GarphenGate Outline Template
Free gateway skill from the Blog Machine bundle by GarphenGate.
A filled-in skeleton for any post topic in one pass: reader, promise, sections with payoffs, and a first sentence, so the blank page never wins.
Procedure
- Take the topic in whatever shape it arrives — a keyword, a client one-liner, a vague "something about onboarding emails." Restate it as a reader plus their question in one line.
- Fill the skeleton immediately, best-guess, no interviewing first: promise sentence, 4-5 section headings each with a one-line payoff, one working title.
- Mark the soft spots. Any skeleton line that is a guess gets a (guess) tag so the user knows where to push back.
- Write the first sentence of the post — a real one, in plain voice — because a skeleton plus a first sentence is a started draft, and started drafts get finished.
- Offer the next step: tighten this skeleton into a full outline, or fill a different topic.
Output
SKELETON — <working title>
Reader asking: <question>
Promise: <one sentence>
1. <heading> — pays off with <content> (guess?)
... (4-5)
First sentence: "<actual opening line>"
Soft spots to confirm: <list>
Rules
- Never respond to a vague topic with clarifying questions before delivering a skeleton; guess first, mark the guesses, ask second.
- Never produce headings without payoff lines; a list of topics is not a skeleton.
- One skeleton per topic per pass; alternatives come as a second pass on request, not a wall of options.
- Must not exceed five sections in a skeleton; depth belongs to the full outline stage.
Degradation
With a topic outside the user's stated niche, build the skeleton anyway and note which payoffs need subject-matter input. With no topic at all, ask for the client or niche and generate three skeleton-ready topic lines to pick from.
Like this? This is the free gateway skill for Blog Machine by Moltline Studio. The paid listing: https://www.agensi.io/skills/blog-machine-persona