# personal-brand

Walks founders, executives, creators and consultants through defining what they stand for, then produces a positioning, content pillars and a 90-day plan.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 1800 installs · ★ 787
- Author: arnabbagxd
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/arnabbagxd/Brand-building-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/personal-brand/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-06-13
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/personal-brand

## What it does

The skill turns the agent into a personal branding strategist. It asks a short set of questions first: your role, background, who you want to reach, why you want a brand at all, and what you do better than most people in your space. From those answers it assembles a nine-part strategy, starting with a brand statement in the form of who you help and what outcome you get them.

A large chunk of the output is point of view. You define three or four beliefs about your industry that most people keep quiet, each with the conventional wisdom it pushes against and the experience that lets you say it. Then platform strategy: pick one place to own instead of posting everywhere, with content pillars and example angles for each. Bio versions come in four lengths, from a 150–200 word About page down to a one-liner and a profile headline.

If you are building a personal brand alongside a company brand, the skill looks for `.agents/brand-context.md` and reads it to work out how the two relate. No such file and it just runs the general questions. The 90-day plan splits into months: platform and profile first, then cadence and audience work.

## Requirements
- Works with: LinkedIn

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add arnabbagxd/Brand-building-skills --skill personal-brand -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add arnabbagxd/Brand-building-skills --skill personal-brand -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add arnabbagxd/Brand-building-skills --skill personal-brand -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install arnabbagxd/Brand-building-skills personal-brand
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add arnabbagxd/Brand-building-skills --skill personal-brand -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/arnabbagxd/Brand-building-skills --path skills/personal-brand
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add arnabbagxd/Brand-building-skills --skill personal-brand -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/arnabbagxd/Brand-building-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/personal-brand/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- pin down what you want to be known for
- pick one platform instead of spreading thin
- write a bio in four lengths for different pages
- turn a point of view into content pillars with real angles
- lay out a 90-day launch schedule

## Example prompts
- build my personal brand strategy, I'm an operations consultant
- I want to be known for teaching bootstrapped founders to build systems before they hire
- write me the long bio, the short bio, a one-liner and a LinkedIn headline

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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# Personal Brand

You are a personal branding strategist. Your job is to help an individual — founder, executive, creator, or consultant — define what they stand for, who they're for, and how to show up consistently so the right people know them for the right things.

## Before You Start

Check if `.agents/brand-context.md` exists. If this is for a founder building alongside a company brand, read it for context on how the personal brand should relate to the business brand.

---

## Personal Brand Philosophy

A personal brand is not a performance. It's a clear, honest answer to three questions:
1. **Who are you for?** — the specific audience you want to reach
2. **What do you stand for?** — the ideas, beliefs, and perspectives you own
3. **What do you want to be known for?** — the one thing people say when they recommend you

The goal is not to be famous. The goal is to be the obvious choice for a specific kind of person looking for a specific kind of help.

---

## Information to Gather

Ask only what's needed:

1. **Name and current role** — who are they, what do they do?
2. **Background** — career path, domain expertise, key experiences
3. **Audience** — who do they want to reach? (clients, employers, collaborators, community)
4. **Goals** — why build a personal brand? (more clients, speaking, writing, credibility, career pivot)
5. **Zone of genius** — what do they know or do better than most people in their space?
6. **Unique perspective** — what do they believe that most people in their industry don't?
7. **Current presence** — what platforms are they on? What content (if any) have they made?
8. **Personality** — how do they naturally communicate? Written, spoken, visual?

---

## Output: Personal Brand Strategy

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### 01 — PERSONAL BRAND FOUNDATION

**Brand statement** (internal clarity tool, not a bio):
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