Write and produce the books, talks, and columns
29 primitives in this stage — 26 skills · 3 agents. Concept-stage catalogue, kept vendor-agnostic.
Run a multi-lens structural review of the outline →
"It found the gap I couldn't see because I was too close to the logic I'd already written."
Generate a full set of derivatives from one finished asset →
"One piece of thinking — six formats — one run. That's the whole content calendar covered."
Approval status tracker & chaser →
"Chasing approvals manually was the part that always slipped. Now it runs itself until every gate is closed."
Generate candidate angles for the asset →
"I always start with the obvious angle — and this makes me generate five others before I commit."
Test an angle against audience priors and existing IP →
"I used to pick angles that felt fresh to me — this showed me which ones would actually feel fresh to the people reading it."
Draft a section-by-section skeleton outline →
"Having the cuts written into the outline stopped me from smuggling them back in during drafting."
Match format and length to angle, audience, and channel →
"I kept writing essays when what the argument needed was a 10-minute talk — this surfaces that mismatch before I waste the work."
Draft a section from its outline beat →
"It gets words on the page in my voice — not a generic AI voice — so editing is faster than building from scratch."
Write first-pass transitions between drafted sections →
"The gap between sections 3 and 4 had been bothering me for a week — this named the jump and bridged it in one pass."
Draft slide assertions and speaker notes from an outline beat →
"Every slide now has a point — not just a heading — because the skill forces me to state the assertion before building the visual."
Build a speakable teleprompter script from the asset →
"Reading from a document always sounds scripted — this rewrites it into the register I actually speak in."
Flag fluffed segments needing a retake from a session transcript →
"I used to review footage the next day and realise I needed another session — now I catch it before I stop recording."
Adapt a completed asset into one target format →
"One piece of thinking used to die in one format — now I can route it to every channel without writing it again from scratch."
Hunt the case, data point, or quote a claim needs →
"I stopped leaving placeholders like [add stat here] — this hunts the actual evidence while I'm still in the draft."
Structural and line-level revision pass on own draft →
"Having a second opinion that doesn't flatter is what actually improves the manuscript."
Voice and consistency check across the manuscript →
"One section had slipped into a more formal register and I hadn't noticed — this caught every instance."
Draft the contributor brief from the asset and intent →
"Every time I've had a bad edit it's because I gave a vague brief — this makes me give a specific one."
Review a contributor deliverable against the brief →
"I used to accept work that missed the brief because I felt awkward pushing back — now I have a structured read before I decide."
Triage an editorial letter into an actionable revision plan →
"Twenty pages of editorial notes used to paralyse me — this turns them into a ranked action list I can start on the same day."
Apply and track revisions against the feedback plan →
"The editor could see exactly what I'd acted on and why I'd declined the rest — that's what made the round feel collaborative rather than combative."
Develop and direct the visual treatment options →
"I'm not a designer, but I could suddenly brief one precisely because I had three directions to pick from rather than a blank page."
Verify factual claims, statistics, and attributions →
"There was a statistic I'd been citing for two years that turned out to be misattributed — the fact-check pass caught it before it went to print."
Build the third-party rights and permissions register →
"I nearly shipped a book with an uncleared image. This is the pass that makes sure nothing ships uncleared."
Rehearsal pacing & flow coach →
"I always feel the drag in section three but couldn't say what to cut — this named it and gave me the edit."
Beta-reader brief & question set builder →
"Every time I skipped the brief, I got feedback that was kind but useless. This makes sure I get the specific signal I actually need."
Beta feedback synthesiser & change shortlist →
"Eight readers gave me conflicting notes — this showed me the three patterns underneath all of it."
Approval & clearance requirement mapper →
"I shipped something without legal clearance once. This is the check I run at the start of the approval step now."
Platform-specific ship checklist generator →
"Every platform has its own gotchas — this generates the list tuned to where I'm actually shipping, not a generic list."
Go/no-go readiness synthesiser →
"Shipping used to feel like a guess. This makes it a decision I can actually defend."