cdeistopened
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Public Skills
video-generator
by cdeistopened
Generate AI videos using Google VEO 3.1 or OpenAI Sora. Two providers for different strengths - VEO for native audio, Sora for visual quality and longer clips.
voice-matching-wizard
by cdeistopened
Transform writing samples into a codified voice style that can be replicated consistently. This wizard guides you through analyzing samples, extracting patterns, and generating a custom voice skill.
anti-ai-writing
by cdeistopened
Transform AI-assisted drafts into authentic, human-sounding content. This skill provides patterns to detect and eliminate AI tells, frameworks for natural writing, and techniques for creating prose that reads as genuinely human. Use when reviewing any AI-generated content or when writing content that must not appear AI-assisted.
image-prompt-generator
by cdeistopened
Generate AI images using Gemini image generation API. Use this skill when content needs images - thumbnails, social posts, blog headers, or creative visuals. Follows an iterative workflow - brainstorm concepts, select direction, generate in multiple styles, then produce via API.
skill-stack-thumbnails
by cdeistopened
Generate blog post thumbnails for Skill Stack using the brand aesthetic. Follows an iterative workflow - brainstorm concepts, get approval, generate with Gemini API.
hook-and-headline-writing
by cdeistopened
Create attention-grabbing hooks and headlines using 15 proven formulas, sticky techniques, and the 4 U's test. This skill provides systematic frameworks for generating volume (10+ options) and selecting the best performers. Use for newsletter subject lines, social media hooks, blog headlines, or any content that needs to stop the scroll.
dude-with-sign-writer
by cdeistopened
Creates punchy, conversational one-liners in "Dude With Sign" style - bold statements that challenge norms, validate feelings, or poke fun at everyday truths. Use when creating short social captions, easel reveal messages, or single-sentence hooks. Not for long-form content or formal messaging.
brand-identity-wizard
by cdeistopened
Create a comprehensive brand identity document that other skills can reference. Use this wizard before running newsletter, podcast, or content skills that need brand context. Outputs a brand-identity.md file with persona, voice, audience, values, and messaging.
transcript-polisher
by cdeistopened
Transform raw podcast transcripts into polished, readable documents. This skill removes filler words, fixes grammar, adds structure, and preserves authentic voice. Use when processing podcast transcripts, interview recordings, video captions, or any spoken content that needs cleanup while maintaining 100% fidelity to meaning.
how-newsletters
by cdeistopened
Writing style reference based on case studies of successful newsletters. This skill should be used when the user wants to write in the distinctive voice and style of professional newsletter writers, or when creating content that needs to feel authentic and human rather than AI-generated.
video-caption-creation
by cdeistopened
Create on-screen text hooks and captions for short-form video clips. Built around the Complementarity Principle - on-screen text should ADD to what the viewer hears, not repeat it. Includes podcast clip workflow, hook categories, and Triple Word Score optimization.
ghostwriter
by cdeistopened
Transform source material into authentic, human-written content. Use for ANY writing task - newsletters, articles, social posts, emails. Combines voice transformation, AI pattern detection, and Charlie Deist's signature moves. Replaces the old ai-tells and human-writing skills.
nano-banana-image-generator
by cdeistopened
Generate AI images using Nano Banana Pro (Gemini). Use this skill when the user needs images - thumbnails, social posts, blog headers, or creative visuals. Follows an iterative workflow - brainstorm concepts, select direction, generate in multiple styles, then produce via API.
youtube-title-creator
by cdeistopened
Generate high-CTR YouTube titles and thumbnails using framework fitting method. Match content to 119 proven formulas from Creator Hooks, apply psychological principles, test variations.
find-your-margin
by cdeistopened
Help a knowledge worker find where their attention earns the fattest margin when combined with AI. Maps their skill stack against AI capabilities to identify high-surplus opportunities vs. commodity traps. Use when someone asks where to focus their AI efforts, how to avoid the allocation economy race-to-zero, or how to build a defensible position as an individual operator.
podcast-production
by cdeistopened
Complete workflow for producing podcast episodes from raw transcript to publishable YouTube and social media assets. Four-checkpoint system for strategic decision-making plus final polished assets.
voice-pirate-wires
by cdeistopened
Write in the Pirate Wires style - authentic, conversational, contrarian. This voice is direct and confident with irreverent humor, takes obvious-but-unsaid positions, and sounds like a smart friend explaining something they've figured out. Use with anti-ai-writing for tech commentary, cultural criticism, or any content requiring a strong point of view.
Day-in-the-Life Blog Post Skill
by cdeistopened
Total: ~1,200-1,700 words
transcript-polisher
by cdeistopened
Transform raw podcast transcripts into polished, readable documents. This skill removes filler words, fixes grammar, adds structure, and preserves authentic voice. Use when processing podcast transcripts, interview recordings, video captions, or any spoken content that needs cleanup while maintaining 100% fidelity to meaning.
Vellum Prep
by cdeistopened
vellum_prep.py - Main conversion script (OCR cleanup focus)
cold-open-creator
by cdeistopened
Create 25-35 second cold opens that hook listeners by dropping them into a specific moment that encapsulates the episode's themes. Merge Descript's character-driven narrative with Colin & Samir's rearrangement technique.
email-writing
by cdeistopened
Write authentic, human-sounding emails that build relationships and drive action. This skill should be used when drafting welcome emails, follow-ups, newsletters, announcements, outreach, or any email communication. Integrates with human-writing principles to avoid AI tells. Particularly suited for community building, movement organizing, and personal relationship management contexts.
meta-ads-creative
by cdeistopened
Create high-converting Meta (Facebook/Instagram) ad creative using the 6 Elements framework, proven ad formats, and research-driven copywriting. Optimized for lo-fi, native-feeling ads that don't look like ads.
writing-style
by cdeistopened
Core writing standards for all Skill Stack content. Invoke automatically for any writing task. Combines anti-AI patterns, voice principles, and prose style.