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Short piece reporter
Name a place or person and a word limit. Get a reporting plan and a tight piece in three jobs.
Short piece reporter is a free AI skill for the job "Write and tell stories". Give the instructions to an AI assistant that supports the required files and tools, then review its output.
Free · No account · Made by AI Blocks · Level: beginner · Thinking: low
What it does
Short pieces are hard because there is no room for filler. Most people write them from a desk, with general facts, and they read like a leaflet. A good short piece is built from a day spent at a real place, with notes as if for a much longer article, then cut down hard. This skill helps you pick a subject near enough to visit in a day, and plans the visit and one interview with someone who cares for the place or knows it well. After you report, it helps you write the piece. Each paragraph has one job, such as the setting, the people or the voices. Facts go into controlled sentences with active verbs and concrete detail, and the piece ends on a human voice, not a summary.
You give it
- A place or person you can reach, and your word limit
- Your notes after the visit, when you have them
You get
- A plan for one day of reporting, with questions to ask
- A paragraph map with one job per paragraph
- A tight draft within your word limit, from your notes only
Use it when
- You need a 300-word profile of a shop, a site, a team member or a customer.
- You write a newsletter, case study or local story and want it tight.
- You have a word limit and too much material.
How to use it
- Start a chat with the skill. Open it if you added it to your AI, or copy it and paste it in.
- Name your subject and your word limit. Say how far you can travel.
- Ask for the reporting plan first. Visit, interview and take far more notes than you need.
- Paste your notes and ask for the draft.
- Check each fact against your notes before you publish.