Agent skill

Medium Posts

by kostja94 in kostja94/marketing-skills

When the user wants to write, publish, republish, or optimize posts on Medium.com (canonical tags, distribution, Medium SEO).

MITAuto-check passedMarketing & SEO

Install Medium Posts

skills CLI
$ npx skills add kostja94/marketing-skills --skill medium-posts -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install kostja94/marketing-skills medium-posts --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/kostja94/marketing-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/platforms/medium .claude/skills/medium-posts && 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
medium-posts
GitHub stars
1k
Token cost
~635 tokens
SKILL.md length
265 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
102
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

When the user wants to write, publish, republish, or optimize posts on Medium.com (canonical tags, distribution, Medium SEO).

  • Works in 3 steps: Content: Original or republish → Canonical: If republish, set canonical… → Goal: Traffic, backlinks, AI citations
  • Optimize posts on Medium.com (canonical tags
  • SKILL.md covers Initial Assessment, Why Medium for Parasite SEO, Canonical Links and Content Best Practices, plus 2 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Medium Posts is an agent skill from kostja94/marketing-skills. When the user wants to write, publish, republish, or optimize posts on Medium.com (canonical tags, distribution, Medium SEO). Also use when the user mentions "Medium," "Medium article," "Medium story," "Medium publishing," "canonical Medium," or "publish on Medium." Not for general parasite SEO when Medium is not the target platform—use parasite-seo. For AI search visibility strategy, use generative-engine-optimization.

Its SKILL.md is about 640 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in Marketing & SEO, covering AI search optimization and Link building. The repository describes itself as: Agent Skills for Marketing — SEO, Social, Influencer & More. 160+ open-source skills for SEO, content, 40+ page types, paid ads, channels, and strategies. Add project context… The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Optimize posts on Medium.com (canonical tags
  • The user mentions Medium
  • Medium publishing
  • Canonical Medium

Example prompts

  • “Medium,”
  • “Medium article,”
  • “Medium story,”
  • “/medium-posts”

Workflow steps

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

  1. Content: Original or republish
  2. Canonical: If republish, set canonical to original URL
  3. Goal: Traffic, backlinks, AI citations

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 8dd89c5. 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.

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

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    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

Medium Posts loads about 635 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 109 tokens; SKILL.md has 265 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~109
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~635

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 kostja94/marketing-skills at commit 8dd89c5, republished under its MIT licence (© kostja94). 265 words, ~635 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/medium-posts/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
medium-posts
description
When the user wants to write, publish, republish, or optimize posts on Medium.com (canonical tags, distribution, Medium SEO). Also use when the user mentions "Medium," "Medium article," "Medium story," "Medium publishing," "canonical Medium," or "publish on Medium." Not for general parasite SEO when Medium is not the target platform—use parasite-seo. For AI search visibility strategy, use generative-engine-optimization.
metadata.version
1.1.0

Platforms: Medium

Guides Medium publishing for parasite SEO and content distribution. Medium's domain authority helps content rank faster than on new sites; articles can reach page 1 within days. Use this skill when planning Medium content or republishing from your site.

When invoking: On first use, if helpful, open with 1–2 sentences on what this skill covers and why it matters, then provide the main output. On subsequent use or when the user asks to skip, go directly to the main output.

Initial Assessment

Project context: Read root contextus.md when present and load only the modules relevant to this task. Without Contextus, use available project material or user-provided facts and ask for missing information; do not create a parallel context system.

Identify:

  1. Content: Original or republish
  2. Canonical: If republish, set canonical to original URL
  3. Goal: Traffic, backlinks, AI citations

Why Medium for Parasite SEO

BenefitDetail
Fast rankingsPage 1 within days vs months on own domain
AuthorityLeverages Medium's domain authority
AI-friendlyFrequently cited in AI search results
BacklinksTraffic-generating articles attract links

When republishing: Set canonical to your original URL in Medium settings. Prevents duplicate content penalties; signals original source.

Content Best Practices

  • Match intent: Keyword-focused; solve problem or answer question
  • Quality: Same quality as on your site
  • CTA: Link to relevant site pages; don't over-promote

Output Format

  • Title (keyword-optimized)
  • Structure (for original) or canonical setup (for republish)
  • Internal links to site
  • CTA placement
  • parasite-seo: Parasite SEO strategy; Medium as platform
  • article-page-generator: Article structure for republish
  • link-building: Medium as backlink source
  • grokipedia-recommendations: GEO; AI search visibility

© kostja94, MIT. 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 skills/platforms/medium of kostja94/marketing-skills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 8dd89c5

Compare with similar skills

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Categories

Questions about Medium Posts

What does Medium Posts do?

When the user wants to write, publish, republish, or optimize posts on Medium.com (canonical tags, distribution, Medium SEO). Medium Posts is an agent skill from kostja94/marketing-skills.com (canonical tags, distribution, Medium SEO).

When should I use Medium Posts?

Medium Posts fits situations like: optimize posts on Medium.com (canonical tags; the user mentions Medium; medium publishing; canonical Medium.

How do I install Medium Posts in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add kostja94/marketing-skills --skill medium-posts -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/platforms/medium in kostja94/marketing-skills) into .claude/skills/medium-posts in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Medium Posts in Codex?

Run `npx skills add kostja94/marketing-skills --skill medium-posts -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/platforms/medium in kostja94/marketing-skills) into .agents/skills/medium-posts in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Medium Posts 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 kostja94/marketing-skills --skill medium-posts -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/medium-posts, .gemini/skills/medium-posts, .github/skills/medium-posts and .opencode/skills/medium-posts in your project.

What does Medium Posts need to run?

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

Does Medium Posts access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Medium Posts 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 Medium Posts use?

Medium Posts is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Medium Posts use?

About 635 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.5k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Medium Posts?

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Who maintains Medium Posts?

kostja94 (a GitHub user) maintains it in kostja94/marketing-skills, which has 1,016 GitHub stars. The repository holds 102 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 6, 2026.

Source: kostja94/marketing-skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.