paulasilvatech LinkedIn post formatter
Transform raw ideas, technical notes, HTML, images, or draft text into copy-paste-ready LinkedIn posts that use plain-text structure and Unicode typography instead of Markdown.
When to invoke
- "Draft a LinkedIn post from this."
- "Format this text for LinkedIn."
- "Turn this technical note into a thought leadership post."
- "Create LinkedIn carousel text."
- "Use Unicode bold and italic for LinkedIn."
LinkedIn typography
LinkedIn does not render Markdown in posts. Use Unicode Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols from references/unicode-charmap.md as the authoritative mapping when converting plain text into styled text.
| Style | Use for | Mapping |
|---|---|---|
| Bold, Mathematical Sans-Serif Bold | Key phrases, section headers, emphasis words | A-Z → 𝗔-𝗭, a-z → 𝗮-𝘇, 0-9 → 𝟬-𝟵 |
| Italic, Mathematical Sans-Serif Italic | Subtle emphasis, technical terms, short quotes | A-Z → 𝘈-𝘡, a-z → 𝘢-𝘻 |
| Bold-Italic, Mathematical Sans-Serif Bold Italic | Maximum emphasis, used sparingly | A-Z → 𝘼-𝙕, a-z → 𝙖-𝙯 |
Use the reference file rather than guessing character mappings. Bold key phrases and headers, not whole paragraphs.
Structure patterns
| Pattern | Use when | Shape |
|---|---|---|
| Hook → Content → CTA | General purpose post | Bold hook, 1–2 context lines, ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━, main content, ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━, takeaway, CTA, hashtags |
| Listicle | Numbered insights or lessons | Bold claim, setup, 𝟭. / 𝟮. / 𝟯. items, 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗸𝗲𝘆 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆:, hashtags |
| Story → Lesson | Personal or observed moment | Italic opening, 2–3 short story paragraphs, divider, 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗻:, principle, CTA, hashtags |
| Resource Share | Cheatsheet, guide, tool, carousel | Hook such as "If you do X, you cannot miss this...", description, numbered section titles, 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆:, grab/share CTA, hashtags |
Visual separators and bullets
- Section divider:
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━. - Primary bullets:
◈or◎. - Vertical flow:
↓. - Horizontal continuation:
→. - Indented sub-item:
↳. - Numbered items: bold Unicode digits such as
𝟭. 𝟮. 𝟯..
Formatting rules
| Rule | Requirement |
|---|---|
| Line breaks | Use single blank lines between paragraphs; LinkedIn collapses multiple blank lines. |
| Hook | Put the value, tension, or curiosity in the first 2–3 lines; LinkedIn truncates near 210 characters on desktop. |
| Paragraph length | Keep paragraphs to 1–3 sentences. Avoid walls of text. |
| Hashtags | Put 5–8 relevant hashtags on the last line. Do not use mid-post hashtags. |
| Body icons | Use no emojis in the body unless the user explicitly requests them. |
| Character limit | LinkedIn allows up to 3000 characters; aim for 1500–2500 for engagement. |
| Links | Avoid URLs in the body because LinkedIn may suppress reach. Use "link in comments" or "grab it below" as the CTA. |
| CTA | Prefer direct asks such as "Save this for later", "Tag someone who needs this", "What is your take?", or 𝗥𝗲𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁 if this is useful to your network. |
Procedure
- Analyze the source content: text, HTML, image, or idea.
- Choose the pattern: Hook→Content→CTA, Listicle, Story→Lesson, or Resource Share.
- Extract the core message and 3–5 key points.
- Load
references/unicode-charmap.mdbefore applying Unicode bold, italic, or bold-italic. - Write a compelling first two lines for the see-more hook.
- Add separators, bullets, CTA, and 5–8 hashtags.
- Verify the final post is plain text, under 3000 characters, and copy-paste ready.
Progressive disclosure and bundled resources
references/unicode-charmap.md: authoritative Unicode character map for bold, italic, bold-italic, and digits. Load it before converting characters.
Output template
### LinkedIn post
**Status:** ready | needs input | blocked
**Pattern:** Hook→Content→CTA | Listicle | Story→Lesson | Resource Share
**Character count:** <count>/3000
<copy-paste-ready LinkedIn post text>
### Notes
- Hook: <why the first lines work>
- Formatting: <Unicode styles and separators used>
- CTA: <CTA used>
Quality gate
- The post is plain text and does not rely on Markdown rendering.
- Unicode styled characters come from
references/unicode-charmap.md. - The first 2–3 lines create a clear see-more hook.
- Paragraphs are short and scannable.
- Hashtags appear only at the end and number 5–8 unless the user requested otherwise.
- No URLs appear in the body unless the user explicitly requested a link.
- Body emojis are omitted unless explicitly requested.
- The post is under 3000 characters and ready to paste into LinkedIn.