Newsletter Summary Writer

What this skill does

This skill takes any source content — a long article, a Twitter/X thread, a research paper, a podcast transcript, a blog post, or a document — and condenses it into a polished, newsletter-ready summary under 200 words. The output includes a punchy hook, scannable key takeaways, and a "Why it matters" closing line that gives readers a reason to care.

Use this when curating content for a weekly newsletter, a team digest, a Slack summary post, or any context where you need to surface the key ideas from something long without making people read the whole thing.

How to use

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Copy this file to .agents/skills/newsletter-summary-writer/SKILL.md in your project root.

Then paste the source content and ask:

• "Use the Newsletter Summary Writer skill to summarize this article."
• "Summarize this research paper for my weekly dev newsletter using the Newsletter Summary Writer skill."

You can also specify tone (casual, professional, technical) and the newsletter's audience if you want the output tailored.