Brainstorm Opinion from Recent Posts

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Generate opinion piece ideas from recent LinkedIn posts (last 30 days). Use when asked to find opinion topics, brainstorm article ideas, or cross-pollinate content between LinkedIn and opinion pieces.

Available today. Use it from your connected AI after setup.

Connect ahel once, and every AI you use reads what you have installed.

Then ask your AI: use the Brainstorm Opinion from Recent Posts skill

What this skill tells your AI

The instructions your AI receives, as published by techwolf-ai/ai-first-toolkit in plugins/content-studio/skills/brainstorm-opinion/SKILL.md and read by ahel’s review.

Generate opinion piece ideas based on LinkedIn posts from the last month.

Process

  1. Run ./scripts/print-published.sh linkedin-post to read all published LinkedIn posts
  2. Identify recent posts (check created/lastUpdated dates) with themes that have broader appeal
  3. For promising topics, consider:
    • What angle would work for a newspaper audience?
    • What's the broader societal implication?
    • What contrarian or nuanced take could be developed?
    • How can this be expanded to ~3500 characters?

Evaluation Criteria

Good candidates for opinion pieces:

  • Topics with societal impact beyond tech professionals
  • Ideas that can be grounded in local context
  • Themes where personal experience adds credibility
  • Subjects with room for a stronger point of view

Output

Create 1-3 idea files in content/posts/ with:

  • stage: 01-ideas
  • type: opinion
  • Reference to inspiring LinkedIn post in content field
  • Core insight adapted for newspaper audience

Creating New Files

Get timestamp first:

date -u +"%Y%m%d-%H%M%S"  # For slug
date -u +"%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.000Z"  # For created/lastUpdated

Signals

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Jul 2026
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Source
github.com/techwolf-ai/ai-first-toolkit