# content-strategy

Plans SEO content: a topic cluster map, pillar pages and an editorial calendar. Useful when you need a publishing plan, not one more article.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 1300 installs · ★ 1062
- Author: kostja94
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/kostja94/marketing-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/seo/content/content-strategy/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-21
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/kostja94-content-strategy

## What it does

The skill organizes content by topic instead of isolated keywords. A pillar page covers a broad term, 6–12 cluster articles cover subtopics, and internal links tie them together. That layout shows search engines and AI systems the site covers a subject end to end.

You get a cluster map, a calendar with topics, keywords and deadlines, an internal linking plan, and a plan for refreshing old pages. Before that, the skill looks at your keywords, existing content and team capacity. If a `contextus.md` file sits in the project root, it reads that and loads only the modules this task needs.

For editorial mix across blog, email, social and video, the description points to a separate `content-marketing` skill. This one handles the SEO side. One thing to watch: the skill advises refreshing clusters quarterly and evergreen pieces every 6–12 months, so a plan with no review date goes stale fast.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add kostja94/marketing-skills --skill content-strategy -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add kostja94/marketing-skills --skill content-strategy -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add kostja94/marketing-skills --skill content-strategy -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install kostja94/marketing-skills content-strategy
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add kostja94/marketing-skills --skill content-strategy -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/kostja94/marketing-skills --path skills/seo/content/content-strategy
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add kostja94/marketing-skills --skill content-strategy -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/kostja94/marketing-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/seo/content/content-strategy/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- build a topic cluster map for your site
- put together an editorial calendar with topics and deadlines
- split articles across queries and stop cannibalization
- plan internal links between pillar and cluster pages
- decide which old pages to refresh and when

## Example prompts
- build a quarterly content plan: one pillar page and 8 cluster articles on our topic
- map topic clusters for the blog and show me the internal linking scheme
- make an editorial calendar from these keywords with publish dates

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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name: content-strategy
description: When the user wants to plan content for SEO, create content calendar, or build topic clusters. Also use when the user mentions "content strategy," "content plan," "topic clusters," "pillar content," "pillar page," "cluster articles," "editorial calendar," "content hub," "content planning," "content clusters," "topic cluster strategy," "content strategy for SEO," or "content calendar." For editorial mix, use content-marketing.
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# SEO Content: Content Strategy

Guides content strategy for SEO: topic clusters, pillar pages, cluster articles, and editorial planning. For content marketing across all channels (blog, email, social, video), see **content-marketing**. For translation workflow and multilingual content, see **translation**.

**When invoking**: On **first use**, if helpful, open with 1-2 sentences on what this skill covers and why it matters, then provide the main output. On **subsequent use** or when the user asks to skip, go directly to the main output.

## Initial Assessment

**Project context:** Read root `contextus.md` when present and load only the modules relevant to this task. Without Contextus, use available project material or user-provided facts and ask for missing information; do not create a parallel context system.

Identify:
1. **Keywords**: From keyword research — see **keyword-research** for discovery and clustering
2. **Existing content**: What already exists
3. **Resources**: Content capacity, tools
4. **Goals**: Traffic, conversions, authority

**Product-Led SEO**: Do SEO around product/users, not around industry/search engines. See **seo-strategy** for Product-Led SEO principle, products suited for SEO, and workflow order.

## Topic Clusters

Topic clusters organize content by **topic** rather than isolated keywords. A **pillar page** covers a broad core topic; **cluster articles** cover subtopics; all connect via internal links. This signals topical authority to search engines and AI systems.

### Structure

```
Pillar page (broad topic, 2,000-5,000+ words)
    <-> internal links
Cluster 1 (subtopic, 800-2,500 words)
Cluster 2 (subtopic)
...
Cluster 6-12 (subtopics)
    <-> cluster to cluster links
```

### Pillar Page

| Attribute | Guideline |
|-----------|-----------|
| **Length** | 2,000-5,000+ words; comprehensive guide |
| **Keyword** | Broad head term with search volume |
| **Role** | Hub; links to all cluster articles; targets primary topic |
| **Conversion** | Link to product/feature pages where relevant |

### Cluster Articles

| Attribute | Guideline |
|-----------|-----------|
| **Count** | 6-12 articles per pillar (minimum 6 for authority) |
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