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 "id": "podcast-show-notes-writer",
 "type": "skill",
 "name": "Podcast show notes writer",
 "summary": "Paste your transcript or notes. Get show notes: title, summary, key points, links mentioned and a call to action.",
 "headline": "Podcast show notes writer",
 "subhead": "Paste a transcript or your notes from an episode. It writes show notes people will read: a clear title, a two-sentence summary, the key points with timestamps if you have them, the links and names mentioned, and one call to action. It uses only what was said.",
 "job": {
  "id": "write-and-tell-stories",
  "name": "Write and tell stories"
 },
 "level": "beginner",
 "thinking": "low",
 "tested": true,
 "updated": "2026-10-28",
 "first_published": "2026-10-27",
 "inputs": [
  {
   "type": "source_text",
   "required": true,
   "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": "copy_draft",
   "required": true,
   "label": "Copy draft",
   "what": "a draft of any copy (ad, page, email or script) that a check or edit pass works on"
  }
 ],
 "you_give": [
  "The transcript or your notes from the episode",
  "The show name, episode number and guest, if any",
  "The call to action you want, such as subscribe or visit a page",
  "Links and names you mentioned, if they are not in the transcript (optional)"
 ],
 "you_get": [
  "A title and a two-sentence summary",
  "Key points in order, with timestamps if the transcript has them",
  "Every name, link and book mentioned, in a list",
  "One call to action, and a list of what it could not check"
 ],
 "use_when": [
  "You've recorded an episode and need show notes to publish with it.",
  "Your show notes are a rushed paragraph and you want a clear layout.",
  "You want a summary and key points to reuse in a post or a newsletter."
 ],
 "skip_when": [
  "You need the audio turned into text first: use the Whisper speech transcriber.",
  "You want to plan a podcast: use the Podcast pilot brief builder.",
  "You want to turn the episode into several posts: use the Content repurposing planner."
 ],
 "output_sample": {
  "input": [
   "The transcript or your notes from the episode",
   "The show name, episode number and guest, if any",
   "The call to action you want"
  ],
  "output": [
   {
    "name": "Title",
    "contains": "A title that says what the episode is about."
   },
   {
    "name": "Summary",
    "contains": "Two sentences on what a listener will get."
   },
   {
    "name": "Key points",
    "contains": "The main points in order, with timestamps if the transcript has them."
   },
   {
    "name": "Mentioned",
    "contains": "Names, books and links mentioned, with a note where a link is still needed."
   },
   {
    "name": "Call to action",
    "contains": "One line, from the call to action you gave."
   },
   {
    "name": "Could not check",
    "contains": "What the transcript did not make clear."
   },
   {
    "name": "Checks missed",
    "contains": "One line for each of its own checks that still fails, or none."
   }
  ]
 },
 "output_shape": "TITLE\n<title>\n\nSUMMARY\n<two sentences>\n\nKEY POINTS\n<timestamp> <point>\n\nMENTIONED\n- <name, book or link> | Link: <given / needed>\n\nCALL TO ACTION\n<one line>\n\nCOULD NOT CHECK\n<what the transcript did not make clear>\n\nCHECKS MISSED\n<one line per check still missed, or none>",
 "how_to_use": [
  "Start a chat with the skill. Open it if you added it to your AI, or copy it and paste it in.",
  "Paste the transcript. Add the show name, episode number, guest and the call to action.",
  "Check every link and name against the episode. Fix any marked as unchecked.",
  "Read the summary aloud. It should sound like your show.",
  "Paste the notes into your podcast host and publish."
 ],
 "checks": [
  "The title says what the episode is about.",
  "Every point in the notes was said in the episode.",
  "Timestamps match the transcript, or are left out.",
  "Every name, book and link comes from the episode or is marked as needed.",
  "There is one call to action."
 ],
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 "source": null,
 "credits": [],
 "files": [],
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  "page": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/podcast-show-notes-writer",
  "markdown": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/podcast-show-notes-writer.md",
  "json": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/podcast-show-notes-writer.json",
  "instructions": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/podcast-show-notes-writer/SKILL.md",
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