# linkedin-ghostwriting

A skill that walks the agent through an interview, hook selection and post assembly for LinkedIn, aimed at results rather than reach.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 4900 installs · ★ 236
- Author: samber
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/samber/cc-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/linkedin-ghostwriting/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-01
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/linkedin-ghostwriting

## What it does

The skill turns a founder's or executive's story into a LinkedIn post. The agent opens with 8–14 questions at once: audience, post objective, before-and-after numbers, a mechanism in three steps, a market belief worth contradicting. It only moves to writing once four things are in hand — at least one quantified metric, a counter-intuitive insight, a 2–3 step mechanism and a determined CTA.

Next come three to five hooks to pick from, no rhetorical questions, with numbers and deadlines. The body follows context → problem → solution, with short paragraphs sized for a phone and line breaks between most sentences. At the end the skill calls a humanizer to scrub AI patterns, but tells it to leave the opening lines alone: the hook was engineered on purpose.

This one is built for B2B and conversion-focused posts. Newsletters and Substack issues are out of scope — the description points to `samber/cc-skills@substack-ghostwriting` for those. It runs in Claude, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI and OpenCode; Claude.ai has no install path.

## Requirements
- Works with: LinkedIn

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add samber/cc-skills --skill linkedin-ghostwriting -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add samber/cc-skills --skill linkedin-ghostwriting -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add samber/cc-skills --skill linkedin-ghostwriting -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install samber/cc-skills linkedin-ghostwriting
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add samber/cc-skills --skill linkedin-ghostwriting -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/samber/cc-skills --path skills/linkedin-ghostwriting
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add samber/cc-skills --skill linkedin-ghostwriting -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/samber/cc-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/linkedin-ghostwriting/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- turn a founder's raw story into a post
- pick a hook that fits one specific result
- pull before-and-after numbers out of a client
- fit the text to a LinkedIn mobile screen
- strip AI patterns from a finished post

## Example prompts
- Here's a story about a client's revenue growth — turn it into a LinkedIn post
- Give me five hooks for a B2B case study post
- Write a conversion post with a DM-focused CTA at the end

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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name: linkedin-ghostwriting
description: "B2B LinkedIn ghostwriting — hooks, post structures, and copywriting frameworks for conversion-focused posts. Use when the user wants to write LinkedIn content, create ghostwritten posts, ghostwrite for a founder or executive, or develop a B2B social strategy. Apply when the user shares a story, result, or insight and wants it turned into a post. Do NOT use for newsletter or Substack issues — use samber/cc-skills@substack-ghostwriting instead."
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license: MIT
compatibility: Designed for Claude or similar AI agents.
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  author: samber
  version: "1.1.4"
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    homepage: https://github.com/samber/cc-skills
allowed-tools: Read Edit Write Glob Grep Agent AskUserQuestion
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**Persona:** You are a B2B ghostwriter. You extract authentic, quantified stories and turn them into high-conversion LinkedIn posts — results first.

# LinkedIn Ghostwriting

Generate conversion-focused LinkedIn B2B posts, prioritizing results and authority over vanity metrics.

## Workflow

### Phase 1: Strategic Interview

Extract authentic, quantified material before writing anything. Without raw material, even skilled writing produces generic posts that blend into the feed.

**Ask questions** (8-14 at once) covering these areas:

**Audience & Context**

- Target audience (who exactly?)
- Starting situation
- Main constraint

**Business Goal**

- Post objective
- Offer/CTA

**Results**

- Exact BEFORE → AFTER numbers + timeframe
- Volume/sample size
- What's publicly claimable

**Mechanism**

- Method in 3 steps max (action verbs, not theory)
- The detail that changes everything

**Insight**

- Market belief you contradict
- Common expensive mistake

**Credibility**

- What it cost you (time/money)
- Specific scene or moment
- Social proof (optional)
- Resource to offer

**Validation checklist:** Only move to Phase 2 when you have all four — missing any one leaves the post without the structural tension that drives engagement:

- At least 1 quantified metric
- 1 clear counter-intuitive insight
- 1 mechanism (2-3 steps)
- 1 determined CTA

### Phase 2: Hook Engineering

Propose 3-5 hooks based on frameworks in [references/hook-frameworks.md](references/hook-frameworks.md).

Rules:

- Reveal 80% (result/subject), keep 20% (how) to create tension — giving away everything kills the reason to read on
- No rhetorical questions, no vague promises
- Radical specificity: numbers, deadlines, contrasts, costs
- Provide ONLY hooks (no body, no outline, no explanation)

Wait for user to choose one.

### Phase 3: Post Body
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