Brainstorm Opinion from Recent Posts
SkillDev toolsGenerate 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.
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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
- Run
./scripts/print-published.sh linkedin-postto read all published LinkedIn posts - Identify recent posts (check created/lastUpdated dates) with themes that have broader appeal
- 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
- GitHub stars
- 99
- Forks
- 3
- Last commit
- Jul 2026
Advanced
- Catalog kind
- skill
- Gateway key
brainstorm-opinion- Source
- github.com/techwolf-ai/ai-first-toolkit