Creator Stack

Create retention-optimized opening hooks for any content type. Use when designing a video intro, newsletter opening paragraph, social post hook, or when the user mentions "hook", "opening", "intro", "first 15 seconds", "retention", or "how should I start this".

Generate optimized titles, headlines, and subject lines for any content type. Use when asked to create a title, headline, subject line, or when the user says "title ideas", "what should I call this", "subject line options", or needs engagement-optimized naming for videos, newsletters, or social posts.

Apply Kenny Liao's authentic writing voice to any written content. This is a PERSONALITY skill invoked by other skills that produce written output — it handles parenthetical asides, sentence rhythm, fragments, counterpoint patterns, and raw-over-polished quality.

Generalized writing skill that produces written content for any platform and format. Use when asked to write, draft, or create a newsletter, YouTube script, guide, sales page, Twitter thread, LinkedIn post, Substack Note, or community post. Also use when the user says "write this up", "draft a post", "create content about", or needs any written output.

Conduct topic and competitor research for any content type. Use when researching a topic before creating content, analyzing the competitive landscape, identifying content gaps, or when the user says "research this", "what's out there on", "analyze competitors", or needs to understand a content landscape before writing.

Create high-performing thumbnails and cover images optimized for click-through rate. Use when asked to create a thumbnail, design a cover image, generate a YouTube thumbnail, or when the user mentions "thumbnail", "cover image", "CTR", or needs a visual asset for video or course content.

AI image generation and editing using Google Gemini models. Use when the user asks to generate an image, create an image, edit an image, or mentions "nano banana", "nanobanana", "gemini image", "AI image", "generate a picture", or needs any image created or modified.

Create a complete YouTube video plan with title options, thumbnail concepts, hooks, and content outline. Use when planning a new video, creating title/thumbnail/hook options, or when the user says 'plan a video', 'video plan', 'plan my next YouTube video', or 'I want to make a video about'.

Create high-engagement Substack Notes. Use when asked to write a Substack Note, create a note for Substack, share an insight on Notes, promote a newsletter issue via Notes, or post between newsletter issues. Also use when the user mentions "note", "Substack Note", or "short-form Substack content".

Generate Substack Note ideas by scanning published YouTube videos, newsletters, and Notes. Use when the user says 'generate note ideas', 'what should I post on Notes', 'note ideas from my content', 'mine my videos for Notes', or wants to maintain a consistent Notes posting cadence.

Retrieve YouTube data using the YouTube Data API. Use when you need to search videos, get video or channel details, fetch transcripts, read comments, find trending or related content, or when the user mentions 'YouTube data', 'video stats', 'transcript', or 'channel info'.

Create, update, or refresh a visual design system or art style guide. Use when the user wants to define a visual style, create a design system, build a style guide, or when they mention "design system", "art style", "style guide", "visual identity", or "color palette".

Extract structured content ideas from published material. Use when you have source material (transcripts, newsletters, notes, web trends) and need to mine it for repurposable angles, map raw material to content types, or identify underused content types. Not for competitor research (use creator-stack:research) or writing finished content (use creator-stack:write).

Create YouTube community posts that drive views and audience engagement. Use when asked to create a community post, promote a video on the community tab, run a poll, or engage the YouTube audience between uploads. Also use when the user mentions 'community tab', 'YouTube poll', or 'post to community'.

Create social media graphics and visual assets for any platform. Use when asked to create a social media image, newsletter header, blog feature image, OG image, profile banner, or when the user mentions 'social graphic', 'header image', 'banner', or needs a platform-specific visual asset (not thumbnails — use creator-stack:thumbnail for those).

Plan a complete newsletter issue from a topic or idea, including research, draft, subject line, opening hook, and social promotion posts. Use when the user says 'plan a newsletter', 'create a newsletter about', 'newsletter plan', 'write a newsletter issue', or wants to turn an idea into a full issue plan.

Repurpose a completed YouTube video into newsletter issues, social media posts, and other content formats. Use when the user says 'repurpose this video', 'turn this video into a newsletter', 'create social posts from my video', 'distribute this content', or wants to maximize reach of existing video content across platforms.

Define, codify, or update brand identity and connect it to design systems. Use when the user wants to create brand guidelines, define their brand, update brand identity, or when the user mentions "brand", "brand guidelines", "brand identity", "brand voice", or "brand compliance".

Audit a newsletter draft for visual opportunities and generate on-brand visual assets. Use when enhancing a newsletter draft with visuals, when a draft has [screenshot] placeholders, or when the user says 'add visuals', 'create images for this issue', 'make this more visual', or 'add diagrams to the newsletter'.

Repurpose a newsletter issue into a high-level YouTube video outline. Use when asked to "create a YouTube outline from this newsletter", "turn this newsletter into a video", "repurpose for YouTube", "video outline from newsletter", or when converting any newsletter issue into video format.

Optimize a newsletter draft or write a full issue from an outline. Use when asked to 'optimize this draft', 'polish this newsletter', 'write from this outline', 'improve this issue', or when transforming an existing draft or outline into a publication-ready issue. Distinct from plan-newsletter which starts from a topic — this starts from existing content.