Content Brief Skill for Claude

/digital-marketing-pro:content-brief

Purpose

Create a production-ready content brief that a writer can execute without additional context. Includes keyword strategy, content outline, structural requirements, brand voice guidelines, and on-page SEO specifications.

Input Required

The user must provide (or will be prompted for):

• Topic or working title: What the content is about
• Content type: Blog post, landing page, pillar page, guide, whitepaper, etc.
• Target keyword(s): Primary keyword or topic cluster (or ask for research)
• Target audience: Who this content is for
• Funnel stage: Awareness, consideration, or decision
• Competitive URLs: Optional — existing content to outperform

Process

• Load brand context: Read ~/.claude-marketing/brands/_active-brand.json for the active slug, then load ~/.claude-marketing/brands/{slug}/profile.json. Apply brand voice, compliance rules for target markets (skills/context-engine/compliance-rules.md), and industry context. Also check for guidelines at ~/.claude-marketing/brands/{slug}/guidelines/_manifest.json — if present, load restrictions and relevant category files. Check for custom templates at ~/.claude-marketing/brands/{slug}/templates/. Check for agency SOPs at ~/.claude-marketing/sops/. If no brand exists, ask: "Set up a brand first (/digital-marketing-pro:brand-setup)?" — or proceed with defaults.
• Research keyword landscape: primary keyword, secondary keywords, related questions
• Analyze top-ranking content for the target keyword to identify gaps and opportunities
• Define content angle and unique value proposition versus existing results
• Build a detailed outline with H2/H3 structure, key points per section, and word count targets
• Specify on-page SEO requirements: title tag, meta description, URL slug, internal links, schema markup
• Document voice and tone guidelines specific to this piece
• Define success metrics: target ranking, traffic, engagement, conversions

Output

A structured content brief containing:

• Target keyword map (primary, secondary, related/co-occurring terms, questions to answer) — note keyword placement (title, intro, ≥2 H2s, conclusion, meta), not a density target
• Content outline with heading hierarchy and key points per section
• Word count target and content format specifications
• Brand voice and tone guidance for this specific piece
• On-page SEO checklist (title, meta, headers, links, schema)
• Visual/media requirements — specify whether visuals are AI-generated and which model (see guidance below)
• Internal and external linking strategy
• Success metrics and measurement plan

Visual/media spec — AI generation guidance (May 2026)

If the piece includes AI-generated images, infographics, or short video, the brief must specify:

• Model: Nano Banana Pro for high-fidelity stills with on-image text (best text rendering in any image model as of May 2026), Gemini Omni for connected hero-image + cutdown-video + audio packages, or alternatives (Midjourney, Firefly, gpt-image-1) for concept work.
• Provenance marking: All AI assets shipped to EU readers must carry C2PA Content Credentials. Default to "sign all AI visuals" — the cost of running /digital-marketing-pro:c2pa-metadata post-production is trivial vs the Article 50 penalty exposure.
• Deepfake / synthetic-human flag: If the visual includes a photoreal human (real or synthetic), call this out — synthetic humans typically need a visible disclosure under the final EU Article 50 Guidelines (applicable 2 Aug 2026).
• Editorial-responsibility owner: For long-form on health, finance, elections, or public-safety topics, name the human editor who will sign off. AI-written copy on these topics requires the editorial-responsibility carve-out to skip an "AI-assisted" byline disclosure — see skills/context-engine/compliance-rules.md §1.1b.i.

Agents Used

• content-creator — Outline structure, angle, voice guidelines, content strategy
• seo-specialist — Keyword research, on-page SEO requirements, competitive content analysis