Agent skill

Write News Article

by gambitph in gambitph/Stackable

Drafts a Stackable release news article and the matching readme.txt News Article Updates link.

GPL-3.0Auto-check passedWriting & Content

Install Write News Article

skills CLI
$ npx skills add gambitph/Stackable --skill write-news-article -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install gambitph/Stackable write-news-article --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/gambitph/Stackable.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.cursor/skills/write-news-article .claude/skills/write-news-article && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
write-news-article
GitHub stars
350
Token cost
~2.3k tokens
SKILL.md length
1,077 words
Files
2
Skills in repo
18
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
GPL-3.0

At a glance

Drafts a Stackable release news article and the matching readme.txt News Article Updates link.

  • Works in 8 steps: Resolve proposed version → Confirm version with user (required) → Confirm the release deserves an article → …
  • The user asks to write a news article
  • SKILL.md covers Project context (do not…, When to write, Goals (priority order) and Workflow, plus 2 more sections
  • Reaches wpstackable.com

What it does

Write News Article is an agent skill from gambitph/Stackable. Drafts a Stackable release news article and the matching readme.txt News Article Updates link. Use when the user asks to write a news article, release blog post, News Article Update, or invokes write-news-article.

Its SKILL.md is about 2.3k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 2 other files (for example `agents/openai.yaml`).

It sits in Writing & Content, covering Blog and article writing and Technical documentation. The repository describes itself as: Page Builder Blocks for WordPress. An Amazing Block Library for the new WordPress Block Editor (Gutenberg). The licence is GPL-3.0.

When your agent uses it

  • The user asks to write a news article
  • Release blog post
  • News Article Update
  • Invokes write-news-article

Example prompts

  • “Use the write-news-article skill to draft a Stackable release news article and the matching readme.txt News Article Updates link”
  • “/write-news-article”

Workflow steps

8 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

  1. Resolve proposed version
  2. Confirm version with user (required)
  3. Confirm the release deserves an article
  4. Gather sources
  5. Pick headlines
  6. Draft the article
  7. Draft the readme.txt bullet
  8. Hand off

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 5c13d80. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md (its code samples are html).

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    Hosts in commands or code, which the agent is likely to contact:

    • wpstackable.com

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Write News Article loads about 2.3k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 58 tokens; SKILL.md has 1,077 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~58
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~2.3k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from gambitph/Stackable at commit 5c13d80, republished under its GPL-3.0 licence (© gambitph). 1,077 words, ~2,305 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/write-news-article/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 1 other file; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
write-news-article
description
Drafts a Stackable release news article and the matching readme.txt News Article Updates link. Use when the user asks to write a news article, release blog post, News Article Update, or invokes write-news-article.
disable-model-invocation
true

Write News Article

Draft a major.minor feature-release blog post for wpstackable.com, plus the readme.txt News Article Updates bullet. Benjamin edits voice and accuracy before publish.

This is not the changelog. For changelog bullets, use add-changelog.

Project context (do not hardcode)

Do not embed repo URLs, org names, or project board links in assumptions.

Read the current project's Cursor rules (e.g. .cursor/rules/ for repos / release roadmap). Use those for roadmap lookup. If missing, ask before guessing.

When to write

WriteSkip
Meaningful x.y.0 with a user-facing workflow storyPatch releases (x.y.z)
Pure maintenance / no headline workflow change

Goals (priority order)

  1. Teach — skimmable guided overview (where it lives, happy path)
  2. Market — make updating feel worthwhile
  3. Document — durable product-story breadcrumb

Audience: builders and agencies using or evaluating Stackable. Free-first; Premium only when it is part of the story.

Workflow

Copy and track:

Write News Article:
- [ ] 1. Resolve proposed version
- [ ] 2. Confirm version with user (wait for reply / override)
- [ ] 3. Confirm this release deserves an article
- [ ] 4. Gather sources (changelog + roadmap)
- [ ] 5. Pick 1–3 headlines; park the rest
- [ ] 6. Draft article as WP block markup (paste-ready)
- [ ] 7. Draft readme.txt News Article Updates bullet
- [ ] 8. Hand off for Ben edit (do not publish)
1. Resolve proposed version

Same sources as add-changelog:

  1. Prefer Version: in root plugin.php
  2. Else main plugin bootstrap PHP
  3. Optionally note Stable tag: in readme.txt

Propose the major.minor feature version (e.g. 3.20.0 → article for 3.20), not a patch.

