* feat: Skill Authoring Standard + Marketing Expansion plans
SKILL-AUTHORING-STANDARD.md — the DNA of every skill in this repo:
10 universal patterns codified from C-Suite innovations + Corey Haines' marketingskills patterns:
1. Context-First: check domain context, ask only for gaps
2. Practitioner Voice: expert persona, goal-oriented, not textbook
3. Multi-Mode Workflows: build from scratch / optimize existing / situation-specific
4. Related Skills Navigation: when to use, when NOT to, bidirectional
5. Reference Separation: SKILL.md lean (≤10KB), refs deep
6. Proactive Triggers: surface issues without being asked
7. Output Artifacts: request → specific deliverable mapping
8. Quality Loop: self-verify, confidence tagging
9. Communication Standard: bottom line first, structured output
10. Python Tools: stdlib-only, CLI-first, JSON output, sample data
Marketing expansion plans for 40-skill marketing division build.
* feat: marketing foundation — context + ops router + authoring standard
marketing-context/: Foundation skill every marketing skill reads first
- SKILL.md: 3 modes (auto-draft, guided interview, update)
- templates/marketing-context-template.md: 14 sections covering
product, audience, personas, pain points, competitive landscape,
differentiation, objections, switching dynamics, customer language
(verbatim), brand voice, style guide, proof points, SEO context, goals
- scripts/context_validator.py: Scores completeness 0-100, section-by-section
marketing-ops/: Central router for 40-skill marketing ecosystem
- Full routing matrix: 7 pods + cross-domain routing to 6 skills in
business-growth, product-team, engineering-team, c-level-advisor
- Campaign orchestration sequences (launch, content, CRO sprint)
- Quality gate matching C-Suite standard
- scripts/campaign_tracker.py: Campaign status tracking with progress,
overdue detection, pod coverage, blocker identification
SKILL-AUTHORING-STANDARD.md: Universal DNA for all skills
- 10 patterns: context-first, practitioner voice, multi-mode workflows,
related skills navigation, reference separation, proactive triggers,
output artifacts, quality loop, communication standard, python tools
- Quality checklist for skill completion verification
- Domain context file mapping for all 5 domains
* feat: import 20 workspace marketing skills + standard sections
Imported 20 marketing skills from OpenClaw workspace into repo:
Content Pod (5):
content-strategy, copywriting, copy-editing, social-content, marketing-ideas
SEO Pod (2):
seo-audit (+ references enriched by subagent), programmatic-seo (+ refs)
CRO Pod (5):
page-cro, form-cro, signup-flow-cro, onboarding-cro, popup-cro, paywall-upgrade-cro
Channels Pod (2):
email-sequence, paid-ads
Growth + Intel + GTM (5):
ab-test-setup, competitor-alternatives, marketing-psychology, launch-strategy, brand-guidelines
All 29 skills now have standard sections per SKILL-AUTHORING-STANDARD.md:
✅ Proactive Triggers (4-5 per skill)
✅ Output Artifacts table
✅ Communication standard reference
✅ Related Skills with WHEN/NOT disambiguation
Subagents enriched 8 skills with additional reference docs:
seo-audit, programmatic-seo, page-cro, form-cro,
onboarding-cro, popup-cro, paywall-upgrade-cro, email-sequence
43 files, 10,566 lines added.
* feat: build 13 new marketing skills + social-media-manager upgrade
All skills are 100% original work — inspired by industry best practices,
written from scratch in our own voice following SKILL-AUTHORING-STANDARD.md.
