From file to useful result
How to ask with this skill installed
Installing the skill gives your AI a method. Your request still has to provide the case-specific facts, constraints and expected output.
1Name the real task
Describe the decision or deliverable, not just the topic.
2Provide the evidence
Add source material, audience, limits and known facts.
3Define done
Set format, quality criteria and checks.
Adaptable starting prompt
Replace the brackets with your case
When to use it
Before recording an interview episode with a guest. Good research ensures you're not asking things they answered in 50 other interviews, you know their sensitive topics, you can speak their industry language, and you can add context that other interviewers miss.
Common triggers:
- Preparing for a guest interview episode
- Vetting a potential guest before sending an invitation
- Researching a controversial or high-profile guest
- Pre-interview prep for a first-time podcaster guest
- Researching a guest who hasn't been on many podcasts
- Background research for a panel episode
What this skill does NOT do:
- This is not guest booking (contact, scheduling, contracts)
- This is not contract negotiation (fees, sponsorship disclosures)
- This is not technical audio setup
- This is not social media monitoring after recording