SEO Blog Writer

This skill is the long version of the How to Automate SEO with Claude Code workflow, encoded so you don't have to remember the steps. Every post goes through the same pipeline: viability check → intent classification → keyword cluster → competitor analysis → voice ingest → outline → draft → on-page pass. Skip a step and the post either doesn't rank or doesn't read.

The viability gate is the part most AI blog generators skip — and it's the one that saves the most time. If you point the skill at "marketing" or "business" as a target keyword, it refuses to proceed and tells you why: the keyword is too broad, owned by reference giants, has no single searcher need. It proposes a defensible refinement ("email marketing for small e-commerce stores") and only writes once the target is winnable. A skill that obediently writes 2,000 words on "marketing" is a skill wasting your time.

Each post is built around a cluster, not a single keyword. The skill identifies 30-50 related terms a single post can plausibly target — long-tail variants, intent variations, related questions — and weaves them in naturally. The cluster is also what powers the FAQ section at the bottom of every post, captured as structured data for snippet eligibility.

Voice is non-negotiable. The skill asks for writing samples (a few LinkedIn posts, past blog posts, a style guide — anything authored by a human you respect) and reads them before drafting. Without voice references, the output reads like AI; with them, it reads like you. There's a urgency mode where the skill will compress if the user demands speed, but only by making explicit assumptions for the missing brief items — never by skipping the cluster build or the on-page pass.

The output is a publishable markdown file plus a per-section explanation of why each SEO decision was made — so you learn the framework as you use the skill, and your own non-AI writing improves over time.