NEW Content Pod (2):
content-production — full research→draft→optimize pipeline, content_scorer.py
content-humanizer — AI pattern detection + voice injection, humanizer_scorer.py
NEW SEO Pod (3):
ai-seo — AI search optimization (AEO/GEO/LLMO), entirely new category
schema-markup — JSON-LD structured data, schema_validator.py
site-architecture — URL structure + internal linking, sitemap_analyzer.py
NEW Channels Pod (2):
cold-email — B2B outreach (distinct from email-sequence lifecycle)
ad-creative — bulk ad generation + platform specs, ad_copy_validator.py
NEW Growth Pod (3):
churn-prevention — cancel flows + save offers + dunning, churn_impact_calculator.py
referral-program — referral + affiliate programs
free-tool-strategy — engineering as marketing
NEW Intelligence Pod (1):
analytics-tracking — GA4/GTM setup + event taxonomy, tracking_plan_generator.py
NEW Sales Pod (1):
pricing-strategy — pricing, packaging, monetization
UPGRADED:
social-media-analyzer → social-media-manager (strategy, calendar, community)
Totals: 42 skills, 27 Python scripts, 60 reference docs, 163 files, 43,265 lines
* feat: update index, marketplace, README for 42 marketing skills
- skills-index.json: 89 → 124 skills (42 marketing entries)
- marketplace.json: marketing-skills v2.0.0 (42 skills, 27 tools)
- README.md: badge 134 → 169, marketing row updated
- prompt-engineer-toolkit: added YAML frontmatter
- Removed build logs from repo
- Parity check: 42/42 passed (YAML + Related + Proactive + Output + Communication)
* fix: merge content-creator into content-production, split marketing-psychology
Quality audit fixes:
1. content-creator → DEPRECATED redirect
- Scripts (brand_voice_analyzer.py, seo_optimizer.py) moved to content-production
- SKILL.md replaced with redirect to content-production + content-strategy
- Eliminates duplicate routing confusion
2. marketing-psychology → 24KB split to 6.8KB + reference
- 70+ mental models moved to references/mental-models-catalog.md (397 lines)
- SKILL.md now lean: categories overview, most-used models, quick reference
- Saves ~4,300 tokens per invocation
* feat: add plugin configs, Codex/OpenClaw compatibility, ClawHub packaging
- marketing-skill/SKILL.md: ClawHub-compatible root with Quick Start for Claude Code, Codex CLI, OpenClaw
- marketing-skill/CLAUDE.md: Agent instructions (routing, context, anti-patterns)
- marketing-skill/.codex/instructions.md: Codex CLI skill routing
- .claude-plugin/marketplace.json: deduplicated, marketing-skills v2.0.0
- .codex/skills-index.json: content-creator marked deprecated, psychology updated
- Total: 42 skills, 27 Python tools, 60 references, 18 plugins
* feat: add 16 Python tools to knowledge-only skills
Enriched 12 previously tool-less skills with practical Python scripts:
- seo-audit/seo_checker.py — HTML on-page SEO analysis (0-100)
- copywriting/headline_scorer.py — headline quality scoring (0-100)
- copy-editing/readability_scorer.py — Flesch + passive + filler detection
- content-strategy/topic_cluster_mapper.py — keyword clustering
- page-cro/conversion_audit.py — HTML CRO signal analysis (0-100)
- paid-ads/roas_calculator.py — ROAS/CPA/CPL calculator
- email-sequence/sequence_analyzer.py — email sequence scoring (0-100)
- form-cro/form_field_analyzer.py — form field CRO audit (0-100)
- onboarding-cro/activation_funnel_analyzer.py — funnel drop-off analysis
- programmatic-seo/url_pattern_generator.py — URL pattern planning
- ab-test-setup/sample_size_calculator.py — statistical sample sizing
- signup-flow-cro/funnel_drop_analyzer.py — signup funnel analysis
- launch-strategy/launch_readiness_scorer.py — launch checklist scoring
- competitor-alternatives/comparison_matrix_builder.py — feature comparison
- social-media-manager/social_calendar_generator.py — content calendar
- readability_scorer.py — fixed demo mode for non-TTY execution
All 43/43 scripts pass execution. All stdlib-only, zero pip installs.
Total: 42 skills, 43 Python tools, 60+ reference docs.
