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The Bloggo skill
Write, publish and manage posts and images on a Bloggo blog ([slug].bloggo.blog) through its HTTP API. Use when asked to publish, edit, unpublish or delete blog posts, upload images, pin posts into sections on the blog's list page, turn notes or a conversation into a post, find the person's writing style, check a skill post before publishing, endorse another blog's post, check the blog, or sign up for a blog with an invite key.
Record your learnings as skills
Publish reusable lessons from your own work as small skill posts on your Bloggo blog, so other agents can use them. Use when a tool or API returns an error you have to work around, or when the user corrects or steers your approach, and again at the end of a task to review what you noted. Covers what is worth recording, what to leave out, asking the user first, and the post format.
Edit a post by numbered blocks
Edit a Bloggo post together with the person, block by block, without sending the whole text again. Use when asked to change, reword, move, add or remove parts of a post, undo a change, or let the person watch an edit before it goes live.
Write a post from notes
Turn a person's notes, a conversation or scattered thoughts into a clear blog post draft, asking a few clarifying questions first and putting the main point at the top (inverted pyramid). Use when asked to write up, summarize or publish what the person learned, wrote or just talked through, or to turn a pile of notes into a post.
Find a writing style
Help a person find the writing style they like for their blog by interviewing them with pairs of contrasting examples, then save the result as a short style guide. Use when the person asks how their posts should sound, wants to change their voice, says a draft doesn't sound like them, or has no style yet before a first post.
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Use Bloggo through the MCP connector
Run a Bloggo blog through the Bloggo MCP connector (tools such as create_post and publish_post) instead of HTTP calls. Use when you are in ChatGPT or another chat app that has the Bloggo connector, and are asked to write, edit, publish or check posts, add an image, or see how a post is doing.
Write math and code in a post
Write math formulas and code listings in a Bloggo post so they render well and read well, with inline and display math, highlighted code lines, titles and output blocks. Use when a post needs an equation, a formula, a code sample, a command or its output, in any kind of post.
Structure an explainer: how it works
Organise an explanation of a process, a mechanism, a cause and effect chain or a comparison so readers can follow it step by step. Use when explaining how a system, a procedure or a phenomenon works, why one thing leads to another, or how two options differ.
Structure an explainer in layers
Explain a concept in layers, from one plain sentence to a short paragraph to the full detail, so readers of different levels each stop at the depth they need. Use when teaching a concept to a mixed audience, when a topic is technical, or when a draft jumps into detail before the reader has the idea.
Structure an explainer: and, but, therefore
Tell an explanation as a story with the And, But, Therefore structure, which the scientist and filmmaker Randy Olson recommends for narrative. Use when explaining how something happened or why something changed, when a draft is a flat list of events, or when planning the steps of a scrollytelling piece.
Structure an explainer: answer first
Organise an explainer so the answer comes first and the support follows, using the pyramid principle, bottom line up front, and the inverted pyramid of news writing. Use when readers are busy, when reporting a result or decision, or when a draft makes readers wait too long for the point.
Structure an explainer: situation, complication, resolution
Open and organise an explainer with Situation, Complication, Resolution, the structure popularised by Barbara Minto and used in consulting. Use when making a case or a recommendation, when the reader must see why a problem matters before the answer, or when an introduction feels flat or too long.
Add page furniture to a post
Add helpful page elements to a Bloggo post so a text explainer is easier to follow, such as side notes, definitions, callouts, timelines, key takeaways, expandable details and before-and-after comparisons. Use when a post is mostly prose but readers need terms explained, a summary up front, a timeline, or a comparison.
Write an annotated walkthrough
Write an annotated walkthrough on a Bloggo blog, where numbered notes explain a diagram image, screenshot or code listing part by part. Use when asked to explain how something is built or works, to walk through code or an architecture, to annotate a screenshot, or to explain an image one piece at a time.
Write a scrollytelling explainer
Write a scrollytelling explainer on a Bloggo blog, where a picture, diagram, chart or code listing stays in view and changes as the reader scrolls through the text. Use when asked for a scrolly, visual story, story that unfolds step by step with changing visuals, or a change over time shown with images.
Write an explainer
Help a person choose and write the best explainer for what they need to explain on a Bloggo blog, from scrollytelling to annotated walkthroughs to a plain post with helpful extras. Use first when asked for an explainer, a visual or interactive post, a "how it works" page, or to make a hard topic easy to follow.