Content Pipeline

Orchestrate the full content creation workflow from research brief to published-ready content with social distribution pack.

Install

git clone https://github.com/thatrebeccarae/claude-marketing.git && cp -r claude-marketing/skills/content-pipeline ~/.claude/skills/

What This Skill Does

Chains up to 3 agents in sequence:

1. research-analyst — Generates a research brief on the topic
2. editor-in-chief — Reviews the draft against voice, structure, SEO, and argument quality
3. social-amplifier — Creates platform-specific distribution pack (LinkedIn, Twitter/X, email)

Users can enter at any stage or run the full pipeline.

How this differs from content-workflow: The content-workflow skill is a manual workflow guide with frameworks and checklists. This skill is the orchestration layer — it actually spawns subagents and manages the pipeline programmatically.

How to Use

/content-pipeline [topic or file path]

Full Pipeline (from scratch)

/content-pipeline "Why MCP is the new API"

Start from Existing Draft

/content-pipeline review ./drafts/article-draft.md

Social Pack Only

/content-pipeline distribute ./content/published-article.md

Workflow Stages

Stage 1: Research (optional — skip if draft exists)

• Spawn research-analyst agent with the topic
• Output: ./research-briefs/YYYY-MM-DD-topic-slug.md
• User reviews brief, decides whether to proceed

Stage 2: Editorial Review

• Spawn editor-in-chief agent pointing at the draft/brief
• Output: [draft-path]-review.md saved alongside the source
• Agent provides: voice assessment, structure feedback, SEO evaluation, line-level notes, title variants
• User decides: publish as-is, revise, or iterate

Stage 3: Social Distribution

• Spawn social-amplifier agent pointing at the final content
• Output: [content-path]-social-pack.md saved alongside the source
• Generates: LinkedIn posts (2 variants), Twitter/X thread, email subject lines, pull quotes, hashtags

Configuration

Customizing Agents

The default agent chain uses Claude Code subagents with the Agent tool. To customize:

Pipeline Stage    | Default Agent Type    | Override With
Research          | research-analyst      | Any research/analysis agent
Editorial         | editor-in-chief       | Any editorial review agent
Distribution      | social-amplifier      | Any social content agent

Output Paths

Configure where each stage saves its output:

Stage	Default Output Path
Research	./research-briefs/YYYY-MM-DD-topic-slug.md
Draft	./content/YYYY/YYYY-MM-DD-slug.md
Review	[draft-path]-review.md (alongside draft)
Social Pack	[content-path]-social-pack.md (alongside content)

Publishing Cadence

Adapt the pipeline to your publishing schedule. Example cadence:

• Research: Monday/Tuesday
• Draft: Tuesday/Wednesday
• Review: Wednesday/Thursday
• Publish: Thursday/Friday

Pipeline State Management

The pipeline tracks which stages are complete via file existence:

• Research brief exists → Stage 1 complete
• Review file exists → Stage 2 complete
• Social pack exists → Stage 3 complete

Resume from any stage by pointing to existing files.

Integration with Other Skills

This skill composes well with:

• seo-content-writer — Run during Stage 2 for deep SEO optimization
• content-creator — Use for brand voice analysis before editorial review
• research-digest — Alternative to the built-in research stage for RSS-based research

Quick Commands

• /content-pipeline — Start full pipeline with topic prompt
• /content-pipeline review [path] — Jump to editorial review
• /content-pipeline distribute [path] — Jump to social distribution
• /content-pipeline status — Show drafts in progress