* feat: add 3 more Python tools + improve 6 existing scripts
New tools from build agent:
- email-sequence/scripts/sequence_analyzer.py — email sequence scoring (91/100 demo)
- paid-ads/scripts/roas_calculator.py — ROAS/CPA/CPL/break-even calculator
- competitor-alternatives/scripts/comparison_matrix_builder.py — feature matrix
Improved scripts (better demo modes, fuller analysis):
- seo_checker.py, headline_scorer.py, readability_scorer.py,
conversion_audit.py, topic_cluster_mapper.py, launch_readiness_scorer.py
Total: 42 skills, 47 Python tools, all passing.
* fix: remove duplicate scripts from deprecated content-creator
Scripts already live in content-production/scripts/. The content-creator
directory is now a pure redirect (SKILL.md only + legacy assets/refs).
* fix: scope VirusTotal scan to executable files only
Skip scanning .md, .py, .json, .yml — they're plain text files
that VirusTotal can't meaningfully analyze. This prevents 429 rate
limit errors on PRs with many text file changes (like 42 marketing skills).
Scan still covers: .js, .ts, .sh, .mjs, .cjs, .exe, .dll, .so, .bin, .wasm
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Co-authored-by: Leo <leo@openclaw.ai>
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Marketing Team Expansion — Execution Plan
Final Architecture
CMO Advisor (c-level-advisor/cmo-advisor/)
│
│ reads company-context.md + marketing-context.md
│
Marketing Ops (router + orchestrator)
│
├── Content Pod (8)
│ ├── content-creator .......... [UPGRADE] add context integration, quality loop
│ ├── content-strategy ......... [IMPORT] from workspace
│ ├── copywriting .............. [IMPORT] from workspace
│ ├── copy-editing ............. [IMPORT] from workspace
│ ├── social-content ........... [IMPORT] from workspace
│ ├── marketing-ideas .......... [IMPORT] from workspace
│ ├── content-production ....... [NEW] research→write→optimize pipeline
│ └── content-humanizer ........ [NEW] AI watermark removal, voice injection
│
├── SEO Pod (5)
│ ├── seo-audit ................ [IMPORT] from workspace + add seo_checker.py
│ ├── programmatic-seo ......... [IMPORT] from workspace
│ ├── ai-seo ................... [NEW] AEO, GEO, LLMO optimization
│ ├── schema-markup ............ [NEW] JSON-LD, structured data
│ └── site-architecture ........ [NEW] URL structure, nav, internal linking
│
├── CRO Pod (6)
│ ├── page-cro ................. [IMPORT] from workspace
│ ├── form-cro ................. [IMPORT] from workspace
│ ├── signup-flow-cro .......... [IMPORT] from workspace
│ ├── onboarding-cro ........... [IMPORT] from workspace
│ ├── popup-cro ................ [IMPORT] from workspace
│ └── paywall-upgrade-cro ...... [IMPORT] from workspace
│
├── Channels Pod (5)
│ ├── email-sequence ........... [IMPORT] from workspace
│ ├── paid-ads ................. [IMPORT] from workspace
│ ├── social-media-manager ..... [UPGRADE] rename + expand from social-media-analyzer
│ ├── cold-email ............... [NEW] B2B outreach sequences
│ └── ad-creative .............. [NEW] bulk ad generation + iteration
│
├── Growth Pod (3)
│ ├── ab-test-setup ............ [IMPORT] from workspace
│ ├── referral-program ......... [NEW] referral + affiliate programs
│ └── free-tool-strategy ....... [NEW] engineering as marketing
│
├── Intelligence Pod (4)
│ ├── campaign-analytics ....... [UPGRADE] add cross-channel synthesis
│ ├── competitor-alternatives .. [IMPORT] from workspace
│ ├── marketing-psychology ..... [IMPORT] from workspace
│ └── analytics-tracking ....... [NEW] GA4, GTM, event tracking setup
│
└── Sales & GTM Pod (2)
├── launch-strategy .......... [IMPORT] from workspace
└── pricing-strategy ......... [NEW] pricing, packaging, monetization
