newsletter-ideator

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Generate 5–7 unique angles for a newsletter issue using SCAMPER and contrarian frameworks. Use when the user wants newsletter topic ideas, doesn't know what to write about, or wants fresh angles on a subject.

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 newsletter-ideator skill

What this skill tells your AI

The instructions your AI receives, as published by hamzafarooq/claude-code-starter in .claude/skills/newsletter-ideator/SKILL.md and read by ahel’s review.

Ask the user: "What's the general topic area or theme for this issue? Any audience context (e.g. 'PMs at enterprise companies')?"

Then generate 7 angles using different lenses:

Newsletter Angles: [Topic]

For each angle give:

  • Headline (the actual title you'd use — make it specific and compelling)
  • Core argument (one sentence — what claim does this issue make?)
  • Why it's interesting now (what makes this timely or counterintuitive?)
  • Opening hook (one sentence to start the piece)

Angle 1 — Contrarian take Challenge the consensus view on this topic.

Angle 2 — Data/trend Anchor to a specific number, stat, or pattern you've noticed.

Angle 3 — Story first Open with a specific person, company, or moment. Build the lesson out of it.

Angle 4 — Practical how-to The reader finishes with one thing they can do this week.

Angle 5 — Prediction Make a specific, falsifiable claim about where this is heading.

Angle 6 — Curated roundup 5 things you've read, noticed, or heard on this topic — with a unifying thread.

Angle 7 — Personal reflection What you got wrong, changed your mind on, or are still figuring out.


End by asking: "Which angle resonates? I can write the full outline for any of these."

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github.com/hamzafarooq/claude-code-starter