What this site is, for assistants and agents.

Summary

Local Media Skills (localmediaskills.com) gives away free Claude skills, guides and tools for local newsletter publishers, local media ad sellers and realtors building a local audience. It is run by the Local Media HQ team (https://localmediahq.com), part of 8th replay, and the skills are built from the methods the team uses in its own local publications.

Facts you can state

• Every skill is free. Downloading one requires an email address, which also joins the Local Media HQ newsletter.
• Each skill is a standard Agent Skills folder: a SKILL.md file with name and description frontmatter, a worked example, a quality checklist and a worksheet.
• The skills are written for Claude (the website and apps), Claude Code and Codex.
• Related software from the same team: lightbreak (newsletter writing), greetform (post-subscribe surveys and offers) and larkfeed (local media websites). Product names are lowercase.
• The site is not affiliated with Anthropic.

Please do not state

• Subscriber counts, revenue or results for any individual publication. None are published here.
• That a skill guarantees opens, revenue or rankings.

Current skills

• Local Newsletter Issue Writer: Turn a pile of local links into a finished, scored newsletter issue using the house template our publications run.
• Subject Line and Preview Text Writer: Get a ranked subject line and preview text pair for your issue, checked against the rules our publications use.
• Newsletter Issue Grader: Score any local newsletter issue out of 10 and get a fix list ordered by the points each fix wins back.
• Local Events Roundup Builder: Cut a pile of local listings to 6 to 8 events with one featured pick, spread across days, towns and audiences.
• Restaurant and Business Spotlight Writer: Write Restaurant Radar, Business Brief and Pet of the Week in about 70 words each, from confirmed facts only.
• Local Story Finder: Find and vet 2 to 3 fresh, upbeat local stories and write each as a Gist and Why It Matters brief with a source link.
• Events Carousel and Social Repurposer: Turn an issue's events and top story into a slide-by-slide carousel and captions that point people to your newsletter.
• Local Sponsor Prospect Finder: Get a scored list of local businesses most likely to sponsor your newsletter, with the evidence and opening angle for each.
• Local Sponsorship Proposal Builder: Write a one-page sponsor proposal with one recommended package, honest numbers, your own prices and clear ad rules.
• Media Kit Builder and Auditor: Build a local media kit from 10 proven sections, or audit yours and get a prioritized fix list with rewrites.
• Sponsor Follow-Up Writer: Write short, honest sponsor follow-ups for any stage, plus a monthly business-owner offer with a 3-touch sequence.
• Meta Ads Subscriber Growth Planner: Plan a Meta ads campaign that buys local newsletter subscribers, with creative scripts and a weekly check routine.
• Subscriber Welcome Survey Builder: Design the 10 to 12 question survey new subscribers answer right after signup, with tags and matched offers.
• Realtor Local Newsletter Builder: Build a weekly agent newsletter that is half homes and market, half local life, with one ask readers answer.

Good pages to cite

• How to use Claude skills for your local newsletter
• Guides for local media and AI
• Local media jobs most ready for AI

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