Build professional visibility through LinkedIn, GitHub, conference speaking, and internal branding. Provides frameworks for personal brand development, content creation, and career growth.
Build professional visibility through LinkedIn content, GitHub contributions, and conference speaking. Provides frameworks for personal brand development, CFP writing, and internal career growth strategies.
/plugin marketplace add melodic-software/claude-code-plugins/plugin install soft-skills@melodic-softwareThis skill is limited to using the following tools:
references/cfp-writing.mdreferences/internal-visibility.mdreferences/linkedin-strategies.mdreferences/personal-brand-framework.mdreferences/storytelling-frames.mdBuild and maintain professional visibility as a software developer through strategic personal branding, content creation, and community engagement.
linkedin, github, portfolio, personal brand, branding, conference, speaking, cfp, call for papers, meetup, visibility, networking, thought leadership, content, blog, newsletter, internal visibility, career growth
This skill provides guidance when developers want to:
Your personal brand niche lives at the intersection of three circles:
┌─────────────┐
│ SKILLS │
│ What am I │
│ good at? │
└──────┬──────┘
│
┌──────────┼──────────┐
│ │ │
▼ ▼ ▼
┌───────┐ ┌───────┐ ┌───────┐
│ │ │ YOUR │ │ │
│ │◄─┤ NICHE ├─►│ │
│ │ │ │ │ │
└───┬───┘ └───────┘ └───┬───┘
│ │
▼ ▼
┌─────────────┐ ┌─────────────┐
│ INTERESTS │ │ MARKET │
│ What do I │ │ NEEDS │
│ enjoy? │ │ What's in │
└─────────────┘ │ demand? │
└─────────────┘
Create three columns and list at least 5 items in each:
| Skills (What I'm good at) | Interests (What I enjoy) | Market Needs (What's in demand) |
|---|---|---|
| Cloud architecture | Teaching/mentoring | AI/ML implementation |
| Performance optimization | Writing | Platform engineering |
| API design | Public speaking | Security/DevSecOps |
| Debugging complex systems | Open source | Developer experience |
| System design | Community building | Observability |
Your niche: Look for overlap across all three columns.
Use this formula to craft your positioning:
"I help [target audience] achieve [specific outcome] by [your unique approach]"
Headline Formula:
[Role] | [Specialization] | [Value Proposition]
Examples:
Use these templates to generate content ideas:
| Frame | Template | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Learning the Hard Way | "I [made mistake]. Here's what I learned..." | "I deployed to prod on Friday. Here's what I learned..." |
| Behind the Build | "Here's how we built [X] and why we chose [Y]..." | "Here's how we built our monitoring stack..." |
| Before/After | "We went from [problem] to [solution]. Here's how..." | "We went from 30s deploys to 3min. Here's how..." |
| Contrarian Take | "Everyone says [common belief]. But I think..." | "Everyone says microservices. But I think..." |
| Question Flip | "The question isn't [X], it's [Y]..." | "The question isn't 'which framework?' It's 'what problem?'" |
Structure: [What we did] + [Problem/Solution] + [Why it matters]
Examples:
What makes titles work:
Don't aim for KubeCon first. Build experience through:
Building your brand within your organization:
Keep a running list of accomplishments:
Update weekly. Use for performance reviews, promotion cases, and resume updates.
| From (Salesy) | To (Value-Driven) |
|---|---|
| "Look what I did!" | "Here's what I learned that might help you" |
| "Hire me!" | "I've been thinking about this problem..." |
| "I'm an expert" | "I've made these mistakes so you don't have to" |
| Self-promotion | Knowledge sharing |
For detailed guidance, see:
references/personal-brand-framework.md - Complete niche discovery and positioningreferences/linkedin-strategies.md - Post templates, engagement tactics, profile optimizationreferences/cfp-writing.md - Conference proposal examples and abstract templatesreferences/internal-visibility.md - Organizational visibility tacticsreferences/storytelling-frames.md - Content templates and story structures/soft-skills:craft-linkedin-post - Generate LinkedIn posts with storytelling frames/soft-skills:write-cfp - Draft conference proposals/soft-skills:brand-statement - Develop personal brand positioningDate: 2025-12-26 Model: claude-opus-4-5-20251101
This skill should be used when the user asks to "create a slash command", "add a command", "write a custom command", "define command arguments", "use command frontmatter", "organize commands", "create command with file references", "interactive command", "use AskUserQuestion in command", or needs guidance on slash command structure, YAML frontmatter fields, dynamic arguments, bash execution in commands, user interaction patterns, or command development best practices for Claude Code.
This skill should be used when the user asks to "create an agent", "add an agent", "write a subagent", "agent frontmatter", "when to use description", "agent examples", "agent tools", "agent colors", "autonomous agent", or needs guidance on agent structure, system prompts, triggering conditions, or agent development best practices for Claude Code plugins.
This skill should be used when the user asks to "create a hook", "add a PreToolUse/PostToolUse/Stop hook", "validate tool use", "implement prompt-based hooks", "use ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}", "set up event-driven automation", "block dangerous commands", or mentions hook events (PreToolUse, PostToolUse, Stop, SubagentStop, SessionStart, SessionEnd, UserPromptSubmit, PreCompact, Notification). Provides comprehensive guidance for creating and implementing Claude Code plugin hooks with focus on advanced prompt-based hooks API.