Agent skill

Headlines

by notque in notque/vexjoy-agent

Generate headlines, titles, and subject lines: charge, volume, tighten.

MITAuto-check: notesDevOps & Cloud

Install Headlines

skills CLI
$ npx skills add notque/vexjoy-agent --skill headlines -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install notque/vexjoy-agent headlines --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/notque/vexjoy-agent.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/content/headlines .claude/skills/headlines && 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
headlines
GitHub stars
435
Token cost
~1.5k tokens
SKILL.md length
755 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
61
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Generate headlines, titles, and subject lines: charge, volume, tighten.

  • Works in 4 steps: FIND THE CHARGE → GENERATE VOLUME → TIGHTEN → …
  • DevOps & Cloud work in your project
  • SKILL.md covers Phase 1: FIND THE CHARGE, Phase 2: GENERATE VOLUME, Phase 3: TIGHTEN and Phase 4: OUTPUT PER FORMAT, plus 2 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Headlines is an agent skill from notque/vexjoy-agent. Generate headlines, titles, and subject lines: charge, volume, tighten.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.5k 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 DevOps & Cloud. The repository describes itself as: VexJoy AI Agent with Jev Intelligent Routing - /do routes plain-English requests to the right specialist agent and gates the work with reviews, tests, and a learning loop. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • DevOps & Cloud work in your project

Example prompts

  • “/headlines”

Requirements

  • Pre-approved tools (allowed-tools): Read, Write, Bash, Grep, Glob, Edit, Task

Workflow steps

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

  1. FIND THE CHARGE
  2. GENERATE VOLUME
  3. TIGHTEN
  4. OUTPUT PER FORMAT

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 5218674. 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
    • Write
    • Bash
    • Grep
    • Glob
    • Edit
    • Task

    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 markdown).

    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

Headlines loads about 1.5k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 20 tokens; SKILL.md has 755 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~20
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.5k

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: notes

The automated check noted patterns worth knowing about, such as sudo or a known installer.

  • NotePre-approves every shell command (allowed-tools: Bash)SKILL.md
    allowed-tools: Read, Write, Bash, Grep, Glob, Edit, Task

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 notque/vexjoy-agent at commit 5218674, republished under its MIT licence (© notque). 755 words, ~1,452 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/headlines/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
headlines
description
Generate headlines, titles, and subject lines: charge, volume, tighten.
allowed-tools
Read, Write, Bash, Grep, Glob, Edit, Task
promoted_to
content
user-invocable
false
routing.triggers
headline, headlines, article title, title options, subject line, better title
routing.category
content-creation
routing.pairs_with
writing, content

Headlines

Generate headlines, article titles, social posts, and email subject lines from a brief or draft. Four phases: find the charge, generate volume across named moves, tighten survivors, output per format. Core rule: volume over polish -- breadth beats optimization because word-level features predict winners weakly.

Phase 1: FIND THE CHARGE

Identify the single most compelling tension or stake in the material.

  1. Read the brief, draft, or topic statement in full.
  2. List every tension candidate: surprise, reversal, cost, conflict, a number that changes the picture, a stake the reader holds.
  3. Pick ONE -- the charge. Write it as one sentence naming who is affected and what is at stake.
  4. Test: would a reader who saw only this sentence want the rest? A topic label ("Kubernetes networking") fails; a live tension ("DNS resolved yesterday, fails today, nothing changed") passes.

Gate: Charge is one sentence, names a specific tension, is true to source. A weak charge produces 20 weak headlines.

Phase 2: GENERATE VOLUME

Produce 15-25 candidate headlines spread across these ten named moves. Write fast; judge later.

The Ten Headline Moves
MoveReflexExample
Curiosity gapOpens a question only reading can close"The One-Line Nginx Default That Took Our API Down"
SpecificityCarries the concrete detail into the headline"CoreDNS Returns NXDOMAIN for Internal Services After Upgrading to 1.31"
StakesNames what the reader loses or gains"Your Postgres Backups May Be Silently Unrestorable"
ContrastTwo true things that should not coexist"Local Build Passes, Cloudflare Deploy Fails -- Same Commit"
QuestionAsks what the reader already wonders"Is Your Standup Meeting Just a Status Email With Legs?"
How-toPromises a capability, named precisely"How to Cut Go CLI Startup From 400ms to 40ms"
NumberCount or measurement as the spine"Three Config Lines That Halved Our CI Bill"
Voice-of-readerPhrased in the reader's own words"I Rotated the API Key and Production Still Worked. That's the Problem."
News pegAnchored to a current event"What the AWS Outage Reveals About Your Single-Region Bet"
Negative spaceLeads with what is absent or refused"The Test Suite Had No Test for the Thing That Broke"

Rules:

  1. Cover at least 6 of the 10 moves. Tag each candidate with its move.
  2. Keep every candidate anchored to the Phase 1 charge.
  3. Pull concrete material from the brief: numbers, names, error messages, dates.