2. Confirm version with user (required)

Stop and ask before drafting.

Tell the user the proposed version. Wait for confirm or override. That value is VERSION (use MAJOR.MINOR in titles/links, e.g. 3.20).

3. Confirm the release deserves an article

If the changelog/roadmap has no clear user-facing workflow story, say so and ask whether to skip. Do not invent a news post for a maintenance minor.

4. Gather sources

From project Cursor rules, open the Release Roadmap for VERSION. Also read the = VERSION = (and related patch) changelog section in readme.txt.

Pull:

  • Candidate headline features (New: / major Change:)
  • User-visible removals, renames, sunsets, BC-relevant items
  • Premium-only bits tied to headlines
  • Adjacent product payoffs that make a headline better (e.g. an existing UI that now works on the new feature)

Skip internal chores and fix spam unless users would notice or worry.

5. Pick headlines

Cap at 1–3 headline features that share one workflow story.

  • Everything else either goes in a short Other Improvements list or is omitted
  • Prefer cutting a fourth headline into “Other” over lengthening the article
  • Continue the Design System / efficiency arc only when true — one linking sentence if related; never force it
6. Draft the article

Voice: warm founder walkthrough — clear and helpful, lightly first-person where it earns it (“I wanted…”, “tell me…”). Skimmable — aim for a 3–5 minute read. Prefer concrete UI steps over slangy asides.

Required skeleton
  1. Title (hand-off only — not in body markup) — Introducing … naming user-facing capabilities (commas / “and” for multiples). WP post title is the H1; do not put an H1 in the body.
  2. Opening teaser — one short paragraph: version (vMAJOR.MINOR.0) + gap closed / why it matters + optional one-sentence product-arc link to prior posts
  3. More block — immediately after the teaser (excerpt cut)
  4. Rundown — “Here’s what’s new:” + bullet list of the 1–3 headlines
  5. H2 per headline — what it is → where to click / happy path → why it matters → teaching visual. Include adjacent payoffs when true (how it plays with an existing control), not feature-vs-feature digressions
  6. Conclusion — update CTA + soft feedback invite (no “— Ben” sign-off)
Optional sections (include only when earned)
SectionWhen
Old way vs new wayReal workflow shift only — skip for net-new UI
Backward compatibility / enable pathsUpgrader defaults differ, or something is removed/sunset — be specific (settings paths)
Other ImprovementsUser-visible trust items only (removals, renames, sunsets, notable fixes) — not a changelog dump
Changelog linkWhen “Other” exists or the release is large — always href="/changelog/" (site-relative on wpstackable.com)
Premium calloutInline at the moment it appears; separate H2 only if Premium is the headline
Product-arc linkOne sentence in the teaser when this release continues a prior chapter
Media

At least one teaching visual per headline. In the paste markup, use empty wp:image figures with a useful alt and a figcaption that starts with What to notice: … Ben drops screenshots in after paste.

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CTA rules
  • Always: update to the version + soft feedback / community invite
  • Premium upsell only if Premium was a real part of the story
Draft output (required form)

Always deliver the article body as Gutenberg block markup ready to paste into the WordPress block editor Code editor. Not markdown. Not a “preview then convert” step.

Use a fenced html code block so Ben can copy once. Match this shape:

html
<!-- wp:paragraph -->
<p>…teaser with <strong>vMAJOR.MINOR.0</strong>…</p>
<!-- /wp:paragraph -->

<!-- wp:more -->
<!--more-->
<!-- /wp:more -->

<!-- wp:paragraph -->
<p>Here’s what’s new:</p>
<!-- /wp:paragraph -->

<!-- wp:list -->
<ul class="wp-block-list"><!-- wp:list-item -->
<li><strong>Headline</strong> — short benefit</li>
<!-- /wp:list-item --></ul>
<!-- /wp:list -->

<!-- wp:heading -->
<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Headline</h2>
<!-- /wp:heading -->

<!-- wp:paragraph -->
<p>…</p>
<!-- /wp:paragraph -->

<!-- wp:image -->
<figure class="wp-block-image"><img alt="…"/><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">What to notice: …</figcaption></figure>
<!-- /wp:image -->

Compact list markup (list-item comments inside the ul/ol) is fine — matches what the block editor emits.

