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Blog Post Drafter

Guides an agent through researching, outlining and drafting a cited blog post with versioned drafts.

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Repository
luongnv89/claude-howto
Stars
46,401
Licence
MIT
Files
3 files

What it does

Once installed, the agent walks you through writing a blog post step by step instead of producing one text dump. It creates a dated project folder, gathers and summarises your sources (URLs, files, or web searches) into notes, asks clarifying questions, proposes an outline for your approval, and then writes a draft where factual claims carry inline citations and a references list. Each revision is saved as a new numbered draft so you can compare or go back.

Great for

  • Bloggers or content writers who want research, outline and draft handled in one structured workflow
  • Students or researchers turning a set of sources into an article with citations
  • Teams that keep written content in a git repository and want each outline and draft committed automatically

Skip it if

  • Quick one-off posts where the step-by-step approvals and folder setup would be slower than just asking for a draft (the process is deliberately sequential)
  • Publishing work that needs verified facts without checking: the skill asks for citations, but the agent may still misquote or mis-cite sources, so every claim should be checked before publication

Try asking

  • “Draft a blog post about remote onboarding using these three links as sources, medium length, casual tone”
  • “Help me outline a technical article on database indexing for junior developers, then write v0.1”
  • “Revise my existing blog post in blog-posts/2024-05-02-api-design using the feedback I just gave”
Step-by-step guide: how to use Blog Post DrafterInstall, first run, examples, tips and FAQs

Install in 3 steps

  1. 1

    Download the skill

    The ZIP contains the 3 original files, the MIT licence and an attribution note.

    blog-draft.zip
  2. 2

    Add it to your agent

    Claude Code (all projects)

    mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && unzip blog-draft.zip -d ~/.claude/skills/

    Claude Code / Agent SDK (this project only)

    mkdir -p .claude/skills && unzip blog-draft.zip -d .claude/skills/

    Claude apps (web/desktop): Settings → Capabilities → Skills → Upload skill, and choose the ZIP.

  3. 3

    Ask for the task

    No special command needed — the agent reads the skill's description and loads it when your request matches. Try one of the prompts above.

Get better results

  • Give the agent specific URLs and a target audience and tone up front so the research and outline are better aimed.
  • Review the outline carefully before approving; the draft follows it exactly.
  • Check every statistic and quote against its original source before publishing, since citations are generated by the agent.

What's inside

  • SKILL.md
  • templates/draft-template.md
  • templates/outline-template.md

Redistributed unmodified from luongnv89/claude-howto under the MIT licence. The assessment was drafted with AI from the skill's files on 2026-10-29. Skills can instruct your agent to run code — read SKILL.md and any scripts before installing.