The 60-Second Bio
Most bios fail because they're written like mini-CVs — a stack of roles and buzzwords that says everything and communicates nothing. The 60-Second Bio takes a handful of facts and produces platform-correct versions that actually make people want to read more.
What this skill does
The 60-Second Bio is a specialist tool, not a general writer. It only does one thing — short-form professional identity copy — and it does it across the six contexts that matter: LinkedIn headline, X/Twitter bio, Instagram bio, website About section, speaker introduction, and the "tell me about yourself" answer.
Each platform has a different game. LinkedIn rewards specific outcomes and rejects job-title soup. X rewards personality and a clear hook in 160 characters. Instagram rewards human warmth over corporate framing. Speaker intros need a story arc the host can read out loud without stumbling. About pages need length and texture without becoming a memoir. The skill knows the rules for each and applies them simultaneously from one input.
You get hook-first copy backed by specificity — real numbers, real company names, real outcomes — instead of "passionate about helping businesses grow." Where you don't have specifics, the skill asks one or two targeted questions rather than dumping a 12-field intake form on you.
It also runs a quick mode: if you ask for just a LinkedIn headline, it gives you a LinkedIn headline, not all six platforms. And it has explicit rules against the things that make bios bad — performative humility, three-word personality drops ("coffee, code, chaos"), and the worst-of-all "passionate about" opener. If your draft includes those, they get cut. If your input forces them, you get told why.
When this triggers
- ·You're updating LinkedIn, X, Instagram, or your website 'About' and the existing version is generic
- ·You're being introduced as a speaker and need a 60-second intro that lands
- ·You're sharing the same bio across five platforms when each one rewards completely different things
- ·You've been called a 'consultant' for years and have lost the ability to describe what you actually do
- ·You want a bio that signals expertise without sounding like a Forbes contributor's auto-generated headshot caption
Example
Trigger
User: 'I'm a freelance product designer. Used to be at Stripe. Now I help SaaS startups build their first design system. I race triathlons. Write me bios.'
Output
LinkedIn headline (220 chars): Ex-Stripe designer helping SaaS startups build their first design system. The version that ships in week 2, not the 100-page Figma library nobody opens. X bio (160 chars): design systems for SaaS startups | ex-Stripe | the version that ships, not the one that sits in Figma | triathlete on weekends Speaker intro (60 sec): [Name] spent five years at Stripe shipping design systems used by thousands of engineers. Now she works with early- stage SaaS founders to do the same in weeks, not quarters. She also races triathlons, which she says is good practice for being told you're going too slow. [+ Instagram, About page, and a "why this works" breakdown]
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