Above or beside the paste block, still state title + slug for the hand-off (those are not inside the body).

Do not publish to the blog or commit unless the user asks.

7. Draft the readme.txt bullet

Under ### News Article Updates, newest first:

- [vMAJOR.MINOR Feature Names…](https://wpstackable.com/blog/SLUG/?utm_source=wp-repo&utm_campaign=readme&utm_medium=link)

Rules:

  • vMAJOR.MINOR only (no patch)
  • Link text ≈ headline features (can be shorter than the full title)
  • Slug usually introducing-… kebab-case matching the title
  • Always append the UTM query string above
  • Add when the article goes live / in the same release PR — same day as the plugin release

If editing readme.txt in this session, insert the bullet at the top of the News Article Updates list. If the live URL is not final yet, draft the bullet and ask Ben to confirm the slug before writing.

8. Hand off

Summarize for Ben:

  • Proposed title + slug
  • Paste-ready body already in Gutenberg markup (with More block)
  • The 1–3 headlines chosen (and what was demoted/omitted)
  • Whether BC / Other / Premium sections were included and why
  • Reminder: he edits voice/accuracy; publish same day as release; then ensure the readme bullet is live

Style quick reference

DoAvoid
Paste-ready wp:* block markupMarkdown drafts Ben must re-paste
Tight teaser → More → rundownLong excited preamble before the cut
Short paragraphs, concrete UI stepsDeep tutorials / exhaustive option lists
Workflow + adjacent product payoffsFeature-vs-feature digressions
Warm, clear founder toneSlangy asides (“yeah. Same.”)
Changelog link /changelog/wordpress.org plugin changelog URL
Body without H1 / without “— Ben”Duplicating the post title or signed sign-off
Honest removals and BCHiding sunsets
Concrete counts when real (e.g. 375 designs)Invented metrics
Free-first, Premium inlineBolted-on Premium sections

Quality checklist

  • Version confirmed; release deserves an article
  • 1–3 headlines; skim-length; warm founder voice
  • Body is Gutenberg markup; teaser → More → rundown; no H1 in body
  • Opening names the version; each headline has an image placeholder with “What to notice:”
  • Changelog (if linked) uses /changelog/
  • BC/Other/Premium only when earned
  • Conclusion: update + soft community/feedback CTA (no “— Ben”)
  • readme bullet drafted with UTMs, newest-first format
  • Handed off for Ben edit — not treated as final publish copy

© gambitph, GPL-3.0. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

SKILL.md and 1 other file in .cursor/skills/write-news-article of gambitph/Stackable.

  • SKILL.md
  • agents/openai.yaml

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 5c13d80

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Questions about Write News Article

What does Write News Article do?

Drafts a Stackable release news article and the matching readme.txt News Article Updates link. Write News Article is an agent skill from gambitph/Stackable.txt News Article Updates link.

When should I use Write News Article?

Write News Article fits situations like: the user asks to write a news article; release blog post; news Article Update; invokes write-news-article.

How do I install Write News Article in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add gambitph/Stackable --skill write-news-article -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.cursor/skills/write-news-article in gambitph/Stackable) into .claude/skills/write-news-article in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Write News Article in Codex?

Run `npx skills add gambitph/Stackable --skill write-news-article -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.cursor/skills/write-news-article in gambitph/Stackable) into .agents/skills/write-news-article in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Write News Article in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add gambitph/Stackable --skill write-news-article -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/write-news-article, .gemini/skills/write-news-article, .github/skills/write-news-article and .opencode/skills/write-news-article in your project.

What does Write News Article need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Write News Article is instructions for the agent only.

Does Write News Article access the network?

SKILL.md names 1 domain. In commands or code: wpstackable.com; the agent is likely to contact it when it follows the instructions. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Write News Article safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Write News Article use?

Write News Article is published under the GPL-3.0 licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Write News Article use?

About 2.3k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 9.2k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

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Who maintains Write News Article?

gambitph (a GitHub organization) maintains it in gambitph/Stackable, which has 350 GitHub stars. The repository holds 18 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 7, 2026.

Source: gambitph/Stackable on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.