Miscellaneous skills for Claude Code - terminal UI design, copywriting & persuasion frameworks.
/plugin install miscOr add the marketplace first:
/plugins marketplace add iamladi/cautious-computing-machine
/plugin install miscBased on 5 foundational books on selling and persuasion:
- Breakthrough Advertising (Eugene Schwartz)
- Influence (Robert Cialdini)
- Yes! 50 Scientifically Proven Ways (Cialdini et al)
- Take Their Money (Kyle Milligan)
- One Sentence Persuasion (Blair Warren)
Validate product-market positioning using Schwartz's framework.
Use when: Launching a product, pivoting positioning, or unsure how to communicate value.
What it does:
- Diagnoses audience awareness level (Unaware → Most Aware)
- Diagnoses market sophistication stage (Direct Claims → Identity)
- Recommends positioning strategy based on the matrix
- Generates example headlines and copy approach
Comprehensive landing page audit against all 5 persuasion frameworks.
Use when: Landing page isn't converting or you want to optimize.
Audit sections:
- Schwartz alignment (awareness/sophistication match)
- Cialdini's 7 principles scorecard
- NEW/EASY/SAFE/BIG presence check
- Warren's emotional hooks analysis
- Behavioral tactics (loss framing, specificity, etc.)
Output: Scorecard with priority fixes and rewrites.
Write high-converting copy using all 5 frameworks together.
Use when: Writing landing pages, marketing copy, or sales content.
Process:
- Position on Schwartz matrix
- Select Cialdini principles to weave in
- Trigger NEW/EASY/SAFE/BIG
- Connect with emotional hooks
- Apply behavioral tactics
SaaS landing page copy using PAS (Problem-Agitate-Solution) framework.
Direct response copywriting framework.
THE SLIDE (7-step formula):
- Headline (80% of work)
- Problem (quantify it)
- Agitate (make vivid)
- Credibility
- Solution (transform)
- Proof (specific)
- CTA (benefit)
SO WHAT? CHAIN: Feature → Functional → Financial → Emotional
Create distinctive, production-grade terminal user interfaces.
Covers: Box drawing, colors, typography, layout, animation, data display.
Research-based market position analysis using web search.
Tools: Read, WebFetch, WebSearch
Score-based audit against Cialdini's 7 principles, NEW/EASY/SAFE/BIG, and emotional hooks.
Tools: Read, WebFetch
Transform bland copy with psychological triggers.
Tools: Read
| Level | Name | Copy Approach |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unaware | Educate, long copy, no product |
| 2 | Problem Aware | Amplify pain, hint at solutions |
| 3 | Solution Aware | Present clearly, differentiate |
| 4 | Product Aware | Overcome objections, show proof |
| 5 | Most Aware | Minimal copy, urgency, CTA |
- Reciprocity - Give value before asking
- Commitment - Small yes before big yes
- Social Proof - Specific, from similar users
- Authority - Third-party validation
- Liking - Be conversational, relatable
- Scarcity - Authentic limits only
- Unity - Shared identity language
- NEW: First, revolutionary, finally
- EASY: 3 minutes, no-config, one-click
- SAFE: Guaranteed, trusted by, cancel anytime
- BIG: 74% improvement, 10x faster, $50k saved
- Encourage dreams - "Finally achieve..."
- Justify failures - "Not your fault..."
- Allay fears - "No risk, cancel anytime"
- Confirm suspicions - "You were right..."
- Throw rocks - "Unlike [enemy]..."
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