Blog Topic Research

What it does

When your agent uses it

• Deciding which long-tail topics are worth writing before drafting begins
• With research blog topics
• Find evidence-backed content ideas

Example prompts

• “research blog topics”
• “find evidence-backed content ideas”
• “/blog-topic-research”

Requirements

• Compatibility (from SKILL.md): Designed for Claude Code; search evidence changes over time, and backlog writes require editorial approval plus revalidation of source currency
• Pre-approved tools (allowed-tools): Read, WebSearch, WebFetch, Write, Edit

Workflow steps

11 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

1. 1Confirm scope, audience, locale, time horizon, count, excluded subjects, and the publication's definition of a useful conversion or reader…
2. 2Read the existing coverage inventory. Normalize case, punctuation, product names, versions, error codes, and canonical URLs while…
3. 3Search across at least three suitable signal classes: official docs or changelogs, public issue trackers, vendor forums, Stack Overflow…
4. 4Fetch each candidate source. Capture its title, URL, publication or update date when available, exact short evidence excerpt, source type…
5. 5Pair demand evidence with at least one current authoritative source whenever the topic makes product, API, version, legal, medical…
6. 6Classify search intent and format: how-to-fix, how-to-connect, how-to-automate, x-vs-y, what-is, use-case, listicle, migration, or…
7. 7Score evidence explicitly. Use 1 for a single relevant public mention, 2 for repeated or engaged discussion, and 3 for strong repeated…
8. 8Run duplicate checks against published and planned coverage. Reject a matching canonical intent; flag near matches that differ only by…
9. 9Extract only supported problem summaries, fix kernels, version constraints, and question variants. Mark unresolved or conflicting answers…
10. 10Rank accepted topics by evidence, business relevance, authority availability, coverage gap, and freshness. Explain the factors and report…
11. 11Present the candidate set for approval. Append only accepted records to the requested path, preserving stable IDs and source timestamps.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit cfae287. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

• Tool permissions

  Pre-approves these tools, so the agent can use them without asking each time:

  • Read
  • WebSearch
  • WebFetch
  • Write
  • Edit

  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 json).

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

• Network

  Links to these hosts (documentation or services it may open):

  • developers.google.com
  • support.google.com
  • docs.github.com
  • api.stackexchange.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.

• Compatibility

  Designed for Claude Code; search evidence changes over time, and backlog writes require editorial approval plus revalidation of source currency

  From compatibility in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

Context cost

Blog Topic Research loads about 2k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 71 tokens; SKILL.md has 799 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it

~71

When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches

~2k

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

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 jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace at commit cfae287, republished under its MIT-0 licence (© jeremylongshore). 799 words, ~2,008 tokens.

name

blog-topic-research

description

Build a deduplicated editorial backlog from current, traceable demand and authoritative product evidence. Use when deciding which long-tail topics are worth writing before drafting begins. Trigger with "research blog topics" or "find evidence-backed content ideas".

allowed-tools

Read, WebSearch, WebFetch, Write, Edit

compatibility

Designed for Claude Code; search evidence changes over time, and backlog writes require editorial approval plus revalidation of source currency

argument-hint

[count] [cluster-or-product] [--append-to path]

version

1.2.0

author

AutomateLab <hello@automatelab.tech>

license

MIT-0

tags

seo, topic-research, search-intent, content-strategy, evidence

model

inherit

effort

high

{
  "topic": "How to diagnose webhook signature failures after key rotation",
  "cluster": "integrations",
  "format": "how-to-fix",
  "intent": "troubleshooting",
  "signal_score": 3,
  "demand_signals": [
    {
      "type": "github_issue",
      "url": "https://example.com/public-issue",
      "evidence": "Short exact title or question",
      "observed_at": "2026-09-11"
    }
  ],
  "primary_sources": ["https://example.com/current-official-doc"],
  "version_context": "verify at drafting time",
  "duplicate_decision": "accept",
  "duplicate_matches": []
}

request: 10 topics for the integrations cluster
accepted: 7
rejected: 2 duplicate intents, 1 stale unsupported version claim
top candidate: webhook signature failures after key rotation
evidence: public issue + current vendor verification guide
append: awaiting approval

candidate: "Best automation platform for every startup"
result: reject
reason: vague intent, no measurable comparison contract, and no qualifying demand evidence

© jeremylongshore, MIT-0. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

Just SKILL.md in plugins/productivity/publishing-skills/skills/blog-topic-research of jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit cfae287