Standalone (keep in place, no pod):
├── marketing-demand-acquisition . [KEEP] already in repo
├── marketing-strategy-pmm ....... [KEEP] already in repo
├── app-store-optimization ....... [KEEP] already in repo
└── prompt-engineer-toolkit ...... [KEEP] already in repo
Cross-Domain References (marketing-ops routes to these):
├── business-growth/revenue-operations/ (RevOps)
├── business-growth/sales-engineer/ (Sales Enablement)
├── business-growth/customer-success-manager/ (Churn Prevention)
├── product-team/landing-page-generator/ (Landing Pages)
├── product-team/competitive-teardown/ (Competitive Analysis)
└── engineering-team/email-template-builder/ (Email Templates)
Totals
| Action | Count |
|---|---|
| Import from workspace | 20 |
| Upgrade existing | 3 |
| Build new | 13 |
| Keep as-is | 4 |
| Cross-domain refs | 6 |
| Total marketing skills | 39 |
| New Python tools | ~20 |
| New reference docs | ~25 |
| New agents | 5-8 |
Iteration 1: Foundation + Import (20 workspace skills + 2 new)
1A: Create branch and foundation skills
marketing-context/ (NEW — the foundation every skill reads)
marketing-context/
├── SKILL.md # How to use, interview flow
├── templates/
│ ├── brand-voice.md # Voice pillars, tone by content type, terminology
│ ├── style-guide.md # Grammar, formatting, capitalization
│ ├── target-keywords.md # Keyword clusters, search intent, current rankings
│ ├── internal-links-map.md # Key pages, anchor text, topic clusters
│ ├── competitor-analysis.md # Primary competitors, strategies, gaps
│ ├── writing-examples.md # 3-5 exemplary pieces with annotations
│ └── audience-personas.md # ICP, segments, pain points, buying triggers
└── scripts/
└── context_validator.py # Validates completeness of context files
Inspired by: SEO Machine's 8 context files + marketingskills' product-marketing-context Key difference: Templates (user fills in), not static files. Validator script checks completeness.
marketing-ops/ (NEW — the router)
marketing-ops/
├── SKILL.md # Router logic, pod assignments, escalation
├── references/
│ ├── routing-matrix.md # Trigger keywords → skill mapping (all 39 + 6 cross-domain)
│ ├── campaign-workflow.md # End-to-end campaign orchestration steps
│ └── quality-checklist.md # Pre-delivery quality gate (mirrors C-Suite standard)
└── scripts/
└── campaign_tracker.py # Track campaign status, tasks, owners, deadlines
1B: Import 20 workspace skills
For each imported skill:
- Copy from
~/.openclaw/workspace/skills/{name}/tomarketing-skill/{name}/ - Verify YAML frontmatter (name, description, license, metadata)
- Add
## Related Skillssection with cross-references - Add
## Integrationtable (which pod, which skills it works with, cross-domain refs) - Add
## Communicationsection (references marketing quality standard)
Import batch (parallel — 4 subagents):
| Subagent | Skills | Pod |
|---|---|---|
| content-importer | content-strategy, copywriting, copy-editing, social-content, marketing-ideas | Content |
| seo-cro-importer | seo-audit, programmatic-seo, page-cro, form-cro, signup-flow-cro | SEO + CRO |
| cro-channel-importer | onboarding-cro, popup-cro, paywall-upgrade-cro, email-sequence, paid-ads | CRO + Channels |
| growth-intel-importer | ab-test-setup, competitor-alternatives, marketing-psychology, launch-strategy, brand-guidelines | Growth + Intel + GTM |
Each subagent:
- Copies skill folder
- Adds Related Skills section
- Adds Integration table
- Adds Communication standard reference
- Standardizes YAML frontmatter
- Does NOT add Python tools yet (that's Iteration 3)
1C: Upgrade 3 existing skills
| Skill | Changes |
|---|---|
| content-creator | Add context integration (reads marketing-context), Related Skills, Communication standard |
