# Blog Drafting

> Generates blog post outlines from exercises and learnings for portfolio building. Triggers on /blog, blog idea, or after significant exercises. Produces structure and key points only -- the student writes the prose. Maintains a running ideas backlog in blog-drafts/ideas.md. Prioritizes topics that demonstrate hireable AI engineering skills.

- Skill: `aman-bhandari/blog-drafting` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add aman-bhandari/blog-drafting`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/aman-bhandari/blog-drafting/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Product & Planning
- Author: aman-bhandari (https://skillmd.com/u/aman-bhandari)
- Updated: 2026-09-17
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/aman-bhandari/blog-drafting

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# Blog Draft -- Portfolio Content Generator

Every exercise is potential portfolio content. Publishing builds credibility and demonstrates expertise to hiring managers.

## Trigger

- `/blog` or `/blog <topic>`
- After completing significant exercises or topics
- When an insight is worth sharing publicly

## Execution

1. **Identify the story angle** (not "I learned X" but "Here's what surprised me about X"):
   - What was non-obvious or counterintuitive?
   - What would help another developer avoid a mistake?
   - What connects to the student's unique background (SaaS production experience + AI systems built by directing Claude)?

2. **Generate outline (NOT the post):**
   ```
   BLOG DRAFT -- {topic}

   Title options:
   1. [option -- specific, not generic]
   2. [option -- includes the "so what"]

   Hook: [one sentence that makes a reader care]

   Sections:
   1. [section] -- [2-3 sentences on what to cover]
   2. [section]
   3. [section]

   Code worth showing:
   - [file:lines] -- why it's interesting

   Reader questions to address:
   - [anticipated question]

   Call to action: [what should reader do next?]

   SEO keywords: [3-5 terms people search for]
   ```

3. **Save** to `blog-drafts/{slug}.md`
4. **Update** `blog-drafts/ideas.md` backlog

## Unique Story Angles

These are angles unique to this learning journey:
- "I built production AI systems without writing code. Here's what happened when I learned to write it."
- SaaS production context applied to AI patterns
- The gap between directing AI and understanding AI
- Building a Claude-powered learning system from scratch

## Rules

- NEVER write the blog post. Outlines only.
- Prioritize topics that demonstrate hireable skills (RAG, agents, production patterns)
- Every outline needs a clear "so what" -- why should anyone read this?
- Track all ideas, even ones not ready yet. The backlog compounds.