Content

Content Brief Skill

A content brief workflow that turns audience needs, search intent and your existing pages into a clear, evidence-led brief writers can act on without guesswork.

Difficulty

beginner

Works with

keyword research, content inventory, editorial guidelines

Inputs

  • Primary topic
  • audience
  • search evidence
  • related site content

Outputs

  • Purpose statement
  • outline
  • evidence plan
  • internal link plan

What it does

This skill creates a focused editorial brief that explains why the page should exist and what evidence it needs.

When to use it

Use it after topic selection and before drafting. It is also useful when an existing article has lost focus.

Instructions

State the reader task first. Define the page contribution, supporting evidence, required sections and useful internal paths. Let the outline follow the job of the page.

Prompt and skill content

Create a content brief for the supplied topic and audience.
Define the reader task, search intent and unique contribution before writing an outline.
Include evidence requirements, questions the page must answer and relevant internal links.
Do not prescribe a word count unless the publishing constraint requires one.

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