content-tg-postlisted

# content-tg-post — Telegram channel post Goal: take an idea or raw text and turn it into **one** Telegram post that people want to read to the end. Before starting, read: - `~/.claude/rules/content-voice.md` — authorial voice (informal "you," not Wikipedia) - `~/.claude/rules/content-formatting.md` — the Telegram section ## Step 1. Understand the material Ask (or pull from context): - **the source**: an idea in one phrase, a note from Obsidian, a draft, bullet points - **the channel's theme** (if not already known): technical, personal, mixed - **the post format**: a thesis / a breakdown / a personal story / an incident post-mortem / a brief how-to If there isn't enough material for a post — **stop and ask for specifics**: "there isn't enough for a post, I need a real-world example or some numbers." ## Step 2. Find the thesis One post = one thesis. Ask yourself: - what do I want the reader to walk away with? - if they only read the first sentence, will they get the main point? Formulate the thesis in one phrase. This is the post's first line. ## Step 3. Build the structure Standard structure for a 500-1500 character post: ``` <Hook / thesis — 1 sentence> <Context or expansion of the thesis — 2-4 sentences> <Specifics: an example, a number, code, a story — mandatory> <Implication / conclusion / question — 1-2 sentences, or none at all> ``` Each block is a separate paragraph, separated by a blank line. ## Step 4. Write it Applying `content-voice.md`: - no "dea