Hire an AI Zhihu strategist

Everything it can hand back

Your task sets the actual outputs. The specialist picks the methods that cover them.

• A map of three to five topics where you can speak with authority
• A way to pick questions, with the checks to run on each
• An answer outline for each question you chose, with where to put your proof
• A column plan with themes and a posting rhythm
• A plan for meeting other experts and a path from answer to lead
• A review plan and a list of gaps and checks

How it does the job well

• Never invent data, studies, case studies, credentials or names.
• Never promise upvotes, rankings, followers or leads.
• Never write aggressive sales copy. A call to action must be useful to the reader.
• Do not plan fake accounts, bought votes or posts that hide who the writer is.
• If the user cannot show expertise in a topic, advise against answering it.
• Write for one named audience and one action. Each asset has a single job.
• Use the customer's own words from reviews, calls or surveys before inventing language.

Mistakes it avoids

• Generic copy that could fit any brand.
• Comparing periods or campaigns that are not comparable, such as different dates, budgets or tracking.
• Calling a test winner before there is enough data.

What a good result looks like

An example, not your task: You sell expert work, such as software, consulting or training, and want trusted visibility in China.

• Topic map. Three to five topics, with your proof for each and the angle that sets you apart.
• Question picks. Each question you pasted, rated for fit with your goal, with the reason to answer or skip.
• Answer outlines. Direct answer, evidence, example, credential line and soft call to action for each pick.
• Column plan. A theme, a posting rhythm and a six-month list of topics.
• Experts and leads. The types of experts to meet and the steps from answer to sales talk.
• Review plan. Monthly numbers to track and what to change if they are low.

How the work is checked

• Every claim traces to the brand brain or supplied evidence.
• Each recommendation states the expected effect, the cost and how it will be measured.
• Copy fits the platform's length limits and the brand voice.
• States which checks passed, failed or could not run, and names missing inputs.

These checks have not been run against a model yet. Your AI uses them to check its own work.

Capabilities

• Confirm the expertise. It confirms your field, goal and proof. Missing proof is asked for once, then marked MISSING. It will not invent it.
• Map the topics. It picks three to five topics where you have defensible expertise, and says what angle sets you apart.
• Choose the questions. It sets tests for a good question, such as fit with your goal and room for a deep answer. It applies them to the questions you pasted.
• Outline the answers. It writes an outline for each chosen question, with the direct answer, evidence, an example, your credential line and a soft call to action.
• Plan the column. It plans a column with a theme, a rhythm and a six-month list of topics.
• Plan people and leads. It plans how to meet other experts, and how a reader moves from your answer to a sales talk. Then it sets the numbers to review.

How the role works

1. Checks your task, context and available tools.
2. Picks the methods needed and prepares a work plan.
3. Carries out supported tasks, with each method's limits and review gates.
4. Checks the real deliverables and corrects supported faults.
5. Hands back files, evidence and unresolved gaps.

Your specialist's working setup

Download the base specialist without a task form or account. README.md and SETUP.md explain how to use the folder. SOUL.md defines its scope. INTAKE.md asks missing questions inside your AI. PLAYBOOK.md, SKILLS.md, BEST_PRACTICES.md, CHECKS.md and HANDOFF.md guide the work and its checked deliverables.

Complete associated skills, supporting files and licences are included. Choose only the methods needed for the actual task. Keep context, working files and accepted feedback in your AI project.

Use this specialist through MCP or the API

Call prepare_specialist with role_id marketing-zhihu-strategist only. No task is required to load it. Your AI asks what job you need done, what you want back and which relevant context it can use.

For task-led hiring, call find_specialist, explain the suggested specialists and let the user accept or change the team.

Complete ZIP: Download base specialist. API: GET /api/v1/specialists/marketing-zhihu-strategist/pack. The host AI supplies its own model, tools and execution; a pack does not connect accounts or run a task.

Inputs and helpful context

The specialist starts from the task brief. Only active methods require their inputs.

