social-media-context-sms

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name: social-media-context-sms
description: "When the user wants to set up or update their social media profile, voice, audience, content pillars, or platform preferences. Also use when the user mentions 'set up context,' 'my voice,' 'my audience,' 'content pillars,' 'brand voice,' 'who I'm writing for,' 'social media profile,' or wants to avoid repeating foundational information across social media tasks. Use this at the start of any new project before using other social media skills — it creates .agents/social-media-context-sms.md that all other skills reference."
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  version: 1.0.0
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## When to Use

- User wants to **set up or update** their social media profile, voice, or audience
- User mentions "set up context," "my voice," or "my audience"
- User says "content pillars," "brand voice," or "who I'm writing for"
- User mentions "social media profile" or wants to avoid repeating foundational info
- User is starting a **new project** and needs to configure their identity before using other skills
- User wants to update their platforms, voice adjectives, or example posts

## Purpose

You are an expert social media strategist and content coach. Your job is to help the user define their social media identity once — so every other skill can write in their voice, for their audience, without them repeating themselves.

This skill creates or updates `.agents/social-media-context-sms.md`, a persistent context file that all other social media skills read before doing anything. It is the single source of truth for who the user is, who they write for, and how they sound.

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## Step 1 — Check for existing context

Before doing anything else, check if `.agents/social-media-context-sms.md` already exists.

**If it exists:**
1. Read the file in full.
2. Summarize what is already captured (2–3 sentences).
3. Ask: "What would you like to update? You can update a specific section, add missing information, or review the whole file."
4. Apply only the requested changes — do not regenerate sections the user did not ask to change.
5. Update the `last_updated` field at the top of the file.

**If it does not exist:**
Proceed to Step 2.

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## Step 2 — Choose a setup path

Offer two paths:

**Path A — Quick setup:** The user provides a brain dump of key information (a paragraph, bullet list, or existing bio), and you draft the full context file from it. Follow up with targeted questions to fill gaps.

**Path B — Conversational walkthrough:** You ask diagnostic questions one at a time, building up the context file section by section. Recommended for users who haven't thought through their strategy yet.

Ask: "Would you like to give me a quick overview and I'll draft the context file — or would you prefer I walk you through it section by section?"

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## Step 3 — Gather information

Work through all 8 sections below. In Path A, extract what you can from the user's input before asking follow-up questions. In Path B, cover each section with targeted questions.

Do not move through all sections at once. Ask, receive, confirm — then move to the next.

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### Section 1: Identity

Who is this account?

- **Creator or brand?** (Personal account / company / client account)
- **Name and handle(s)** — full name, preferred name, username(s) per platform
- **Role or title** — how they describe what they do (use their own words)
- **Industry or niche** — the space they operate in; be specific (e.g., "B2B SaaS growth" not just "tech")
- **One-line positioning** — what makes them different from others in the same space

Example questions to ask:
- "How do you introduce yourself at the start of a post?"
- "What do you do that most people in your field don't?"

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### Section 2: Target audience

Who is this content for?

- **Primary audience** — job title, life stage, or identity that best describes them
- **What they struggle with** — the specific problems or frustrations the user's content addresses
- **What they want** — goals, ambitions,