Gate: 15-25 candidates, each tagged, at least 6 moves represented. Fewer than 15 means the charge is under-mined -- return to the brief.

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Phase 3: TIGHTEN

Select and sharpen 3-5 survivors.

  1. Score every candidate 1-5 on: specificity, tension, accuracy to the brief. Sum the three.
  2. Keep the top 3-5. Require move diversity -- two candidates from the same move compete for the same reader reflex; keep the stronger one.
  3. Tighten each survivor:
    • Cut filler; front-load the charge into the first 3-4 words.
    • Replace any vague noun with the concrete one from the brief.
    • Verify every claim against the brief. The headline promises only what the content delivers.
  4. Drop any survivor that needs a hedge to stay accurate. Promote the next by score.

Gate: 3-5 survivors, each accurate, each from a distinct move where possible.

Phase 4: OUTPUT PER FORMAT

Adapt survivors to the formats the task needs.

FormatConstraintAdjustment
Article title~60-70 chars; sentence caseFull charge; specificity over wordplay
Social postPlatform length; standaloneAdd the stake or number; end with pull, not summary
Email subject line~30-50 charsFront-load the charge; cut articles and qualifiers first

Per-platform specs from content-engine (references/platform-specs.md) win on length when both apply.

Output format:

markdown
## Headline Options

**Charge**: [one-sentence charge]

### Article titles
1. "[title]" -- [move]
2. ...

### Social posts
1. "[post]"

### Subject lines
1. "[subject]"

**Recommendation**: [pick one, one sentence why]

Gate: Each requested format has 2+ options. Recommendation given with reasoning.

Integration

  • writing: when the writing voice pipeline's hook scores below 8, the HOOK-GATE agent may run Phases 1-3 here against the article body to surface the concrete detail the opening should lead with.
  • content-engine: supplies titles and subject lines for pipeline output; content-engine owns per-platform format specs.
  • Standalone: usable directly on any brief, draft, or topic.

Error Handling

ErrorCauseSolution
Brief has no tensionInput is a topic label or flat release notesAsk for the one fact that surprised the author, the cost of the problem, or what changed. If none exists, produce plain utilitarian titles.
All candidates sound the sameGeneration stayed in 1-2 movesWalk the move catalog in order; force one candidate per unused move.
Accurate headlines feel flatCharge is weak, not the wordingReturn to Phase 1. Find a sharper tension or report that the brief needs a stronger finding.

© notque, 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/content/headlines of notque/vexjoy-agent.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 5218674

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Questions about Headlines

What does Headlines do?

Generate headlines, titles, and subject lines: charge, volume, tighten. Headlines is an agent skill from notque/vexjoy-agent. Generate headlines, titles, and subject lines: charge, volume, tighten.

When should I use Headlines?

Headlines fits situations like: devOps & Cloud work in your project.

How do I install Headlines in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add notque/vexjoy-agent --skill headlines -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/content/headlines in notque/vexjoy-agent) into .claude/skills/headlines in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Headlines in Codex?

Run `npx skills add notque/vexjoy-agent --skill headlines -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/content/headlines in notque/vexjoy-agent) into .agents/skills/headlines in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Headlines 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 notque/vexjoy-agent --skill headlines -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/headlines, .gemini/skills/headlines, .github/skills/headlines and .opencode/skills/headlines in your project.

What does Headlines need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Headlines is instructions for the agent only. Its frontmatter pre-approves these tools: Read, Write, Bash, Grep, Glob, Edit, Task.

Does Headlines 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 Headlines safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found notes only (pre-approves every shell command (allowed-tools: bash)), nothing it rates as a warning. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Headlines use?

Headlines 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 Headlines use?

About 1.5k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 5.8k 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 Headlines?

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Who maintains Headlines?

notque (a GitHub user) maintains it in notque/vexjoy-agent, which has 435 GitHub stars. The repository holds 61 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 3, 2026.

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