# suede-lead-magnets

Walks through picking a lead-magnet format, choosing what to gate, and publishing the rest as an indexable page that earns links and AI citations.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · ★ 126
- Author: JasonColapietro
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/JasonColapietro/suede-creator-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/suede-lead-magnets/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-24
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/suede-lead-magnets

## What it does

The skill covers lead-magnet strategy end to end: format selection (checklist, template, swipe file, guide, quiz, mini-course, original data), how deep the asset should go for the buyer's stage, and where the gate belongs. There is a table of formats with effort and time-to-create estimates, plus a breakdown by awareness, consideration and decision stage.

Before planning anything it looks for `.agents/product-marketing.md` (or `.claude/product-marketing.md`, or the older `product-marketing-context.md`) and reads it when present. Questions after that are limited to what the file does not already answer. With no such file, it starts from scratch: what the company sells, who the ideal customer is, how leads come in today, what content already exists.

Some outputs are ruled out on purpose — the long "Ultimate Guide" nobody finishes, a tips PDF that repeats the post it gates, a checklist of "consider X" items, a template that is just headings on a blank page. Interactive calculators and generators belong to `suede-free-tools`, post-capture sequences to `suede-emails`, and production copy to `suede-copy`. Form and popup work routes to `suede-site-alchemy`.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add JasonColapietro/suede-creator-skills --skill suede-lead-magnets -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add JasonColapietro/suede-creator-skills --skill suede-lead-magnets -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add JasonColapietro/suede-creator-skills --skill suede-lead-magnets -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install JasonColapietro/suede-creator-skills suede-lead-magnets
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/suede-lead-magnets/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add JasonColapietro/suede-creator-skills --skill suede-lead-magnets -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/JasonColapietro/suede-creator-skills --path skills/suede-lead-magnets
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add JasonColapietro/suede-creator-skills --skill suede-lead-magnets -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/JasonColapietro/suede-creator-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/suede-lead-magnets/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- pick a lead-magnet format that fits the buyer stage
- decide what to gate and what to leave open
- frame the value exchange honestly for contact details
- build a lead magnet that also ranks in search
- avoid cliches like the 40-page Ultimate Guide

## Example prompts
- Help me pick a lead-magnet format for consideration-stage buyers — B2B SaaS, marketing audience
- What should I gate and what should I publish as an indexable page so the asset earns links and AI citations?
- Which form fields should I ask for in exchange for the guide without hurting conversion?

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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# Suede AI Lead-Magnet Systems

Design lead magnets as useful, rights-clear assets with an honest value exchange and a measurable path to product value. Choose the format, depth, gating, delivery, and follow-up based on audience need and qualification, not on maximizing raw email capture.

## Before Planning

**Check for product marketing context first:**
If `.agents/product-marketing.md` exists (or `.claude/product-marketing.md`, or the legacy `product-marketing-context.md` filename, in older setups), read it before asking questions. Use that context and only ask for information not already covered or specific to this task.

Gather this context (ask if not provided):

### 1. Business Context
- What does the company do?
- Who is the ideal customer?
- What problems does your product solve?

### 2. Current Lead Generation
- How do you currently capture leads?
- What lead magnets or offers do you have?
- What's your current conversion rate on email capture?
- Where does the audience spend time online?
- What's the most common question prospects ask before buying?

### 3. Content Assets
- What existing content could be repurposed? (blog posts, guides, data)
- What expertise can you package?
- What templates or tools do you use internally?

### 4. Goals
- Primary goal: email list growth, lead quality, product education?
- Target audience stage: awareness, consideration, or decision?
- Timeline and resource constraints?

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## Lead Magnet Principles

### 1. Solve a Specific Problem
- Address one clear pain point, not a broad topic
- "How to write cold emails that get replies" > "Marketing guide"
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