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 "schema": "aiblocks-page/1",
 "id": "podcast-pilot-brief-builder",
 "type": "skill",
 "name": "Podcast pilot brief builder",
 "summary": "Build a podcast pilot episode brief: give your show idea and listener, get a hook, timed run sheet, guest questions and a recording plan.",
 "headline": "Podcast pilot brief builder",
 "subhead": "Give your AI your show idea and your listener. It writes a plan for one pilot episode. You get a hook, a timed run sheet, questions and a list of facts to check.",
 "job": {
  "id": "write-and-tell-stories",
  "name": "Write and tell stories"
 },
 "level": "intermediate",
 "thinking": "high",
 "tested": true,
 "updated": "2026-10-28",
 "first_published": "2026-10-26",
 "inputs": [
  {
   "type": "question",
   "required": true,
   "label": "Question",
   "what": "the problem, decision or piece of work you want help with, and what a good outcome looks like"
  },
  {
   "type": "source_text",
   "required": false,
   "label": "Source text",
   "what": "a long source in full: an article, a video or talk transcript, or notes from a book, with its title, author and link"
  }
 ],
 "outputs": [
  {
   "type": "brief",
   "required": true,
   "label": "Brief",
   "what": "a creative brief: goal, audience, angle, offer, mandatory claims (by ID), formats"
  },
  {
   "type": "plan",
   "required": true,
   "label": "Plan",
   "what": "a dated plan: what to do, in what order, with a decision rule for each step"
  }
 ],
 "you_give": [
  "Your show idea and the listener you want to reach.",
  "What the listener should understand or do afterward.",
  "Your expertise as host, the episode format and the total length.",
  "Verified facts and any guest limits.",
  "A real sponsor or call to action (optional)."
 ],
 "you_get": [
  "A listener promise, working title and opening hook.",
  "A timed run sheet where segment times add up to your total length.",
  "Guest questions or solo beats.",
  "A fact-check list, prep notes and an outro call to action.",
  "Clip moments to look for when you edit."
 ],
 "use_when": [
  "You have a show idea and need a plan for the first episode.",
  "You are about to record and want a timed run sheet that adds up.",
  "You have a guest booked and need good questions and facts to check.",
  "You want clip ideas picked before you record."
 ],
 "skip_when": [
  "You need to find or contact guests: write the outreach yourself or ask a person who books guests, because this only plans one episode.",
  "You want to publish the show or plan sponsor income: use your podcast host's own help pages, since this makes no revenue forecasts.",
  "You want a full multi-episode launch plan: map the season by hand first, then run this once for each pilot idea."
 ],
 "output_sample": {
  "input": [
   "Your show idea and the listener you want to reach",
   "What the listener should understand or do afterward",
   "Your expertise as host, and the episode format and total length",
   "Verified facts, guest limits, and any real sponsor or call to action (optional)"
  ],
  "output": [
   {
    "name": "Listener promise",
    "contains": "One plain statement of who the episode is for and what they gain."
   },
   {
    "name": "Working title and opening hook",
    "contains": "A draft title and opening lines that name the listener's problem without promising results."
   },
   {
    "name": "Timed run sheet",
    "contains": "Each segment with start time, length, purpose, key facts and transition, with the sum shown against total length."
   },
   {
    "name": "Guest questions or solo beats",
    "contains": "Open questions with follow-ups for interviews, or an ordered story or argument for solo episodes."
   },
   {
    "name": "Fact-check list",
    "contains": "Claims that need a source, plus proof points still unverified."
   },
   {
    "name": "Host and guest prep notes",
    "contains": "What to prepare, gather or decide before you record."
   },
   {
    "name": "Outro call to action",
    "contains": "A closing action that fits the listener and your real offer."
   },
   {
    "name": "Clip moments",
    "contains": "Proposed moments worth cutting into short clips, as ideas, not edited clips."
   }
  ]
 },
 "how_to_use": [
  "Open Claude, ChatGPT or Gemini and paste in the skill text. No code, files or paid tools are needed.",
  "Paste your show idea, listener, format, length and any verified facts.",
  "Check the run sheet. The segment times should add up to your total length.",
  "Check the fact-check list and settle each open item before you record.",
  "Hand the run sheet and fact-check list to whoever records and edits, or use them yourself."
 ],
 "checks": [
  "Segment and transition durations add to the requested length.",
  "Hook and questions serve the supplied listener problem.",
  "Guest expertise, stories and proof points are supplied or remain unverified.",
  "Optional sponsor/guest sections apply only to actual choices.",
  "The result is a planning artifact, with no fabricated recording or distribution results."
 ],
 "next": [
  {
   "name": "YouTube script writer",
   "url": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/youtube-script-writer",
   "why": "Tell it as a story"
  },
  {
   "name": "Blog post writer",
   "url": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/blog-post-writer",
   "why": "Tell it as a story"
  },
  {
   "name": "Page-turner scene drafter",
   "url": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/page-turner-scene-drafter",
   "why": "Tell it as a story"
  }
 ],
 "source": {
  "by": "Michael Sitarzewski and Agency Agents contributors",
  "repo": "msitarzewski/agency-agents",
  "url": "https://github.com/msitarzewski/agency-agents/blob/b37b5bb33b78f2c1d6567d98e25ca818e3259219/marketing/marketing-global-podcast-strategist.md",
  "licence": "MIT",
  "original_name": "Global Podcast Strategist",
  "commit": "b37b5bb33b78f2c1d6567d98e25ca818e3259219"
 },
 "credits": [
  {
   "title": "Global Podcast Strategist",
   "by": "Michael Sitarzewski and Agency Agents contributors",
   "url": "https://github.com/msitarzewski/agency-agents/blob/b37b5bb33b78f2c1d6567d98e25ca818e3259219/marketing/marketing-global-podcast-strategist.md",
   "used": "Selected task methods, rewritten and narrowed by AI Blocks. Original role profile retained only as provenance/background."
  }
 ],
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  "LICENSE",
  "references/agency-marketing-global-podcast-strategist.md",
  "source.json"
 ],
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  "page": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/podcast-pilot-brief-builder",
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  "instructions": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/podcast-pilot-brief-builder/SKILL.md",
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