Planning Assistant

What it does

The Planning Assistant skill enables Claude to help users with comprehensive content planning. It assists with weekly/monthly planning, organizing research, creating content calendars, converting inspiration into actionable plans, and developing strategies for multiple platforms. The skill analyzes past performance data, synthesizes research findings, and generates detailed content outlines and schedules.

When to use it

• You need help planning your content for the upcoming week or month.
• You have a collection of research bookmarks that you want organized and turned into content ideas.
• You're looking for inspiration and assistance in brainstorming new content topics.
• You require a plan for distributing content across multiple platforms.
• You need help prioritizing content and planning ahead.

Key capabilities

• Weekly/Monthly Content Planning: Analyzes historical performance, generates calendars, balances content types, aligns with business goals.
• Research Organization & Synthesis: Categorizes research, extracts key insights, summarizes findings, and converts them into content plans.
• Content Calendar Creation: Designs calendar structure, populates schedules across platforms, optimizes posting times and frequencies.

Example prompts

• "Help me plan my content for next week."
• "Organize my bookmarked research and turn it into a content plan."
• “Create a monthly content calendar balancing educational, promotional, and entertaining posts.”

Tips & gotchas

• The skill automatically activates when you ask about content planning or calendar management.
• To leverage the full potential of this skill, provide access to analytics data from your publishing platforms.
• Consider using the browser extension to import research directly into the Planning Assistant for streamlined organization and synthesis.