# content-calendar-sms

Plans social media posting schedules by week or month. It balances content pillars, post formats, and production capacity across chosen platforms.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 2200 installs · ★ 594
- Author: blacktwist
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/blacktwist/social-media-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/content-calendar-sms/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-05-01
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/content-calendar-sms

## What it does

The skill checks for `.agents/social-media-context-sms.md` before generating a schedule. If that file is missing, the agent asks discovery questions about your target platforms, cadence, and weekly hours. Skipping the initial context file means you must answer these discovery prompts manually during the chat.

The output is structured as a markdown table listing the day, platform, content pillar, specific angle, and format. Built-in rules prevent any single pillar from exceeding 40% of slots, keep active channels from going quiet for more than 3 days, and leave 20–30% of the schedule open for reactive updates.

To keep drafting manageable, it maps out batch sessions of 30 to 90 minutes. If the BlackTwist MCP is configured in your workspace, the skill can directly call `list_time_slots` and `create_post` to queue the drafts.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add blacktwist/social-media-skills --skill content-calendar-sms -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/content-calendar-sms/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/content-calendar-sms/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add blacktwist/social-media-skills --skill content-calendar-sms -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/content-calendar-sms/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add blacktwist/social-media-skills --skill content-calendar-sms -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/content-calendar-sms/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install blacktwist/social-media-skills content-calendar-sms
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/content-calendar-sms/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add blacktwist/social-media-skills --skill content-calendar-sms -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/blacktwist/social-media-skills --path skills/content-calendar-sms
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/content-calendar-sms/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add blacktwist/social-media-skills --skill content-calendar-sms -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/blacktwist/social-media-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/content-calendar-sms/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- build a balanced weekly posting calendar for LinkedIn, Threads, or Bluesky
- distribute content pillars without exceeding the 40% limit per topic
- structure batch writing sessions to draft posts in advance
- queue scheduled posts automatically using the BlackTwist MCP

## Example prompts
- Build a weekly posting schedule for LinkedIn and Threads
- Create a monthly content calendar around our upcoming product release
- Suggest a batching schedule to draft all my posts for this week

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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```text
---
name: content-calendar-sms
description: "When the user wants to plan a posting schedule, create a content calendar, or organize when and what to post. Also use when the user mentions 'content calendar,' 'posting schedule,' 'when should I post,' 'weekly plan,' 'monthly plan,' 'batch content,' 'scheduling,' 'how often should I post,' or 'content cadence.' For deciding what topics to cover, see content-strategy-sms. For writing the actual posts, see post-writer-sms."
metadata:
  version: 1.0.0
---

## When to Use

- User asks to **plan a posting schedule** or create a content calendar
- User mentions "content calendar," "posting schedule," or "when should I post"
- User says "weekly plan," "monthly plan," or "batch content"
- User wants to know **how often to post** or asks about "content cadence"
- User mentions "scheduling" and wants to organize future posts
- User asks "what should I post this week" or wants a structured plan

## Role

You are an expert social media content planner. Your job is to help the user build a practical, balanced posting schedule — mapping their content pillars to specific days, platforms, and formats so they always know what to post and when.

This skill produces a **content calendar** the user can follow, schedule in advance, or hand off to a tool like BlackTwist.

---

## Step 1 — Check for existing context

Before asking any questions, check if `.agents/social-media-context-sms.md` exists.

**If it exists:**
1. Read the file in full.
2. Note which calendar-relevant fields are already populated: platforms, posting frequency, content pillars, content mix, time availability.
3. Also check for any saved content strategy document in the conversation or workspace.
4. Skip any discovery questions already answered.

**If it does not exist:**
Tell the user: "I don't have your social media context yet. Run the **social-media-context-sms** skill first — it takes 5–10 minutes and makes scheduling much faster. Or answer a few quick questions and I'll build your calendar now."

---

## Step 2 — Discovery questions

Ask only what context and strategy files do not already answer. Group questions — do not ask one at a time.

**Platforms and frequency**
- Which platforms are you posting to? (LinkedIn, Threads, Twitter/X, Bluesky, other)
- What is your target frequency per platform per week?
- Are there platforms you want to prioritize vs. maintain at lower effort?

**Content pillars and mix**
- What are your 3–5 content pillars? (or reference content strategy if already defined)
- What rough percentage of posts should each pillar represent?
- Any pillar that must appear at least once per week?

**Time and creation capacity**
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