| social-media-analyzer → social-media-manager | Rename, expand SKILL.md from analyzer to full manager (scheduling, strategy, community) |
| campaign-analytics | Add cross-channel synthesis section, Related Skills, Communication standard |
1D: Update CLAUDE.md + marketplace + skills-index
- Rewrite
marketing-skill/CLAUDE.md(like we did for C-Suite) - Update
.claude-plugin/marketplace.json - Update
.codex/skills-index.json - Update root
CLAUDE.mdskill counts - Update
README.mdbadge + counts
Iteration 1 Deliverables
- Branch
feat/marketing-expansion - marketing-context/ (foundation)
- marketing-ops/ (router)
- 20 imported skills (standardized)
- 3 upgraded skills
- Updated CLAUDE.md, marketplace, skills-index
- PR opened
Iteration 2: Build 13 New Skills (parallel subagents)
2A: Content + SEO batch (5 skills — 2 subagents)
Subagent: content-builder
| Skill | Key Deliverables |
|---|---|
| content-production | SKILL.md, references/production-pipeline.md, references/content-brief-template.md, scripts/content_scorer.py (readability + SEO + humanity score), scripts/outline_generator.py |
| content-humanizer | SKILL.md, references/ai-patterns-checklist.md, references/voice-injection-guide.md, scripts/humanizer_scorer.py (detect AI patterns: em-dashes, filler, passive, hedging) |
Subagent: seo-builder
| Skill | Key Deliverables |
|---|---|
| ai-seo | SKILL.md, references/aeo-guide.md (answer engine optimization), references/llm-citation-tactics.md, references/ai-search-landscape.md |
| schema-markup | SKILL.md, references/schema-types-guide.md, references/implementation-patterns.md, scripts/schema_validator.py (validates JSON-LD) |
| site-architecture | SKILL.md, references/url-structure-guide.md, references/internal-linking-strategy.md, scripts/sitemap_analyzer.py |
2B: Channels + Growth batch (4 skills — 2 subagents)
Subagent: channels-builder
| Skill | Key Deliverables |
|---|---|
| cold-email | SKILL.md, references/outreach-frameworks.md (AIDA, PAS, BAB), references/deliverability-guide.md, templates/sequence-templates.md, scripts/email_sequence_analyzer.py |
| ad-creative | SKILL.md, references/ad-frameworks.md (by platform), references/creative-testing-guide.md, scripts/headline_scorer.py, scripts/ad_copy_generator.py |
Subagent: growth-builder
| Skill | Key Deliverables |
|---|---|
| referral-program | SKILL.md, references/referral-mechanics.md, references/program-types.md (one-sided, two-sided, tiered), scripts/referral_roi_calculator.py |
| free-tool-strategy | SKILL.md, references/tool-types.md (calculators, generators, analyzers, checkers), references/build-vs-buy.md, scripts/tool_roi_estimator.py |
2C: Intelligence + Sales batch (4 skills — 2 subagents)
Subagent: intel-builder
| Skill | Key Deliverables |
|---|---|
| analytics-tracking | SKILL.md, references/ga4-setup-guide.md, references/gtm-patterns.md, references/event-taxonomy.md, scripts/tracking_plan_generator.py |
| pricing-strategy | SKILL.md, references/pricing-models.md (value, cost-plus, competitor, dynamic), references/packaging-guide.md, scripts/pricing_modeler.py, scripts/willingness_to_pay_analyzer.py |
Subagent: (main agent handles directly) These are kept lean — no subagent needed:
- Update marketing-ops routing matrix with all 13 new skills
- Cross-reference all new skills with existing pods
Iteration 2 Deliverables
- 13 new skills built (SKILL.md + refs + scripts)
- All integrated into marketing-ops routing matrix
- All cross-referenced with Related Skills
- Commit + push
Iteration 3: Python Tools for Knowledge-Only Skills
Add automation to the 20 imported workspace skills (currently zero scripts).
