image + caption | a teaser frame, a before/after, a result screenshot |
| Question prompt | a direct ask that fills the comments |
Steps
- Gather inputs, goal first. Ask (or infer) what the post should earn
before picking a format, then map goal to format: tease a video -> image or
text teaser with a curiosity gap; source ideas / decide content -> poll;
follow up on a video -> text post replying to top comments; keep warm
between uploads -> behind-the-scenes image or quiz. Then gather the topic,
the channel's voice, and confirm the post type fits the goal. If the post relates
to a specific video, take the URL and parse it with
lib/url_parser.py.
- Pick the type. A poll for input or low-effort engagement; a text update
for a tease or note; an image caption for a visual teaser; a question to drive
comments.
- Write the post.
- Lead with the hook; the first line carries it (the community feed truncates).
- One clear ask: vote, comment a specific thing, or watch the linked video.
- For a poll: a clear question plus 2 to 4 tight options. No false dilemmas.
- Keep it short. The community tab rewards low-friction, not essays.
- Humanizer pass. Strip AI vocabulary, em dashes, and rule-of-three. Sound
like the creator, not a brand account.
- Approval card. Show the post (and poll options) and the target Community
tab URL.
- On approval. Call
lib.publish(kind="community", draft_text=<post>, target_url=<community tab url>). The wrapper returns the copy-paste block;
the user posts it in the Community tab.
Hard rules
Global voice rules: see root SKILL.md Voice rules. Additional skill-specific
rules:
- The first line carries the hook (the community feed truncates long posts).
- One clear ask per post. Two asks split the response.
- Polls: 2 to 4 options, mutually exclusive, no loaded framing.
- Keep it short. A community post is a touchpoint, not a blog.
- No engagement bait ("comment 1 for yes"); ask a real question.
Anti-patterns (skill will refuse)
- A wall of text where the community tab wants one or two lines.
- Two competing asks in one post.
- A poll with a false dilemma or 6+ options.
- Engagement bait ("like if you agree, comment if you don't").
- Em dashes anywhere.
- "Don't forget to smash subscribe" dead phrasing.
Resources
../../references/voice-rules.md - the canonical voice rules../../references/algorithm-heuristics.md - comments and session signalsreferences/post-types.md - templates for each community post type
Voice profile mode (--mode profile)
yt-community-post-writer --mode profile builds or updates the user's Voice & Brand Profile at ../../references/voice-profile.md from 3-6 of their real YouTube posts pasted in (portable, no token) or, if a read token is set, from pulled activity. Once filled, every writing skill in this bundle drafts in the user's voice automatically. See sub-skills/voice-profile.md. Triggers: "build my voice profile", "learn my voice".
Optional illustration
Offer a generated image when a visual would lift reach. Draft a prompt and call
lib.illustrate(prompt, kind="thumbnail"), pulling brand handle/color from Voice &
Brand Profile section 6 for a pixel-exact overlay. Show the returned url + cost,
the community tab has no media API, so upload the approved image yourself with the post (it cannot be auto-attached). Full workflow (incl. quote-cards):
sub-skills/illustration.md. No Pixfaro key -> it drafts the prompt for you to generate manually.
Related skills
yt-content-planner - schedule community posts between uploadsyt-title-optimizer - when the post is teasing a specific video
