Keyword Research

Use when planning a topic cluster (hub + spokes) for a new content area. The agent researches the space, identifies the hub topic, maps the spokes, and produces a specific content plan with internal linking strategy.

Run keyword research, classify by search intent, cluster into topical groups, and prioritize for content production. Use this skill whenever the user asks to do keyword research, find target keywords, identify ranking opportunities, classify search intent, build a topical map, or plan a content strategy around what people search for. Triggers on keyword research, keyword strategy, search intent, keyword clustering, topic clusters, keyword difficulty, search volume, ranking opportunity, content gap, what should I write about, target keyword, primary keyword, secondary keyword, long-tail. Also triggers when planning a content calendar or new site without keywords yet defined.

Cross-format content adaptation. Turning one substantial piece into many derivative formats (blog series, email sequences, social posts, webinars, podcasts, video shorts) without losing the original's value or producing AI-slop variants. The discipline of adaptation per medium rather than mass-blast distribution. Triggers on content repurposing, content adaptation, cross-format content, content atomization, content multiplication, content distribution across formats, source-piece-to-derivative, video shorts from blog, email from whitepaper, podcast from article, blog series from research. Also triggers when a flagship piece is shipping but the team has not planned how to extend it across formats, when repurposing is happening but the derivatives feel mass-produced, or when AI-assisted repurposing is producing slop variants of strong source pieces.

Generate competitive SEO content briefs with per-section word counts, competitor scoring, keyword density guidance, and page-type templates. Supports both new page briefs and improve-existing-page briefs. Use when user says "content brief", "write a brief", "content outline", "blog brief", "service page brief", "brief for", "writing brief", "content plan", or "outline for".

SERP-based semantic topic clustering for content architecture planning. Groups keywords by actual Google SERP overlap (not text similarity), designs hub-and-spoke content clusters with internal link matrices, and generates interactive visualizations. Optionally executes content creation if claude-blog is installed. Use when user says "topic cluster", "content cluster", "semantic clustering", "pillar page", "hub and spoke", "content architecture", "keyword grouping", or "cluster plan".

Find keywords competitors rank for that the target property does not, and prioritize them by opportunity. Uses Ahrefs MCP for keyword and competitor data. Use this skill when planning content investment, identifying quick wins, building a content calendar against a competitor set, or scoping a market entry. Triggers on keyword gap, content gap, competitor keywords, opportunity keywords, what should we target, where are competitors winning, keyword opportunity. Also triggers when planning content for a new market or after losing organic share to a specific competitor.