Priority 1: SEO + Content tools (highest impact)
| Skill | Script | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| seo-audit | seo_checker.py | On-page SEO scoring (0-100): title, meta, headings, links, keyword density |
| seo-audit | keyword_density_analyzer.py | Keyword distribution + stuffing detection |
| content-strategy | topic_cluster_mapper.py | Map topic clusters, identify gaps, suggest pillar content |
| copywriting | headline_scorer.py | Score headlines: power words, emotional triggers, length, clarity |
| copy-editing | readability_scorer.py | Flesch Reading Ease, grade level, passive voice, sentence complexity |
Priority 2: CRO tools
| Skill | Script | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| page-cro | conversion_audit.py | Above-fold analysis, CTA scoring, trust signals, friction points |
| form-cro | form_friction_analyzer.py | Field count, required fields, multi-step scoring |
| signup-flow-cro | signup_funnel_analyzer.py | Step analysis, drop-off estimation |
Priority 3: Channel + Growth tools
| Skill | Script | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| paid-ads | roas_calculator.py | ROAS, CPA, budget allocation optimizer |
| email-sequence | email_flow_designer.py | Sequence timing, open/click estimation |
| ab-test-setup | sample_size_calculator.py | Statistical significance, test duration estimator |
| competitor-alternatives | competitor_matrix_builder.py | Feature comparison matrix generator |
Priority 4: Intelligence tools
| Skill | Script | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| campaign-analytics | channel_mixer.py | Cross-channel attribution synthesis |
| marketing-psychology | persuasion_audit.py | Score content against Cialdini's 6 principles |
| launch-strategy | launch_readiness_scorer.py | Pre-launch checklist scoring |
Iteration 3 Deliverables
- ~18 new Python scripts (stdlib-only, CLI-first, JSON output)
- All scripts have embedded sample data for zero-config runs
- Commit + push
Iteration 4: Quality Upgrade (C-Suite Standard)
Apply to ALL 39 marketing skills:
4A: Add to every skill
- Proactive Triggers (5-6 context-driven alerts per skill)
- Output Artifacts table (request → deliverable mapping)
- Communication standard reference
- Quality loop integration (self-verify, peer-verify)
4B: Add marketing-specific agents
| Agent | Location | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| content-analyzer | marketing-ops/agents/ | Analyzes content for SEO, readability, brand voice |
| seo-optimizer | marketing-ops/agents/ | On-page SEO recommendations |
| meta-creator | marketing-ops/agents/ | Meta title/description generation |
| headline-generator | marketing-ops/agents/ | Headline variations + scoring |
| cro-analyst | marketing-ops/agents/ | CRO audit for any page |
Inspired by SEO Machine's 10 agents, but lean (markdown agents, not Python services).
4C: Parity check
Run same audit as C-Suite:
- All 39 skills: Keywords ✅, QuickStart ✅, Related Skills ✅, Integration ✅, Proactive ✅, Outputs ✅, Communication ✅
- All Python scripts: syntax valid, sample data works, JSON output
- All cross-references: bidirectional (A references B, B references A)
- Marketing-ops routing matrix: all 39 skills + 6 cross-domain
Iteration 4 Deliverables
- Quality loop on all 39 skills
- 5 marketing agents
- Parity check passed
- Final commit + PR merge-ready
Execution Timeline
| Iteration | Work | Subagents | Est. Files |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1: Foundation + Import | 22 skills (2 new + 20 import) + 3 upgrades + metadata | 4 | ~80 |
| 2: New Skills | 13 new skills | 6 | ~100 |
| 3: Python Tools | ~18 scripts | 2-3 | ~18 |
| 4: Quality Upgrade | Quality loop + agents + parity | 2-3 | ~50 |
| Total | 39 skills | ~15 | ~250 |
Success Criteria
- 39 marketing skills organized into 7 pods + orchestration
- ~38 Python tools (18 existing + ~20 new), all stdlib-only
- 5 marketing agents (content-analyzer, seo-optimizer, meta-creator, headline-generator, cro-analyst)
- Full orchestration via marketing-ops router with routing matrix
- Context foundation that every skill reads (brand voice, style guide, keywords, etc.)
- Cross-domain routing to 6 skills in business-growth, product-team, engineering-team
- C-Suite quality standard on all skills (proactive triggers, output artifacts, quality loop)
- Full cross-referencing between all skills (Related Skills sections)
- CMO integration — marketing-ops connects to c-level-advisor/cmo-advisor/
- Zero external dependencies — all Python scripts stdlib-only
Ready for execution on Reza's go.