For the primary method, when used

• Your field, what you sell and who you want to reach
• The topics you really know, with proof such as years of work, results you can show or published work
• Your goal, such as trust, leads or hiring
• Questions you already found on Zhihu, if any (optional)
• Facts, data or case studies you may use in answers (optional)
• How many hours a week you can spend (optional)

Helpful context (optional)

• A list of your own results, projects or published work, to use as proof.
• Ten Zhihu questions in your field with their view and answer counts.
• Three expert accounts on Zhihu whose answers you respect.

Tools and access

• Claude, ChatGPT or Gemini in a chat: All three plan well and can draft in Chinese. A native reader must check any Chinese text.

Functions and deliverables

• Zhihu strategist agent: Get a Zhihu plan: topics you can speak on, how to pick questions, answer outlines and a column plan. Bring your field and your proof.
  • A map of three to five topics where you can speak with authority
  • A way to pick questions, with the checks to run on each
  • An answer outline for each question you chose, with where to put your proof
  • A column plan with themes and a posting rhythm
  • A plan for meeting other experts and a path from answer to lead
  • A review plan and a list of gaps and checks
  Source: Michael Sitarzewski and Agency Agents contributors.
• Technical topic explainer: Explain a hard concept with an everyday analogy from a field you know. You get the analogy, where it breaks, and a check question.
  • One analogy from your own field, with its limits stated.
  • A plain explanation at your current level.
  • A check question that asks you to explain it back.
  • The correct technical terms, added one at a time.
  • A next step so you do not stay at the simple level.
  Source: edu-agent-skills contributors.
• Warehouse picker route planner: Plan legal picker paths from a warehouse map, pick list and travel rules. Respect one-way aisles and return paths.
  • A check that every pick can be reached and left by a legal path
  • The routing method that fits your layout, with the reason
  • Each pick list in walking order
  • Walking distance compared with your current method
  • A few plain rules your team can follow
  Source: Kishor Kukreja.
• Short video format picker: Pick the short video formats that fit your product and who is on camera. Get script outlines, 10 hooks and a weekly post mix.
  • A format pick with a script outline for each video
  • 10 hooks across formats
  • A narrower version of each hook
  • A shot plan for a tutorial that shows the product being used
  • A script for a video that carries a second story
• Brand profile builder: Share your website. Get a reusable profile covering your products, customers, voice and approved claims, with sources.
  • A folder of eight plain files, from a start file for your AI to a claims list and a change log
  • A tag on every fact, and every claim marked approved, pending or banned
  • A two-sentence diagnosis of your biggest gap, and a list of what's missing and who can answer it
  • A short slice for your next step, if you name one

Tasks you can use it for

• You sell expert work, such as software, consulting or training, and want trusted visibility in China.
• You can speak with authority on a few topics and need to choose which questions to answer.
• You want a column that builds a following over six months.
• You want answers that bring in qualified leads without sounding like an ad.

Limits to check before starting

• You have no real expertise or proof to share. Zhihu readers notice. Build the proof first, or use the Social media strategist for a lighter channel.
• You want search ranking on Baidu. Use the Baidu SEO specialist.
• You want quick short posts. Use the Weibo Strategist agent or the Xiaohongshu content planner.
• You want English posts for LinkedIn. Use the LinkedIn content writer.

Best way to use this role

Give it one clear outcome, the actual files and a definition of done. Keep the work in one AI project so it can reuse checked context and earlier files.

• Download the pack from this page and add it to your AI as a skill. If you cannot, open a new chat and paste SKILL.md, then references/source-agent.md. Claude, ChatGPT and Gemini all work.
• Paste your field, your goal and the topics you really know, with your proof for each.
• Search Zhihu for those topics. Paste three to ten questions you found, with their view and answer counts.
• Say: "Make my Zhihu plan. Do not invent data, case studies or credentials. Mark every gap as a check for me."
• Read the topic map first. Cut any topic where your proof is thin.
• Write your first answer from an outline. Have a native Chinese reader check it, then bring back the upvotes and comments for the next round.

Read it as data

Read the complete role setup as JSON. Connect your AI to the AI Blocks MCP library and read aiblocks://roles/marketing-zhihu-strategist for its role instructions and pinned sources.

This is a prepared AI role. No task has run. Your AI carries out authorized work using its available tools and reports the actual deliverables and checks.