$npx -y skills add matteotitta/claude-code-marketing-quickstart --skill expert-povExtract a founder's or expert's point of view — core beliefs, contrarian takes, origin stories, taste — and synthesize a recommended "one big idea" (OBI) that anchors thought leadership and brand voice. Writes to marketing/expert-pov/expert-pov.md. Triggers - "expert pov", "found
| 1 | # expert-pov — founder point-of-view research skill |
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| 3 | Extracts the founder's / expert's genuine point of view and synthesizes a recommended "one big idea" (OBI) — the belief they can credibly own for years. Writes to `marketing/expert-pov/expert-pov.md`. This is the source the brand voice, thought-leadership, and founder-led content all read from. |
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| 7 | ## When to use |
| 8 | |
| 9 | - Spinning up founder-led thought leadership and you need a defensible angle, not generic takes |
| 10 | - Brand voice or positioning leans on founder conviction and you want it captured once, sourced |
| 11 | - Before a content push where the founder is the face |
| 12 | |
| 13 | ## When NOT to use |
| 14 | |
| 15 | - For company tone-of-voice rules (use `/tov-guidelines` — voice mechanics, not beliefs) |
| 16 | - For positioning strategy (use `/positioning` — market position, not personal POV) |
| 17 | - When there's no real founder input to work from — see the thin-input guard below |
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| 19 | ## Inputs — and the thin-input guard |
| 20 | |
| 21 | Founder input is the raw material: existing content (LinkedIn posts, podcast transcripts, interviews, talks) **or** answers to the question bank. If the available input is thin — fewer than ~3 distinct beliefs, 1 origin story, and 1 contrarian position — **halt before OBI synthesis** and ask the founder for more. A fabricated POV is worse than none; it reads hollow and fails the 100 Posts Test below. |
| 22 | |
| 23 | ## How it works |
| 24 | |
| 25 | 1. Inputs: founder content URLs and/or interview answers. Optional: `marketing/brand/brand-voice.md` for voice alignment. |
| 26 | 2. Reads (Exa MCP for public founder content): LinkedIn, podcasts, interviews, talks, prior writing. |
| 27 | 3. Produces a structured POV with these sections (matches the PulseAnalytics example): |
| 28 | - **Belief map** — core beliefs + the implicit assumptions under them + where each invites push-back |
| 29 | - **Contrarian positions** — the hot takes, with what the consensus view is and why the founder departs from it |
| 30 | - **Origin stories** — 2-3 moments that shaped the thinking (the realization, what changed) |
| 31 | - **Taste profile** — what they admire, what they reject, their quality bar |
| 32 | - **Theme clusters** — 3-5 recurring territories the founder returns to |
| 33 | - **Recommended OBI** — the one big idea, scored on authenticity / differentiation / memorability / scalability / business fit, with an activation angle |
| 34 | 4. Apply the **100 Posts Test** — could the founder genuinely write 100 authentic posts on this OBI? If not, it's a campaign, not an OBI. Pick again. |
| 35 | 5. Every belief traces to a quote or a stated answer; nothing invented. Mark gaps `[UNAVAILABLE]`. |
| 36 | 6. Writes to `marketing/expert-pov/expert-pov.md` (overwrites prior canonical; git history preserves prior versions). |
| 37 | |
| 38 | ## Invoke |
| 39 | |
| 40 | ``` |
| 41 | /expert-pov |
| 42 | ``` |
| 43 | |
| 44 | Then share founder content links or answer the question bank. Or: |
| 45 | |
| 46 | ``` |
| 47 | /expert-pov — founder LinkedIn: [URL] + this podcast transcript: [paste] |
| 48 | ``` |
| 49 | |
| 50 | ## Example output |
| 51 | |
| 52 | See [`marketing/expert-pov/expert-pov.md`](../../../pulse-analytics-example/expert-pov/expert-pov.md) for the PulseAnalytics example seed. Notice: beliefs carry their counter-view; the OBI is scored, not asserted; the 100 Posts Test is applied explicitly. |
| 53 | |
| 54 | ## Dependencies |
| 55 | |
| 56 | - **Reads from:** founder content + interview answers (required); `marketing/brand/brand-voice.md` (optional) |
| 57 | - **Reads via Exa MCP (optional):** public founder content |
| 58 | - **Writes to:** `marketing/expert-pov/expert-pov.md` (canonical; thought-leadership + founder content read from here) |
| 59 | |
| 60 | ## Customization |
| 61 | |
| 62 | When there's more than one public-facing expert (a founder + a head of product who both post), run once per person — each gets their own OBI. Keep them distinct; a shared "company POV" dilutes both. |
| 63 | |
| 64 | ## Where this fits in the chain |
| 65 | |
| 66 | ``` |
| 67 | /tov-guidelines → company voice mechanics |
| 68 | /expert-pov (THIS SKILL) → founder beliefs + OBI |
| 69 | ↓ |
| 70 | /positioning + /product-messaging borrow the founder's framing |
| 71 | content (thought leadership, social) is written f |